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A review by luluwoohoo
Artemis by Andy Weir
challenging
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Artemis by Andy Weir
☀️☀️⛅
▪️What should have been a fast paced heist story ended up being a boring and frankly insulting imitation of Weir's own work
▪️Our main character Jazz is quite literally Weir ripping off his own character - Mark Watney worked perfectly well in "The Martian" but taking his personality and ascribing it to a Saudi woman in her mid twenties was genuinely awkward to read
▪️There are some moments of Weir's well written humour but they're hidden amongst a lot of really lazy jokes that are often sexist, racist and homophobic. It honestly felt like a bunch of fifteen year old guys wrote a list of "funny" things and melded it into this weird not-quite caper with an equal mix of too complex science and toilet humour
▪️The last quarter was the only interesting part of the plot, and although it was relatively enjoyable from a tension standpoint the last few pages undid a lot of that work
▪️ This ended up being a quick read but I'm genuinely surprised this came from the same talented author of two 5⭐ reads. This particular book is not something I'd recommend.
☀️☀️⛅
▪️What should have been a fast paced heist story ended up being a boring and frankly insulting imitation of Weir's own work
▪️Our main character Jazz is quite literally Weir ripping off his own character - Mark Watney worked perfectly well in "The Martian" but taking his personality and ascribing it to a Saudi woman in her mid twenties was genuinely awkward to read
▪️There are some moments of Weir's well written humour but they're hidden amongst a lot of really lazy jokes that are often sexist, racist and homophobic. It honestly felt like a bunch of fifteen year old guys wrote a list of "funny" things and melded it into this weird not-quite caper with an equal mix of too complex science and toilet humour
▪️The last quarter was the only interesting part of the plot, and although it was relatively enjoyable from a tension standpoint the last few pages undid a lot of that work
▪️ This ended up being a quick read but I'm genuinely surprised this came from the same talented author of two 5⭐ reads. This particular book is not something I'd recommend.
"By the end of it I had a plan. And like all good plans, it required a crazy Ukranian guy."
"Several families had obnoxious kids bouncing off the walls. In this case, 'bouncing off the walls' is not just a figure of speech. The overstimulated kids were literally bouncing off the walls. Lunar gravity is the worst thing to ever happen to parents."