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Artemis Fowl - Community Reviews back

by Eoin Colfer
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This isnt my usual book choice but my mate Jye said it was something i needed to read, so here i am.Have to say not bad at all, not everyday you come across a book about a genius boy who decides to be evil instead of good.I liked how while Artemis and Butler had an unusual relationship Butler did ha...
Cheri's Book Blog
Cheri's Book Blog rated it 11 years ago
Finished listening to the audio book with my son. I enjoyed it very much. We're moving on to the second one.
Cheri's Book Blog
Cheri's Book Blog rated it 11 years ago
Finished listening to the audio book with my son. I enjoyed it very much. We're moving on to the second one.
Url Phantomhive
Url Phantomhive rated it 11 years ago
Artemis Fowl is twelve, smart and very, very, very rich. He could have been Batman, but he decides to go steal some gold from faeries. Only problem is, these faeries are not known to go easy on sharing their gold, and they can fend for themselves. Still, Artemis decides to kidnap one of them. Th...
JasonKoivu
JasonKoivu rated it 11 years ago
From the get-go it appears Artemis Fowl is going to be about Artemis Fowl, a criminal boy genius with Sherlock Holmes-like powers of deduction, but then bomb squad-esque faeries take over the story and we end up spending just as much time, if not more, reading about them. That's fine since they're i...
newwavepolly
newwavepolly rated it 11 years ago
It was above average as far as fantasy series for younger readers go, but I think I may have read it about 10 years too late to really be compelled to read further into the series. It's a solid start to a series though, I can completely see it being grouped in with Narnia/HP/His Dark Materials etc a...
Tower of Iron Will
Tower of Iron Will rated it 11 years ago
I avoided Artemis Fowl for awhile because it looked like a blatant Harry Potter ripoff. Other than featuring a young gifted male lead in a world where magical creatures keep themselves hidden from humans, there is not that much similarity. Harry is an eager student of magic beset by evil forces, whi...
Henry Martin - Author of contemporary Literary Fiction
Artemis Fowl was a book I read to my kids. After finishing age-appropriate Suzanne Collins, we needed something new to embark upon. A local librarian recommended this, so off we went. I'm not sure for what age group is this book intended. Unlike Collins' Underland Chronicles, I found myself spending...
I'm a reader, hear me roar!
I'm a reader, hear me roar! rated it 12 years ago
3.5 starsI had this book on my shelf for about three years now and I thought that it was finally time to read it.I knew nearly nothing about it except for it being about a child prodigy and fairies. I did not expect it to be about a thief kidnapping a fairy just to get ransom.I think I would have li...
The Quill and Cover
The Quill and Cover rated it 12 years ago
The Quill and Cover Reviews Artemis Fowl.
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