A review by a_chickletz
Half-Moon Investigations by Eoin Colfer

3.0

Half-Moon is one of those books that I wish continued on. It has so much potential to be a series like Artemis Fowl. It pains me that this is the only book that remains.

The reason why I liked this book is that it was Sherlock Holmes meets modern private eye knack. Sometimes I forgot that Half-Moon was only 12! However, thanks to the dialogue and location of the character (Half-Moon) in his life, he was a second Artemis Fowl. He was intelligent but he was a kid.

I liked the other characters too! I definitely liked the Sharkey family and, again, I want more of them! I like budding friendship between Red and Half-Moon (despite their ages), and like Sherlock Holmes and Watson, I want to see them age and their situations become more adult and more desperate.

The story itself wasn't very predictable which was refreshing, at times it did get a little 'put your disbelief behind you and enjoy it'.

Spoiler

Especially the girls acting like some sort of a tribe and April being their leader and setting up the boys. And May's father being the catalyst to the entire mystery.

I think this book works as as sort of children's introductory to mysteries. Not only that, pulls an updated Sherlock Holmes and Watson for their generation.

It's just a pity that this was the only book.