Artemis

[Hitch]

Thanks, Diap. Mucho appreciated.

Hitch

[DiapDealer]

This was a fun book. I enjoyed it. There were a few problematic/cringe-worthy lines by the protag, but all-in-all, a very solid follow-up effort to his wildly successful debut.

EDIT: turrrrrible fonts and all.

[pwalker8]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

This was a fun book. I enjoyed it. There were a few problematic/cringe-worthy lines by the protag, but all-in-all, a very solid follow-up effort to his wildly successful debut.

EDIT: turrrrrible fonts and all.

If there weren't cringe worthy lines then I might suspect that the author was a fake geek.

[Graham]

Just finished it here, too. A good read.

Spoiler:

The only bit of formatting that bothered me in the Kobo version was that the first and last paragraphs of Jazz and Kelvin's letters to each other were in bold or not in opposition to the rest of the letter. If that was deliberate it was weird.

Graham

[jmmcg9]

I didn’t think it was as good as The Martian, but I did enjoy Artemis.
Here is a good interview with Andy Weir on TWIT’s Triangulation podcast:
https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation/...utostart=false
Cheers, Joe

[kyteflyer]

I read it. I did not like it. Cliches abound on every page.

[opinion] Jazz was a completely unlikeable character, and really, it was just Mark Watney with a different name. In The Martian, the Watney character worked. I liked the Martian. I thought Artemis was a weak story with a lot of potential, Jazz was a revolting 14 year old (I was surprised to find out later she is supposed to be 26) and nothing can dissuade me from that opinion. I really disliked her, she was an irresponsible idiot. [/opinion]

[JSWolf]

People... SPOILER CODES! Kyteflyer, this especially means YOU!

[DiapDealer]

There are no spoilers, Jon. Jazz's age is not a secret, her sex is not a secret. There were no surprises planned concerning her age or her sex. Saying you find a character unlikeable (and why) is also not a spoiler. Lighten up. People are allowed to discuss the book.

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by kyteflyer

...Jazz was a revolting 14 year old...

Is there any other kind?

(Yes, I know the quote was taken gleefully out of context. I couldn't help it.)

[BenG]

I've stopped reading completely. Reading a book will spoil the re-read.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

There are no spoilers, Jon. Jazz's age is not a secret, her sex is not a secret. There were no surprises planned concerning her age or her sex. Saying you find a character unlikeable (and why) is also not a spoiler. Lighten up. People are allowed to discuss the book.

Yes, those are all spoilers to someone who has not read the book. Sorry if you feel spoiling a book for others is OK. But it's not and you are lax in your job by allowing this.

[kyteflyer]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Yes, those are all spoilers to someone who has not read the book. Sorry if you feel spoiling a book for others is OK. But it's not and you are lax in your job by allowing this.

Those are NOT spoilers. I've told you nothing about the story or any of the incidents or other characters. You have never seen a spoiler, Jon, if you think that is one. Give it up. Its fine to be a curmudgeon but that is ridiculous. Everything (except my opinion) in my comments is available anywhere else in other reviews, comments, and summaries of the book. Colour me disgusted at your remark.

[John F]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Yes, those are all spoilers to someone who has not read the book. Sorry if you feel spoiling a book for others is OK. But it's not and you are lax in your job by allowing this.

In the book club, Jon nominated this book and provided the following blurb (with no spoiler tag):

On her long journey home from school after a fight that will surely lead to her expulsion, Karigan G'ladheon ponders her uncertain future. As she trudges through the immense Green Cloak forest, her thoughts are interrupted by the clattering of hooves, as a galloping horse bursts from the woods.

The rider is slumped over his mount's neck, impaled by two black-shafted arrows. As the young man lies dying on the road, he tells Karigan he is a Green Rider, one of the legendary messengers of the king of Sacoridia.

Before he dies, he begs Karigan to deliver the “life and death” message he bears to King Zachary. When she reluctantly he agrees, he makes her swear on his sword to complete his mission, whispering with his dying breath, "Beware the shadow man...".

Taking on the golden-winged horse brooch that is the symbol of the Green Riders, Karigan is swept into a world of deadly danger and complex magic, her life forever changed. Compelled by forces she cannot understand, Karigan is accompanied by the silent specter of the fallen messenger and hounded by dark beings bent on seeing that the message, and its reluctant carrier, never reach their destination.

[DiapDealer]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Yes, those are all spoilers to someone who has not read the book. Sorry if you feel spoiling a book for others is OK. But it's not and you are lax in your job by allowing this.

No, they're not. And no I'm not. Stop this now.

[ZodWallop]