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Artemis Fowl
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Artemis Fowl

Written by Eoin Colfer

Narrated by Nathaniel Parker

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

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From a strikingly original voice in fiction comes the story of Artemis Fowl, a very unusual hero. Artemis combines the astuteness of Sherlock Holmes with the sangfroid of James Bond and the attitude of Attila the Hun. But even Artemis doesn't know what he's taken on when he kidnaps a fairy, Captain Holly Short of LEPrecon Unit. These aren't the fairies of bedtime stories. These fairies are armed and they're dangerous. Artemis thinks he's got them just where he wants them, but then they stop playing by the rules . . .

Full of unexpected twists and turns, ARTEMIS FOWL opens up a riveting world of magic, mystery, and humor.

Editor's Note

Humor & hijinks...

There's never a dull moment with Artemis, a rich genius who’s already made a habit of running afoul (ha!) of the law at the ripe old age of twelve. Full of technologically advanced fairies, humor & hijinks.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateJun 4, 2002
ISBN9780807208915
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Artemis Fowl
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Eoin Colfer

Eoin Colfer is the New York Times bestselling author of the Artemis Fowl series as well as two adult crime novels, Plugged, which was short-listed for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and Screwed. He lives in Ireland with his wife and two children.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Was pleasantly surprised by this; loved the descriptions of the characters even if some were disgusting (the dwarf tunneling); and fell in love with several characters; will actually continue to read these.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Splendiferous.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This is a great read. I love the way Eoin (pr. 'Owen') Colfer populates this wonderful world with complex characters and complicated motivations. It's very clever but also engages the reader's emotions. A brilliant, fully-formed world which - like all the best fantasy - explains a lot about our own world. More! More! (ok, there's another seven for me to get started on - hooray!) Artemis is a genius, and the depth of his evilness is a moot. I confess, I kept seeing him looking like a junior Assange, but maybe it's the pale cover of the edition I have. Is he criminal? Is he good? It depends!
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    A fun, fast-paced adventure.The writing is fairly simple with an intense plot and plenty of mysteries to solve along the way. While the character of Artemis Fowl isn't necessarily likeable, his quick wit and incredible deductive skills make for an interesting story you can't put down. I really enjoyed the descriptions of the People's technology. Colfer creates a whole new take on fairies and folklore as he mixes magic and technology.A great adventure story that makes the reader really think about humanity's relationship with the natural world.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Artemis Fowl II is a a twelve-year-old criminal mastermind, son of a missing Irish crime lord. After tracking down an alcoholic sprite his dastardly plans unfold. Captain Holly Short, fairy with the Lower Elements Police, after tracking a subduing a rogue troll must visit an ancient oak tree in order to replenish her magic. Little does she know of Artemus Fowl's plans to kidnap a fairy for a large ransom of gold. Fantastic read, very well done.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Artemis Fowl is a criminal mastermind, who’s twelve. He hatches a scheme of kidnapping a fairy and holding her for a ransom of gold. This took about a day to get through, and it was an enjoyable fast-paced adventure story. The reader bounces between Artemis and the fairy world – all of the characters being sympathetic in one manner or another. I’m not sure if I will continue on with the series, but this was a fairly enjoyable way to pass a rainy day.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    It was a very confusing book and it was super violent not to mention all the cussing. But other than that I loved it!
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    When Holly Defeated Mulch The Troll With Light.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Ich hatte mal zu Weihnachten Teil 2 und 3 bekommen und fand sie ganz toll. Jetzt dachte ich mir, dass es mal Zeit f?r Teil 1 ist. Und bin froh, diesen nicht zuerst gelesen zu haben. Der Humor kommt schon unterschwellig durch, der dann in den n?chsten B?nden Oberhand gewinnt. Doch irgendwie sind Geschichte und Charaktere noch unausgegoren. Es war ganz nett und spa?ig zu lesen, aber ich glaube nicht, dass ich jemals die n?chsten B?nde gelesen h?tte, w?re das mein erstes Artemis Buch gewesen.

    Ansonsten stimmt alles:

    Fantasyanteil: Check ?
    Humor: Check ?
    Supergenieb?sewicht: Check ?
    Ein bis an die Z?hne bewaffneter Butler: Check ?
    Mutter darf nichts erfahren: Check ?

    Also: Gutes Buch, aber nichts besonderes. Erstmal. Der Autor musste sich offensichtlich erst einschreiben bevor er da was tolles auf die Beine gestellt hat.

