Have you ever imagined what it would be like to live on the moon? Well, Andy Weir imagined the same thing. His award-winning novel, Artemis, imagines a city on the moon. The city, also named Artemis, hosts people from around the Earth as tourists and citizens. The main protagonist of this story, Jasmine Bashara, is a 26-year-old resident of Artemis who smuggles items into the city for a living. She is not a very wealthy person, as her apartment is just big enough to sleep in, and she can only eat food called gunk, which is made from algae and grown in vats on Artemis. Jasmine smuggles items for many people, but one of these people is Trond Landvik, a multi-billionaire businessman.
One day, Trond asks Jasmine to do him a favor. He wants her to destroy the harvesters that gather raw materials for Sanchez Aluminum. Sanchez Aluminum has a contract with the city which gives the company free power use as long as they supply the city with Oxygen. Trond wants to get into the aluminum and oxygen business, yet can’t due to the contract between Artemis and Sanchez Aluminum, so he hires Jasmine to sabotage the company. Trond promises Jasmine a large sum of money, so she immediately jumps at the deal. Jasmine later attempts to destroy the harvesters, and fails, which catches the attention of Sanchez Aluminum. Sanchez Aluminum is later revealed to be owned and run by a Mob syndicate, which eventually attempts to kill her. Jasmine needs to try and survive as well as stop the Mob syndicate from continuing business, but everything is at stake for her. I thought this book was a fantastic read. It started very slow but picked up rapidly after. The storyline was very well made and it couldn’t be any better. The only critique I would have is the beginning and end. They both are very slow and should be a little faster-paced. Overall, I rate Artemis a 4⁄5 due to its superior story and plot, but lack of development in the beginning.
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