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A review by finglishknits
Artemis by Andy Weir
3.0
3.5/5
A slight disappointment - not bad by any stretch, but I absolutely adored The Martian, and this just wasn't as good.
My biggest issue with this was how the main character Jazz was written. While the humour really worked for me in The Martian, in Artemis it felt forced and I found Jazz occasionally far too much of an obnoxious teenager. I'm normally all for sass and teenage protagonists but for some reason particularly the bracketed "funny sarcastic commentary" (which wasn't very funny) proved too much for me.
Everything else about the book was actually excellent and equally enjoyable to The Martian. But considering the novel is written in the first person, the protagonist sounding like a smart-ass teenager the entire way through gets a little old.
If slightly annoying protagonist doesn't bother you and sci-fi is your cup of tea though, I would definitely pick this up.
A slight disappointment - not bad by any stretch, but I absolutely adored The Martian, and this just wasn't as good.
My biggest issue with this was how the main character Jazz was written. While the humour really worked for me in The Martian, in Artemis it felt forced and I found Jazz occasionally far too much of an obnoxious teenager. I'm normally all for sass and teenage protagonists but for some reason particularly the bracketed "funny sarcastic commentary" (which wasn't very funny) proved too much for me.
Everything else about the book was actually excellent and equally enjoyable to The Martian. But considering the novel is written in the first person, the protagonist sounding like a smart-ass teenager the entire way through gets a little old.
If slightly annoying protagonist doesn't bother you and sci-fi is your cup of tea though, I would definitely pick this up.