Artemis Fowl

Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

Another children’s/young adult book, and a pretty good one at that, although I didn’t find it quite as interesting as either Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials or Garth Nix’s Sabriel. It was still good, and I liked the fact that the protagonist is an antihero. Ostensibly, no good qualities, although the author does managed to sneak some in there.

I particularly liked the way that the author, in the introduction and conclusion, goes out of his way to say what a bad person Artemis Fowl is, and how his actions can be taken in a way that is less altruistic than it may seem on the surface.

I was, however, quite disgusted by the dwarves. I guess Eion Colfer really doesn’t like dwarves, as he makes them little better than Trolls. I was raised on Tolkein, and this is No Good. Ick.

The characters are good, the story is interesting, and the writing is good. It’s a kid’s book, but it’s good, and well worth reading I think.

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