Artemis

It's a good story told well

The science
A city on the moon is interesting thing to contemplate, I've read many other sci-fi books about it, but this was the first one that didn't bypass the ever present dangers of maintaining a survivable life in the vacuum of space. I appreciated every detail of the ‘hard science' to help its plausibility.

The story
I was entertained by the viewpoint it was told from. The perspective of a small time smuggler working the remote Wild West system was irreverent and authentic.

The audio narration
I mostly listened to the book. I was curious how well Rosario Dawson would read it. I couldn't imagine she had a lot of range based on the parts I've seen her play. I was surprised and came to love her reading style. Her voices added so much to the characters. I will ding her for her Irish brogue, it needs more work. But I give her passing grade overall because she did such a superb job with all the other characters. I think that knowing Rosario grew up near the lower east side neighborhood of NYC. I have no doubt that she would have known the types of characters she was reading about. A petty thief, a marine, a cop. A nerd, a thief, a traditional Muslim father. The syndicate street soldiers. An Irish bar keep. If you knew the lower east side in the 70, 80' & 90's, it isn't hard to imagine the characters from that hood on the moon.

Andy's words read by Rosario = perfect.

I hope they create something else.