Artemis Fowl a nefarious 12 year old criminal mastermind, and scion of a wealthy and feared family, tangles with fairies in order to make the ultimate score but these aren't the fairies you heard about in the nursery. What results is a rollicking roller coaster adventure that owes more to Die Hard than to the brothers Grimm. With a bit of attitude borrowed from the Percy Jackson school of myth re-invention.
As with any NY Times best seller aimed at the youth market, this book will be loved by some and loathed by some. It is a fast paced and funny story with a reinvented mythos that makes for some snarky reading and in addition there's a secret encoded message that marches across the bottom of every page. But there is a certain word-smithing missing. If you check the quotes for this book, unlike many other YA novels, this one has very few quotes that have a stand-alone value.
If you enjoy roller coasters, by all means, check this one out and like many roller coaster you may get some unique viewpoints unavailable from anywhere else but by the end of the ride, you end up pretty much back where you started.
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