So over the coarse of one week I read the whole Hunger Games series at once and forgot to write about them in between. So this probably isn't going to be my best post.
There is hardly anything to say except the books were amazing! If you haven't read the books, stop reading this post right now and start reading them immediately! At first I thought the books were just going to be about a bunch of people having to kill each other in an arena. And, while people do kill each other in an arena, it is sooo much more then that. All the romance in it sort of made it a little worse then it should be, but maybe that's just because I'm 12 years old and, though most people my age don't have a problem with it, am very uncomfortable with any sort of physical contact with anyone outside of my family, even some people in my family. There are some people in the books that died and I really wish they hadn't, but I guess that just makes it more realistic. I am once again faced with the problem of finding a place on my Top 10 List of my favorite books. Actually, I think I'll just start adding books and demoting other books while keeping them on the list. The other ones deserve to be recognized too.
Well Eoin Colfer didn't waist any pages with that book. It just started. Not that I'm complaining. Some authors kill dozens of trees with their incredibly long introductions. I loved that this book got straight to the point and staid on it. Not a single dull moment in the whole book. Though I am extremely upset that this is the last book. I'll be honest, I almost cried when Artemis died. Almost. But I knew he wouldn't stay dead when I noticed that he wasn't mentioning Artemis's death as much as he should. I'm so glad that he isn't dead. Then I really would cry. I wish that the book said what happened between Holly and Artemis. Obviously Holly isn't getting a pituitary gland and Artemis isn't getting his removed. But Eoin Colfer at least could have said what happened. Did Holly ever visit Artemis? Did Artemis ever visit Holly? If they did then how often? Because they're obviously going to remain friends. Did the LEP try to erase Artemis's memory again now that Opal was out of the picture? Key word: try. There's so much more that needs to be said. But I'm glad Mulch finally got his medal. He definitely deserves it. He had a big part I saving the world on multiple occasions.
Atlantis Complex is an intense disease. I'm glad I'm not a guilty fairy. I expected the multiple personality disorder to be more like Smeagol from Lord of the Rings. But I guess they wouldn't have survived if it wasn't a complete change. When I was reading the part about Orion I couldn't even imagine him with Artemis's face. The we're polar opposites. But he was really funny. One of the lines I still remember is the on about finding a rhyme for the word orange. I actually did a little research on it. It turns out that the word orange has only one perfect rhyme and one half-rhyme. the perfect rhyme is the word sporange, which is a rare alternative for the word sporangium, which is a structure where spores are produced. The half-rhyme is lozenge, a small candy that usually contains medicine. Another word that doesn't any perfect rhymes is silver. But I'll let you figure out the half-rhymes for it tin your own time. I've officially decided that Artemis Fowl is going on my Top Ten Favorite Books List. But I have a bit of a problem. What am I going to replace it with?
It's been a whole day since I've finished this book so the details are kind of getting lost in my brain. So please bare with me.
The whole thing gets kind of confusing at the end, here's what I got out of it: 1) Past Opal travels to the future and makes it look like Present Artemis' mother has a magical disease called Spelltropy. 2) Present Artemis travels to the past with Holly to get an extinct lemur who's brain fluids happen to be the only cure for Spelltropy. 3) Present Artemis figures out that Past Opal is manipulating the Extinctionists to get the fluids from rare animals and inject it into herself to enhance her own abilities. 4) When Present Artemis travels back to the present, Past Opal jumps through the hole before it closes. 5) Past Opal gets out of the time tunnel a few days before Artemis in order to make it look like Present Artemis' mother has Spelltropy. Does that look right? I'm not sure, it was really confusing. I never want to have to mess with time travel. This book has a lot more drama then any of the other Artemis Fowl books, even if you leave out the kiss. That just adds to the list. Should I make a list? Nah, I've already made one list today. I just want to say that I agree with Mulch, there should be absolutely, positively no romance outside of your species. I guess Holly could convert to human. Just kidding, that would never happen, nor would I want that to happen. Please tell me that doesn't happen. No, don't tell me, I want to figure it out for myself. Anyway. It is pretty bad tricking someone into thinking you almost killed their mother and possibly others. Artemis is really smart for a human, I'm sure he could have come up with something else.
Blah, blah-spoilers-blah, blah. You get the point.
