In this post I will be reviewing Eoin Colfer’s Adventure fantasy novel, “Artemis Fowl”. This novel also incorporates espionage thriller with its use high tech spy technology and its fast paced suspenseful story. This novel has been targeted at “preteens” or young teens that are around the ages of 12-13 years old.
“Artemis Fowl” is a story about a 12 year old criminal mastermind who has devised a plan to restore his family’s fortune, one that involves kidnapping a fairy. But what Artemis doesn’t know is just what he has just got himself into when he kidnaps Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit (Of the Lower Elements Police).These fairies aren’t the bed time stories of children, these fairies are armed and their dangerous and they want Holly back!
What I liked about this book is how Colfer improves on the old fairytales you heard from when you were a kid to create a new modern version that we in the 21st century can relate to. Another part of this story that I liked is the character of Artemis. I like how he is a complex character and how as the plot develops we find that our first impressions of Artemis were wrong and that he is not the person he is made out to be. I really didn’t dislike anything in this book I think it is written so well that it leaves you wanting more. The only down side that could be said from this book is how complicated it can get sometimes with its technical language.
I recommend this book to anyone who wants a story that is, as the author says himself “Die Hard with Fairies” meaning that it is action packed with fairies and magic. I think that this book appeals to its target audience very well; it keeps the reader interested and leaves them wanting to read more of the series.
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