Artemis, by Andy Weir

RATING

N/A

N/A = good but not on the scale

1 star = perspective supplementing

2 stars = perspective influencing

3 stars = perspective altering

SHORT SUMMARY

This is the first fiction book I have reviewed.

I really enjoyed The Martian, probably one of my favorite books in recent memory. Artemis was entertaining, but I couldn’t pull many broad themes from it. Maybe everything doesn’t need to have a bigger theme, though, and when I keep that perspective in mind, the book was enjoyable. It tells the story of life on a Moon colony through the eyes of a blue collar worker wrapped in a get rich quick scheme. The main takeaway I had from this is how visions of a not so distant future still will have elements that make humans humans: power, corruption, economics, race, culture, religion, etc.

It was interesting to think that a future society on a moon colony will still have the hallmarks and deficiencies of life on earth.

Not quite The Martian, not really enough for a “star” on my scale, but I’m glad I read it for what it was.