Artemis Fowl

by Jane Rollason (Adapter), Eoin Colfer

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Artemis Fowl is twelve years old and he is a clever and dangerous criminal. He discovers that fairies have gold - a lot of gold - and he wants some of it. But these fairies are not the fairies you read about in children's books. They are not sweet and friendly. They have guns, and they are ready to fight.

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Genres: Fantasy

87 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 5, 2020

Reviews

[Kent · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book is the perfect mix of a well-written police report and the witty adventure of a child genius, enjoyable from top to bottom.

[Tagore Wahika · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked the old artemis fowl series but the character portrayal of old artemis fowl was straight up evil or morally ambiguous at most of the time. But this new artemis fowl is such a bore .

[pjp_books · Rating 4 out of 5]

Puntuación del personaje principal:
Artemis Fowl 10/10
Me encanta cuando el protagonista es lo que realmente me atrae de un libro, lo que me motiva a leerlo por su ingenio y astucia.

Puntuación del sistema mágico:
10/10
No me pareció ni demasiado complicado ni demasiado simple; me resultó fácil entender el papel de cada ser mágico. Está bien equilibrado; no te indunda con información.

Puntuación de la trama:
9/10
Creo que el autor repitió demasiado "un grave error que descubriría más tarde". No hace falta mencionarlo tanto. Me gustó que avanzara rápido, pero como tampoco soy fan, le doy esta puntuación. Suelo preferir un poco más de profundidad (eso es algo mío igual).

Tres cosas extras:
Es apto para cualquier edad, incluso para un niño de nueve años (depende de cómo lo juzgues).
No recuerdo mucho de la adaptación. Estoy segura de que está bien adaptado, al menos en cuanto a ambientación, pero en la trama ya no sé. Me decepciona saber que tiene un fandom pequeño; merece más reconocimiento.

[Jaehee · Rating 2 out of 5]

My distaste for fantasy has a rather large influence in my low rating ngl. I read this book because my younger sibling recommended it (to be fair, this child is really young, so I understand why our feelings towards this book are somewhat ambivalent). I suppose I would have enjoyed this much more if I were younger, but as it stands, I didn't like it very much.

[Jeff Bazoos · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have read plenty of books about child geniuses, but this book particularly stood out to me, not only because of the ciphers, it was just genuinely exciting as you see how the story progresses, it's a good read, and I really enjoyed it.

[Mike Oxlong · Rating 1 out of 5]

very bad its not good for the body


mike oxlong out

[Dagna · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was recommended to me because of Harry Potter. I dont think I will ever read a book like this. The entire series was wonderful.