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Summary: You've Got to Read This- Even if you hate reading
Review: .... Artemis Fowl is a twelve-year-old genius that is trying to regain his father's status in the world. His father was robbing a shipping boat and sent the wrong message in Morse code causing his father's humiliation and death. Artemis Fowl is also trying to regain his father's gold, so he tries to kidnap a fairy and hold her ransom for two tons of gold.From the first paragraph of this book you are hooked. Eoin Colfer's writing engages you into the book to a point where you think you are there experiencing what is happening, whether it is chewing dirt, digging a tunnel, or being in a shootout with a 7' tall man. This book is set in current time and uses a lot of current technology. Artemis is a genius and an expert with technology. This is one of the best novels I have read in quite a while and will probably stay that way. I would recommend this book for someone who likes to be reading at the edge of your chair.
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Summary: Very refreshing and incredibly original
Review: This book bowled me over, COMPLETELY. A fan of Harry Potter, I was interested in this because people were saying that it was the next Harry Potter. It's nothing like Harry, but I totally loved Artemis Fowl. Completely unlike anything else I've read, the hero is the villain, the magic is combined with technology, and the sidekick(Butler)kicks...better than the main character. Artemis combines the mind of Einstein with the attitude of Atilla the Hun. Not your normal good-vs.-bad fantasy story, Artemis Fowl is much more realistic, with two groups fighting one another, and neither is totally good or totally bad. Eoin Colfer is a genious and his combo of magic and technology grabbed me by the throat.
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Summary: Not just for kids
Review: Artemis Fowl is not what most people would consider to be a hero. He's a 12 year old prodigy that's smarter than the majority of adults. He lives in Ireland as a cold cruel human being. In fact the only signs that he is really human is the concern he has for his bedridden mother and the wish to see his father, who disappeared years ago, once more. In this book he has a new goal for him, finding Leprechaun gold, and when he kidnaps Captain Holly short, a LEPrechaun and policeman in the underground world where fairy's live. He's willing to do anything to get her gold, and he may end up doing that. Will the her fellow fairies save her in time? I really enjoyed this book. The fairies are unlike any other we've seen before. They are not only magical but they have more powerful technology then we do. They live underground and rarely come to the surface out of fear of being scene. Artemis is also an interesting person who may seem evil and cruel on the surface but he is much more complex underneath. I absolutely love the new style of kids novels that have been surfacing in the past few years. The characters are convincing, the plot is complex, and they're just as magical any novel. If you're a fan of great dark kids books read this. It's an entertaining read.
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Summary: What a Prequel!
Review: This is one of the best books I read in a long time. I found out about this book when some of my classmates were also reading this book and the cover of the book caught my interest. This book is basically a fantasy/science-fiction and those are my favorite type of books. I think that this book really sparked my interest in books again, since I have been reading a lot since I read this book. It was even better when I found out that there was going to be a sequel to this book, because I love to read books in a series and this was a fantastic prequel to the next book. It had me hooked on to the book! I even got in trouble because I was reading it with a flashlight under my covers one night when my dad happened to walk into my room. I was just that interested in the book!
This particular book is about a twelve year-old genius that might be said as a criminal mastermind. His personal bodyguard and his only friend (basically) is Butler who was a humongous guy who outfought a troll! In this story, he and Butler capture a fairy from the Lower Elements Police Reconnaissance (LepRecon), Captain Holly Short. He captures her after finding out about all of the fairy's secrets in a book that is somewhat like a rulebook about life to the fairies. The only reason he captured her was for the ransom gold that he would get from the LepRecon for Captain Holly Short as well as keeping their secrets quiet. He also knows that once he gets the money, therefore beating the fairies, he gets to keep the money and they cannot bother him about this ever again. This was all in the Book of the fairies, which gives little twelve year-old genius Artemis Fowl the advantage, wouldn't you think?
This book totally changes the thoughts of how "good," fairies are. If you think that fairies are just little things that fly around and help people, according to this book, you're wrong. In this book fairies are totally dangerous, and wings don't grow naturally out of their bodies. They are a battery-operated clip-on! Also if you think that fairies don't fight, than you have got another thing coming. They have weapons that you can't even imagine, including this bomb called the "Bio-Bomb" which completely disintegrates all biological organisms in the radius, but leaves the structures as if nothing has ever happened! What kind of fairies uses this kind of weapon! Read it! It is guaranteed to make you not want to put it down!
