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Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

8 reviews

riverofhorton's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I remember really enjoying this book when I read as a 12 year old myself.

There was a lot that I didn't enjoy this time, though. I found myself just getting into the story, when boom, misogyny. Then I'd find myself just getting back into the story, when boom, racism. Then I'd find myself just getting into the story, when boom, something utterly non-sensical (like one character saying he prefers to hunt whales with a harpoon, then a page later the same character saying the humans are barbaric for killing the majestic creatures).

I also didn't like all the "I can't say what I want to say because this is a kids book". Just... Write for an older audience if you want to swear?

I did however, appreciate Foaly's humour for the most part.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Chronic illness, Excrement, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, Ableism, Alcohol, Cursing, Dementia, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Colonisation, Animal death, Classism, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Torture, War, Violence, and Vomit

twincessz's review

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Gun violence

Minor: Vomit and Cursing

parenthesis_enjoyer's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Confinement, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, and Violence

Minor: Vomit, Animal cruelty, and Misogyny

emlo's review

adventurous funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I enjoyed this book and the fresh take on fairies etc. There is quite a lot of violence in this book, although mostly not fatal, it might upset younger kids as some of the characters sustain bad injuries. The main character, Artemis is like a junior Bond villain who seems to be motivated purely by greed, but there are parts where he ends up reining in his meglomaniac tendencies but it's not clear if this comes from conscience or self-interest. There are very many fart jokes. There is also a lot of banter between the LEPrecon Commnader and Foaly the tech genius which keeps it fun. The science and the plot don't really hold up to scrutiny but it's enjoyable all the same. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Violence, Mental illness, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit and Animal cruelty

dustghosts's review

adventurous lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Vomit, Violence, Sexism, Abandonment, Animal death, Confinement, Excrement, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Fatphobia

mermaidstears's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Dementia, Violence, and Kidnapping

Minor: Vomit

lillythebluepaladin's review

adventurous funny inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

The Artemis Fowl series will always have a speciel place in my heart. I have re-read and re-listened to these stories COUNTLESS of times, and I can always recommend Eion Colfer to readers who love sarcastic humour, loveable and hilarous characters and creative plots.
These books are perfect if you love sci-fi and fantasy!

ALSO STAY AWAY FROM THE MOVIE BEFORE READING THE BOOKS, I SWEAR TO GODS YOU WILL NOT WANT TO READ THEM, AND ITS SO SAD, AND WE FANS WHO WAITED LIKE OVER TEN YEARS FOR AN ADAPTATION GOT KICKED IN THE FACE BY DISNEY SO YAY-

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Gaslighting, and Sexism

Minor: Vomit and Violence

jenny_librarian's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

Artemis Fowl was the original Kaz Brekker. I couldn't help but compare the two while reading this book. Of course, Fowl isn't nearly as charismatic as Dirtyhands, but the two are just so similar in minds and schemes. You can bet if fairies existed in the Grishaverse, Kaz would have tried this exact thing.

I was pleasantly surprised at how entertaining this book was, and I think it's partly because of what I just mentioned. As a character in himself, I'm not a huge fan of Artemis. But thinking about Kaz (whom I obviously love) and what Fowl could become made me appreciate him more. The plot was good and it had some genuinely funny parts -- even the potty humour was better used than in some other MG books.

Being a product of its time, it's slightly sexist and there's a bit in the beginning that could be considered racist (Eoin Colfer had it right when he wrote the Vietnamese character's name as [last name] [first name] but since Nguyen is the last name and Xuan is the first name, calling that character "Mister Xuan" when Artemis doesn't know him personally would be the same as calling Root "Mister Root" -- which would not suit Artemis' personality at all), but I've seen worse.

I don't know yet if I'll read more of the series because it seems to be all of the same. One or two heist/kidnapping stories is interesting, but 8 books on the same theme might end up boring. We'll see.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Kidnapping, Vomit, and Dementia

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent, Sexism, Torture, and War