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As with all of Eoin Colfer's books, "Artemis Fowl: The Last Guardian" exceeded my expectations, and made a well fitting end to an epic series. When I heard that this was the last to be, I almost couldn't believe it; thankfully I was not disappointed and kept me hooked until the very last page.

To anyone curious, I highly suggest reading the entire saga, as this book wraps up the splendid mixture of a fantasy and future fiction novel. Chances are, I'll probably read it again while I'm deciphering the embedded codes in the book.

Would I recommend this book? Certainly, and I can't say enough good things about the series. Happy reading.


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Artemis Fowl The Last Guardian Eoin Colfer 9781423161615 Books Reviews

How could the Artemis Fowl saga come to a close? Artemis has grown older throughout the series, but he is still very young. How then to bring closure to a story when the protagonist may still have many years ahead of him? Or does he?

Colfer takes advantage of having developed all his characters over so many books. He doesn't waste time with backstory; we all know them well enough. At the same time, the characters are almost too familiar. They don't surprise us anymore, even when they do extraordinary things. I wonder if maybe the series went on one book too long. Don't get me wrong, this was my favorite series growing up, but I'm not sure if there was really reason enough for one more story.

Despite a certain basic predictability, the plot is quite original, and the story has all the usual twists and turns, technology and myth, and all our favorite characters have their place. There are new characters as well. We learn a little more about Artemis's brothers, and we learn more about the Warlock fairies who first appeared in book five. The chief villains of the story are more vicious than anything we've come across before. All previous villains have been sort of funny, but these ones are just evil. It's a natural turn for an author trying to lend an extra bit of gravity to a story that must bring the series to a close, but it definitely feels like a different kind of Artemis Fowl book.

The ending is final, no doubt about that. Was it satisfying? That's an entirely personal judgment. All I can say is, I don't regret one moment of the time I've spent pouring over these books, and I don't think I'm alone.
I read Artemis Fowl growing up. It was my favorite series, even more than the Percy Jackson series--i could never understand why it wasn't as popular. I find the plot to be more complicated, though, so maybe that's why. Recently I reread the entire series. I love it. Artemis Fowl was such an unlikeable character but you learn to love him as well as Holly and Butler. The world building is so good. I'm forever sad Eoin Colfer ended the series here, but if you haven't read Artemis Fowl yet, start.

Specifically to this last book, I love it. It's phenomenal and while I'm sad there is no ninth or tenth or twentieth book, I am satisfied with the way it tied up.
From the get-go it appears Artemis Fowl is going to be about Artemis Fowl, a criminal boy genius with Sherlock Holmes-like powers of deduction, but then bomb squad-esque faeries take over the story and we end up spending just as much time, if not more, reading about them. That's fine since they're interesting and their story moves with a good dash of fun and excitement.

This is another of those books with a redeemable bad-guy protagonist. We shouldn't, but we do root for him, at least in some way, shape or form. In the natural (or "typical") way of things, that would mean the antagonists are good guys, who we're hoping won't succeed, at least not 100%. I haven't tired of this formula just yet, plus Colfer has handled it well and crafted a fast, short read that doesn't give you much downtime to reflect on any potential faults.

I found this book to be very similar to Jonathan Stroud's The Amulet of Samarkand with its snarky protagonist, its magic-in-a-modern-setting, its fantastical creatures and its infusion of light-hearted comedy (Things slowing down due to necessary exposition? Throw in a fart joke!).

You can tell Colfer did a bit of research into mythology and magical beings, as we see some creature attributes from the old traditions. For instance, I like his portrayal of a burrowing dwarf.

He also had fun with meshing the modern aspects with these old notions, technology with mythology. I've not always been a big fan of that genre (parts of the Ralph Bakshi movie "Wizards" annoyed me the first time I saw it), but Colfer balances and blends the two together pretty well, almost seamlessly.
As with all of Eoin Colfer's books, "Artemis Fowl The Last Guardian" exceeded my expectations, and made a well fitting end to an epic series. When I heard that this was the last to be, I almost couldn't believe it; thankfully I was not disappointed and kept me hooked until the very last page.

To anyone curious, I highly suggest reading the entire saga, as this book wraps up the splendid mixture of a fantasy and future fiction novel. Chances are, I'll probably read it again while I'm deciphering the embedded codes in the book.

Would I recommend this book? Certainly, and I can't say enough good things about the series. Happy reading.