    Achso, da war noch was. Ich schrieb folgendes bei Gone:

    (Nichts gegen Artemis, aber der hat Geselligkeit nicht gerade mit dem L?ffel gefressen. Wenn Butler nicht st?ndig hinter ihm stehen w?rde h?tte er sicherlich schon seeehr oft Pr?gel bezogen).

    Und was passiert in diesem Buch?

    She pulled back her fist, fingers curled in a tight bunch. Artemis didn?t flinch. Why would he? Butler always intervened before punches landed. But then something caught his eye, a large figure running down the stairway on the first-floor monitor. It was Butler.

    ?That?s right, rich boy,? said Holly nastily. ?You?re on your own this time.?

    And before Artemis eyes hat time to widen, Holly put an extra few kilos of spring in her elbow and whacked her abductor right on the nose.

    HAHA! Und sehr befriedigend. Also soweit es einen befriedigen kann dass ein 12 Jahre alter Bengel eins auf die Glocke bekommt.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Soooo much better than I expected. It?s not high literature (or even high fantasy) and it?s definitely YA, but it?s a good solid adventure with a well-built world and lots of interesting characters. I?ve seen it billed as something similar to Sherlock Holmes, and Artemis is theoretically the villain... and while that?s not untrue, it?s not really accurate. Artemis himself certainly fits the idea of a young Sherlock (or, since the audiobook reader gives him an Irish accent, BBC?s Moriarty) and some deduction happens, but the plot is more action/adventure than detective mystery. As for his villainy, you might not even notice that he?s the ?villain? of the first story if he (and other characters) didn't keep mentioning it.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    A really good and exciting audiobook. I can whole heately recommend this to anyone who is a fantasy fan
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    It was a little splotchy at times, running around between places and times. I wasn't sure of all the fairy technology, and it would have been nice to have a reference list to all the rules as Artemis was encountering them. Artemis is almost a little too intelligent/evil/diabolical/crazy to be a believable narrator. I really enjoyed the butlers, Butler and Juliet, and Angeline was an interesting case. The ending was spectacular and truly revealed that Artemis Fowl the Second was, at the very core, a 12-year-old boy.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Finished listening to the audio book with my son. I enjoyed it very much. We're moving on to the second one.
  • Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
    1/5
    Bo-ring. Only persevered because I felt like I should. Blah.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    Well-done fun - but not my style so I won't be reading the rest of the series.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    READ IN DUTCH

    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.



    This book is aimed I guess on children around eleven years old. Indeed I do remember people talking about these books when I was about that age. For me, as I was older when I read this book, it felt a little bit childish (not that I can blame the book; of course), mostly the 'jokes' and witticisms fell short for someone my age.



    Artemis himself has a great mind he uses for the bad, like Moriarty for example, but is also an extremely annoying person. I won't be the only one who ended up 'team faeries' even though all faeries do is complain about humans.



    This book is the start of a series, but I still need to read from book #3 on.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    A fun family read. Magic, adventure and some discussion of morality, plus a plot that satisfies adult and older readers. We "read" this one on a family trip, but I'll get the next one for my family commute.

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  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    just plain silly, not going to continue with the series
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    James Bond meets Tinkerbell! Action-loving kids will enjoy all the scheming and the technological weaponry.

    Twelve-year-old Artemis is part of a long crime-family line. He tries to restore the family fortune by kidnapping a fairy (Captain Holly Short) and demanding a ton of gold in ransom. The fairy world, which includes centaurs, trolls, sprites and goblins, fight back with an edgy variety of technology and weapons. But Artemis proves a formidable and intelligent foe, and his bodyguard Butler is fearless.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    I didn't like it. Artemis was able to do everything. I felt like we got to know Captain Holly Short much better than Artemis.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    Given the high praise this book seems to have gotten, I have to admit that I was a bit disappointed. People have compared it to Harry Potter but that's really unfair. While 10-12 year olds might enjoy it, it lacks Potter's wider appeal.The story was fairly standard but generally held together. It could be very funny in places but had an unfortunate reliance on bathroom humour. I also found its message (humans suck) to be presented in an overly heavy handed way. The fairies insult humans constantly, calling them stupid and cruel but they are just as bad. They pollute, murder and fight among themselves. I really hope that this was Colfer's attempt at irony because otherwise it made little sense.The characters also felt a little flat. Artemis appeared surprisingly infrequently so I never got that attached to him or his situation. The fairies were also an unpleasant bunch, open to squabbling and being generally rather cruel. The only character I really got liked to was Butler and that was because he was made of awesome.In conclusion, this book wasn't really for me. People tell me that this series improves so I think I'll take a look at book 2 now to see if that's the case.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    The book was okay. I will probably not finish the series though.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Reading this and occasionally listening: the audiobook kicks butt! If I had known this book was so enjoyable, I'd have read it a long time ago!

