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Summary: ^_^ Arty!
Review: I was a bit taken aback when my aunt gave me this book. Im a rabid Harry Potter fan and had heard this book was a lot like Harry Potter. It's acutaly nothign like Harry, but i had it's own special charm. I just loved Artemis. He's evil and nasty...and I just loved him! For those who like Draco Malfoy (Harry Potter's enemy) or just a great book, this is for you.
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Summary: great adventure
Review: Twelve-year old genius Armemis Fowl decided to refill the family coffers by learning the language of fairies and kidnapping one for its gold. Artemis sucessfully captures fairy Captain Holly Short Short holding her for ransom against trolls,special assault teams and technology. The droll prodigy uses technology and his faithful butler to repel the fairy police and outwit obstacles.
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Summary: What An Awful Mess!
Review: I can't believe the praise being showered on this book. It's a disaster. I can't imagine anyone wanting to read anymore about Artemis Fowl. He is a nasty, nasty little boy. The only way I'd ever like to read more about him is if the adventures involve him being given a good smack or two.First of all, as many people have pointed out, these books have absolutely nothing in common with "Harry Potter", and it's a shame to see all books being lumped into a pile of "Fantasy? Must be Harry Potter-like". Especially books like this, which is so absolutely undeserving of the comparison it's rather pathetic. Second of all, I understand that Colfer was trying to form a dashing "anti-hero" in Artemis. It didn't work. I was never rooting for Artemis to get away with his plan, I never admired his "daring". All I wanted was for him to get caught, embarrassed, and punished. He was a ungrateful, obnoxious, and very trying on the nerves. And I didn't for *one second* buy that he was 12 years old. But all though Artemis was the most unbelievable and detestable character, all characters had huge flaws. I was never satisifed with why Holly helped heal Butler. OK, Juliet was "innocent" (really, though, the only reason Holly sympathized with her was because she was also a female surrounded by males.) but Butler sure wasn't, so why did Holly heal him? Ah, so he could be in the sequel, of course! Holly herself wants nothing more than be considered a productive, first-class LEPrecon officer, yet she neglects powering her magic up for years. Why would she, "the test case", do that, knowing it could cost her everything she's fought for? Ah, just so she could be captured to further the plot, because it can't develop on it's own because it has no logic or sense, of course! There were NO characters to care about or believe in. (but I must admit, I at least had *feeling* for Artemis. I hated him passionately, and I really didn't give a hoot about any of the other characters one way or another.) Finally, this book was just poorly written. It was filled with over-the-top unbelievable language that hurts the ears with the sheer awfulness of it. The descriptions of the fairie technology were complicated and yet somehow still vague and it all sounded like it had been filtered through a "Hollywood Action Movie Generic Dialogue Generator 2001". For instance: "Ambition had a price, and that price was friendship." For God's sake, "Pearl Harbor" has lines with less clunk. Stop the comparisons with "Harry Potter". It's a disgrace to Harry. That series is filled with heart, logic, truth, and real magic and to compare them to stupid swill like this is a shame. If only I could give theis book ZERO STARS! If only I didn't notice it was published, in part, by Mirmax, thus making me realize I'll someday have to sit through previews for the insipid "Artemis Fowl" movie! If only there wasn't going to be more of this stupidity! Don't spend your money or your time on this irritating and poorly written book. I sure wish I hadn't.
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Summary: Not HP, but real good
Review: I thought that this book was very good. The author was telling the truth when he said, "die hard with fairies." LOL It's got action, and the end is really surprising. Artemis is a cold hearted 12 year old that wants to take over the world. Kinda reminds you of Salem on Sabrina, no? Anyways, he captures fairy cop Holly Short in order to get the fairy technology to take over the world. Ransom is a ton of fairy gold. Her cop squad comes to rescue her, and with Foaly, Root, and the rest of the LepRecon Unit, they make this story believable. I highly recommend it!
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Summary: good book
Review: If you like fantasy, harry potter, gohsts, youll love Artemis fowel Artemis fowl is a genius, a criminal mastermind, and a millionaire the most shocking thing is hes only twelve years old But when he kidnaps captian Holly Short of the LEPrecon unit he dosent know what hes dealing with. In a great scheme to restore his families fortune Artemis Fowl makes a very amusing tale.
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Summary: A work of intelligence and adventure.
Review: This book couldn't be pried out of my hands until it was over! I love the unique combinations of Fantasy and adventure. The intelligence level of Artemis was another unusual element. I'm waiting for the sequel, and the movie.
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Summary: Passing the time
Review: I found this book to be very entertaining and more importantly a way to pass the time until Harry Potter book 5 comes out. I found it had an original plot and although it was not written perfectly it was a satisfying weekend read. I recommend reading it.
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Summary: One of the best books I've ever read!!
Review: You don't get much better than this!! Artemis Fowl is a job well done by Eoin Colfer and I'm looking forward to another Artemis Fowl (If there will be one)!! It is quite funny and serious at the same time. This book had me hooked from the begining!! An extremely good plot and the characters are great too!! Overall 9 ½ out of 10. A must buy!!!
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Summary: teacher has mixed feelings about this book
Review: The summary sounded interesting when I purchased it, but upon reading the story, I was a bit surprised about the violence. I am a 6th grade teacher and I'm not so sure I would read this book aloud to my class. That isn't to say that I wouldn't make the book available to them if they wanted to read it themselves. I'm sure the author could've been less descriptive about the types of weapons and violent acts, but reading some other reviews, kids loved this book. I, personally, found the book an interesting and fun read and I think that the code cracking pat is a great idea for kids to practice their decoding skills. If your child is mature enough, I think this is a good book for them to read.
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Summary: NOT FOR SMART PEOPLE
Review: Do not buy this book! ESPECIALLY if you are considering it for children! Its "style" is completely wannabe cinematic, with too much description of guns and tough-guy-shots. If you've ever read a sci-fi story written by an over-enthusiastic fifteen-year-old boy... it was better than Artemis Fowl. Plus, every other sentence starts with "and" or "but", and the faked medieval style combined with the James Bond-esque action sequences is ridiculous. Oh, and I cracked the code in about 20 seconds, it's a direct orthographical one from the English Alphabet. I mean, come on. You can just correspond the individual symbols to letters on the opposite page... "translation" indeed! The code at the bottom is about a guy who reads the future... in *phlegm*.
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