Jazz Bashara is an Artemesian (Moon community) who is a principled, civic minded, genius... smuggler, who can't seem to rise out of poverty or avoid trouble. The language is a little rough, but that was true of this author's first book, "The Martian", too--it's just a bit more disconcerting coming from a female--beings how all our thoughts are pure and all. :-)
The movie is still in development with Simon Kinberg (The Martian) and Aditya Sood signed on to produce, and Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, a team of Writer/Producers with the titles The Lego Movie, 22 Jump Street and Clone High in their credits, signed on to direct.
The author has hinted that this is the first book of a series. I'll be watching for the movie and future books. :-) ( )

Not as good as the Martian, but more like a mystery set on the Moon. ( )

Classic Weir, lots of science is worked into the story. Jazz is a young woman who was raised on the moon and who has opted not to apply herself. She operates just at the legal boundary, smuggling things for the moon's ultra rich. ( )

This was a fun, light read. It wasn’t quite as good as The Martian, largely because that had a more realistic feel to it, as well as being a more inherently suspenseful man-vs-wilderness story. However, this book did a reasonable job of using a lot of the same style (random science in outer space, this time on the Moon) to craft a different, more lighthearted story.

Cons: Jazz’s friends asked almost no questions, and were surprisingly amenable to all of her extremely insane plans. Character development of secondary characters was pretty mediocre (Tyler? Where was that guy?). Side stories felt a bit forced.

Pros: Main story was fun, well paced, and not too long. Happy-go-lucky style matched well with the story.

Overall 4 stars, and a good vacation read, but nothing that will blow your socks off. ( )

Weir has cemented himself as one of my favorite authors. I devoured The Martian and would have done the same with Artemis had life and work responsibilities not gotten in the way. I like the amount of action, science, and adventure that takes place in his books. Artemis had me thinking I knew how it would end and then Jazz kept getting in deeper and deeper situations. Very happy I picked this one up! ( )