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Summary: Wow
Review: I thought this was a great book. I think the idea of having the main character as the "Bad Guy" is fresh. I recogmend this book to Harry Potter fans.I think a boy genius is something we havent seen in childrens books of late.Its deffently worth a look.
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Summary: Great reading for any teen...
Review: Artemis Fowl is a brilliantly written book, that delves into an imaginary world like no other.Twelve-year-old genius Artemis Fowl, son of a missing criminal, discovers the secret elve world below the Earth's surface and also their large hoard of gold.
Fowl devises what seems like a fool-proof plan, what with the help of his larger-than-life assistant and his incredible mind.
But he doesn't count on the interference of one Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit, an elvish police outfit responsible for making sure humans never find out about their world.
Short soon gets her hands messy in attempting to stop Fowl, and the ending is very exciting! Artemis Fowl is a great read for young people who enjoyed the Alex Rider Series by Anthony Horowitz, or the original 007 novels by Ian Fleming. I highly recommend this book, and the sequel, Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident.
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Summary: Artemis Fowl, Twelve-Year-old teenager much like Dr.Evil
Review: Artemis Fowl...a very amazing character,carries a book with fairy language symbols in it which he could translat.I mean that is pretty amazing.anyway,he finds out in the book about the fairies having a pot of gold,so he plans to Kidnap Captain Holly Short in the LEPrecon(Lower Elements Police Reconnaisance) Unit and get the ransom in return of the Kidnapped "fairy'.Plans that Dr.Evil might come up with,which is why I compared Dr.Evil with him.In "Goldmember',Dr.Evil planned to kidnap Austin's father or "faja'as Goldmember says.anyway that is bascially my comparason on Artemis VS Dr.Evil later!
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Summary: Has J.K. Met Her Match?
Review: I thought this was a great combination of fantasy and science fiction. J.K. was good, but Eoin was better. If I had to choose between the 5th Harry Potter or the 3rd Artemis Fowl, Fowl would win. It was much funnier and had cool technology in it such as the craft shafts and the Hummingbird wings. I really like the plot because of the whole kidnapping idea. Artemis kept finding ways to stop everything the fairies did. I liked how the author let the bad guy win for once. I liked the whole idea. It was just great. I loved all the characters like Artemis, a millionaire and 12-year-old super-genious, who uses his powers for evil and not good. I liked Mulch, too. The whole idea was for him to be like a worm and he was extremely funny. This book shouldn't say, "Stay back, human." It should say, "Buy me, human."
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Summary: Great 1st Book
Review: This book is great! It inspired me to read 'Arctic Incident' and 'Eternity Code'. I think that the combination of humor, and action make a great combination. Eoin Colfer did a great job!
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Summary: Cute story, but not overly developed storyline...
Review: This is a good book. If you are a Harry Potter fan looking for a book to read while you are waiting for #5, you might enjoy this book. While it is a cute story, and the concept has huge potential, I felt that the story was not overly developed and there was something lacking. The main character, Artemis Fowl, is supposed to be a criminal mastermind, yet this is not explored, and he comes off more like a spoiled rich boy. You probably will not empathize with any of the characters... they are not overly complex. That said, I don't wan't to give the impression that this is a bad book, I think that kids 12 and under would like it. Adult Harry Potter fans will feel dissapointed though...
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Summary: Impressed but not impressed
Review: I was impressed by Colfer's knowledge of faeries. Normally when writers write about faeries they automatically assume that they are dealing with Tinkerbells and not the complex creatures that they are. I also like Colfer's writing style, it was very relazed but at the same time sophisticated. What I didn't like was the characters, they weren't portrayed with a lot of feeling or depth. Artemis was a boring brat, his servants mindless and the faeries themselves seemed like rejects from the Dirty Dozen. I was impressed by something but somethings I weren't I am just so jaded from reading so many books and being hard to impress. Also the Harry Potter comparisons don't fit since they are entirely different stories. So that is my two cents.
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Summary: A Good Book, Non-stop action and fun!
Review: I think that Artemis Fowl, by Eoin Colfer, is a really good book. It has everything I want in a book, fantasy, adventure, action, and humor. I also like this great book for its tone, genre, and plot. Speaking of plot let me describe it to you. The plot goes a little something like this. The story begins when Captain Holly Short of LEPrecon is given a mission above ground, in the human world. Holly, who is an elf, is kidnapped while she is on the surface. Her kidnapper is a thirteen-year-old genius that goes by the name of Artemis Fowl. Holly?s commander sends a retrieval crew to rescue Holly from Artemis. After Artemis? manservant scares off the retrieval squad, the commander himself comes to the Fowl Manor with his men. A time stop is triggered, freezing time inside the time stop dome for six hours. The commander, whose name is Root, tries to negotiate with Fowl. Artemis requests just one thing. One ton of rare and expensive faerie gold. Root requests the gold from the vaults, but is denied. Having no other choice, he sends in a dwarf, but the dwarf fails to free Holly. Finally, another high-ranking official in LEPrecon sends in a troll to breach the mansion and take out Fowl. The troll is defeated, but Holly escapes, but not until the gold is recovered. Root sets up a blue rinse bomb, which kills all living things in its path, inside the mansion. It is set off, and then he and his men enter to take back their gold. What happens after this is classified. After all, I don?t want to give away the ending, do I? Like I said before, this book is a really great book! In fact, I give it a five star rating! This book is also somewhat related one of my other favorite book series, Harry Potter. They are both fantasy, they both use magic, and they both involve danger, action, and adventure. Mr. Colfer did a great job on this book! I can?t wait to read his next Artemis Fowl book!
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Summary: Imaginative but too violent
Review: This is such an imaginative story. I loved the author's modern day vision of the magical realm and the empowerment of 12 year old Artemis. However, Artemis as the main character lacked sufficient development and there was way too much violence. Considering this is supposed to be a children's book, the details about all the guns was just too much. I don't want to think about any young adults having to know what a sig sauer gun is, let alone how often it gets used in this book. Overall I have to say I was disappointed in the book and probably will not be reading the rest in the series which is unfortunate because it really is imaginative.
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Summary: High-tech fairy tale
Review: Artemis Fowl is an effective combination of Irish folk mythology and science fiction that accepts rather than rejects the violent world we live in. After a somewhat leisurely start, the story quickly accelerates into a breakneck pace that ought to keep most PS2-addicted youngsters interested. Colfer has a talent for carrying the plot along with a combination of action, humor, and likable characters. Even the minor players are all vividly sketched. There are original touches in the unusual dirt-digesting dwarf, Mulch Diggums, and the People's subterranean-to-surface transportation system. The tough-talking fairies of Colfer's imagination are also highly technologically advanced and militarily equipped, which should be just the thing for gadget-oriented readers. Colfer lightly inserts technical and historical details that help give weight to his imagined world, and his poop humor is clever and, well, clean. Despite the book's title, the 12-year-old "criminal mastermind" does not dominate the story, though the plot pivots around his actions. Artemis is determined to steal a fortune to replenish his family's depleted coffers, but he has a nagging conscience that humanizes him. The only element of the story that gave me pause is a graphic, gory battle with a bloodthirsty troll - but in this age of gut-spattering video games, it differs from what children are exposed to only in the level of detail, not in kind. In sum, for children who are aware of events in our warring world, Artemis Fowl is fun, fast, possibly even therapeutic entertainment with a heart.
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