Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl #1)

Reader reviewed by Chuck

Artemis Fowl believes in criminal activities and is fascinated by weapons. The fairies in this story are like an ultra-high-tech army. The writing is not very good.

Reader reviewed by FlooCrookshanks

Sorry, but I didn't like this book at all. I read it purely because it's popular and I wanted to see what all the fuss was about. Unfortunately with such high expectations of it being the best book ever, it's not surprising that I found myself disappointed - my own fault, really. I did, however, read the entire book, as I don't believe my opinion would've been worth a gnat's bite if I didn't. (I do hate it when people do that.)

From what I can remember, Artemis Fowl is a twelve year-old genius - and well aware of it. He wants money, and with the help of his butler/body guard he plans to capture a faerie and hold it to ransom. Unluckily for him, he ends up kidnapping Captain Holly Short of the faerie police force which has technology far in advance of any other. Holly's boss will stop at nothing to get her back, and Artemis finds his plan harder to carry out than he originally thought.

It's an interesting plot, but the main reason I didn't like it is because I didn't warm to any of the characters at all. I found that I didn't care who won or lost, and thus completely lost interest in the story. Artemis is too egotistical to feel sorry for or root for, and Holly is your typical sharp-spoken heroine - so sure of herself that I admit I didn't want her to have the satisfaction of outsmarting Artemis either.

In all honesty I found myself wanting the butler to blow them all up and run off to a desert island with all their money, I really did.

Reader reviewed by Veronika

Well, everybody says that this book is fantastic and everybody already sum up the story. So I won't do it, but I'll only say what I think about this FIRST book from the serie.

To be frank, I hated. I disliked all : the characters (especially Butler and Artemis), the story, the places when the action took place...all.

Then I read the Eternity Code, just to see, and this time, I adored !
So I think that it is this tome that I disliked so much. Only this one.

Veronika

Reader reviewed by Janet

I'm not really into it. The writing style is not very sophistocated, and the plot is not exactly riveting, but i have no doubts that 10-12 year olds will enjoy it. The author uses big words and stuff, but killer farts?? I'm just not feeling it.

Reader reviewed by Matt Hill

A criminal genius, obsessed with fairies, realizes how to beat them at their own game, by kidnapping one of their best fighters. He manages to beat them at their own game, even though they have better technology! Follow this criminal mastermind on a spellbinding journey across multipe continents, with this tale of magic, fairies, kidnapping, and ransom. Oh, and by the way, he's only 12! See this masterpiece by Eoin Colfer today!

Reader reviewed by Alli

In my opion this book was not interesting and very boring. I did not finish it. The story was not exciting to me and the characters had no personalities. I do not recomend any one to read this book.

Reader reviewed by Calamander

This book is super confusing and pretty unrealistic. It's about this boy who is super smart, and he finds out this clue to get fairy gold, so then the fairies have to stop him, but the thing is, is that the fairies are like macho and SWAT team. So they're a good match for him. I didn't like this book because it almost never mad any sense, you never knew who was talking or who the people even were in the beginning. And I'm sorry, it is just TOO hard for me to put in my mind that a 12 year old kid is the smartest, and richest person in the WORLD. I wouldn't reccomend this book.

Reader reviewed by gabriella

Book for the children teens and adults.Witty and interesting ,full of action and perfect characters.The last one of the serie is the best but everybody who love inteligent and enjoying reading should read it.