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Summary: "an epic novel that you can't stop reading" by:bvd grade5
Review: Artemis Fowl is a 12 year old genius,and has a butler who helps him complete his evil schemes. In the beggining of this novel Artemis Fowl tries to steal"The Book"which is a book that belongs to the Fairies and tells up to the deepest darkest secrets of the fairies. Artemis' scheme was to capture a fairy and hold it for ransom,he would ask for 1 ton of 24 karot gold. Later on he catches a fairy. Unfortunately for Artemis the fairy he caught was part of the L.E.P. The L.E.P. is like the F.B.I.just with exponential years in the future technology.
This book is a page turner. I would recommend this book to anyone.
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Summary: INGENIOUS
Review: EION COLFER REALLY HIT IT BIG TIME WITH THE ARTEMIS FOWL SERIES! THE BOOKS ARE ABOUT A 12- YEAR OLD CRIMINAL MASTERMIND ON A HUNT TO BRING BACK HIS FATHER, FAMILY FORTUNE, AND MOTHER BACK TO REALITY. WHILE ABDUCTING THE FAIRY OFFICER, HOLLY SHORT, HE MAKES WISE DECISIONS AND IS SURE FOR A GOOD LAUGH IN THE END IF YOU PAY ATTENDTION TO IT ENOUGH.
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Summary: My expert Review
Review: I would recommend Artemis Fowl by: Eoin Colfer to people 10 and up. It has some violence and isn't the easiest thing to understand. The book is very intriging, though, and you just don't want to put it down. One thing I like is that if Artemis has a plan, it doesn't reveal it until it's happening. That way, you see what a genius the kid really is. He does quite a good job of counteracting the fairies plans, even with inferior technology, being outnumbered greatly and the enemy having magic. The interesting thing is the fact that the faries' magic gives him an advantage, it "restricts" them in ways.
Artemis is a twelve year-old genius as well as a criminal mastermind. I found, that I liked him right away because of just how evil he was. He manages to copy the fairy bible and uravel the secrets of the magical sub-terranian world of the Fairies, Sprites, Dwarfs, Goblins, Trolls, Centaurs and many other mystical creatures. All of the creatures are different than you'd think, not like the ones in old fairy tales. Anyway, Artemis' plan is to restore the family status back to billionare. He hopes to do that by stealing fairy gold. He then captures captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon and holds her hostage inside Fowl manor. The plan seems like it should work perfectly, and it would if it wasn't for one little detail-faries don't part with gold easily, which Artemis soon finds out!
I give this book 5 stars. It has such detail and is truly an in-depth story. I like the fact that you get to see the book from every character's point of view, not just Artemis'. That way, you get to know what's going on on both ends of the line. The book also has very riveting twists and turns. That's why I give Artemis Fowl by: Eoin Colfer five stars.
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Summary: Blah! Blah!
Review: I know that many people like this book and I am sorry that I disagree. This book is mentioned by others as a series that is compatable with Harry Potter. I do not believe this to be true. First, he is a boy with an evil and manipulative side. Harry Potter is a good person who is learning about his powers. Attemis does not have powers but has great intelligence and a faithful servant by his side. I do not like how he captures a fairy to get a book that he wants. I think that it was horrible to treat his mother the way he did too. The fact that his father is not present and he seems to be glad about it; is a horrible thought. While he is a brilliant boy with thorough schemes; this book is not very imaginative because there is no relation to dragging in the reader based upon reality. I know that this is for an older child but I have read so many interesting books from the children's section. This I did not feel compelled to read any more. I know that if I disagree then I do not have to read another story. I will not continue with the negative review to save myself from others who disagree with me. I just cannot accept this as a must read. This is why I gave it 3 stars because I do appreciate that a young boy does possess such an intelligence and that Coifer had an interesting code on the bottom of each page to be deciphered.
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Summary: Decent, but very flawed.
Review: Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl (Hyperion, 2001) It seems inevitable in this post-Harry Potter kidlit landscape that someone would have had to come up with an anti-Harry, a creature as slimy and loathsome as that little Potter brat is good and pure. Eoin Colfer made a valiant attempt in Artemis Fowl. And while he steps in a major pothole along the way, in the general scheme of things he did a pretty good job. Artemis Fowl is not your typical twelve-year-old. He is guarded by a mountain of a man wherever he goes (think Professor Toru Tanaka in a dark suit and shades), his father is missing and presumed dead, his mother is off her gourd, and-oh, yes-he's a brilliant criminal mastermind who aims to restore the wealth his family lost on the same trip where his father went missing. How does he aim to do this? By stealing fairies' gold. No, I kid you not. Fairies are real, and Fowl wants what they've got. It's a great setup, and it's carried off relatively well. There are a few places where the pace bogs down, but for the most part it rolls along smoothly as Artemis gathers his information, goes about kidnapping a fairy, and hatches a plan within a plan within a plan that keeps her rescuers (and the readers) on their toes wondering what all he's on about. This is certainly readable enough, though there are points one gets to where putting the book down and going off to do things like eat or sleep seems manageable. (Compare to, say, Kathe Koja's kidlit, which will plague your dreams if you try to sleep before you finish the book.) Where Colfer goes painfully wrong, as where most authors go painfully wrong when writing kidlit, is to break the first rule taught in every book ever written on kidlit and every course ever taught on kidlit. The rule goes, with some variations, "don't talk down to your audience." The problem doesn't exist just in kidlit, of course, and hundreds of thousands of useless books, both fiction and nonfiction, are published every year that assume the public is made up of blithering idiots. As true as this may be, it's also still true that one catches more flies with honey than with vinegar. If you're putting an environmentally conscious subtext in your book, showing an image of diseased dolphins is more than enough (and, in fact, the very brief description given is quite stomach-turning on its own, and would have been greatly effective had he ended the sermon there); when you've stated your case in images, there's no need to then go off on a mini-tangent that amounts to "if I leave it like that, you won't get it, so I'm going to explain that last bit for you to make sure you understand what I'm on about." It's insulting to the reader's intelligence, it distracts from the value of the book, and it destroys the pace, even if it's only one sentence of explanation. It's redundant. Colfer doesn't just wade in this muck pit once (which might have been forgivable), but he does it at various times throughout the novel. One gets the feeling at times this is what an adventure novel would sound like had it been written by Amiri Baraka or Joan Baez. If you can stomach being preached to in the middle of an adventure novel, by all means, pick it up. If you bristle every time an author pauses to explain something to you, you're probably better off avoiding it...
