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Summary: The Best Book
Review: There's a lot of fantasy and mystery and it is fun to read. The dwarf is funny. You will laugh when you find out what he did! It is probably too hard for first- and second-graders.
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Summary: A Sort of Weird Fairy-Tale Type of Book
Review: This book is about Artemis Fowl, who is a criminal mastermind, genius and a millionaire, he and is twelve years old. The story is set in Ireland. He comes from a family of criminals and wants to try to get the fortune back in his family. He wants to do so by using his smarts and technology to rob the gold of the fairies. As you read this, you are probably thinking: how could a guy this smart believe in the old "gold at the end of the rainbow" story? Well, as it turns out, he is too smart to believe in that story. He knows that fairies and leprechauns exist, and he is right, so he tries to kidnap one of them for ransom. Meanwhile, a fairy LEPrecon (lower elements police reconnaissance) commando, Holly Short is on a mission, and she gets kidnapped by Artemis Fowl. Artemis Fowl uses his high-tech gadgets to stop all fairies from getting to Holly, his ransom is quite a portion of their gold and if they don't give him the gold, he will give the secrets of their people to the world. In the story's climax, Artmeis Fowl gets the ransom, but he only takes one half of it in return for his mother's health. The story's message is about the importance of helping others.
Even though the story may seem a little fairy-tale like, that is one of the last things I would call it. The story may have fairies, elves and trolls in it, but it is a true futuristic novel and it has lots of high tech gadgetry in it.
I would give this book a four out of five rating because it is a very suspenseful, fast paced, and wonderfully written novel, But sometimes it is a bit boring.
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Summary: For ALL Harry Potter Fans
Review: Artemis Fowl is 12 years old, a boy genius, with a load of money and a lot of amibition. When Artemis finds a fairy he forces her to give him the sprites sacred book. When Artemis deciphers the book,he plans to get a lot more money. This book what full of action and magic. This book is riveting and is a page turner. Artemis captures a fairy. He tells that he is going to hold the fairy until other fairies give a certain amount of gold. Can't wait for Artic Incident
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Summary: It's having problems....
Review: Im only half way thorough the 5th chapter, but I have found that this book just keeps me asking questions. They don't give enough info. And theres not alot of detail. Sometimes I just have no idea what they're talking about, I just get lost! Example: When Artemis is fiddling around with some screws and a magnet, they dont give enough backround to whats going on, so I have no idea where or what they're doing. It feels like the author was just so enthusiastic about the story, he left out abunch of needed details for he was in some kind of flurry....For now, I give this book a three, this is a very frusterating story...
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Summary: Artemis Fowl!
Review: The story is a lot of fun and in many ways as moving as Kingdoms and Elves of the Reaches by Robert Stanek. At 12, Artemis Fowl is a criminal mastermind! He's going to kidnap a leprecuan by gosh!
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Summary: Garbage begets garbage, so does magic beget magic?
Review: With R.L. Stine as king of the children's literary world, people wanted to be just as famous, and created [junky] books (pardon my french) full of cheap thrills and poor taste. In short, a large chunk of the childrens' market were short novels with no flavor, no zap. Luckily, Harry Potter came along. HP was a great book, as everyone else would know. More books came out, making it similar to Harry. Among the best of these 'imitations' was Artemis Fowl. Most likely because it stands independent on its two elfish feet. Although many people compare this to HP, this is no ripoff. Colfer read Potter AFTER Fowl, but those greedy publishers marketed it as "The Next Harry Potter" because it dealt with an adolescent boy and the supernatural, like Harry. But I'm rambling here. Artemis Fowl is a great book, with original and unique characters. Unlike the Harry Potter series, in which most people would side along with Harry than Voldemort, AF is told through the POV of two main sides. The Fairies and Artemis Fowl. Both are neither evil... so you could root for either side. Myself? I preferred Cpt Short, because she was more of a hero and didnt cause trouble when it wasnt needed.
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Summary: Cross between fairy tale and police drama
Review: This book reads like a shoot-em-up police drama. Even though the story purports to be about faeries, there is almost none of the dreamy, misty, nostalgic feeling that usually accompanies tales about these creatures. Instead, there is suspense, macho dialog, Mission Impossible type sneakiness, hostage taking, hand-to-hand combat, personal competitiveness, bureaucratic infighting, feminist politics, science fiction, a mother who is crazy, and a neglected genius child. The violence was not too disturbing in the text, though I think it would be challenging to make a movie out of it that would be suitable for children. I read it to my 11 year old, but not to my 8 year old. I sort of felt the level of violence might be too stimulating for the younger one. The book is fun and flows smoothly. The plot hangs together and is generally credible, despite its fantastic premises. The characters are reasonably well-developed, though they mostly fall within certain stereotypical types for police or spy dramas. The creative part is that you do not expect to find such characters in a fairy tale. This novel did not totally bliss me out, but was still well worth reading.
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Summary: Artemis Fowl
Review: This book was really, really fun. It starts off with Artemis Fowl, who was a 12 year old genius, thinking of a way to get lots of money without working. His parents were rich but were losing money. Artemis Fowl thought about getting fairy gold. He put out an advertisement saying that anybody that knows about a fairy will get paid for telling him about it. A man named Xuan Nyugen gives him information about a drunk woman that heals in the sewers. He goes to the Ho Chi Minh City. He met Nyugen and they go to meet this "drunk woman with healing powers." Than they meet her and she is a fairy. Artemis gives her wine with a poison that is lethal to fairies. He asks her for the fairy bible and she gives it to him. Than he goes and decodes it and finds out that fairies need to complete rituals to reenergize their powers. He also finds out that the fairies also need to do the ritual at certain places. A fairy cop named Holly Short was the only female fairy in an organization called L.E.P. Recon. She was running low on her powers. Than when she was ordered to do the ritual, Artemis Fowl captured her. Than there are many attempts to rescue Short by the L.E.P. Recon.
I really recommend this book to kids aged from 11-14. It is very exciting and the way Artemis Fowl thinks and acts is brilliant. He is such a smart character. He is always "two steps ahead." You will become astonished at his knowledge. Artemis Fowl, the book, will blow you away and I really enjoyed this book. Instead of "Just Do It" from Nike, "Just Read It" from me.
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Summary: Artemis Fowl - Criminal or Genius?
Review: There has been much controversy whether Artemis Fowl is in the same league as Harry Potter. There are all sorts of opinions, ranging from the no-read to the read-all. In my opinion, here Eoin Colfer has an extremely catchy, imaginative book, with characters who, not only have a deep differentiating streak, but also have been well-developed. Diregarding all the 'popularity' issues, Artemis Fowl is a book to read for children and adults eight and over. It is a entertaining and capturing fantasy novel, which blends magic and technology together, and ranks up with Harry Potter.
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Summary: Extremily high-tech
Review: This book is good for all of you if you like action, adventure, mystery, technology and bit of magick mixed together with choped vegetables. The bad part about this book is that it sends the redears into oblivion during certain passages when it says something that people won't understand without more info. If you enjoyed Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter and mystery books (like Hardy Boys) you will like this!
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