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Summary: Colfer hits a foul ball
Review: This book is written at too high of a level for kids, yet isn't a very interesting story for adults. Ninety nine percent of kids under the age of 13 will have difficulty keeping up with the dialog, which often rambles on between characters without attributing the source. In addition, the vocabulary, although fine for adults, is well beyond the intended audience. A little literary stretch may be good, but this goes too far. I found the story dry, and the ending anticlimatic. I suppose Captain Short is the protagonist we are supposed to cheer, but most other characters didn't appeal to me. J. K. Rowling can sleep well.
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Summary: A Sinister Harry Potter?
Review: When describing this book to friends I often find myself using the words, "Like Harry Potter, but different."Really the only similarities between the two are the boy's ages and the wonderful writers behind them. Eoin Colfer, like JK Rowling, has discovered the key to making a book truly for all ages. It catches the attention and respect of children and adults alike. If you are looking for a book to keep you turning pages, Artemis Fowl is a must read.
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Summary: A Hilarious Page Turner
Review: Artemis Fowl is a book that I have no doubt will be passed down from generation to generation.
Artemis Fowl is a twelve year old criminal mastermind who plans to regain the family fortune with the help of his body gaurd Butler and Butler's little sister Juliet. How do they plan to do this? By taking a fairy hostage and waiting for the ransom gold to arrive.
When Holly Short, the first female LEPrecon officer, is captured by Artemis Fowl while doing the magic restoring ritual, her boss, Commander Root, is forced to throw trolls, time stops, and a bio bomb into the fray to get his officer out of the Fowl Manor.
This is the kind of book where you loose all rememberance of where you are, you get lost completely in the pages of this book. This hilarious book had many laughable sections in it and that makes it even better: mixing action with comedy. I reccomend this book to anybody who loves fantasy with an attitude.
I you enjoy this book I reccomend its sequel, Artemis Fowl the Artic Incedint.
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Summary: Better than Harry Potter?
Review: Artemus Fowl is a very cool book, I read it in 7th grade before it became popular and I loved it. Of all the books I've read I never came across one where the evil person is accually the star! It made the book more interesting.
The book had a lot of plot twists and un expecteded plots. Artemus is really smart for his age, it's amazing how he keeps a step in front of the LEP officers all throught the book.
I really recomend this book to everyone. It's a reall keeper!
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Summary: Artemis Fowl
Review: There is no bad part of this book. It is full of unexpected twist and turns. It is a page turning, suspenseful book that deserves 100 stars. All the different creatures are a great touch too. Elfs, humans, dwarves, trolls. Everything you can think of is in this book. Definitly the book of the century.
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Summary: Good start to the series.
Review: First, before I get to my review of the book, I read that this is to be compared to Harry Potter. Wrong! The Harry Potter is the best series that child can read. Now on with the review. What a good book. My cousin bought it for me for my b-day to use in the classroom. There is some profanity so I can't use it in the classroom...but I did enjoy the book. Meet Artemis Fowl. He's a criminal mastermind. Highly intelligent, very cunning....and just 12 years old! He knows that there is fariy gold to be found, but he has to figure out how to get it. He kidnaps a fairy and holds her hostage. But this isn't a usual fairy. Why not? Read and find out. Colfer has created a world where this world and the fairy world meet. There's a lot of magic and fairy power to hold the readers attention and has characters that we, as the reader, care about and want to get to know. Fowl is a genius and it's interesting how Colfer has created him. I highly suggest this book (parents: there is some profanity and some light violence) and I can't wait to read the next book in the series.
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Summary: Pretty Good
Review: This is a very good book and you should read it. The only thing I don't like about it is the it gets very boring with the fairies and also you start to zoom off and not understan what happens. It has very hard words that even my sixteen year old sister didn't understand. Pretty Good
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Summary: THE BEST BOOK
Review: Artemis Fowl is the best book. I read it to my little brother and he absolutely loved to. This book is interesting because it has magic but not like any other book. It is very detalied with what is going on. Artemis is a genius whose mother is insane and his father is "dead" (yeah right). The really cool thing is that you can go onto www.artemisfowl.co.uk and decifer the code at the botom of the book. It takes a while but it is realy interesting. Eoin Colfer is a great author.
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Summary: Not 'new Harry Potter', but who needs another Harry Potter?!
Review: I've read multiple reviews which put down Artemis Fowl because it is not like Harry Potter...
That's true.
It's completly different, but every bit as exciting.
Eoin Colfer has created a wonderfully exciting world below our own...
He's a master storyteller, and narrates the story mastermind Artemis Fowl, who is, perhaps, little Harry Potter's opposite in personality, with page-turning alacrity. I enjoyed both books thoroughly and recommend them highly.
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Summary: My Favorite Book at This Moment in Time
Review: Artemis Fowl is the most imaginative book I've read in a long time. That's why it's like Harry Potter, because it's so unique. If it had the same setting, or plot, it wouldn't be good anymore; it would be a Harry Potter knock off. Artemis Fowl is a brilliant character, and his sidekicks are often hysterical. Personlly, my favorite character was Foaly, because he was such a great mix of genius and weirdness. Everything in Artemis Fowl fits together perfectly and it is an amazing book for adults and kids both. No one should ever be embarrassed to take a book off the kids shelf!
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