Artemis Fowl: The Last Guardian

Artemis Fowl: The Last Guardian
Eoin Colfer

Is this Armageddon for the Artemis Fowl?

Opal Koboi, power-crazed pixie, is plotting to exterminate mankind and become fairy queen. If she succeeds, the spirits of long-dead fairy warriors will rise from the earth, inhabit the nearest available bodies and wreak mass destruction. But what happens if those nearest bodies include crows, or deer, or badgers - or two curious little boys by the names of Myles and Beckett Fowl?

Yes, it's true. Criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl's four-year-old brothers could be involved in destroying the human race. Can Artemis and Captain Holly Short of the Lower Elements Police stop Opal and prevent the end of the world?

It's hard to say good-bye to a good book series. I finished this maybe three hours ago and it's hard to say that I won't be reading a new Artemis Fowl shenanigan. I wish that there will be but I understand that it has to come to an end.

I had a lot of fun reading this one. There was an "a-ha" moment that the last one lacked but I expected it to be different. I thought that Nopal would have a bigger impact. Kind of like what happens with Artemis at the end of the book. Because Opal still had her previous memories even though her death came and went. I figured she would somehow go back to the past to fill in that gap of the story. That was the only problem I had with the book. There isn't a solution to this.

I like how much all of the characters have grown since the first one. Seeing Artemis grow-up was interesting to watch. He grows from an immature, heartless, juvenile criminal mastermind to a mature, selfish young man.  He still has his flaws from being a genius around the average intelligence, but he's a lot easier to read. He is more aware of the other characters' feelings and takes it into account.

To anyone thinking of reading the Artmeis Fowl series then you're going to have some fun. The humor is hysterical, especially when dwarves and Colfer's history tidbits are involved (Swear toads. HA.). The characters are interesting to read and learn about. The stories are a lot of fun to go a long with and easy to believe. (I mean, you're dealing with magic, for Pete's sake.) Go ahead and give these books a try. You'll enjoy it. ;)

Artemis Fowl: The Atlantis Complex

Artemis Fowl: The Atlantis Complex
Eoin Colfer

Artemis has committed his entire fortune to a project he believes will save the planet and its inhabitants, both human and fairy. Can it be true? Has goodness taken hold of the world's greatest teenage criminal mastermind?

Captain Holly Short is unconvinced, and discovers that Artemis is suffering from Atlantis Complex, a psychosis common among guilt-ridden fairies - not humans - and most likely triggered by Artemis's dabbling with fairy magic. Symptoms include obsessive-compulsive behavior, paranoia, multiple personality disorder and, in extreme cases, embarrassing professions of love to a certain feisty LEPrecon fairy.

Unfortunately, Atlantis Complex has struck at the worst possible time. A deadly foe from Holly's past is intent on destroying the actual city of Atlantis. Can Artemis escape the confines of his mind, and the grips of a giant squid, in time to save the underwater metropolis and its fairy inhabitants?

Criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl has summoned an elite group of high-tech fairies to Iceland. He wants to present his invention to save the world from global warming. But something terrible has happened to him.
Artemis Fowl has become nice.
The fairies diagnose Atlantis Complex (aka multiple-personality disorder) – dabbling in magic has damaged Artemis’s mind. And now the subterranean city of Atlantis is under attack from vicious robots and nice Artemis is no use to anyone

 I'm finally getting around to finishing these books. I don't know why I haven't finished this series earlier. I like Artemis and the gang and their adventures that they go on together. I've had a hard time finishing this one, though. I think, for me, that everything was moving a bit slow. Things that should have been done fast weren't done fast and the opposite for the slow things. Or course the humor that Colfer puts into his books is still there. Reading the little nonsensical tidbits and references to Dwarves' nether-regions in round-about ways is always fun to read.

The part I missed the most was having a big "a-ha moment" when Artemis' plans fall into place. Since Artemis has Atlantis Complex, you don't really get that. He's out of sorts in many ways, although reading from his alter-ego's point-of-view is very entertaining. There is a small "a-ha moment" when Artemis uses this other half to his advantage, but not really anything like in the other books.

I still enjoyed reading this book. I'm kind of sad that I'm reading the last one now. It means that I'll have to say good-bye to new adventures from the gang. But if the movie works out, then it should be fun to see how everything is done.

Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox

I finished reading Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox last week. I was going to write about it then but I got distracted by being back in school again and spending time with family near by. I also forgot for a moment that I write 'book reviews' on my blog. xD

The Time Paradox is the sixth book in the Artemis Fowl series. I made the mistake of reading this book late at night. I started reading one night and went to bed at 1 a.m. not too bad considering I get up at 9. Read some the next day and then that night I read until I finished it; 2:30 a.m. Silly me. I say it was a mistake because I knew that the climax was going to start at any time and I kept going. xD

I'm glad that I kept going though. When I got to that part in the book I didn't want to put it down. The classic humor was throughout and seeing the development of new relationships was cool. There was one thing that I predicted but I think anyone could spot that. *coughseventhkrakencough* Why would an author mention something like that without it showing up later in the book? Anyway, I liked the story a lot and I found it pretty easy to follow. I was interested in the re-introduction of a past villan and I'm curious how that will play out in the future.

Here's the synopsis of the story:

After disappearing for three years, Artemis Fowl has returned to a life different from the one he had. Now he’s a big brother, and spends his days teaching his twin siblings the important things in life, such as how to properly summon a waiter at a French restaurant. But when Artemis’s mother contracts a life-threatening illness, his world is turned upside down. The only hope for a cure lies in the brain fluid of the silky sifaka lemur. Unfortunately, the animal is extinct, due to a heartless bargain Artemis himself made as a younger boy. Though the odds are stacked against him, Artemis is not willing to give up. With the help of his fairy friends, the young genius travels back in time to rescue the lemur and bring it to the present. But to do so, Artemis will have to defeat a maniacal poacher who has set his sights on new prey: Holly Short. The rules of time travel are far from simple, but to save his mother, Artemis will have to break them all . . . and outsmart his most cunning adversary yet: Artemis Fowl, age ten.

I'll be waiting for the next book, Artemis Fowl: The Atlantis Complex, on July 20th to read more about Artemis and his friends. Maybe in the meantime though I'll read the second graphic novel. ;)

Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony

This is a post that was looong in the making. I started reading this book either last Winter or Fall semester. Me being lazy on the most part for not finishing it earlier. Also I'm reading three book at the same time. O.o I'm going to finish the other two before starting new ones. I promise!

Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony is the fifth installment of the Artemis Fowl series. (I have neglected to write about number 3 and 4. Mainly I forgot to write about books for a while.) Out of the five I've read, I like this one a lot. There is a lot of adventure, magic, and genius going around. I like the introduction to the new magical beings. I also liked how you could see a change between the younger Artemis Fowl and the older on in this book. I could not put down the book when I finally came to the end. There was so much going on and lots of surprises. I'm eagerly hoping to read the sixth one soon, but that will wait until Dracula and On a Pale Horse is finished. ;)

Ten thousand years ago, humans and fairies fought a great battle. When the fairies realized they’d never win, they moved their civilization underground and hid. All the families agreed, except the demons. The demons planned to lift themselves out of time until they were ready to wage war on the humans once more. But the spell went wrong, and they were catapulted into Limbo. Now the spell’s deterioration is accelerating and the demon materializations are erupting. Even the fairy scientists cannot predict the next one. But someone can. Artemis Fowl, teenage criminal mastermind, has solved temporal equations that no human can. So when a confused and frightened demon pops up in a Sicilian theatre, Artemis is there to meet him. Unfortunately, a second mysterious party has also solved the equations and has managed to abduct the demon. Once again, Artemis will pair up with his old comrade Captain Holly Short, to track down the missing demon, before the spell dissolves completely and the lost demon colony returns violently to Earth.

Artemis Fowl

Just when I needed another series of books to get in to. Amber tells me to reads the Artemis Fowl series. I bought the first one when I got Breaking Dawn and thought I would give it a try.

At first the first book was hard for me to get in to. It's introducing characters and such. What most first books do. After a while I started reading it and got in to it. Artemis Fowl is twelve-years-old in this one and is a criminal mastermind. He's taken over the family business since his dad has been missing for two years and his mom is a little insane after loosing him. Artemis and his body gaurd, Butler, eventually meet up with the fairy world and things commence. It's very entertaining, I think.

Then I got a hold of the second book. This one is a lot better to read because you don't have to sit through the character introductions. Artemis and Butler this time are trying to save his father from the Russion Mafyia. Along the way they meet up with the fairy folk again and this time both worlds have to work together to get both of their goals accomplished. It's a lot of fun. And I'm on the third book. As of right now there are six out. I'm not sure how many there are supposed to be, but I intend on reading them.