Artemis Fowl
Posted on October 24, 2001 @ 09:59 in General
For three nights in a row I stayed up way too late because I just _had_ to finish a great novel: Artemis Fowl, by Eoin Colfer. I was a bit hesitant about starting reading it, because people recommended it with 'if you like the Harry Potter books, you'll like this one.' I'm very particular about what I like to read or not, but 'they' were right this time. So one caveat, if you don't like the Potter books, you might not like Artemis Fowl... even though I urge you to give it a try anyways :-)
Artemis Fowl is a 12 year old criminal mastermind, the youngest twig on the illustrious, or rather infamous Fowl family tree. He has devised a cunning plan to relieve the fairies of some of their gold, but these are no ordinary fairies. The fairies in Artemis has to deal with are a somewhat embittered and embattled folk, living deep down in the Earth's crust, relying on their high tech, nuclear battery driven weapons and gadgets to keep an edge, however small over the 'mud people' (that's the non-fairy surface dwelling kind). These fairies are armed and dangerous.
The book is written in the witty, high paced prose, that holds the middle between a good detective and a good action novel. Unlike some high fantasy this book doesn't lose itself in endless details of magic, lineages and relationships. It paints a decent picture of the fairies world without becoming bothersome. Finding out the hilarious origins of for instance the word "leprechaun" does help this story to stay light on its feet. In short: highly recommended.
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