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In all my life, I have read hundreds of books, and few were so enjoyable as this book, Artemis Fowl.

The book is set in our current time and begins with a 12-year-old genius finding a fantastical creature, green and slimy and in pain from alcoholism, and forces it to give him a copy of The Book–the Fairy’s Bible in essence. From here it goes into an exciting, dangerous, and twisty story full of surprises and characters you wouldn’t expect.

The novelty of this book is the fact that it has an entirely new take on fairies. It doesn’t show them as cute little creatures who sprinkle pink sparkly dust all over you. These fairies are heavily-armed, high technology, and completely human-like. They have very human qualities that makes them appealing, but they have (obviously) many things about them that are inherently fairy. They have familiar fairy qualities, but yet Colfer was able to add other elements to the fairies that we’ve never seen before. One of the most unique was the reinvention of the dwarf. Dwarfs have been transformed into tunnelers who consume the dirt and digest it in seconds to tunnel through the ground and cover up their tracks. It seems disgusting when you first read it, but it comes in handy later in the book and in the series.

The fairy technology is one of my favorite parts of the book. Such intricate ideas and designs–truly ingenious. There are too many to list them all, but probably the most dangerous is the Bio-Bomb, or “blue rinse.” It destroys all life in its proximity, yet leaves all other structures intact. This is one of dozens of inventions Colfer’s devious mind has created.

The writing was excellent, and although it was cheesy at some points, there are some witty elements that are going to make you laugh.

A great book all in all. I would call it “required reading!”

If you liked this book, you also might want to try:
Double Life by Dawson Vosburg
The Arctic Incident by Eoin Colfer (Sequel to Artemis Fowl)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff
Hand Blender 2 Speed

Normally, when writing a book review, I’d start off by saying something good about it, stick all the Debby Downer stuff in the middle, and then finish it off with another round of positivity. But now, thanks to Twilight, this pleasant writing routine I had allowed myself to fall into must be set aside. There is absolutely nothing good I can possibly say about this book. Nothing. So, I guess I get to skip to the moaning, ranting, and griping…

So, story plot in a nutshell: Some average girl goes to a new school, meets a hot guy, who turns out to be (gasp!) a vampire. She falls hopelessly in love with Hot Vampire Guy, and, oddly enough, he falls hopelessly in love with her. But there’s a ‘bad vampire’ after Average Girl (apparently Hot Vampire Guy is classified as a ‘good vampire’) who wants to eat her (this guy is my favorite character). So, Hot Vampire Guy must risk all to save her. Complications inevitably ensue. Hot Vampire Guy wins, and he and Average Girl ride off into the sunset together. The end. On with the criticism…

Let’s start with the protagonist: Bella. Bella is clumsy, bad at sports, and is constantly in danger of bodily harm. She is the quintessential damsel-in-perpetual-distress. Her awkwardness makes her easy to relate to, but other than that, Bella is practically nonexistent. She’s really just a prop–a flowerpot, or a decorative garden gnome– dumped in the middle of the story by the author just so Edward has something to obsess over. She has almost no personality–she’s as boring as a pet rock. Edward’s pet rock, to be precise. The only persona we can really assign to her is that of a whiney, snivelling, brat-faced little kid. She spends the entire novel moaning about how bad she is at sports, obsessing over how gorgeous Edward is, and generally wallowing in her own teenage angst.

Now for Edward… Let’s face it, girls, we are NEVER going to find an Edward Cullen. Anywhere. He’s perfect. He even sparkles. Seriously. In bright sunlight, ou
KitchenAid KSB354WH 3 Speed

Great price and quick shipment. Saved me a lot of $$ which I love!
6 Speed Handheld Mixer

I bought these for my ps3. I read other reveiws on more expensive cable, and I agree with some others. If your HDMI connection is 6ft or less save your money and buy these cables. The HD signal is the same as with the more costly ones.
Viking 5 speed Hand

Despite several thousand positive reviews, this carpet cleaner was HORRIBLE. I read the owner’s manual as everyone suggested before using it but it was to no avail. The cleaner itself was so light it didn’t make a dent in the sections of my carpet I was trying to clean – the carpet looked just as stained as it was before after 2 separate runs in the pattern recommended in the owner’s manual.

The handle of the cleaner is jiggly – it doesn’t lock in place when you put the cleaner upright and ‘lock’ it into place – overall cheaply made product.

The cleaner does NOT auto-rinse the carpets and the water tank is ridiculously hard to empty to do the second rinse run as the owners manual suggests you may want to try. In fact, it never truly empties – there is always a bit of water left in the tank which could lead to mildew problems. The cleaner left a ton of soapy water in my carpet that did not dry for FIVE DAYS because no mater how many times I ran the cleaner over the area, minimal water was sucked up into the tank! I had to call out a professional steam cleaning service to clean my carpets!!

Horrible, horrible product. I shipped it back for a full refund just 3 days later.
Viking 9 speed Hand

I purchased this scale through Amazon, but the one I received was defective–the scale read 0.0 lb even when I was standing on it. I contacted customer service who informed me that the load sensors were probably defective. They proceeded to ship me a new scale overnight at no extra charge. I didn’t even need to send back the old scale. Great customer service, and the new scale works perfectly!
Light Speed Explicit

I agree with many others who are rating this a one star. This is not Christianity. Humanism is trying to cloak itself here – it is sad that so many reviewers are being mislead to think this is a great book.

COX COMMUNICATIONS High Speed

I was not sure I would like this book, even after seeing the high reviews it received. I finally gave it a shot, and my only disappointment was that I waited so long to read it. I LOVED it, and finished the book in 3 days. I really liked the characters and various writing styles thoughout the book. It’s a beautiful story and I hope it becomes a film one day soon!
Speed of Light