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Artemis
- De: Andy Weir
- Narrado por: Rosario Dawson
- Duración: 8 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 95,520
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 87,397
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 87,195
Jazz Bashara is a criminal. Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon, is tough if you're not a rich tourist or an eccentric billionaire. So smuggling in the occasional harmless bit of contraband barely counts, right? Not when you've got debts to pay and your job as a porter barely covers the rent. Everything changes when Jazz sees the chance to commit the perfect crime, with a reward too lucrative to turn down.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A ferrari with no motor
- De will en 11-18-17
- Artemis
- De: Andy Weir
- Narrado por: Rosario Dawson
A book of cliches and tropes
Revisado: 01-10-19
I'll start with positives. As always, I appreciate Andy Weir's ability to incorporate science in literature. I think it's a great technique to get STEM students reading novels, and Weir nails it, just like he nailed it in The Martian. However, I wouldn't be so quick to give Artemis to a student.
The plot isn't particularly special or unexpected. It turns into a whodunit about a quarter of the way in. The plot wasn't terrible, the science was interesting, but there were many, MANY moments of total cringe.
Jazz Bashara reads like a strong female protagonist from the perspective of a man who has no idea what it's like to be a woman. She's a glorified Mark Watney in a pink dress. It's painful, at times, to hear about all of her male relationships when she does not have a single female friend. None of the characters are fleshed out; they're all cliches of whatever demographic they're meant to represent.
This was a mostly fun read, with many painful moments. Weir's characters are all tokens; there's the token woman, token gay person, token nerd, token Muslim. All these issues of gender, race, and sexuality are glossed over, and none of the issues fully explored. In the end, it was okay, but profoundly problematic. Unless you're reading it for the express purpose of discussing how it's problematic, I would take a pass on this one.
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Bird Box
- A Novel
- De: Josh Malerman
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 9 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 9,145
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 8,335
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 8,321
Something terrifying that must not be seen. One glimpse and a person is driven to deadly violence. No one knows what it is or where it came from.Five years after it began, a handful of scattered survivors remain, including Malorie and her two young children. Living in an abandoned house near the river, Malorie has long dreamed of fleeing to a place where her family might be safe. But the journey ahead will be terrifying: 20 miles downriver in a rowboat blindfolded with nothing to rely on but Malorie's wits and the children's trained ears. One wrong choice and they will die. And something is following them....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Don't look!
- De Lesley en 05-22-14
- Bird Box
- A Novel
- De: Josh Malerman
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
Pretty good, won't reread
Revisado: 01-07-19
I thought it wasn't bad. Nothing too special. The protagonist was unremarkable. It was interesting to read a post-apocalyptic story told from the perspective of a pregnant woman/mother with young children, but Malorie had no characteristics other than her motherhood. She spends a lot of time thinking about the men in the story. (Minor spoilers) There are three other women with major roles in the story, one of whom dies immediately, another of whom is also pregnant and is constantly worrying, and the last of whom is wholly unremarkable. The men in the story have agency and personalities, but the women fall fairly flat. Overall, it's an interesting concept, and a good suspenseful novel. The plot and pacing are great. However, the protagonist was (at times) annoyingly flat and constantly swooning over Tom.
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