    Update: great fantasy novel for middle grades. I thought the vocabulary would be way challenging for many of my students, though. It would be a treat for my proficient and avid readers, especially those who are into gaming and fantasy already. This sure would make a great movie (although I hate to say it).

  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I haven't read many young adult novels, especially in my adult life. I've read the first two and a half Harry Potter books. There didn't really catch my attention too much. Aside from that, there haven't been many to name. I think the only series I did read when I was in the age range of the "genre" were the Animorphs series. I read almost all of them and recently found them again in my attic. I do plan on rereading a few and obtaining the few I haven't read to finish that series.
    I should get back on topic. Animorphs is the only YA series, or books in general, that I can say I've enjoyed or at least gotten so much pleasure from. That is until finishing.

    I started out reading it with the impression that, like the Harry Potter series, I'd find it possibly a good read for youths only. I wasn't sure what the hype was about and all that. This is especially due to the whole "twelve year old mastermind vs. the fairy world" premise. Despite this slight attitude, the book pulled me in to the point of not wanting to put it down. It took a bit, but it happened.

    I don't want to give this a thorough review simply because there's not much to say. It's a great story. I found that it's a little more adult at times than I would think for a YA book. I'm not sure if parents know of some of the minor language used, but that could also be due to Colfer not being from America. Another point I'll bring up is the unique (at least to me) pro/antagonist set up. Artemis is both the good and bad guy of the book. Captain Short is the same. Sympathies go toward both sides of the battles to the point in which I didn't know who I wanted to win in the end.

    But as I said I'll cut it short because I want to get into some details I really enjoyed, but I don't want to spoil it for anyone.

    I'm really looking forward to reading the second book in the series, and from there the rest.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Artemis Fowl is not a usual teenager. Even though he is just twelve, he?s already smarter than most adults. Fowl doesn?t seem to care about anybody, but as we read, we find out that this is not exactly true. He loves his mother very much and takes care of her when she?s ill and he misses his father who disappeared some time before the beginning of the book.

    Most things about him, like the reasons for his criminal career, remain more or less unexplained. It?s understandable; this is only the first of a series of eight novels.

    Due to his young age most of his adversaries underestimate him. They soon learn that this is a big mistake. Artemis Fowl is not someone you can easily trick.

    Although sometimes we see how young Artemis really is, I think the plot would have been more realistic with somebody a bit older. Just four years more and his behaviour would have been much more believable.

    Even though it is a YA novel and there is no strong language, there are serious death threats and most are not issued by evil people. Several LEP members (Lower Elements Police), who are supposed to be the good guys, are very happy to send a troll to kill a boy and to use a magical weapon to kill everybody in the house to get the gold back.

    In this novel what?s good and bad depends on the point of view and nobody is all one or the other.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This book would be good to use when talking about how you are never to young to do something if you set your mind to it. I think students would like this book because of the magical characters and the amazing feats done by the main character.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I am not sure why it took me so long to read this book. Admittedly, I had received books 3-7 for review through Netgalley when I first discovered the site, and decided I needed to read the first two books before I could review the later, and so I put them off. And now, about a year later, I am finally getting around to it. I feel ashamed to say that it took me this long but I have to be honest about it.

    This story is unique in that, in my opinion, the main character appears both as protagonist and antagonist. I am not really sure how to explain that without giving too much away.
    The world building is just unique enough to stand out, and the play on the fairy concepts is different than a lot of others out there.

    With the main character being 12 years old, the story would be classed as a middle grade read. However, some of the topics in the book are a little mature, so you might want to make sure you are reading and discussing with younger middle-grade readers. My 9 year old enjoyed the story and it opened up a lot of interesting discussions around my house.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I can't believe I haven't read this before. Twelve-year old evil genius and eco-friendly fairies! I'm going to have to go out and get the whole series. A one-sitting, easy and absolutely fun read.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Clever! Fairies, with technology. A fun read.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Very smart book for kids with a nice anti hero twist.

    Artemis is a shit of kid. Rich, smug, entitled, genius level IQ and a serious desire to take over the world. He is a young Lex Luthor with ten times the smarts and possibly also the ruthlessness. When he one day catches a fairy he discovers a whole new world of magic, violence, special forces units and danger all of which might help or hinder his plans for world domination.

    This book in no way shape or form talks down to kids rather it demands they raise themselves to its level by treating the main protagonist with such seriousness and skill that you end up cheering for the little turd.

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