This is probably one of my favorite books in the series yet because Artemis is starting to be more of a good guy. I was extremely disappointed with Minerva's character. I expected her to be more like Artemis was, but she was more emotional. She also acted a lot younger then she was. More like an eight year old then a twelve year old. But that might just be because she had less of a childhood so her mind is trying to release some of that unused child-like emotion. But Eoin Colfer makes it sound like twelve is a really young age when it really isn't. I should know, I'm twelve. Its going to be really confusing for Artemis because he missed a full three years of his life and he didn't age at all the whole time so he's always going to look three years younger then he should. It would be really weird having to say your seventeen when your only fourteen. I think it's really funny when they figure out that Minerva is a child genius and Holly says, "Great, now there's two of you." Also when they figure out that Artemis has powers and she says, "Great, Artemis Fowl with powers, just what we need." Then again when they learn that three years has passed and Artemis is now almost eighteen and she says, "God help us all. Artemis Fowl, eligible to vote." Then he tells her that he's been voting for years. This is by far the funniest book in the series. At least so far. I don't get the point of Holly and Artemis switching eyes. There's always a reason for everything that happens in a book. Maybe its to show that Artemis now has a permanent and un-evil connection to the fairies. One of my few complaints in this book is that Mulch didn't have a big part in it. He is my third favorite character. (Holly is my favorite, Artemis is a close second, then Mulch, then Foaly, and then, of course, no one can forget Butler.)
Do I really need to warn you to look out for spoilers anymore? I didn't think so.
The books just keep getting better and better don't they?
I don't like that Commander Root dies. It kind of happened early in the series and his character wasn't built up enough for it to be really sad. Now if Artemis, Holly, Butler, Mulch, or Foaly died that would be devastating. I don't like that Foaly even considered the possibility that Holly killed the Commander. He should have started investigating immediately, and I'm sure he would have figured out that Opal was behind all this sooner then he did. He is supposed to be a genius. I haven't decided yet if its a good or bad thing that Holly quit. Sure its a good thing that she stood up for herself, but she's loosing all the power and equipment she has as a police officer. Can she really do more for the People as a private investigator?
OK, before I start I just want to remind you again to look out for spoilers. Also, if you haven't finished the book then you should finish the book before reading this.
First, I can't believe that someone actually outsmarted Artemis, but I guess if they hadn't then it would be a completely different book. I Also don't understand why Artemis didn't notice that the C Cube picked up LEP signals before he scheduled the meeting and put all fairy kind at risk. It must suck for Artemis that his dad, one of the few people he cares about and looks up to, just had a complete personality change. I also don't like that they erased Artemis' memory; and that Holly was the one that had to do it. The author did leave out one thing that could have triggered Artemis' memories: his dad. I mean, his dad did just go from villain to good guy almost over night. He wants to completely reinvent the Fowl family name. That has to be at least a little suspicious.
If you haven't noticed yet, I like correcting books. It's a blessing and a curse. Just so you know I only correct books when i like them a lot. You'll know when I don't like a book. Probably because I'll just say, "I didn't like this book at all," and then I'll just say what its about instead of getting into details about the things I do and don't like. So for all you authors out there that are reading my blog, just know: If I criticize your book, it's because I loved it.
So this isn't going to go well this first time because I'm already almost to page 200 and this is the second book in this series but stick with me long enough and it will all make sense.
Warning- look out for spoilers.
First of all, how is it that Artemis' dad just happened to be the only survivor of the crash? And if that does somehow make sense then how did the bad guys happen to be the ones to find him? The chances of that happening are about one in one thousand! Also, why did the People agree to help Artemis since there's the possibility that the People could become exposed to the Mud Men, which is something that that they have tried really hard to avoid. One thing that I wish the author would mention is how old Holly looks to be. How much any of them look like actually. Usually the book would have mentioned by now that so many years in fairy life is equal to so many years in human life.
OK, I'm done with criticism, now I'll start saying nice things about it.
I really like that they don't give the boy all the muscle and the girls are actually capable of taking care of themselves. I also like that all the characters have a mind of their own, none of them just do whatever their told without question. I like that Foaly is smart even though he's a centaur, which are usually depicted as dumb or of average intelligence. Also that fairies aren't given wings. My favorite thing about this book is that it's one of the very few unpredictable books that I've read (and I've read a LOT of books).
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As a 6th Grader in a small town there is little else besides reading that can give me such great pleasure.