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I first saw this on a shelf a couple years back and was intrigued by it but hadn’t picked it up to read it until my 8 year old insisted that it was an awesome story and that I’d love it. So, with him continually asking how I liked it, I read Artemis Fowl.

When asked by my wife about the plot, my best quick answer was that it is sort of an “evil Richie Rich carrying out a dastardly scheme against the world of fairies.” (For those unfamiliar with Richie Rich, he’s the super rich kid with tons of fun gadgets and crazy adventures to save his family/friends/world). In this case, the rich kid is 12-year-old Artemis Fowl, and his motives are less altruistic.

Style
The writing was well done. It was written very simply and straightforward which was good considering the audience. It was something that a young reader could pick up and push through without getting bogged down by the language. The writing and dialog was natural and flowed well. Overall, very nice.

I have only 2 gripes about the writing itself:
1. Numerical consistency. Specifically, the phrasing “[something happened:] in as many [amount of time:].” You’ve likely heard this phrase before…along the lines of “He fell on his butt three times in as many seconds.” Which means he fell on his butt 3 times in 3 seconds. Colfer uses this phrasing enough that it got distracting to me, especially the times when he used it without a good frame of reference or without numbers. I don’t have the text with me to provide an exact example…but the memory I have is something like “he passed out again in as many minutes.” The numerical reference “again” isn’t really concrete (can be alluded to as it being 2 since it’s the second time) and the timeframe mentioned didn’t fit based on everything that happened in between.
2. Swearing. This is a book presumably for an audience of young kids. Through the first ~2/3 of the book, the author introduced a fairy swear word and used it a handful of times. The word itself is meaningless an
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I am very pleased with the quality of the purchase of the Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007. It is as stated — factory sealed. I had no problem installing it and it works well. It suits my needs perfectly. I was pleased to be able to purchase it for less dollars than anywhere else I searched and it came in a very timely fashion. Good job!
Pimp Stixxx Brush Kit

I ordered my Kindle on 2nd January,2010. It arrived in perfect condition only 3 days later. Since I live in South Australia that is no mean feat. It can take longer for us to send something to our country areas only 450 miles away. i have had the kindle for 4 months now and it has exceeded my expectations in every way. Books ordered take less than 30 seconds to arrive, which I marvel about each and every time i order! The cost of books is so low compared to prices here for paper books. It is true that we are not able to get every book I would like but like others I have discovered many new authors that I did not know about prior to owning a Kindle. It is easy to hold, easy to read and costs me less than the library fines i was accruing before. In short I could not be happier with it and look forward to many more years of happy Kindling.
Stick Blender Kit

I got this for a great price. It was shipped quickly and lives up to it’s name.
Norman D24R 2 Kit

It works fine. I have web-based e-mail and keep my contacts on paper so don’t need Outlook, etc. It’s fine.
LENS FILTER KIT SPECIAL

This memory card handles HD video from my Panasonic Lumix camera. The quality is great, and it is fast enough for the videos.
Performance Head Kit 1200

I bought this awesome Garmin a few weeks ago, and absolutely love it! I don’t leave home without it! There are a lot of cool features that I’m still learning about but it was so easy to start up right out of the box. The display is easy to read and you can set your own preferences for number of fields on each display screen. Comes with everything you need to connect to your PC. I haven’t tried the heartrate monitor yet but it, too, looks easy to use. I’ve worn it in the rain with no trouble. Battery life is great and it charges up from almost dead in a couple of hours. I love the “auto pause” when you have to stop for traffic or some other reason. It gets a satelite signal pretty quickly, within 1 or 2 minutes. I usually put it on my window sill while getting ready and it finds the signal from there. All in all, it’s a fantastic deal with the heartrate monitor!
Nikon Cleaning Combo Kit