Meanwhile in bibliophile-land ...

[sholio]

xparrot, you are right -- the Artemis Fowl books are total crack, in the good way. The library had all of them, and I read the first three in the past two days -- MINDWIPE?! NOOOOO! -- and I'm trying very hard not to start on the fourth one yet. At least not until I get a few things done first. XD I bounced pretty hard off the writing style at first, but I seem to have gotten used to it as I got into the characters, and I can't help wondering if whoever wrote the negative review that turned me off these books in the first place had actually read them, because they are obviously heist books and you can't have a heist without a criminal, right?

*eyes next book covetously*

Comments

[helen_c]

OMG, I love Artemis Fowl so, so, *so* much.

I think that's at least partly because I read them at a point where I was really tired of reading the same YA book over and over again ('ordinary boy finds out he has special powers and must save his country/planet/universe').

I had some trouble with the first one, but once I got to know the characters, I started appreciating them for all their flaws and qualities (and I really love that you see character growth from one book to the next).

And how much do I love that Artemis is really a criminal? A lot. *hearts* I love how he lacks a conscience early on, and how and why that starts changing, and I won't say more so that I won't spoil you, but yay! Love this series.

Enjoy the next books. :)

[sholio]

Yeah, Holly was totally love at first sight for me, but Artemis took awhile to grow on me; it wasn't until the second book that I fell for him, but that book really did it for me. :D Like you said, I love how there's obvious character growth from book to book, and I love that the books constantly push Artemis out of his comfort zone and force him to do things he's not good at and to be confronted with the consequences of his actions.

And they are wonderfully different from most YA. I love the high-tech fairies in particular; what a marvelous idea.