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Summary: Artemis Fowl
Review: Artemis Fowl
By Eoin Colfer The main charactors In this book, are Artemis, Butler, Holly, Root, and Foaly, who are the humans and the LEP. The plot is, that Artemis trys to make a fortune off of Fairy gold, by stealing the book of the People, and by taking a LEPrecon member hostage. The setting is current time, and it various places. The theme is how a young boy who is a genius trys to make a fortune. I liked this book very much because it wasn't the kind of book that has a happily ever after ending. You can almost experience what is happeneing in the book, and can understand the charactors emotions. I would strongly recommend this book to anyone who even remotely wanted to read this.
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Summary: A Nice Blend of the Familiar with the Unusual
Review: Eoin Colfer took something very familiar, gave it a twist, and ran with it. The result is a very original, hard-to-put-down adventure for all ages. Artemis Fowl is a brilliant, yet criminal 12-year old. He comes from a dysfunctional family, has a loyal servant, and a mind that never relents from his one goal: restoring the family fortune, at the expense of all-out war between the human and fairy worlds. Kids know all about fairies, trolls, leprechauns, and the like, but nothing they've learned from bedtime stories will prepare them for ARTEMIS FOWL. This book is so unusual, so unpredictable, that explaining the plot would be pointless. In fact, the less you know going into the book, the better. Just jump right in and enjoy...regardless of your age. 280 pages
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Summary: A Wonderful Book!
Review: Theresa Smith Nov. 24, 2003
Do you believe in fairies? Well by the time you are done reading this wonderful book you might. Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer is a story about a twelve year old mastermind genius who is living up to the family name as a criminal. When Artemis decides to get his hands on the fairy bible and kidnap a fairy, he doesn't know what he has got his hands into. The fairy Artemis kidnaps is a LEP or Power Elements Police recon officer named Holly Short. She has used up all her magic and now she must go and do a ritual to restore her power. When she does go she doesn't get to finish the ritual because that is when Artemis Fowl kidnaps her and holds her up for ransom. A ransom of one ton of twenty four carat gold nuggets. This story shows how far the fairies will go to keep peace between the humans and fairies and to save an officer. This story takes place mostly in the Fowl Manor where Artemis, his mother, the butler, and the butler's sister live. The story takes place mostly at night. The genre is fantasy because it involves fairies and trolls. As well as stuff that just can't be true like a time stopping device.
This book rocks!!!!! The best part was the author was so descriptive that when I read Artemis Fowl I was taken into the story like I was there. I saw what Artemis saw, I heard what Holly heard, and I felt what all the characters felt. It was like I was reading a diary of what had happened. I recommend this book to anyone who loves nonstop action, mystery, and fantasy. This story was such a page turner because the author hooked you at the end of each chapter and the more you read the more you had to keep going. The concentration on this story was very easy because it just sweeps you away and it is easy to start back up where you left off. I connected to Holly because I think like she does and I think I would do the same things she did in her position. This genre is very different from what I usually read but now I am going to read the whole Artemis Fowl trilogy. I think just being able to imagine the whole story made me really love the fantasy genre. The best part was it was so different then things that I usually read. I enjoyed the style of writing because you got to see both view points. Like when Holly is yelling at Artemis the book shows her rage and Artemis's feelings as she yells at him. Probably the biggest surprise is what happens in the end. What Artemis wished for in the end kind of proves you wrong, like you think you know the character but the end shows you a whole different side to Artemis. Every chapter ended with a cliff hanging moment like the whole waling ship blew up and the captain made it out in the least bit of time. My mind did wander but not in a bad way. My mind, I think was telling me slow down, don't read so fast. The plot was very unbelievable because it is so away. Like so dreamy and fantasy that it just doesn't seem real. Your taken in to an imaginary world and the story seems to guide you along. I think if you love fantasy and can imagine, this story was written for you.
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Summary: Fictional-Fantasy and Action !
Review: I read this book along with my 9 year old son. To my surprise, he LOVED this book. I thought it might be a bit 'advanced reading' for him...so what does a mother know?!
Some of the words he didn't understand, so I had him look them up in the dictionary, but that didn't deter him!
I've read where Artemis Fowl has been compared as a copy-cat of Harry Potter...but Harry uses magic - Artemis uses his brain!
My son has asked me to buy him the next two books in the series so he can keep up with the adventures of Artemis, which I definitely intend to do!
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Summary: A Thrilling Fairy Tale
Review: ARTEMIS FOWL is by Eoin Colfer is one of the best fairy tales I have ever read. ARTEMIS FOWL is about 12-year old criminal genuis Artemis Fowl. Captain Holly,of the Leprechaun police is captured by Artemis who plans to kepp her until her team arrives. Unknown to him, in the fairy underworld, the Leprechaun police find's out Artemis's plot and sends some other creatures to get back Holly. A big battle sets on in the fairy underworld with more fairies and trolls.
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