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Artemis Fowl

By: Eoin Colfer
Narrated by: Adrian Dunbar, Gerry O'Brien
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Summary

The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Artemis Fowl, the explosive first novel in Eoin Colfer’s best-selling Artemis Fowl series. Read by the actor Gerry O’Brien.

Twelve-year-old villain Artemis Fowl is the most ingenious criminal mastermind in history. His bold and daring plan is to hold a leprechaun to ransom.

But he’s taking on more than he bargained for when he kidnaps Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon (Lower Elements Police Reconnaissance Unit). For a start, leprechaun technology is more advanced than our own. Add to that the fact that Holly is a true heroine and that her senior officer Commander Root will stop at nothing to get her back and you’ve got the mother of all sieges brewing!

©2013 Eoin Colfer (P)2013 Penguin Audio
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Believe the hype - excellent antihero!

I always get a bit nervous getting a "Bestseller", as they can be a crushing disappointment if it's just hype. I am delighted to report, this book is actually very good.

My 10 year old struggled to read the paper version, as it is a doorstop of a book, so we got the audiobook as well. Both boys were blown away. The fairies are not the gossamer, sparkly Disney Princess type. They are gritty, tough, trained SAS officers who wipe human's brains and generally think us stupid, cruel and slow. Enter Artemis Fowl, the 12 year old genius ready to take them down ...

This book is absolutely peppered with fantastic cliff hangers, and it became one of my favorite games to wait for one during the car journey (".... something was coming. It didn't sound good ....") and then announce it was time to turn off. Que howls of complaint from the back seat :-) Well, you have to have some fun don't you ....

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brilliant novel

Artemis fowl is a devious, extremely intelligent character that can pull off a complex money making plan to make millions of dollars for a long line of fowl ancestors home to stay in the family. A sick mother, a lost farther, a military trained butler and a teenage maid are the main characters in this gripping novel.

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Great fun. Fast paced. 1st book

Thoroughly enjoyed. Narrator bang on. Fun for all ages to listen too. Feel tween and up will get more out of it but younger will still enjoy it.

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even better then I remeberd

I loved it so much i read it along with my copy of the book and it was even better then when I was a kid now i could understand it better but I have always loved this book i defantly recomend if you want a good read that is amazing for young and old :D

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Amazing!

the narrator here truly nailed it. a brilliant performance! the story itself was great fun. the titular Artemis was by far the best of the lot. I didn't much care for the fairies, but they weren't bad, just not as good as the rest.

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Great Fairly story. Good for a bedtime book.

This was a good story. The Artemis Fowl series would make a good bedtime story. It is full of magic, mystery, danger and adventure with some laugh out loud moments thrown in for good measure.

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Good for kids. Good humour.

I have always wanted to read artemis Fowl as the story of an antihero always attracts me. The book is definitely written towards kids but there is some appeal to an adult audience.

The narrator does a good job but initially I felt he was more suited for more serious books.

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great

such fun with great enthusiasm, imagination and a good dose of environmental awareness. recommended highly

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good book

nice
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good to send you to sleep!
well done
da iawn

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Really good audio book

A Perfect book with a great theme and a great storyline. Highly recommend this book and the series.

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