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A review by mollymortensen
Artemis Fowl: The Atlantis Complex by Eoin Colfer
3.0
Worst Artemis Fowl book yet! I don't even think I'm going to keep it, because if I do a reread I'll probably skip this one. (Luckily, it's totally skippable.)
Artemis Fowl (The character) is what makes these books. His character, intellect, and somewhat lack of morals. All of that is ruined in Atlantis Complex. Artemis has OCD, hallucinations, and paranoia. As if that wasn't bad enough, then he turned into Orion, an overly moral dimwit. This isn't Artemis! Why oh why did he do this to me? (Also, I'm pretty sure in his crazy state he spent all his money, so poor and stupid. Just no.)
I really don't like Artemis's mom. She's controlling and manipulative, and keeps trying to change him. (She's probably the reason for his Atlantis Complex, constantly making him feel guilty for the mesmers.)
This time Foaly is along for the adventure with Holly and Artemis. His reaction to all of the danger was funny and I'm glad he was in it more.
Butler and Juliet had their own adventure in Cancun. I'm still not fond of Juliet and those parts were just boring.
There's actually a new villain! He was a complex character. (Not just a crazy pixie who wants to rule everybody.) And I liked how he was made relatable with his wife. Even though he was the most evil villain yet. He totally didn't care how many people he killed. (and there were a lot of deaths.)
Artemis's last plot was a clever one and made this book not a complete waste of time. (I think if he'd just had the multiple personalities part of Atlantis Complex it could've even been funny. But the paranoia and counting was too much.)
Artemis Fowl (The character) is what makes these books. His character, intellect, and somewhat lack of morals. All of that is ruined in Atlantis Complex. Artemis has OCD, hallucinations, and paranoia. As if that wasn't bad enough, then he turned into Orion, an overly moral dimwit. This isn't Artemis! Why oh why did he do this to me? (Also, I'm pretty sure in his crazy state he spent all his money, so poor and stupid. Just no.)
I really don't like Artemis's mom. She's controlling and manipulative, and keeps trying to change him. (She's probably the reason for his Atlantis Complex, constantly making him feel guilty for the mesmers.)
This time Foaly is along for the adventure with Holly and Artemis. His reaction to all of the danger was funny and I'm glad he was in it more.
Butler and Juliet had their own adventure in Cancun. I'm still not fond of Juliet and those parts were just boring.
There's actually a new villain! He was a complex character. (Not just a crazy pixie who wants to rule everybody.) And I liked how he was made relatable with his wife. Even though he was the most evil villain yet. He totally didn't care how many people he killed. (and there were a lot of deaths.)
Artemis's last plot was a clever one and made this book not a complete waste of time. (I think if he'd just had the multiple personalities part of Atlantis Complex it could've even been funny. But the paranoia and counting was too much.)