format: e-book
Finally I read this
book, after an extremely long time of waiting and torturing (I’m an Artemis
fan, what could I say?).
Well, the story started
right after Artemis’ last therapy for his Atlantis Complex with dr.J.Argon in a
clinic in Haven city. The therapy was okay, for Artemis’ standard, and he was
finally declared functional. Butler was ready to take him home when (of course)
a problem arose. This is Artemis we are talking about, so of course the problem
was not as simple as losing a pair of shocks—it was an armageddon-level
problem.
Opal Koboi, Artemis’
arch enemy, reanimated dead fairy
warriors who were buried in the grounds of Fowl Manor. The spirits of
the fallen fairy warriors possessed Artemis’ twin brothers (Myles and Beckett)
and Juliet Butler. They planned to wipe the entire human race. It’s armageddon!
Of course Artemis had to act! He had to stop the end of the world no matter
what, and he had until sunrise to get rid of the spirits and save the world—again.
Of course Artemis was not alone. He had help from Holly
Short, his fairy bestfriend, Butler, Foaly, and even Mulch Diggums the dwarf.
Unfortunately, with all the help he could get, there was one thing that he need
to do it alone: in order to stop the disaster, he need to sacrifice himself—his
life for humanity. What a tragic conclusion.
Comment
Eoin Colfer is such a genius! Thank you...^_^
The story flies in an incredibly fast pace. I couldn’t even
close my e-reader before I finished reading it. The twists can be found all
over the book. The dialogs, as usual, are smart and funny, and I found myself
laughing from time to time ;D
But I was a little disappointed because I expected more
interaction between Artemis and his family, which was not explored yet. I mean,
Artemis was “dead” in this book, and there was not a glimpse of his family’s
reaction? Come on...!
Anyhoo... I will include some of my favorite
parts of the story here. Here we go...
“Have
you heard of the theory of relativity?”
“Artemis
blinked. “Is this a joke? I have traveled through time, Doctor. I think I know
a little something about relativity.”
Note: I laughed hard
because of this silly, yet extremelly smart and funny dialog ;D
This shows Artemis
feeling towards his bestfriend, Holly:
Artemis looked at Holly then and felt a tremendous affection for her.
He wished that he could loop the past ten seconds and study it at a less
stressful time so he could properly appreciate how fierce and beautiful his
bestfriend was.
The following dialog is
between Artemis and Holly when Artemis intended to sacrifice himself:
“It has to happen. Perhaps in time, with resources, I could develop an
alternate strategy...”
“Develop
an alternate strategy? This is not a corporate takeover we’re talking about,
Artemis. It’s your life. You itend to go out there and kill yourself. What
about Butler?”
And this is the
heartbreaking goodbye between Artemis and Holly before Artemis executed his
plan:
“No. It has to be me, Holly. If the second lock is opened, then I will
die, but if my plan succeeds, then all fairy souls inside the magical corona
will be drawn to the afterlife. Fairy souls. My soul is human, Holly, don’t you
see? I don’t intend to die. And there is a chance that I may survive. A small chance, granted. But a chance
nonetheless.” Artemis rubbed his eye with a knuckle. “As a plan, it is far from
perfect, but there is no alternative.”
Artemis made Holly
comfortable with cushions. “I want you to know, my dear friend, that without
you, I would not be the person I am today.” He leaned in close and whispered, “I
was a broken boy, and you fixed me. Thank you.”
The death scene of
Artemis:
There was no time for questions. The green mist was sucked backward
into the Beserkers Gate as though drawn by a vacuum. For a moment Artemis was
left standing, unharmed, and Butler dropped Holly to rush to his charge’s side.
Then Artemis’ fairy eye glowed green, and by the time Butler caught the falling
boy in his arms, Artemis Fowl’s body was already dead.
Characters
Artemis
Fowl
The first appearance of
this character in the first book shows that he was a selfish boy. He was also
incredibly ingenious yet extremely arrogant. The iteresting part is that this
character evolves with the books, since his last act as a human, in this last
book, is to sacrifice himself for humanity. It shows a massive act of
selflessness.
Holly
Short
She is a captain from
LEP and an attractive elf. She is also a wonderful pilot. She is known as an
impulsive and reckless but compassionate woman. She was Artemis’ hostage in the
first book, but she became Artemis bestfriend later on.
Butler
This character doesn’t
talk a lot, but he is very serious in taking his job to take care of his charge,
Artemis. In a lot of occasion he acts more like Artemis’ father than his
bodyguard.
