Review: Artemis Fowl

Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Hooter: 12 year old evil mastermind / genius who takes on the fairies to get his hand on some gold. 

 I missed the Atlantean shuttle as a tween so decided to catch up on the series. As an adult, it is nostalgic of Richie Rich with evil gene but still a child like innocence of black and white with Artemis preferring black. I can imagine in the target audience, this would have been a great read with science fiction, techology and fantasy mixed up with a crime thriller. Eoin keeps a reasonable simple story arc whilst introducing complicated characters and their tropes sprinkling a lot of magic atleast in this first instace. You have this super rich kid who loves crime. Two factors - his missing dad was one and he wants to regain the family income through his illegitimate plans. This edition includes using his sidekick - conveniently named Butler incase you had doubts where he stands in the hierarchy and his sister helping master Artemis with his ideas as they take on the Lower Elements Police Reconciliation team or LEPRecons and tries to beat them at their own magic. Foaly the centaur is a smart alec with his inventions and wise talk and makes for good banter. Captain Holly - the only female fairy officer in the ranks ( you imagine her to be Nimrat Kaur of the Test Case fame) tries to kick some green dust up in a patriarchal society. Whilst no wonder it was a hit amongst tweens, its a breezy read for an adult who wants to be part nostalgic , part relaxed for a weekend read.

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