I have read all of the Artemis Fowl books and they will show up periodically on my blog. I chose to start with this book as it is the first in the series and it hooked me. I actually did not start with this one, but I will get to that later.
The first Artemis Fowl book is a stunning story about a 12 year old genius and criminal mastermind, Artemis Fowl, his trusty and burly bodyguard Butler, and a whole new species- the fairies. Artemis Fowl was born into fortune but when his father was lost and presumed dead after a shady business trip to Russia, Artemis Fowl decided to take matters into his own hands. With his mother going insane he stole a copy of the fairy bible and decoded it to learn their secrets. Then he abducted a fairy who turned out to be a technologically advanced fairy police officer, Holly Short.
With a huge ransom sum on her back and a whole species of police department gunning for Artemis he would have to use all his cunning and intelligence to pull off the first inter-species kidnapping.
This book was firing on all cylinders for me! Eoin Colfer has written a masterpiece of a book. It is very realistic and would fit in perfectly in the real world if it was true. It provides plenty of detail on the fairies, which I like because sometimes in this genre they do not give enough detail on other species.
There is one strange bit. The first 2 books are written as case files from the fairy police. All of the other books are written as if they are happening in real time. This bothers me because it appears Eoin Colfer wanted to write all of the books as case files but it did not work out. It is also annoying because of the inconsistency.
I got 2 of my friends, James and Rishi to read these books and they both loved them. The worst part of this book was the ending because I was sad it was over!
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