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Summary: Incredible!
Review: This has definitely become a cliché in the past years, but I use it as literally as I possibly can here: you cannot put "Artemis Fowl" down. An amazing book full of twists and turns, laugh-out-loud humor, and nail-biting suspense, "Fowl" will please any person looking for a excellent read. With stunningly complex characters that are actually a breeze to relate to, Eoin Colfer paints a world of mystery and action that will keep you fascinated forever. While the Harry Potter series was much more elaborate, the world of "Fowl" is much like our own. "Fowl" also doesn't take itself nearly as seriously as the Harry Potter series, making it easier to read and enjoy. Artemis Fowl, the main character, is a pre-teen criminal mastermind/genius. Born into a long line of crooks, Artemis develops a plan involving the fairy world. They aren't your everyday fairies with magic wands-they pack guns, and have established their own formidable government. Colfer's imagination runs wild, filling every world with vibrant pictures. The world comes to life inside your head, beautifully crafted to please even the most skeptical reader. "Artemis Fowl" is a thrilling book from beginning to end: pick it up, and you won't regret it.
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Summary: because its not my fav in the series.
Review: First of all I would like to point out that this book is NOTHING like Harry Potter, they only share slight similarities in that it deals with humans and their interactions with magical species of fairies, elves, goblins, trolls and oh yeah a centaur. Don't expect to find a protagonist who goes off to learn the ways of warlocks and witches, there is a fight with a troll but no wands are being twirled here. The only resemblance Harry Potter and Artemis Fowl have, is that they grow older through out the books in the series and are both teen-aged boys. With that cleared up, I suggest you read this book and the other's in its series because they are well written and the adventures are as interesting as the ones in HP. Artemis Fowl is more like a cops and robbers, crime novel for kids but that can be enjoyed by older ones as well. This is the one I liked the least in the books released as to date on Artemis Fowl: it's sort of slow paced in the beginning and has the quality that any book beginning a series has of making huge explanations about everything and giving to many boring details which you won't encounter that much on Books 2 or 3 because the author assumes that you read Book 1 (and you should). Needless to say read it, and read it fast because the ones to come are even better and much more interesting. If you expected Artemis Fowl to be a synonym and a substitute to Harry Potter I suggest you skip the series altogether and re read the HP books until big #5 comes out.
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Summary: Hardboiled, but half-baked. Fun, anyway.
Review: (***1/2)
Over the last sixty years or so, a kind of opposite of Gresham's law seems to have taken over in children's literature: good books have been driving out bad. If I'd encountered Artemis Fowl at the age of 11, I'd have been giddy with delight. But with writers like Pullman, Jones, Sachar, and Rowlings out there, this series comes out as second rank. It's a quick, funny, inventive, rollicking read, but not one that's likely to become a memory still treasured in adulthood. The characters (the 12 year old criminal mastermind with a heart of gold, the hulking family retainer with battle skills to make a black belt look pale, the technosavvy centaur so plainly ripped off from Ian Fleming's Q) are rather cartoonish, although the captured LEPrecon Holly has a bit more depth. For all its clever surprises, the plot seems carelessly constructed. The Victorians distinguished between "fancy", which played with concepts in a lighthearted way, and "imagination", which summoned pictures that could touch the soul. Artemis Fowl is composed entirely of fancy. Not that there's anything *wrong* with that.Having said as much, it's a fine way for a kid, or even an adult, to spend a couple of afternoons until something better comes along. There's the excitement of breaking the simple code of Gnommish, the faery "language". The basic conceit - that the parts of the story told from the fairies' point of view takes the form of a hardboiled police procedural, gently satirizing all the cliches of the genre - plays out smoothly and naturally, and couldn't be fresher. There's just enough grossout humor to keep a generation raised on Captain Underpants contented. And there are several hints that the series to follow will not just be episodic, but may unfold into a seriocomic epic of relations between human "Mud Men" and fairy folk, perhaps with the health of the planet they share held in the balance.
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Summary: Artemis Fowl ROCKS
Review: I am 10 years old and have just finished Artemis Fowl. The book is a fantasy-adventure that pulls you into the adventue of 12 year old Artemis Fowl, a genuis, millionaire and criminal manstermind. When Artemis kidnaps a fairy of the LEPrecon unit even he doesn'nt know what he has taken in. You won't be able to stop reading this book once you've started. Every part about it is amazing.
