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Summary: Not bad, but the first 2 were better...
Review: I read the first Artemis Fowl book about one-two (?) years ago. I enjoyed it very much. I voraciously finished through the second book and moved on to the third book with the second book's events still fresh on my mind. Well, the third installment wasn't bad at all... but it could have been better. Nothing SUPER suspenseful (like the 2nd one - I was hanging off the edge, literally...), a little slow going, some of the stuff was corny, but it was still a good read. If you're a fan of Artemis Fowl, feel free to pick it up... but I liked the first two better. Anyway, if this is not the end of the AF books, then the epilogue was totally screaming SEQUEL... :) so I guess we can watch out for that.
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Summary: BEST BOOKS EVER!
Review: I lover The Artemis Fowl Books. Much More Then The HP Books! WOW! This Book Is Fantastic, It Has Adventure, Action, And Humor. BEST BOOKS eVER BUY BUY BUY!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: Strangely Hollow
Review: I bought this book with high expectations. That's never a good thing.Eoin Colfer writes as well as ever, and the book was a zip read. But I didn't find myself laughing as I turned the pages, not even a wry chuckle. True, humour is hard to achieve, and Colfer has tried but failed. But this book isn't even comedy, so I'll leave it at that. The start of the book wasn't very engaging, although the pace picked itself up at the middle. Mulch's antics are as entertaining as ever, although some humourous approaches in dialogue (the thugs) seem a little too silly. What dissapointed me most, though, was the finale. The climax was rather an anti-climax. There was no incredible moments of tension like in the previous two books. In the back of my mind, I knew Artemis would emerge the victor. In the previous two, I was sincerely afraid that he could lose the battle. Although their memories are wiped, the epilogue sets up the scene for the next book. In my opinion, this would be a perfect place to conclude the series. If not, the most would be a fourth book to complete a quartet. Don't get me wrong, this is a great children's book. Just not as great as the others.
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Summary: The Final Book?
Review: The possible concluding novel in this trilogy enthralls the reader from the first few pages. Artemis has invented a new piece of technology and contains stolen fairy technology (acquired in the two books that served as preludes to this one). For his last malevolent scheme, he decides to let a successful (and just as clever and wealthy as the thirteen year old himself) Chicago businessman named Jon Spiro borrow his technology marvel for a price of course. For the first, and not the last time, Artemis is out-witted by Jon Spiro and is forced to hand over his miniature computer. The story takes a confusing turn when Artemis's manservant is shot. It takes more clever turns throughout the story that will make the book almost impossible to put down.
The same characters seem to turn up once again and to your pleasure, Holly Short and Mulch Diggums are some of the more significant supporting characters. Before you decide to read this novel, you should get a background of this series by reading the first two books.
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Summary: Fun definately, but not as good as the previous
Review: I can't say I didn't enjoy this book. I really did like it, but the two previous books were much better. This book (as mentioned before) seems to be less well thought out... There is one singular plot and nothing else, it's just too darn simple. The jokes were funny, I liked the character developement, but the plot wasn't great. The book seemed to be a book made just so the characters could mature a bit more and so they develope. I'm expecting another sequel, especially with the ending "cliff-hanger". Anyway, if you buy this book, it's to complete your collection, and to have a few chuckles while reading.
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Summary: Hmm... uh, duhhhhhhhhh
Review: Well, Artemis is the kind of person that makes you feel as I did on my title. The book is a piece of cake, literally, it makes you feel Artemis's anger, hatred, and amusement toward his enemies,etc. Though not as comparable as Harry Potter, this book just blinds your eyes by the way you read it. Fast paced and awesome, whoa.
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Summary: The Best One Yet!
Review: This Artemis Fowl book is the best one yet. It pulls you into the story with more twists and turns than the last two books put together. In this book, one of Artemis's friends is hired (along with another guy) to kill him. As the plot thickens, and Butler is put in a freezer to keep him alive, Artemis must call on his friends from the LEPrecon for help. The Captain, Holly, Butler, Butler's sister Julie, and Foaly join in on this amazing adventure. Not to mention the outlaw dwarf who is always up to something. This is the best book yet. I recommend it to anyone who like the first two Artemis Fowl adventures.
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Summary: The magic is gone
Review: Colfer fails miserably this time around to present us with a reason to keep the pages turning. There's something boring about his "really bad guy set to dominate the world with a new, sexy machine plot" and Artemis is getting to be just a bit too predictable and boring with all his genius. The People have lost their magic and are just bit players in something that reads like a botched script for Mission Impossible III. The dynamics between Fowl and The People remain entirely unchanged and unimaginative; Holly and Foaly hate him/love him/help him - surprise, surprise, surprise. The stereotypical goons, the painfully failed attempts at "smart" dialogue, and the crappy two-dimensional character that is Butler's sister Julie cannot alter the fact that this is just another boring high-tech caper. We've got Neil Stephenson writing those much better. While the notion of bad-guy-meets-bad-guy is promising enough, Spiro is just such a pathetically developed cliche of a figure that we don't really care what happens to him or who he manages to hurt. The only remotely interesting angle in this book could have been the change for the better that appears to have taken place in Fowl's father, but Colfer himself appears so surprised by that twist that he doesn't quite know what to do with it. Instead he trots out Mulch Diggums and his flatulent getaways, a couple of new gizmos and some sadly predictable special effects. He can't even be bothered to kill off a single character to keep things moving - Rowling showed that much courage and more in Order of the Phoenix. After book two I had expected Colfer's problem to be the fact that we were starting to like his bad guy crime hero too much, but instead we simply have no reason to care about him any which way. What a sad waste.
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Summary: Oh Joy! Artemis is back.
Review: Hehe. Once again we get to meet the boy genius of al time, and this time he is in for a few surprises. It begins with Artemis commiting the greatest mistake a villain can comit: He underestimates his enemy. Suddenly, everything is turned upside down,with Artemis racing against the clock to save his best friend, and finding himself in a situation were the tables are completely turned: Begging for help from Holly. Getting the most sophisticated technical gadget above ground back from a paranoid computer magnate with mob-conections is also going become a challenge, even for Artemis Fowl, and every resourse and every ally, Fairy and Human, is put to the test. Can he make it? Will he live? And, most importantly, can he save his mind?
The Artemis Fowl series has become one of my greatest favorites, and I bought this new installment as soon as I saw it on the shelf. Fans of Arty will love this story, but if you havent read the other two, than I suggest you do that right away. They are good, trust me. For while the Arctic Incident might have been read on its own, this one draws on to many old memories to stand alone. So, why wait? Catch up with Artemis Fowl. I guarantee you'll never meet anyone like him.
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Summary: a good read
Review: probably the best of the 3 books in my opinion. a little sad, wistfull in the end. hopefully this isn't the last of Artemis, because if it is, i'm really going to miss this series.Amazing book though, i highly recommend it
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