Artemis Fowl Movie Tie-In Edition

Artemis Fowl, Book 1

By: Eoin Colfer

Narrated by: Nathaniel Parker

Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins

Publisher's summary

Now an original movie on Disney+, here is the book that started it all, the international bestseller about a teenage criminal mastermind and his siege against dangerous, tech-savvy fairies.

New York Times bestselling author, Eoin Colfer and series, Artemis Fowl!

Twelve-year-old criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl has discovered a world below ground of armed and dangerous—and extremely high-tech—fairies.

He kidnaps one of them, Holly Short, and holds her for ransom in an effort to restore his family's fortune.

But he may have underestimated the fairies' powers. Is he about to trigger a cross-species war?

Listen to the entire Artemis Fowl series.

©2001 Eoin Colfer (P)2004 Random House, Inc., Listening Library, an imprint of the Random House Audio Publishing Group

Critic reviews

"Kids will absolutely love it." (Diane Sawyer, Good Morning America)

"Artemis Fowl is pacy, playful, and very funny, an inventive mix of myth and modernity, magic and crime." (Time.com)

"A new thriller fairy tale will grab your interest, no matter what your age." (The New York Post)

Artemis - Child or Champion?

I have tried to get into Artemis Fowl many times, but this was the one that worked. Guess what I want for my birthday? THE WHOLE SET. If you like any genre of any book, this is the one for you. Read/listen away, and decide the question above.

Amazing story

I love this story! You should definitely read ( or listen) this book! Amazing characters.
Amazing plots! I'm kinda sad that I finished it so soon. But amazing book!! I'm just in love with this book!!😍😍😍😘😘

Love hearing Nathaniel Parker

I love hearing Nathaniel Parker bring these characters alive. He makes the story just so enjoyable to listen to and get lost in.

Artemis Fowl

this book is about a child genius and when he first came in contact with the people (the people are fiarys) his goal was to get the family fortune back. but what he diden't know is that he would kidnap captain holy short of the l.e.p. recon and almost plunge the people and the mud men/humans into a cross-spycies war.

ok not what I expected

slow going until the end. over all it was good. I won't be reading the series any time soon though

Awesome.

I love it. It's accually kinda refreshing to have a "protagonist" who isn't super honorable or obsessed with doing the right thing. Also, he's a genius, so yeah. Good for him.

Nostalgia!

I read these books when I was a young boy and absolutely fell in love with them. I kept up with every release and devoured each one multiple times. It helped inspire me to start writing my own books! That was almost two decades ago and I still love them. As an adult, I can appreciate and understand the stories much better because of the life experience I've obtained since then. It's my favorite thing in the world to listen to books I read as a youngling, such as Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Artemis fowl etc., and remember specific memories from my childhood when I was reading that exact sentence, that exact paragraph, that exact chapter. It gives me back childhood memories that would've otherwise been lost in the sea of time. It's the best feeling in the world feeling like your sitting next to your childhood self and reading along with them, the absolute best.

NOT ARTEMIS FOWL, HE DID NOT MAKE MISTAKES

CONFIDENCE IS IGNORANCE. IF YOUR FEELING CONFIDENT, THAN THERE IS SOMETHING YOU DON'T KNOW
Add two stars to the five if you are a ten year old and subtract one from the five if your an adult. This is more about Elves, Dwarves, Trolls, Centaurs, Goblins and magic than it is about the twelve year old and that is a good thing. The book is very clever and entertaining. I especially liked how Colfer tied in old fairy tales and Santa Claus to his modern day fairy folk.

MUD PEOPLE
It is a fun book with a cliché Elf police sergeant and a female police elf taking the lead parts. Towards the end my mind started to wonder a little, but not enough to dock the review. I am looking forward to the further adventures of this group.

"IF I DIDN'T KNOW ANY BETTER I WOULD SAY YOU HAD SOME HUMAN BLOOD IN YOU"

"HEY, THERE'S NO NEED FOR THAT"

Refreshing

This book presented a fresh look at fantasy fiction interweaving the real world with the fantasy world. buying in to a 12 year old genius is easy to do, however, buying into the same 12 year old with the street smarts of a veteran mob member is a little bit of a stretch. It was easier imagining the elves existed. Overall a good read and I would recommend it to anyone who is looking for a shorter fantasy book.

NATHANIEL PARKER totally rocks!!!

Parker makes this book come alive. Great accents, great humor, great energy. Very fun! I can't imagine reading the other two books in the series in book form now.