Artemis by Andy Weir

Artemis by Andy Weir is a sci-fi novel that follows the adventures of Jazz on the lunar colony on the moon.  I had previously read the Martian and Project Hail Mary and went into this book with high expectations.  Artemis, unfortunately, did not live up to his other novels.

This book takes place on the city Artemis on the moon in the 2060s or 2070s.  Jazz, our main character, is very intelligent but has made some bad decisions that have led her to being a poverty-stricken smuggler. She gets herself involved in a business deal that leads her into danger, adventure and a couple Brazilian thugs.

Positives:

This books gives you a great look at what life on the moon could look like and how the city became to be how it is.  The world-building is great.  It was interesting to read how the city was built, how it functions, what they do for money and how society is structured in this new world.  The relationship that Artemis has with Earth was also written extremely well.  I appreciated the maps at the beginning as well as how he incorporated past events of Jazz's life throughout the book.

Negatives:

Jazz was the biggest negative of this book.  She was annoying and immature.  She is supposed to be 26 but I had to keep asking myself if she really was 26 and not 17.  She was also able to figure out things very quickly when challenges would come her way and seemed to keep uncovering skills throughout the book that seemed very convenient.

While I do appreciate technical descriptions in books (I am a Michael Crichton and Dan Brown reader), the welding portions were extremely boring.  I just want her to make the welding cuts.  I don't care how she does them.

Overall Rating:

For me, this book was 3 stars.  I loved the world-building but the main character was a complete let down.  If you are looking to read sci-fi, I would recommend Weir's other books The Martian and Project Hail Mary.

Will I read this book again? Absolutely, not.  To the unhaul pile it goes.