Lazy as hell
Weir uses the simile "lazy as hell," to describe Jazz. This implies that Jazz is incredibly lazy, as the phrase "as hell" is an intensifier:
“Dear Jazz, Maybe you can do it in your head. I would give anything to be as smart as you. But I’m not. That’s okay. I work hard instead, and you’re lazy as hell.”
As hot as tea or coffee
A simile is used to describe the heat at which water boils:
“Water boils at 61 degrees Celsius here, so that’s as hot as tea or coffee."
By describing it as the same temperature as tea or coffee, we are given an indication of how hot this is.
Bad tasting coffee
The following simile is used to emphasize how bad the coffee tastes:
“Earthers hate our coffee. Physics dictates that it tastes like sh*t.”
Underbelly metaphor
The metaphor of an "underbelly" is used to describe a dark or seedy area of a city. Weir uses this metaphor in the following passage:
“Every city needs an underbelly. It’s best to let the petty criminals do their thing and focus on bigger issues”
Happy simile
Weir uses a simile in the following passage, to emphasize the happiness of the character being described:
“The damn fool had brought a digital projector and roll-up screen. He connected his Gizmo and, as usual with technology, it didn’t work. Unfazed, he twiddled settings. Happy as a pig in sh*t.”
Moon city simile
Artemis is described using a simile, which compares it to how we might expect a city on the moon to look, complete with a sci-fi aesthetic:
"They’re half underground, so Artemis looks exactly like old sci-fi books said a moon city should look: a bunch of domes. You just can’t see the parts that are belowground."
