First of all a big big thank you to Netgalley, the authors and the publishers for sending me a copy of this book to read and review.

Secondly I am so so sorry that it took me this long to pick this up. However I am so happy that I’ve picked this up. This is my first 5 star read of 2023.

If you know me you will know that I absolutely love books that include either a heist, a ragtag crew and characters that you truly love and root for. This has all of these things. I have loved both books that I have read by this author, the first one being The Martian, and I can’t wait to read another!

This was such a quick and easy read and I could not put this down. In fact it’s one of those books where as soon as I’d turned the final page I wanted to start all over again. If you haven’t read this one you really should.

Great story, thrilling plot that I could not put down. Well worth a read, and would recommend to others.

The syntax of the Norwegian sentence (at 91%) should have been checked, it is off. Otherwise, it was entertaining and fun.

An enjoyable sci-fi thriller that has no chance of living up to the hype after The Martian. A heist on the Moon keeps things moving, with taut plotting and interesting characters. However, the story could have done with more fleshing out and the characters could have done with more development beyond wise-cracks. Fun, but not really much more.

I'm just cleaning up my NetGalley shelves & came across this one as one I haven't reviewed, the reason for that is that I couldn't get into it and never finished it despite starting it a few times. I did enjoy The Martian but felt that this was a bit samey, style-wise.

I was so excited to read Artemis after loving The Martian. I sadly didn't love it as much as The Martian - though Andy Weir's writing is brilliant - but I found it a slow start. Thanks to the publishers for the review opportunity.

This book was fun however not nearly as enjoyable as the Martian. The characters were annoying sometimes and I couldn’t relate. At times, the story got a bit boring. Nonetheless, it was enjoyable but nothing to remember.

Nicht Weirs stärkster Text. Die Protagonistin leidet leider an dem "strong female"-Syndrom, das sich oft in Fantasy und SFF finden lässt, wo weibliche Figuren als stark und sexy beschrieben werden und das mit einer eigenen Agenda verwechselt wird.

Despite not having read in the genre for a while, I have enjoyed reading this book. It was fast paced, and it kept my interest throughout. I will enjoy rereading it.

Artemis is a fast-paced, action-packed sci-fi adventure. If you love The Martian, you will definitely love this!

I really enjoyed reading Artemis. I flew through the book!

I loved this! Andy Weir is a brilliant writer. The research and science that goes into his books, both Artemis and The Martian, is astonishing and even though I had to re-listen to parts because I suck at science, it was fascinating how much it all worked. Jazz was also a fantastic character who I really enjoyed hearing her develop and grow!

Loved it. You can believe the moon is occupied and how it works living there through the eyes of our heroine. It’s sci fi. It’s crime. It’s a great read simple to get into and makes you wonder what you’d do.

Artemis seems to have divided fans of the Martian but, as someone who hasn't read that yet, I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was a great story with fantastic worldbuilding and compelling characters. The fast-paced action centres around a heist (which is always a must-read for me) and I was unable to put this down once I'd started.

A fun, sci-fi heist, but it's got nothing on The Martian. I just wanted *more*, though I honestly couldn't say what I mean by that. I'll definitely carry on reading Andy Weir, however - he's really got something.

The second half was much better than the first. The second half, once the heist action kicked in, reminded me of the better parts of The Martian, with high-octane action and enough science to keep me happy. But the main character was grating - reminding the reader over and over that she was a girl, and often seeming like the author had not really met many girls, or spent much time around them. Only when she started doing things did it become palatable.

But it was fun enough. I hadn't been the greatest fan of The Martian, and I think this book didn't hold up to that, so it's no surprise that I'm not enthused. However, I appreciate how many non-SFF readers Weir bought into the world of sci-fi, so I appreciate this book and will no doubt sell it to a few people.

A great disappointment. I loved The Martian so had high expectations for this but it was just boring!

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A riveting and riotous look at life on the Moon.

I think it’s clear by now that, as most of the other readers who heard of Andy Weir, I had very high expectations, not only because of his previous novel The Martian, but also his short stories. The current book didn’t really meet those high expectations, but neither failed them, so I’m gonna go with a 3.5★ rounded up, because I can and I want to :)

All the action takes place on the Moon, where humankind built a habitat/city/base: Artemis. The world building is good, as I was expecting, the facts and details are not just thrown in randomly, they are introduced nicely as part of the plot. As for the characters, especially the main one – Jazz – Weir kept the witty humor Mark Watney got me used to, but unfortunately the ~26yo female character acts much more like a 15yo boy, so, imho, here the novel kind of lacks.
Another dissatisfaction was that, towards the end, there appeared to be just too many problems, exactly like in the movies, when everything that can go wrong eventually does go wrong and even extra on top..
Regarding the structure, I liked the diary bits at the end of the chapters and the added letters, but the chapters may have been a tad too long.

Overall, aside from minor complaints, this novel was funny, witty, action filled, with well explained and easily understandable scientific facts – I liked it a lot and I’m gonna try Weir’s next novel for sure.

Overall I enjoyed this book very much, but there were times during it where the plot slowed somewhat. This was mostly around the scientific descriptive passages. I enjoyed the science, but there was too much of it and I got lost during some of the explanations so my interest waned. I liked the story though and I loved the character of Jazz and all the supporting characters too. The Martian was one of my favourite books ever, and this had similar traits in that there is a lot of actual science involved (but I felt not as well explained as in The Martian, and not always as necessary to the plot) and the main character has a positive attitude and a flippant sense of humour (which I know annoys some readers, but I like it). Jazz has lived on the moon colony of Artemis for most of her life and runs a profitable smuggling operation to supplement her meagre income as a porter. Always on the lookout for a way to earn more money, she is drawn into a plot to take over aluminium production on the moon. But all is not as it seems and when things start to go wrong Jazz finds herself in deeper trouble than she has ever known.
I really hope this will be the first in a series as I would love to read the next one!

Jazz Bashara is an Artemisian. And Artemis is the first city on the moon, a place where money, and lots of it, makes for a better lunar life. Having read The Martian, and thoroughly enjoyed it, I was hoping this book would be as entertaining. On that front, it did not disappoint (some real lol'ing); I particularly enjoyed Jazz's character and she was believable as were those around her. I was pleased to see a continuation of science explanations that didn't detract too much from the story (although perhaps a little too much description about welding). The storyline itself - what came to be Jazz's survival mission - did have some excitement, although perhaps not as much as I was hoping for. There was an element of the twist or reveal that didn't actually make sense to me but perhaps that would've been ironed out in the official release version. Overall, Weir has produced an enjoyable science fiction book but wasn't quite the slam dunk that The Martian was.