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Tuesday 17 July 2012

Review: Artemis Fowl and the Last Guardian

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Eoin Colfer's  latest (and probably last) book in his highly successful Artemis Fowl series was published on 10th July. Artemis's arch nemesis, evil pixie Opal Koboi, has a plan to escape from custody, overthrow humanity and rule as fairy queen. At Fowl Manor, a portal to the underground fairy world, she raises the spirits of fallen fairy warriors, which possess the bodies of long-dead pirates, rabbits, dogs- and even Artemis's four year old twin brothers, Myles and Beckett, and Juliet, the sister of Butler, his chauffeur and bodyguard. Artemis, Butler and his friends from the fairy realm, Captain Holly Short and Foaly the centaur technician, are now on a mission to defeat Opal and save humanity. But will one of them have to make the ultimate sacrifice?

I enjoyed this book. It has been interesting to follow Artemis's character as he has developed from a teenage arch criminal to a positive character- and I do see why Colfer feels he can go no further. It might be interesting to follow Juliet, Myles and Beckett, possibly, if he didn't want to leave the characters behind totally. All in all, a satisfying end to a fantastic series. The book trailer is on YouTube here.

4 comments:

  1. Thanks for posting this. I shall have to check out this series. It sounds really fascinating.

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    1. Thank you for commenting, Steve! I hope you like it. I particularly like the idea that instead of being decorative olde-worlde creatures, fairies are in fact technically superior to humans, hence why we rarely see them!

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  2. Glad to hear you enjoyed it. I thought the series took a little dip in the middle, but it got back on track with its recent entries. I'll have to add this to my 'to read' pile. Thanks for sharing!

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    1. Thank you for commenting! I really enjoyed it, and it is Big Green Bookshop's children's book group choice for August!

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