Book Review |
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Artemis Fowl |
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By Eoin Colfer |
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was advertised as being a second "Harry Potter". It makes me so mad the way that
advertisers are likening everything to HP in an attempt to con people into buying their
product. Just because a book contains a bit of magic, does NOT make it "like" H
Potter!! I would not say that this book is like Harry Potter at all except that magic is involved and there is a boy (quite unlike Harry) involved. The same can be said of MANY books much older than Harry Potter. It is unfair to J K Rowling and to Eoin Colfer to compare the two books. Artemis Fowl tells the gripping story of a clever yet sinister young boy who has discovered a secret world of "fairies". Not fairies as you would probably think of them e.g. cute with wings and star wands - more like a race of little people with limited magical skills. He uses this information to try and blackmail the Fairy race into giving him vast amounts of gold. Unfortunately for him, the fairy he tries to capture is a member of the fairy secret police force and his troubles are just beginning. This book is very funny in places and quite gripping in others. There is more violence than you would generally find in a book of this type with things being blown apart and a "butler" who goes around with a garrotte, stun grenades and a cosh in his pocket. Don't worry - it is not too violent and it has a very satisfying outcome in the end. The book is well written and a good read but it is not a classic like Harry Potter. Iestyn Evans October 2001 |
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