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Last Short Story Was a Bust

Randomize by Andy Weir

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So this was the shortest of the stories in the “Forward” collection and honestly my least favorite. It was beyond boring and the ending was just a meh moment to me. I wanted something more for a supposed science fiction book. Talking about quantum physics and entanglement didn’t do a thing for me. “Randomize” is at the heart just a boring heist story. We follow a member that plans on stealing from a Las Vegas casino using quantum physics. Yeah, that’s a new one on me. It’s still boring though. And the last little bit is just a lot of […]

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10/1/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:245 |

All the science of The Martian, less of the fun

Artemis by Andy Weir

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I’ll start this by saying, I really did genuinely enjoy Artemis. It’s just that The Martian set the bar really damn high. Anyone with a passing understanding of the first book or movie knows what they’re getting into – snappy wit, detailed technical science, and insane problems with even crazier solutions. Artemis delivers on every single score, seriously. But somehow a breakneck story about a heist ON THE MOON just started to drag. Weir creates these wonderful worlds just a few technological leaps ahead of our own. Here, our hero, Jazz Bashara, has lived in the moon colony Artemis since she was a […]

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9/4/2018 's CBR10 Review No:102 |

CBR Bingo: So Popular!

The Martian by Andy Weir

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I’ve read every book on the CBR Bingo “So Popular” list excluding Divergent, which I have no interest in, and I’ve already read and reviewed Bossypants and Gone Girl this year! I imagine I am not the only person in this particular boat and I look forward to everyone’s re-reads of these popular books. I decided to go with The Martian because I had heard good things about the audio-book and figured if I was doing a re-read I  would change up the medium. “Actually, I was the very lowest ranked member of the crew. I would only be “in command” if I were the only remaining person.” […]

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8/21/2018 's CBR10 Review No:90 |

So close!

Artemis by Andy Weir

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I really loved Andy Weir’s The Martian – it was fast paced, it was funny, the science was compelling, and the diary format really worked in terms of telling the story and highlighting Mark’s isolation. I was very excited to receive this book from my Secret Book Santa; Artemis should have been a sure fire hit for me. But it wasn’t, this time. This is a caper story, in essence, set on a city called Artemis that is located on the moon. The city is run by a Kenyan organization, it has its own currency, and has a multicultural population. […]

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6/22/2018 's CBR10 Review No:9 |

Read The Martian instead

Artemis by Andy Weir

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I was very excited to pick up Artemis (2017) by Andy Weir because I loved his first book, The Martian, even though science fiction isn’t normally my thing. The combination of the life and death struggle, the realistic science, and the funny and smart protagonist was fantastic. It was one of my favorite books of the year. However, Artemis did not hold up to my high expectations. Jasmine Bashara has been living on Artemis, a colony on the moon, since she was six years old. Now in her twenties, working as a porter and a sometimes smuggler, she is struggling to make enough money to better […]

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4/7/2018 's CBR10 Review No:11 |

Sophomore slump, I guess

Artemis by Andy Weir

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I loved The Martian. It was the book that got me reading again after a years-long drought. I raved about it to my family and friends and drove them nuts with my uninvited opinions when I heard they were going to turn it into a movie. So I was very excited when I learned Andy Weir had a new book coming out and preordered it as soon as the option was available. However, I was sad to find myself disappointed by Artemis. While the science-y bits were interesting,  I found the protagonist, Jazz, rather unlikable. Mark Watney was a goofball […]

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3/24/2018 's CBR10 Review No:5 |

“Hey, if you want to play life safe, don’t live on the moon.”

Artemis by Andy Weir

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I was in a bit of a reading slump this past week; nothing I had on hand was grabbing my attention more than the new season of Grace & Frankie so I spent my downtime binge watching instead of binge reading. I knew I was in trouble when I was pulling up Hulu on my lunch break to catch up on Late Night With Seth Meyers instead of reading the book in my purse (Word by Word, don’t expect a review). Then I picked up Artemis from the library and was instantly hooked. My husband put it best when he said “How’s your […]

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1/25/2018 's CBR10 Review No:13 |

Liked, not loved.

Artemis by Andy Weir

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Okay, so, luckily I read some mediocre reviews of this before starting it and I adjusted my expectations accordingly. I was way too pumped for this book, and frankly, my expectations for it were unrealistically high. Books that you ALL CAPS LOVE don’t come along that often, and the chances that an author will deliver a second one, particularly after the first was a debut novel, aren’t super high. I ALL CAPS LOVED The Martian, but I just had a pretty good time with this book. Artemis is a caper/heist story set on the first colony city on the Moon. We follow […]

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1/13/2018 's CBR10 Review No:7 |


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