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Listened to Artemis by Andy Weir.

Wanted to really enjoy it and found myself rather disappointed.

I have high standards for this kind of fiction it seems. Without spoiling too much, the plot simply isn't believable for me.

The idea that someone living in an arcology on the moon would casually jeopardize the lives of everyone in it for a payday seems unbelievable to me, but then, I have high standards for colonists-to-be, and Weir's protagonist is distinctly lower-class, approximating that of a serf in feudal times.