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Summary: such a kewl book
Review: i loved this book!!! What I don't understand why every fantasy book is compared to Harry Potter. These books are so different its not even funn. I cant even think of 1 similarity. no wait, the main charecters both have black hair, i think, Aretemis Fowl tells two sides of the story: from the good side and from the bad. Artemis Fowl is the criminal master-mind and the bad guy. You find yourself relating to both sides, and not knowing who to root for. Its SOOOOOO kewl!!! READ IT!!
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Summary: Artimas Fowl
Review: Artimas Fowal was the best book I read during the fourth grade. Eleven year old Artimas Fowal is a genius, a mastermind, sadly he is also a criminal. When his father dies in a fatal boat crash, they start losing money. To regain his father's fortune Artimas tries to find a fairy. Finally he does. He gets the book and downloads copies onto the computers. The book is the fairies torah. He kidnaps a fairy and asks for a randsome. Is Artimas smart ennough to defeat the fairies with futuristic weapons, to get their gold, or will the fairies overpower Atimas and kill him? An extrordanary fiction book that that keeps the reader on the edge of their seat. With unexpecting twists and turns, I give this book five stars. The reason I picked this book is because of its dazzaling discription, and because of its twists and turns even till the end. Truly Atimas Fowal is a great book.
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Summary: Unique ideas and an enjoyable read
Review: Pitting a 12-year-old against a population of fairies (including a lovable, witty, keenly intelligent centaur, and some dwarfs, goblins, trolls, and the like) with the unlikely twist of the 12-year-old being the "bad guy" seemed to me to be a very unique idea. I was wary at first about reading the book, not because of the Harry Potter hype, but because I didn't know how I would like a book with a 12-year-old villain, who was also the star, in it. What the author successfully managed to do for me is make the villain (Artemis) have just enough "good guy" feelings and show enough of his struggles with the "bad guy feelings" to make me hope for him to do something good. It was maddening, actually, the way the author made you at some turns angry and disgusted at Artemis, and then a split second later have you feel compassion for him. There were many times that I wanted to step through the pages and either shake (or smack) Artemis, or hug him. I have to admit I felt some keen disappointment at some of Artemis's decisions - and Butler's, too (Butler is Artemis's bodyguard and friend, and after something very kind and brave has been done for him, he decides to continue to follow procedure, instead of his heart - even though the reader sees his struggle, it drove me crazy to see how he fights caring for someone and chooses to just do his job like a robot without feelings instead.) It's easy for the reader to feel friendly to the fairies and the heroes and heroine in the story - they are very personable, humorous, genuine. Overall, this was an enjoyable read, with plenty of action, humor, and original characters.
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Summary: Artemis Fowl
Review: A twelve-year old brilliant criminal mastermind plans to kidnap a fairy to restore his family fortune.
No matter how smart Artemis is, he does not know what he's taken on when he does kidnap a fairy...he does not know how
dangerous these fairies are.
They have unimaginable weapons and technology that only one can dream of...and of course, they have magic.
Their weapons can be used any time...and can wipe out every sigle living cell at any area.
Artemis's plan is dangerous and very risky...if news about the fairies gets out to the world...it could be the beginning of
a cross-breed war...which would be chaos for us all. This book has a very interesting plot and story in it.
Not to mention, the characters itself are highly interesting.
Artemis, a twelve-year old genious does things his way and never gives up.
No matter what situation at present is, Artemis will always come out on top.
I like the way he talks also, his vocabulary use has a certain effect on people...his life-time partner, Butler is his personal bodyguard. With Artemis's authority and just Butler's appearance (his nickname in the book is Mountain Man)...it can scare the daylights out of people.
Which is, no doubt, cool.
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Summary: Master Fowl has just about caught up with Mister Potter!
Review: Wow!! This was a real page-turner for me. Every spare moment that I don't have a book to fill with ends up being filled with Master Fowl and Captain Short's adventure! I have read it several times in only the 1 month that I have had it. My classmate reccomended it to me, and I don't regret listening to her at all! It's amazing how the author, Eoin Colfer, has managed to think up this novel, and I can't wait to get the sequel! The only thing that it needs is about a million sequels--I think I'd read them all in around a year, considering how exciting Eoin Colfer's books are!!!
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Summary: Book review
Review: I thought that the book was really slow especially in the beginning. Also don't read it if you do not like fairies because it is mostly about them. I did like the end the most because there was more action in it, and it was ongoing with action. I liked how she stayed with the same people in the story so then you knew them better and understood it...
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