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A review by njdarkish
Artemis by Andy Weir
2.0
This book was a bit of a disappointment, especially since Weir's first book was such a fun read. Hey, sophomore slumps happen, so hopefully we'll get more food from him in the future.
The strengths of this book are the worldbuilding and how grounded everything feels in terms of science, economics, and the like. Artemis feels like a very real place in many ways.
The weaknesses are the characters. Jazz was largely disinteresting, feeling more like an amalgam of attributes the author is turned on by than an actual person. The rest of the cast is pretty flat, generally having one or two defining characteristics and that's about it. The plot also got way too murky in terms of politics and economics and inconsistent concepts of personal morality, making what should have been a fun sci-fi heist into something that regularly made my eyes glaze over a chapter at a time.
The strengths of this book are the worldbuilding and how grounded everything feels in terms of science, economics, and the like. Artemis feels like a very real place in many ways.
The weaknesses are the characters. Jazz was largely disinteresting, feeling more like an amalgam of attributes the author is turned on by than an actual person. The rest of the cast is pretty flat, generally having one or two defining characteristics and that's about it. The plot also got way too murky in terms of politics and economics and inconsistent concepts of personal morality, making what should have been a fun sci-fi heist into something that regularly made my eyes glaze over a chapter at a time.