Artemis - Andy Weir (of The Martian fame)

[bmyoungs]

Finished it a couple days ago. Overall it was a good adventure. I'll leave it at that until you guys finish it.

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[cwilkins88]

Damn dude. I slowed down for Tyler so I could do chapter by chapter

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[Tyler]

Damn dude. I slowed down for Tyler so I could do chapter by chapter

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Remember Youngs cheated and did audio book.

Don't slow down for me! I know it's a quick read so go ahead and finish it.

[cwilkins88]

Damn dude. I slowed down for Tyler so I could do chapter by chapter

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Remember Youngs cheated and did audio book.

Don't slow down for me! I know it's a quick read so go ahead and finish it.

Naw. I'll still do chapter by chapter

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[bmyoungs]

Yeah I don't actually read I just listen while doing chores or driving

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[Tyler]

Chapter 5

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It will be interesting when this is made into a movie because I could not picture how the climbing robot operated or how it was in the airlock undetected.

That's really my only take away from this chapter other than the hamsterballs and we know how how Jazz is going to do her plan. Use the robot to open the door from the outside so she can get out of the bubble to do her mission

[bmyoungs]

Chapter 5

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It will be interesting when this is made into a movie because I could not picture how the climbing robot operated or how it was in the airlock undetected.

That's really my only take away from this chapter other than the hamsterballs and we know how how Jazz is going to do her plan. Use the robot to open the door from the outside so she can get out of the bubble to do her mission

There's quite a few things in this book I felt were written for the movie adaptation and not detailed/explained enough in the book.

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[cwilkins88]

I read that part quite a few times, because I thought I missed something.

[cwilkins88]

Chapter 8

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This chapter was honestly pretty lackluster. Her employer is dead, and now she dresses up as a trashy hooker to sneak into the guys loft.
Neat.

[cwilkins88]

Chapter 9
]This chapter almost makes me want to quit reading. There are so many dumb things about it

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- She goes out of her way to talk about how she can't find, but manages to fend off a skill assassin with a knife. Okay, sure. Fine. She just happens to get tossed into a metal room with a huge lock. Cool.
- The aluminum company JUST HAPPENS to be owned by a giant Mafia syndicate and it's used to launder money. Are you kidding me. There are so many problems with this
1) Laundering money is usually done with cash businesses. Literally everything on artemis is tracked through a digital reader. This is just stupid.
2) You're telling me that the only city on the Moon that is run internally JUST HAPPENS to be based out of Brazil and is controlled by the Mafia. I
don't think so. Maybe shady people, but not a mafia directly. This is just lazy storytelling.
3) Artemis is so small, and even if they were run by the Mafia, you're telling me that all the cops are already so corrupted (there aren't that many),
that they have bribed the small number to be able to track her gizmo?

At least now that Jin Chu and her are going to meet up, there will be some more answers about the ZAFO thing and the fiber optic cable.

[bmyoungs]

I agree with your sentiment on pretty much everything.

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Pretty much anything jazz does the rest of the book is going to piss you off. The longer I reflect on the book the more it pisses me off

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[bmyoungs]

I agree with your sentiment on pretty much everything.

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Pretty much anything jazz does the rest of the book is going to piss you off. The longer I reflect on the book the more it pisses me off

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[cwilkins88]

I agree with your sentiment on pretty much everything.

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Pretty much anything jazz does the rest of the book is going to piss you off. The longer I reflect on the book the more it pisses me off

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This is really unfortunate. Considering how great the Marian was

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[Tyler]

I thought it was funny on Tested podcast a few weeks ago when someone asked Norm if it was good and there was a slight pause in his voice and then he said yes. Awkward because Andy is a friend of the show and Adam Savage.

[bmyoungs]

Listening to it vs reading it I was able to gloss over a lot of the flaws.

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[Tyler]

Source of the post Chapters 4-6

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The best part about these chapters was the contemplation of taking the job over from richie rich pants. She had the moral obligation to not do it. 1,000,000 slugs. DEAL. The fact that she became self aware that she gave a shoddy inspection of her suit was nice.

The start of the heist was super fun, but the whole premise seems sketchy to me. You have the four harvesters, with the whole thing of, if you take them out, they cant make oxygen. Okay, sounds good...but like...how do you know for sure the company doesn't have extra oxygen stored? Why wouldn't they? If they can sell it and release some back into the atmosphere, obviously they would have a reserve right?

The chase back to the compound was pretty interesting, but also kind of had flaws. I get that they went back to base to cover the airlocks, but they didn't know she didn't have reserve air. What if she had an entrance into the place they didnt cover, and she had enough reserve air to outlast them for awhile? Also, she could've easily went back and sabotaged the last Harvester. Is a multi-billion dollar deal worth getting one person deported?
Probably.

I read 5-6 the other night and forgot to report back.

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I liked the actual act of exploding the harvesters, but I also have problems with the overall plan. Your problem is if they have extra oxygen elsewhere, mine is if they have an extra harvester. Why wouldn't they have an extra one in the shop to deploy when one of the 4 needed to go in for maintenance?

I thought if was clever of her to go back to home station and take the train to a station 30km+ away. Of course they wouldn't suspect her there. However, don't they have cameras anywhere in this place? The cameras on the harvesters came into play, but arent there ones inside and outside of Artemis? You would think Jazz is instantly a suspect because of her history with Rudy and he would review the footage of where she was. Sure, she has a gizmo for her gizmo, but I would imagine there is video evidence of her leaving her room or they should at the very least have the airlocks under 24/7 video surveillance where they would see her get dressed and leave.

The chapter ends with her getting into the visitor section and seeing Dale (?). We learn in the penpal letters that Dale has helped her in the past when she needed it. Unless I'm getting characters confused.

[bmyoungs]

Took advantage of audibles unlimited return policy for this book

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[cwilkins88]

Are you ever going to finish this tyler?

[Tyler]

Are you ever going to finish this tyler?

Oh yeah.... I read 2 chapters last night. Will post about them later today.

[Tyler]

Chapter 7

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My boyfriend turned out to be gay and slept with my best (male) friend. My life is over! /s I'm not doubting that has happened, but that scenario seems pretty far fetched. Andy is excellent at creating scenarios where smart people need to be smart to survive. He is not so great at writing personal drama. Is he a better writer than me? Absolutely.

Rudy instantly knew Jazz was the one to do it because he's not an idiot. I don't like their explanation of not having security cameras everywhere, at least at the airlocks.

Jazz's business partner (Tormund?) is possibly dead?!

Chapter 8

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He dead. Bodyguard is dead. Someone is possibly after Jazz?
Jazz is so hawt it's too easy for her to work like a working girl. Dum.
I'm guessing Asian businessman is dead and the guy in his room is coming for Jazz now.