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Now I'll talk about a book that I read in the past month.
Personally, I read Artemis by Andy Weir. I was convinced that the book was fantastic, but I was unable to really explain what I liked about it other than because of the snarky main character and the worldbuilding. Well, I chatted with one of my sisters about the book for an hour and... wow, I really didn't like the book at all. My critical thinking skills were absolutely, positively obscured by the fact that The Martian was a really good book.
The worldbuilding of Artemis was incredibly great, but the book lacked emotional payoff. A lot of things were set up that never came to fruition or didn't necessarily have satisfaction paired with the fruition. In the end, the main character was in a similar position to where she started; the journey she took was huge, but the ending wasn't substantial enough. I had originally given it 4/5 stars, but I'm going to bump that rating down to 3/5 stars. I appreciate the hard work that the author put into research and I didn't even mind the technical science-y sections, however the book itself doesn't really stand up to scrutiny.
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