Artemis

Hardcover, 305 pages

English language

Published Nov. 14, 2017 by Crown.

ISBN:
978-0-553-44812-2
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3 stars (4 reviews)

JASMINE BASHARA never signed up to be a hero. She just wanted to get rich.

Not crazy, eccentric-billionaire rich, like many of the visitors to her hometown of Artemis, humanity's first and only lunar colony. Just rich enough to move out of her coffin-sized apartment and eat something better than flavored algae. Rich enough to pay off a debt she's owed for a long time.

So when a chance at a huge score finally comes her way, Jazz can't say no. Sure, it requires her to graduate from small-time smuggler to full-on criminal mastermind. And it calls for a particular combination of cunning, technical skills, and large explosions--not to mention sheer brazen swagger. But Jazz has never run into a challenge her intellect can't handle, and she figures she's got the "swagger" part down.

The trouble is, engineering the perfect crime is just the start of Jazz's problems. Because her …

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Review of 'Artemis' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Read this cover to cover on Thanksgiving day, it is an engaging and fun read. The setting is well thought out, from hardware to politics to people. The main character is a bit unbelievable and she has generated many negative reviews from women.

Jasmine (Jazz) is a wise cracking creative thinker, and does sound like Mark Watney in a skirt at times. She smuggles minor items to the moon, and is otherwise the prototypical honest criminal. The core of the plot is an offer to do a large heist which goes spectacularly wrong. In a creative finish, she gathers everybody together (ala Scooby Doo) for one more madcap plan to set things right.

I loved the heist elements and the setting, and while the other characters were well written, Jazz was not the best. Where Watney felt right, Jazz feels over the top. Still, as a sophomore effort, this is …

Review of 'Artemis' on 'Storygraph'

2 stars

Extremely disappointed. The story is predictable and lacks depth. The characters are one dimentional, stereotypical, boring people. The main character Jazz is plain annoying know-it-all who fucks everything up and gets away with it unscathed. She is supposedly a genious but her actions are so fucking stupid and selfish that I actually felt bad that the minor characters were even acquainted with her. God I hated this book. Everything about it. Such a disappointment after The Martian.

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  • Fiction
  • Science Fiction