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A review by nelsonminar
Artemis by Andy Weir
3.0
Fun book! I read this right on the heels of re-reading The Martian. While Artemis doesn't quite have the magic spark that The Martian did, it's also a much better structured novel with actual characters and stuff. Turns out Weir can write more than one human being, so that's good.
Basically this turns out to be a heist movie. On the moon. With lots of attention paid to the details of the heist, even a scene of getting the crew together. With Weir's trademark attention to kinda-hard science in the narrative. Good fun!
The part that bugged me is the nature and seriousness of the heist. I meanfirst she tries to destroy the means of oxygen production for the whole city. Then she nearly kills the entire city. These are serious mega-crimes. The book sort of acknowledges that and lets her get away with it with some hand-waiving about how everyone's corrupt. But really I think Weir just wanted to write the caper consequence-free and it felt kinda fake.
Basically this turns out to be a heist movie. On the moon. With lots of attention paid to the details of the heist, even a scene of getting the crew together. With Weir's trademark attention to kinda-hard science in the narrative. Good fun!
The part that bugged me is the nature and seriousness of the heist. I mean