Artemis Fowl

Colfer, Eoin. Artemis Fowl. New York City: Hyperion Books for Children, 2001. 279 pages. (Fantasy Series/Humor)

Artemis Fowl- mastermind, genius, millionaire, twelve year old boy.

His mission- to gain back billionaire status.

How- capture a fairy and demand fairy gold before returning the fairy back to its people.

Even this mastermind doesn’t know what he’s dealing with when he captures a fairy. These aren’t your fairy tale fairies,: they’re armed and ready for trouble. You don’t mess with them.

This book is very interesting because its main character is a millionaire criminal. It is a great idea for a story; it’s just not written that well. While I was reading the suspenseful parts, I didn’t feel any suspense. I only knew it was supposed to be suspenseful. There also wasn’t enough detail. In some places it didn’t describe the size of a room and that left me confused (it doesn’t sound confusing but it is, trust me). If the book were written better, I would have loved it because of the great plot, but it just wasn’t that well written.

Reviewed by: DancingPenguin96

Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident

Eoin, Colfer. Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident. New York City: Hyperion Books for Children, 2002. 277 pages. (Fantasy Series/Humor)

Artemis is on another quest, but this time the prize is even more important than gold- it’s his father. The Russian Mafia have kidnapped his father and they want their ransom money! This battle is quite different from the last book: Artemis will be teaming up with the fairies. What would the fairies need so desperately that they’d be willing to help Artemis? Read Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident to find out!

These books are pretty good. I think the idea to write a book about a twelve year old millionaire criminal mastermind is a great idea, I just don’t think the books were written that well. Even in the parts that were supposed to be exciting, I didn’t feel any need to find out what happened. In all, I think it was a great idea by a not-so-good writer.

Reviewed by: DancingPenguin96

Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code

Colfer, Eoin. Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code. New York City: Hyperion Books for Children, 2003. 309 pages. (Fantasy Series/Humor)

Artemis Fowl: Multi Millionaire, criminal mastermind, thirteen year old boy.

Artemis Fowl has a plan. This plan begins with a cube, but not just any old cube. This cube uses fairy magic and can do almost anything you ask it. Artemis Fowl makes his first serious mistake when he decides to tempt a very dangerous millionaire criminal businessman with the cube. From there everything goes haywire. Artemis Fowl may have just made his last mistake ever, and perhaps Butler won’t be there at all to help him…

This book was extremely well designed. Every time the ot of the book seemed obvious, there was some twist to make it exciting. A pleasure to read!! Don’t miss the first two books in this series or you’ll be terribly confused !

Reviewed by: DancingPenguin96

Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception

Colfer, Eion. Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception. New York City: Hyperion Books, 2005. 352 pages. (Fantasy Series/Humor)

Artemis Fowl is back, but he has no memories of a chunk of his past. That is because of a deal with the LEP fairies on their last mission. In order to get the fairies to help him, Artemis Fowl had to agree to get his mind wiped of his knowledge of the fairies. The fairies may have made a fatal mistake there because Artemis was beginning to be a better person because of his interactions with the fairies. Now a pixie is out for revenge on Artemis and some of his old fairy friends. That wouldn’t be a problem, if ARTEMIS still knew of the existence of fairies. I’s up to Artemis’s old fairy friend to remind Artemis of his memories and get his help to stop the human and fairy worlds from colliding… once again.

In my opinion, this is the best of the Artemis fowl books in this series so far. I still have to read the fifth book which sounds very interesting. M sure you read the first three books before you read this one. I you like unpredictable books, read this!

Reviewed by: DancingPenguin96

Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony

Colfer, Eoin. Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony. New York City: Hyperion Books for Children, 2006. 385 pages. (Fantasy Series/Humor)

Artemis Fowl is at it again, and this time he has discovered the eighth fairy family: demons. Demons have been hidden away in another time dimension for thousands of years, but now that time spell is melting away. Demons have started to materialize on Earth with no warning… or is there a pattern? Artemis has figured out an extremely complex mathematical formula that only a genius could solve to figure out when and where more demons will materialize. For his whole life he’s been the only human who could figure them out… until now.

This book was amazing! This and the previous book in this series were definitely the best. Every time I thought the book was getting predictable there was a twist. I thought it made it really interesting to have two child geniuses battling over fairy information. This is the fifth book in the series, but not the last, so don’t miss the others. Happy Reading!!!!!!

Reviewed By: DancingPenguin96