Artemis Fowl: The Seventh Dwarf - Eoin Colfer

A Few Fowl Puns (759 words)
by - written on 30/11/01, updated on 14/11/03
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from the horrendously overpriced stuffed Hagrids in WH Smith. Well, I did like Harry Potter, so I decided to get myself a copy of Artemis Fowl, by Eoin (that's Ewan to ewan me) Colfer. Being a bit of a bargain hunter, I went straight to Ebay, and bagged myself a hardback, paperback and audio book for...well, a bargain, anyway. Now I'm not usually one to skip reading a book and go straight to the film or audio book. However it just so happens that I am currently caught up in reading a series of Ballet Books written for ten year olds. I also drive nearly seventy miles a day, and Sara Cox's Birthday Pig was becoming just a little repetitive. So I decided ...

Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel - Eoin Colfer

A Gem (411 words)
by Adam X - written on 17/05/01, updated on 17/05/01 (Useful, 55 readings)
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Why? Why now when a book is written about a child, must everyone immeadiately compare it with Harry Potter? Why can't it just be that a good book has been written, and it should be seen on merit and not in comparison. Yes, Harry Potter is good, but in order to get anything out of books, we've got to understand that by just reading Potter, we're not going to gain a wider range of fictional depth, and so pass over gems like this Artemis Fowl. Right, that's my rant out of the way... Artemis Fowl is a 12 year old Dubliner, who has the criminal mastermind of that Hans Gruber fellow, minus the sticky ending. In fact, this book has been described as 'Die Hard ...

Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel - Eoin Colfer

read this book (197 words)
by ShaneH - written on 25/05/01, updated on 25/05/01 (Useful, 229 readings)
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Artemis Fowl tells the story of twelve year old criminal mastermind, Artemis Fowl, facing off against the LEPrecon unit an elite crime fighting unit with a difference: it is made up of fairies. These fairies, however, are not kind and childlike, they are heavily armed and seriously ticked off. The trouble begins when young Artemis Fowl, in an attempt to rebuild his families wealth, decides to try and get his hands on fairie gold. He starts his plan by kidnapping captain Holly Short, an LEP officer. When the LEPrecon unit is sent in prepared for a simple mission against a twelve year old, they get a lot more than they bargained for, Young artemis seems to be ahead of the LEP at every ...