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Summary: Move over Harry - Come on down Artemis!
Review: Sorry Harry, your time in the limelight is over.
Artemis, a criminal mastermind, cloaked
in darkness and living in shadows captures
a fairy, and feels pretty good about himself...
until the fairies start not following the rules.
A classic adventure, memorable and definitely the
making of a favourite for many people.
Not for the faint-hearted.
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Summary: Artemis Fowl... The Arctic Incident cometh...
Review: What first attracted me to Artemis Fowl was the cover (CUNNING publishers have a way of doing that), however I didn't even know about Artemis until I ventured into the Dimension Films site (a divsion of Miramax); talk about poor advertising. Before I give a review for this book I must say that I think Talk Miramax did a POOR job in marketing this book. Teribble. Tut. Tut. Tut. ALSO, the fact that they put "this book will become a blockbuster movie" on the back of the book, told me that they were only interested in money, and not the book as a whole. What kind of publisher TELLS everyone that there is goig to be a movie after the book (it turns people off to the book). Gee.But, now for the review. Artemis Fowl, the slinky agile 12-year-old with more brains than he could handle, comes from the imagination of a new author who would have surely rocketed to Harry Potter fame if not for Miramax's poor advertising skills. It's a book about a young boy, obsessed and money hungry, who uses tactical cleverness to subdue his tiny enemies the People (Lerprechauns to you). However, his plan seems to go aray when the People strike back with an array of weaponary that even a mother would fear to read to her child at night. BUT--that's not to say that Artemis Fowl isn't an outstanding effort by an author who certainly loves teaching, as well as creating chaos-driven action sequences and goggly funny-bone one-liners (kudos to you, Colfer). The book rating I give for Artemis Fowl is: 5 out of 5 stars; very original, very funny, very wild, warped and witty. Marketing by Miramax, I give: 0 out of 0 stars. Hopefully, "Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident", will get the marketing it deserves when it hits the bookshelves. The author's effort in creating something spirited and new should be aided in such a way.
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Summary: Where are the Parent's?
Review: I have read this book as a parent and also
for the kid in me who enjoy's an adventure.
Unfortunately this book is inappropriate for any age. The 12 year old boy may be a genius but he is the bad guy and show's no redeeming qualities. The violance is also at a pg13 level.Are parent's aware of what there children are reading? or are we finding this the acceptable entertainment?
I do not even give this a star but my review would not submit
unless I put something in there.
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Summary: A Fowl Review
Review: One 12 year old mastermind captures a fairy and orders a ransom. The fairies try to get the prisoner back from Artemis Fowl, the 12 year old. Don't let his age fool you, he is very, very smart. This book is great for all readers. It is filled with many different strange and unusual characters. I think you will enjoy reading this very imaginative book.
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Summary: It Ain't Harry Potter But So What!
Review: "Die Hard with fairies" was author Colfer's description, and it sure was accurate. I could tell from reading the dust jacket that this wasn't a tale about wizard boarding school and magical chums. So the analogy to Harry Potter is puzzling for me.
On its own merits this book is a firecracker of a read. My nephew particularly liked the burrowing fellow who had to let down the back flap of his trousers as he burrowed so as to pass through mud. The part about periodic explosive flatulance made him hysterical (hey - he's only 9 years old!). Yes, kids like digestive humor, and even the idea of fairies with guns.
What I and my 75 year old mother liked about the story was its quick pacing, sort of an Ian Fleming-style redux sans girlies, and the particularly sentimental end where you come to realize that even criminal masterminds love their mothers.
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Summary: Hey...atleast the code was neat
Review: I've been on a faerie binge as of late, and when I saw and advertisement for this book on one of my nephews Scooby Doo videos I decided to check it out. I immediately found the coding along the bottom of each page a great idea and decoded as I read the book. I must say, the faeries in this book... entirely different from anything I've read, and though I know I am not an authority on these fantasy figures, I still found their depiction totally unbelievable and disturbing. Gun toting? And in a children's book? I also found the characterization lacking. Though each character had their littler personality point that made them different from each other they still seemed incomplete. I also saw no real motivation for Artemis's attack on the faeries. Because he was bored? Because he could? Its not like he needed the money. So would someone please help me out here? Something else that kind of bothered me about this book, who was the real main character? Sure the book may be titled Artemis Fowl, but it seemed to me that the faeries were the main attraction. After this whole question of 'Who is Artemis Fowl' started at the beginning of the book, I find that I'm not any closer to answering it by the end. Perhaps that is what sequels are for? I can't say that I wasn't entertained, but I found it lacking.
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Summary: Harry Potter? I think not...
Review: After the disappearance of his father, Artemis Fowl is determined to bring his criminal family back to billionaire status. His method of doing this is a bit unorthodox though. After finding out about fairies on the internet, this ambitious 12-year-old devises a plan to trick the People out of their gold. He has an advantage that no "mud person" (the fairies' name for us) has ever had: a copy of the Book, the Fairy Bible and with it the knowledge of fairy law, technology and history. He then sets out to capture a fairy for randsom. The great thing about this book is definately the characters. Throughout the entire book, you try to sympathize with both Artemis (who could be considered the villian) and Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon unit, Artemis's kidnappee. Having such a morally deprived hero is a breath of fresh air after reading about goody-goody heroes like Harry Potter (to quote an earlier reviewer, "i luv him, but he's such a baby") or the kids from the Narnia series (the only one I liked was Edward and then he went good on me!) Another reviewer said that Artemis was more like Draco Malfoy than Harry Potter and I agree entirely. Except they meant that as an insult and I definately do not!. Artemis fits his criminal mastermind title to a T. He is always two steps ahead of his opponent and made only one mistake throughout the whole book (and it didn't matter to the overall scheme anyway). I also liked how it was obviously set it this time. There were little references here and there to current technology and current times. A nice change after reading books that were written fifty years ago, written to take place fifty years ago, or written in a world completely seperated from our technology. I loved the fairies civilization! It's almost like ours, with budget cuts and politics, but with a little magic and much better technology. I even liked their scorn for humans. I sort of thought we deserved it. They hate us for all the right reasons. Artemis Fowl cannot be compared to Harry Potter and Harry Potter cannot be compared to Artemis Fowl. They were written in different styles, with different ideas, to say different things. When people say "If you like Harry Potter, then you'll like this book.", they mean "If you like fantasy, then you'll like this book." And trust me, if you like fantasy, sympathetic villians, modern language, or complex "underground" civilations, you'll love this book. I'm eagerly awaiting the sequels (and you can tell there'll be sequels). By the way, Dr. Argon's explanation of Artemis's motives at the end is completely wrong! I hope at least.
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Summary: Harry Potter meets humm....Godfather :)
Review: This is a very good book. It is fast moving and is very interesting. It is about fairies, and magic but also includes robbery, guns and fist fights. It is about a kid mastermind who wants to......well just read the book! You wont regret it.
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Summary: Not Meant for Kids under 14!
Review: The book was well thought out and well written, however it was pretty gory and graphic in some parts. As a teacher I would not recomend this book to anyone under the age 14, it's simply not appropriate.
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Summary: artemis fowl
Review: This book was a pretty good book. But it could have been better. If it would have had a little more human action and a little less fairy tale stuff.
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