Artemis Fowl

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Summary: Faires at the bottom of the garden now come packing
Review: Artemis Fowl a new villain for a new century and at only twelve years old he may last into the 22nd century if not killed before he reaches his 15th birthday. Artemis with his sidekick/bodyguard Butler starts his first major criminal activity with the kidnap and ransoming of a faerie for the gold. But the lovely faerie we think off from the bottom of our garden is not what he captures, but an ass-kicking, high-Tec L.E.P.Recon female police officer with an all-round bad attitude, an underground equivalent of the human SWAT officer, but better equipped with more advanced kit. So when the fairies do not want to hand over the gold mayhem ensures.

This is a fast paced book, which comes to an end all too quickly, leaving you yearning for more (luckily there 2 more). So if War & Peace is length of a book you like to read then be disappointed, this is for a dank afternoon to bring a little sunshine to the day,

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Summary: Good and Bad
Review: Artemis Fowl was good and bad at the same time. I couldn't really get the characters at first and the "People's" names were hard and complicated. But this book had a sense of humor and was full of action. (Although I could not really understand it!) But overall, it was a cool book.

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Summary: Artemis Fowl Book Review
Review: This book was an excellent adventure. It had the cleverness of a Sherlock Holmes story and the magic of a Harry Potter book. The characters were completely different from one another, which gave the book a certain roundness.
I found Artemis Fowl to be a wonderful character, perhaps because he is a much smarter person than the most of us. Eoin Colfer did a wonderful job making this completely wacky world and to keep you wanting to read more. A lot of books taper off nearer to the end, but he prevented this by making the sequels and this makes people automatically interested in what happens next. Two thumbs up for Artemis Fowl!

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Summary: A Clever Mix of Humor and Action
Review: The first time I read this book, when I was nine or so, I really loved it and completely devoured it. Now, several years later, after re-reading it, I must say I appreciate it less. Now, don't get me wrong, Colfer has written a great master-peice for children, with (as my title suggests) a pleasent mix of humor and fantasy, and the charecters are interesting to say the least. The prespective of the book is quite interesting as the main charecter is a twelve-year-old crime lord from one of the richest European families in the world.
I think that half of the appeal of this novel is, although Artimis is hardly a beleivable charecter, (and I don't mean that in a bad way) with his sharp intellect, cleverness and disregard for laws, rules and any trace of legimate activities, he is everything a modern child dreans of being. Even some of his hardships are appealing such as the loss of his father in one of his "buisness ventures" and the insanity of his mather due to his father's death.

As for the fairies, what can I say? They are most certainly not the stereo-type magical being with their high-tech society and human-like personality, but, although I really, really appreciate them as well-rounded and great charecters, they are most likely a good part of the reason that this book didn't scrape 5 stars. You see, they seemed sort of unbeleivable and corny in a way that could have been easily been avoided (the thought of dwarfs being able to immit gas and mud at a good 60 miles per hour out of their back-side comes readily to mind) and the fight with Butler against the troll at the end seemed a little...er...staged if you know what I mean.

But, all in all, this is a good, quick read for young and older children alike, even if the older children feel that it fails to keep up with the pace of modern day science fiction and fantasy.

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Summary: Had to force myself to finish this book.
Review: This book wasn't horrible, but it wasn't great either. I won't be reading the sequels, as I had to force myself to finish this one.
I have a feeling the author threw the book together hoping for a Potter-like movie deal. The characters are cardboard and could have been better developed with a little effort. I really didn't care for Artemis at all.

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Summary: clever interesting novel
Review: Artemis Fowl is like no book I've ever read. In the book there's an evil boy genius and good high tech faries. I'ts funny because you actually like both sides. I think I like this book because of the on-going suspence. Things happen unexpectedly.
This book is about a boy whose father is lost. Artemis Fowl's plan is to get fairy gold to hire a rescue team to find his father. Getting fairy gold isn't easy. Artemis comes up with evil schemes that even outsmart the fairies. Fairy tecnology is 10x greater than the mudpeoples (human) technology. Oh yeah, did I mention that this kid is only twelve! Artemis's big scheme is to kidnap a fairy for ransom. He kidnaps a recon officer preforming her ritual. The LEP (lower elements police) want Captain Holly Short back. Find out how far the LEP will go to get Holly back.
I recommend this book to anyone who likes to read, likes clever planning, and is really dedicated to reading and won't give up on the first chapter. The vocabulary in this book is only a little tougher than normal, but hey, even I can understand it. There's even a second and third book too. So go to your library and pick up a copy of Artemis Fowl, by Eoin Colfer.

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Summary: Disappointed yet Intrigued Reader
Review: I bought the first three books(I'm guess there is supposed to be more) and when I cracked the first one I felt there was something missing. The characters seems to be stale and overly animated to make up for it. I read on, thinking that it would get better, but I'm sorry to report I stopped halfway through the third "novel" and can't bring myself to finish reading the series. However, on the upside, I believe the book was written for younger readers that may still need the stereotypical characters to help them understand the non-existant dynamics of this book.

So as not to be completely harsh, I enjoyed the premise of the book moreso than the writing itself and found the ideas it presented interesting if not overly absorbing.

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Summary: An Absolute Delight!!
Review: Artemis Fowl is a wonderful children's book! As an adult, I found the book to be humorous, intriguing and loved the child villain, Artemis Fowl and his entire arsenal of extremely diabolical plans. Bravo to the female character, Holly Short, who is the real hero, or should I say heroine in this story! Eoin Colfer does a great job portraying Holly as smart, ingenious and quick thinking with all the nastiness going on! The realm of fairies is magical and this book helps bring it to life!

I never heard of any hype comparing this series to Harry Potter or even trying to bridge the gap between the Harry books, so I will just say that read this book for itself and try not to compare it to Harry, as this book stands on its own in the genre of fantasy.

My 13 year old and 14 year old loved the book and begged me to read it! I am sure glad I did! There are many great elements to this book, which will appeal to children and keep them captivated and wanting reading the sequels! I found the book to be an absolute delight and would encourage any youngster to read it!

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Summary: Clever, but slow
Review: This book is very interesting. I give it the four stars for the fact that it is very clever with many smart statements of comments. I would say that the author is very skillful in the sense that he obviously knows a lot as far as technology and magic goes, but the problem with this book is that the high-tech info and the weaponry know-how gets a bit boring after a while, and it slows the pace of the storyline down a lot. I suggest you give it a go. Maybe try the library first.

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Summary: Good light read. Nice twist on "fairy tales"
Review: Ok, I'm an adult. But I love children's books.
This is well written but is more of a "boy" book. There is some good old fashioned potty humor thrown in with good writing.

I enjoyed the story and concept. I like that there is a good within the book you can decode (although I did not do it). The only caution I would give to parents is that there are some violent scenes in the book and you may want to read first for your smaller children.

Definitely worth the read but not as well developed as some other "magical" stories.