Artemis Fowl – Eoin
Colfer
Pages:
280
Publisher:
Puffin
(Penguin)
Release
Date: 7th
April 2011
Edition:
UK paperback,
gift
Other
Titles in the Series: The Arctic Incident, The
Eternity Code, The Opal Deception, The Lost Colony, The Time Paradox, The
Atlantic Complex, The Last Guardian
Rumour
has it Artemis Fowl is responsible for every major crime of the new century.
Just
twelve years old and already he’s a criminal genius, plotting to restore his
family’s fortune with a spot of corruption and kidnapping.
Kidnapping
a fairy for ransom, to be precise.
Artemis
Fowl has discovered a world below ground of armed and dangerous – and extremely
high-tech – fairies. But he may have underestimated their powers. They will fight back. Is the boy about to trigger a cross-species war?
Let
the misadventure begin.
This is one of those series’
that is almost a rite of passage for lots of readers and somehow I managed to
miss it completely until now.
I didn’t even know that Artemis Fowl had fairies in it until a
couple of weeks ago and maybe if I had I would have picked it up sooner! I love
that they have their own little world with startling similarities to ours
instead of the usual old-fashioned fairy courts and seductively dangerous faery
princes – it was different. They have their own social hierarchies and a fun
mythology that isn’t too complicated but could definitely keep the surprises
coming. It had been far too long since I’d read about fairies so this was an
absolute treat.
What made Eoin Colfer’s fairy
world so brilliant for me were the very memorable characters: a centaur who’s a
technological genius, a kleptomaniac dwarf and a purple-faced elf. They were
vivid and engaging and leaped off the page to assist Holly and help defeat
Artemis. Speaking of Artemis, he’s the kind of character that you really
shouldn’t like, but I just couldn’t help it. He’s ridiculously clever and
cunning and the moments he had with his mother were very touching and I was
instantly reminded that he’s a twelve-year-old boy. And then you have good ole’
Butler: a man mountain who trusts Artemis implicitly and will do anything and
everything for him but has a serious soft spot for his little sister.
I thoroughly enjoyed Artemis Fowl and I have to thank
@King_Wolfy for buying me a copy to make sure I’d read it and I will hopefully
be able to get my hands on the rest of the series sometime soon.
This copy was purchased for me
as a gift.
Sophie
That is one scary cover though!
ReplyDeleteJordan's trying to get me to read his copy! Glad you liked it though, gives me hope I will too! xXx
ReplyDeleteAww. I love this book. I read the series up until Opal Deception and then lost interest, but I still memories of devouring these books when I was younger :)
ReplyDeleteArtemis is brilliant! XD And lolz, Root. Him and his blood pressure. Holly is so badass too. Personally, I don't really like the new covers. Can't wait to read the Last Guardian - it'll be sad when the series ends, but all good books know when their time has come. Artemis will always be the best. :) (Especially the Arctic Incident.)
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