Artemis

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Oh my. Where should I start with Artemis by Andy Weir? I think perhaps by saying that this book was incredibly entertaining. Honestly, it had Percy Jackson level sarcasm with adult (or, more… college) type humor. So it was right up my alley. Sometimes it was just a little too much—some people said it was a lot too much in the reviews I’ve read—but I still really enjoyed it. 

Oof… I just burned my chicken nuggets. Sad day. Sorry for the interruption, but my thoughts just got interrupted so I figured I’d extend the favor to y’all.

But back to the review! So, I liked the narration. Does that mean I loved the Main Character, Jazz? Not exactly. It was told via first person POV, which isn’t my favorite. I always tend to find something I dislike about first person POV Main Characters (aside from Percy Jackson. He has my whole heart). For Jazz, she sometimes was a little TOO quick to use dirty humor, and too quick to cuss someone out. It felt forced, like her character wasn’t as fleshed out as it could have been. However, I’d take that over some incredibly naive young adult female that *gasp* made eye contact with a forbidden man but doesn’t know how on earth to respond because she is so innocent! Sorry. I just really dislike how naive so many young adult females in books are.

I got off topic again. Long story short, I liked, but not loved, the Main Character and the Narration. What I did love was the setting. The book takes place in 2080 in the first city on the Moon. Something you might not know about me is that I am a bit of a Space Lover.Despite that, I’ve read next to no space books aside from The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli, which is a nonfiction book on physics and philosophy. It talks about the Universe quite a bit, and I’d recommend it to anyone who has an interest in the theory of Space and/or Time. But wow. Distracted again. Basically, I’ve read very few Space books, and I wanted to change that this year because I really do love Space. So Artemis is where I started. I loved the setting, and I loved the explanations of Artemis (the city on the Moon) and the science behind it all.

Quick disclaimer: if you DON’T like interesting descriptions of science (mainly physics), this is not the book for you. I don’t know how accurate anything was in this book—I really don’t know a lot to do with science—but there was a lot of it. Basically, the entire plot revolved around it… as this was a sci-fi book set in Space. I personally really liked it. But a lot of people don’t, so… yeah. 

I mentioned the plot a couple of sentences ago, so let’s talk about that. Like Jazz’s character, it wasn’t my absolute favorite. I loved the descriptions and the technical stuff, but the actual action of the plot was a little too much. A lot of things happened, and while that made it fast-paced and easy to read the book in two sittings, it was overwhelming. Not horribly so. Just a little bit. I feel like Artemis maybe should have gone through another round of content editing. 

Ahh, this feels like such a mixed review. Don’t get me wrong. I loved this book. I rated it four stars. I read it in two sittings. I laughed (and yes, I cried). This just isn’t the type of book for everyone. You have to like sci-fi, and you have to enjoy college-type dirty humor. If that doesn’t sound like you, don’t bother with this book. You won’t like it. However, if that DOES sound like you, please check it out! I quite enjoyed it! Will I read it again? Maybe, maybe not. Perhaps if the mood strikes me. There are a lot of other books to get to. But I still quite enjoyed it.

Do you like Sci-fi? If so, what book do you recommend I read? If not, what is your favorite type of setting in books?

Books by Andy Weir:

Artemis

My Next Read:

How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories
by Holly Black