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superiour_medium's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
informative
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
“You just… really need to learn about women and how to interact with them, all right?”
I wanted to love this book, I really did. I loved The Martian in all of its bleeding-edge hard sci-fi glory. Artemis delivers in that regard but fails massively in another: how Weir writes characters
Obviously a white guy in 2017 isn’t going to have the absolute most progressive & mindful attitudes, but frankly the characterization if Jazz as a woman & to a lesser degree Dale as a gay man are myopic & problematic. At least once a chapter, Jazz is written into an entirely unsolicited sexual innuendo/double entendre for no real reason other than for Weir to have a middle-schooler’s approximation of how young women live.
In all honesty, the writing around sexuality in the book unfortunately mirrors a Joss Whedon project in the late 90’s as if that was the last time Weir interacted with a woman. Jazz is a prime example of the trend of “men who write women without understanding them”, and its only made worse by a random addition ofJazz being abused by Sean who then goes on to rape a 13 year old girl .
In addition, Weir has some strange sentiments coming through in his writing, including a very odd affinity to the Musk-ian approach to space travel-absent regulation in order to maximize potential. Coupled with repeated moments where Weir echoes anti-union/guild rhetoric, citing unions as “labor cartels”, it all reeks of a teenage Libertarian’s understanding of how society, labor, and business work.
In all reality I should probably be penalizing the book more for these failings, but I can’t help but fall for the hard sci-fi that Weir excels at. I’m planning to read Project Hail Mary for that very reason. I just hope between the two Weir has had a chance to interact with women more, for his sake and our the readers’.
I wanted to love this book, I really did. I loved The Martian in all of its bleeding-edge hard sci-fi glory. Artemis delivers in that regard but fails massively in another: how Weir writes characters
Obviously a white guy in 2017 isn’t going to have the absolute most progressive & mindful attitudes, but frankly the characterization if Jazz as a woman & to a lesser degree Dale as a gay man are myopic & problematic. At least once a chapter, Jazz is written into an entirely unsolicited sexual innuendo/double entendre for no real reason other than for Weir to have a middle-schooler’s approximation of how young women live.
In all honesty, the writing around sexuality in the book unfortunately mirrors a Joss Whedon project in the late 90’s as if that was the last time Weir interacted with a woman. Jazz is a prime example of the trend of “men who write women without understanding them”, and its only made worse by a random addition of
In addition, Weir has some strange sentiments coming through in his writing, including a very odd affinity to the Musk-ian approach to space travel-absent regulation in order to maximize potential. Coupled with repeated moments where Weir echoes anti-union/guild rhetoric, citing unions as “labor cartels”, it all reeks of a teenage Libertarian’s understanding of how society, labor, and business work.
In all reality I should probably be penalizing the book more for these failings, but I can’t help but fall for the hard sci-fi that Weir excels at. I’m planning to read Project Hail Mary for that very reason. I just hope between the two Weir has had a chance to interact with women more, for his sake and our the readers’.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Vomit
Minor: Pedophilia and Suicide
oceanescence's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicide and Suicide attempt
mbrogs2024's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Death, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation
Minor: Suicide
nightlight_reader's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
From The Martian to Artemis, Andy Weir never ceases to amaze. This book is much more a heist adventure about colonization and economics compared to the man vs nature conflicts of The Martian but damn I loved Jazz as a lead. Everyone around her was fun and bright and made for great contrast to an asshole.
Some of the action sequences didn’t quite land for me, but Weir is better at the technical than the fighting, which is why I’m so drawn to his books to begin with.
Also, the romance didn’t land for me. At all. Hard pass. Luckily, it’s not a big factor of the book, so I won’t knock it too hard.
This got me excited for Project Hail Mary all over again. It’s been on my shelf untouched for about a year, but it’s now bumped up on my TBR.
Some of the action sequences didn’t quite land for me, but Weir is better at the technical than the fighting, which is why I’m so drawn to his books to begin with.
Also, the romance didn’t land for me. At all. Hard pass. Luckily, it’s not a big factor of the book, so I won’t knock it too hard.
This got me excited for Project Hail Mary all over again. It’s been on my shelf untouched for about a year, but it’s now bumped up on my TBR.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Deportation
Minor: Drug use, Mental illness, and Suicide
wrenhartjacobs's review
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence and Murder
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, and Sexual content
Minor: Pedophilia, Suicide, and Death of parent
queer_bookwyrm's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
hopeful
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Artemis by Andy Weir is a scifi novel about a city on the moon called Artemis. We follow Jazz Bashara, an Arabic woman who calls the city home, works as a porter, and her side hustle is smuggling. Jazz is is brilliant and seemingly underachieving while hoping to be rich enough someday to afford more than the coffin she calls a bunk. Jazz is a smartass, so my kinda girl.
"He's right, Dad. I'm an asshole. But Artemis needs an asshole right now and I got drafted." 😂
Jazz ends up in the middle of a conspiracy to control the silicon industry on Artemis by Brazilian mobsters. She, and a motley crew prepare for a heist to sabotage this in order to keep the city from being controlled by the mobsters, and it goes wrong. Cue panic.
This story kept me on my toes and I enjoyed the science-y bits. My favorite. Of course, was the pedantic Star Trek reference at the beginning of the book 🖖🏾. I also really enjoyed Svoboda's character, but I wish we had gotten to know him a bit better. We really didn't get too much from the side characters. There was decent representation with a gay Jewish guy, Muslims, disability rep.
This was a decent read, but I'm not sure if I'll seek out more novels by this author. I'm always up for recs though!
"He's right, Dad. I'm an asshole. But Artemis needs an asshole right now and I got drafted." 😂
Jazz ends up in the middle of a conspiracy to control the silicon industry on Artemis by Brazilian mobsters. She, and a motley crew prepare for a heist to sabotage this in order to keep the city from being controlled by the mobsters, and it goes wrong. Cue panic.
This story kept me on my toes and I enjoyed the science-y bits. My favorite. Of course, was the pedantic Star Trek reference at the beginning of the book 🖖🏾. I also really enjoyed Svoboda's character, but I wish we had gotten to know him a bit better. We really didn't get too much from the side characters. There was decent representation with a gay Jewish guy, Muslims, disability rep.
This was a decent read, but I'm not sure if I'll seek out more novels by this author. I'm always up for recs though!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder
Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Suicide
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