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Summary: There¿s Nothing Foul about Artemis Fowl
Review: Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer, is none other than a classic. Not as intoxicating as the illustrious Harry Potter series, but it has that special flair that die-hard Harry Potter fans will enjoy! It's a modern day story combined with magic and mayhem. The creativity of this book flows from its very pores. Colfer has a unique way of explaining the human misperception of folklore. Like for instance, the myths of the Leprechaun; humans have actually been saying it wrong for centuries, it's actually L.E.P. Recon. They're not short men who go around with pots of gold, waiting for you to find them at the ends of rainbows, but they're a special elite police force who patrol and control the safety and security of Haven, the underground society of magical beings and other such folk, known as the People. Holly Short is the only female officer of the L.E.P.; she has a bit of an edge to her that reflects that, 'I'm not just a chic' kind of attitude that is important for our heroine. Oh, I'm, giving too much away. Meanwhile a wealthy young man, Artemis Fowl, without a steady father figure, filled with Lex Luther tendencies, is a child prodigy of may sorts. He seeks out criminal activity to his own delight and his own self-proclaimed quest for struggle and challenge. He seeks to expose and take advantage of these forgotten People. He learns their language and uses his newly acquired knowledge of the People, along with his technological advancements and rather large bodyguard, to capture a member of the People, hold him or her hostage and make himself some fairy gold in the process. Only his plans don't go as well as he had hoped, because he messed with the wrong elf, Holly Short. Well, as one can tell this tale is highly original, and dynamic. It's an easy read for those of you who have difficulty reading books and/or novels. It's easy to follow and it makes sense, in the same way that J.K. Rowling's writing does. A reader doesn't get lost or confused as easily with high-class mumbo-jumbo, such as in Philip Pullman's published works like the Golden Compass. The wording is made to make sense, not to confuse. Children with reading related learning disabilities will have no problem getting through this book. Plus, there's a little added bonus in the book. There is a fun code that runs along the bottom of the book, it is in the ancient language of the People. It isn't too difficult to decode, but if you pay attention to the book, and fill in the wholes, you're bound to figure it out. It foreshadows the entire Artemis Fowl series, in a prophecy. Excellent book as well as a series, I highly recommend it! Definitely one of my praised literary keeps.
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Summary: Artemis Fowl
Review: Artemis Fowl is a genius. He has the technology to escape anything beat anyone and even exploit multi-million dollar corporations even though he is only twelve years old. Sadly when his father disappeared a few years ago Artemis was left alone with his mother who shut herself up in the attic. With the help of his trusty butler, who is not just a butler, Artemis has formed a plan to kidnap a leprechaun and steal her gold. When he does capture a leprechaun he go more than he bargained for. Now he has the entire Leprechaun army at his door along with sprites fairies and any other magical creatures and this time he may have started a war between humans and magical creatures that he might not be able to solve.
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Summary: A good, solid, enjoyable read
Review: I borrowed this book from my 12 year old daughter. I read it in a day. Very easy, enjoyable read. Interesting storyline. Fascinating characters. OK, its not as in-depth as Harry Potter, but its still a solid story and just as fun. A few days after I finished this one, I went and ordered the 2 follow-up stories.
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Summary: Artemis Fowl
Review: So you're looking for a book that interests you. You like a bit of fantasy but at the same time, you love futuristic technology. Well this is the book for you.
It all starts when a very wealthy boy named Artemis Fowl plans to steal fairy gold. To do this, he has to exacute a very detailed plan. First, he has to kidnapp a fairy. Second, he has to hold it hostage. Lastly, he has to escape in time so that he won't get killed.
He ends up kidnapping a fairy named Holly Short, a captain in the fairy LEPrecon force. The fairies underground are none to happy with this. Commader Root of the LEPrecon tries to get her back along with the help of a technological genius centaur named Foaly.
Throughout the book, they try to come up with plans to get her back, but most of them are foiled due to Fowl's massive manservent named Butler.
This is a great book with many twists and turns. I give it five out of five stars.
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Summary: Better than Harry Potter
Review: Once I started I couldn't put down the book. I think I've found a worthy rival for Harry Harrison's Jim diGriz! This book captivated me in ways that none of the Harry Potter books have.
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Summary: PRAISEWORTHY VOICE PERFORMANCE
Review: Long a bestseller author in Britain and his native Ireland Eoin Colfer soon added America to his conquests with the introduction of his young hero Artemis Fowl. When we first meet Artemis his once wealthy family is in dire straights. Poverty did not appeal, so Artemis set out to rebuild the family fortune. He discovers the magic of fairies and hatches a plot. The above is probably not news to many. What is news is that Artemis now has a voice - Nathaniel Parker. There's a hint of the British and a tinge of the Irish in the low, resonant Parker reading - perfect! His nuances and pauses are precise, drawing listeners into the adventure. I found myself leaning forward, not that I couldn't hear him quite distinctly but because I didn't want to miss one of his captivating inflections. Nathaniel Parker's narration, rather than "reading" merits the word "performance." It also deserves and award. - Gail Cooke
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