Length 8hrs 59mins
Format audiobook
Published 2017
Series Standalone
My Copy I bought it
This was excellent. Loved the setting, the anti-hero in Jazz Bashara, the plot, the narration by Rosario Dawson; basically everything about the book.
Set on the Moon, the frontier-like city of Artemis is home to a few thousand people. The city has reached its peak capacity and there is no potential for growth given infrastructure and commodities are in short supply/demand - tourist trade aside. When an opportunity too good to be true arises which could make Jazz a millionaire still thinks about it...for a nanosecond before signing up. The drawback? The get-rich-quick-scheme involves the sabotage of company Sanchez Aluminium - who happen to play a part in supplying Artemis with oxygen.
What could possibly go wrong?
A lot.
Jazz isn't the typical hero, she is, after all, trying to bankrupt a company for her personal gain and that of a wealthy friend of hers, yet she has loads of endearing qualities and is a likable and feisty character perfectly portrayed by narrator Rosario Dawson.
The ensemble cast are well written and each comes with their own backstory and unique perspective of life on the moon, but it's Jazz who takes center stage as one of the more memorable characters I've read in a while - one I hope to read more of.
I've not read Andy Weir's other popular sci-fi, The Martian, but if Artemis is anything to go by, I'll have to give it a try.
My rating: 5/5 stars.
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