Artemis: A Novel

Andy Weir

Nov 2017 · Sold by Ballantine Books

About this ebook

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the renowned author of Project Hail Mary and The Martian comes a “propulsive” (NPR) tale of science, suspense, and humor—a heist story set on the moon.

“An action-packed techno-thriller of the first order.”—USA Today

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. But engineering the perfect crime is just the start of her problems—because her little heist is about to land her in the middle of a conspiracy for control of Artemis herself.

Trapped between competing forces, pursued by a killer and the law alike, she’ll have to hatch a truly spectacular scheme to have a chance at staying alive and saving her city.

Jazz is no hero, but she is a very good criminal.

That’ll have to do.

Ratings and reviews

A far cry from every single thing that made the Martian enjoyable. This reads like a hastily written bargain bin novel and is pumped full of dull exposition to make up for the dull and very predictable plot. Not sure who it's aimed at either. The humor is cringeworthy at times and continuously falls flat while often trying to use widely known jokes as if they are fresh. It's just painful. .

This book can be thought of as a country western in space. No boots, chaps, and cowboy hats but Artemis resembles a small Western town of the early 1800's. The main character Jazz is atypical, to say the least, but so many of the other characters share similar traits (very 1 dimensional). The story was fairly decent but the depth was lacking and with a moon colony under as much influence from Earth there was room for inclusion of missing elements. If you liked The Martian, you'll enjoy this book as well but don't be expecting the same riveting impact.

This book reads like Andy took the cash advance and promptly forgot he had a book to write. Then, two weeks before the deadline he got reminded and cranked out this abomination. Main character is both the smartest person in the room and cringey levels of stupid at the same time. Also, the entire character feels like it was written as boy and then changed over to a girl at the last second with zero story revision. Add in the most contrived ending of any story I've ever heard and you get a solid one star. Get it together Andy.

About the author

ANDY WEIR built a career as a software engineer until the runaway success of his debut novel, THE MARTIAN, allowed him to pursue writing fulltime. He is a lifelong space nerd and a devoted hobbyist of subjects such as relativistic physics, orbital mechanics, and the history of manned spaceflight. He lives in California.