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Summary: An Intriguing Plot around Colorful Charaters
Review: I read this out loud to my family while traveling in the car on summer vaction. It was engrossing. I did find that we wanted to know what Artemis was up to, how was he going to accomplish his goals and would the LEP prevent him from achieving his plan. The book is sprinkled with humorous interactions between a cast of colorful charaters both human and non-human). The value of the book should be measured by itself and not against "Harry Potter." It delivers on all promises to the reader.
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Summary: Fast-paced series with a wonderful plot
Review: This is the best series next to Harry Potter that I've ever read. It moves very quickly and there is never a dull moment. Artemis' genius never ceases to amaze me. I highly recommend this book to fantasy readers.
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Summary: A big disappointment!
Review: I wanted so much to like this book because it sounded like it had interesting possibilities. But the story is weak, shallow, unbelievable. The characters had possibilities, but no personality distinctions--and all seemed to speak in the same sarcastic voice. I read the whole thing but found it shallow and boring. The reviewer Miguel Valdez Lopez (below) was right! Most of the five star reviews came from children, who probably aren't yet mature enough to understand the importance of three-dimensional characterization.
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Summary: Artemis Fowl: Criminal of the 21st Century
Review: What can I say? This is a great book. It isn't perfect, but it's pretty close. A 12-year-old criminal mastermind tries to capture a fairy and hold her for ransom but gets a lot more than he bargained for when the fairy turns out to be Holly Short, the only female officer in the Lower Elements Police. Basically, the book is about Artemis's attempt to kidnap her and the LEP's desperate attemps to get her back before they are forced to pay up. It ends when-hey,I'm not going to spoil the whole thing. Just read the book. Trust me, it's not hard. I've done it six times.
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Summary: Artemis Fowl, the first book of the series
Review: A twelve-year-old boy named Artemis Fowl finds a fairy person selling a book, and he tries to borrow the book from the fairy.the fairy says that he have to return it within 1 hour of their time, but he keeps the book for himself. Using his computer interpeter, somehow he translates all the words in the book and soon he finds out about the fairies and fairyfolk of their pot of gold, so he decides on a plan, if he could kidnap one of the fairies then the gold would be all his.So Artemis kidnaps extrasmall, pointy-eared Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon (Lower Elements Police Reconnaisance) Unit and then her senior officer, Commander Root,a elf finds out about the kidnapping, then stop at nothing to find her.So he decides to find where this Person lives and finds the location from one of his spies, he sends this goblin creature to rescue the Captain while Commander Root himself goes to negotiate with this person called Artemis Fowl, and while Artemis Fowl is talking with the Commander, Artemis notices a goblin and the hostage, but he doesn't tell the commander, he just deal half of the gold for the captain, and Captain Short returns with a book that Artemis had stolen and used, but then Artemis knew what they were up to.So he took all of their gold from the pot, and Captain Short has been in "prison' with Artemis' sister, tries to free her from their wrath, but the commander says that she is just a causatie of a war.
I like this book because the main character is the reason I like the book he's like a bounty hunter wanting for the hunt to come.
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Summary: Very Sinester
Review: Artemis is simply brilliant. He is devious and stinkin rich, which is an amazing combination. The aurthor Eoin Colfer does a fantastic job, by leading the reader into different inner stories to explain each character, very well. I would recomend this book, to anyone who likes the Harry Potter Series. I wonder, if they would make a movie in the novel. Artemis and ingenious master mind and with his side kick Butler, their off into the most dareing adventures. The book, hold you spell bound...and I would give it 2 thumbs up...yooooohooooo
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Summary: Wow
Review: I thought this was a great book. I think the idea of having the main character as the "Bad Guy" is fresh. I recogmend this book to Harry Potter fans.I think a boy genius is something we havent seen in childrens books of late.Its deffently worth a look.
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Summary: Great reading for any teen...
Review: Artemis Fowl is a brilliantly written book, that delves into an imaginary world like no other.Twelve-year-old genius Artemis Fowl, son of a missing criminal, discovers the secret elve world below the Earth's surface and also their large hoard of gold.
Fowl devises what seems like a fool-proof plan, what with the help of his larger-than-life assistant and his incredible mind.
But he doesn't count on the interference of one Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit, an elvish police outfit responsible for making sure humans never find out about their world.
Short soon gets her hands messy in attempting to stop Fowl, and the ending is very exciting! Artemis Fowl is a great read for young people who enjoyed the Alex Rider Series by Anthony Horowitz, or the original 007 novels by Ian Fleming. I highly recommend this book, and the sequel, Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident.
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Summary: Artemis Fowl, Twelve-Year-old teenager much like Dr.Evil
Review: Artemis Fowl...a very amazing character,carries a book with fairy language symbols in it which he could translat.I mean that is pretty amazing.anyway,he finds out in the book about the fairies having a pot of gold,so he plans to Kidnap Captain Holly Short in the LEPrecon(Lower Elements Police Reconnaisance) Unit and get the ransom in return of the Kidnapped "fairy'.Plans that Dr.Evil might come up with,which is why I compared Dr.Evil with him.In "Goldmember',Dr.Evil planned to kidnap Austin's father or "faja'as Goldmember says.anyway that is bascially my comparason on Artemis VS Dr.Evil later!
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Summary: Has J.K. Met Her Match?
Review: I thought this was a great combination of fantasy and science fiction. J.K. was good, but Eoin was better. If I had to choose between the 5th Harry Potter or the 3rd Artemis Fowl, Fowl would win. It was much funnier and had cool technology in it such as the craft shafts and the Hummingbird wings. I really like the plot because of the whole kidnapping idea. Artemis kept finding ways to stop everything the fairies did. I liked how the author let the bad guy win for once. I liked the whole idea. It was just great. I loved all the characters like Artemis, a millionaire and 12-year-old super-genious, who uses his powers for evil and not good. I liked Mulch, too. The whole idea was for him to be like a worm and he was extremely funny. This book shouldn't say, "Stay back, human." It should say, "Buy me, human."
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