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A review by forever_day
The Fowl Twins by Eoin Colfer
4.0
I had a really good time reading this. Plot moved apace and it was just a fun experience all round.
However, it did feel like the characters were just a bit too similar to Artemis Fowl. Particularly Miles and Lazuli who were dead ringers for Artemis and Holly (Dead. Ringers.) but Beckett too sort of took the place of Butler and Whistle Blower, Mulch’s. I do wonder why Eoin chose another female fairy so similar to Holly. He’s usually pretty good about representation so I can understand not wanting to have a fully male team from that perspective, but it did feel quite a lot like a carbon copy. Hopefully her personality will develop more as the series continues and will flesh out into someone that is not… almost exactly the same. (I mean, as a long time fan it did feel comfortingly familiar but I also wonder… why bother with new names if you’re going to be writing the same characters?) Also the conclusion was slightly Deus Ex Machina. Not so much that it took away satisfaction, but a little bit.
However, like I said I did have a really enjoyable time reading it. Nostalgia definitely helped, but it was also felt well-paced and I do just generally love Colfer ZaninessTM and this book was chock-a-block full of it. The twin dynamic was great too, and I’m looking forward to seeing that developed.
All in all, great fun.
(also I can’t wait for the book that will hopefully occur at some point later in the series when the characters are better established and Eoin Colfer decides it is time for one of the greatest mashups of all time and we see a Artemis & Holly vs Myles & Lazuli situation and It. Will. Be. Incredible. )
However, it did feel like the characters were just a bit too similar to Artemis Fowl. Particularly Miles and Lazuli who were dead ringers for Artemis and Holly (Dead. Ringers.) but Beckett too sort of took the place of Butler and Whistle Blower, Mulch’s. I do wonder why Eoin chose another female fairy so similar to Holly. He’s usually pretty good about representation so I can understand not wanting to have a fully male team from that perspective, but it did feel quite a lot like a carbon copy. Hopefully her personality will develop more as the series continues and will flesh out into someone that is not… almost exactly the same. (I mean, as a long time fan it did feel comfortingly familiar but I also wonder… why bother with new names if you’re going to be writing the same characters?) Also the conclusion was slightly Deus Ex Machina. Not so much that it took away satisfaction, but a little bit.
However, like I said I did have a really enjoyable time reading it. Nostalgia definitely helped, but it was also felt well-paced and I do just generally love Colfer ZaninessTM and this book was chock-a-block full of it. The twin dynamic was great too, and I’m looking forward to seeing that developed.
All in all, great fun.
(also I can’t wait for the book that will hopefully occur at some point later in the series when the characters are better established and Eoin Colfer decides it is time for one of the greatest mashups of all time and we see a Artemis & Holly vs Myles & Lazuli situation and It. Will. Be. Incredible. )