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Artemis Fowl is the first book of Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer. This is a die-hard fantasy(as said by its author).
The protagonist Artemis Fowl, 12 years old boy, after whom the novel is named is a geeky, cunning, self centred and criminally minded guy. He believes in the existence of fairies. After putting some hardwork he gets his first lead about fairies’ book. With the help of this book and latest technology he abducts a dwarf(LEPrecon). Artemis asks a tonne of gold for ransom. But the dwarfs would do anything to protect what is theirs. A normal child in this situation would have abandoned the mission but not Artemis.
Eoin Colfer had showed the rough nature of Artemis even in his first meeting with Nguyen. He is ‘stop-at-nothing’ guy. His attribute created a hatred in me. I had never hated a novel character like this before(not a hatred because of boring). Artemis way of decrypting the fairies’ book was really interesting. Yes, Artemis is a talented guy. But at the same time most of the fairies are equally talented like Artemis. So there is no need to tell about the clash between two equally poised opponents. Both the groups were devising their own plan to get the better of the other.
This work of Eoin is interesting with rich fantasy stuff backed by science. He has successfully characterized the personalities of each character. The strength of this novel is its suspense and thrill so this is not a stuff which we can read over and over.
On the whole this novel is worth a read. I’m sure that the fantasy lovers will have a great time with this novel. I give a little above three and a half but a little below four stars to this novel.
5 comments:
I have picked this book up so many times, then put it back on the shelf. I don't know why. I want to read it. I even tried talking my son into getting it and reading it. :) He even got it from the library at school for me one week, but I was tied up with another book. I am going to have to get it and read it. Sounds like a great book. :) Thanks!
Its a pretty funny book... the first three in the series were decent, but then it just sort of went downhill....
Thanks for sharing your review. My husband enjoys this series.
:D I loved this book. It's been years, but they were funny and interesting and cute and actually pretty smart. I'm glad you enjoyed it, you should keep going - The Arctic Incident is even better.
Hi there! :) I found your blog through the Shelfari Blogspot group.
I too love Artemis Fowl and I've read the first three books. Unfortunately the others aren't translated yet and I have no idea when this will (if ever) happen T___T. Which is bad, because I loved it and (I better stop here, before I say some spolers XD) Interesting review!
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