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Artemis Fowl
- Narrated by: Gerry O'Brien
- Series: Artemis Fowl, Book 1
- Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
- Categories: Children's Audiobooks, Mystery & Suspense
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- EC W
- 25-07-16
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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- Dragonet
- 06-03-17
It's good.
It's a good book with some fun characters and new mythologies. Looking forward to following the series and I'm an older reader :-)
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- Andrew
- 15-11-16
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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- Kate
- 01-10-16
Great book
I liked this book amazing it's so magical and cool 15 words to describe it are awesome and epic and blahdidblah blah
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- Alan m worrall
- 07-02-19
Great story but i prefer Nathaniel Parker...sorry
Mr Parker delivered exceptional voices for all the characters. I miss him. even Adrian Dunbar was pretty good.
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- Lane
- 24-02-17
excellent book w gripping story line
This audio book was performed brilliantly and kept my attention very well throughout. loved it and look forward to future ones
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- Anonymous User
- 04-07-16
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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- Sparky89
- 23-04-16
Good Listen
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
I would. I enjoyed the narration and the story was well thought out and funny.
Who was your favorite character and why?
I liked all the characters. I am looking forward to learning more about them in the other books.
What aspect of Gerry O'Brien’s performance might you have changed?
He has a gruffer voice than I expected and it took a while to get used to. He doesn't do individual accents, which I thought was a blessing. Men don't always do female voices well.
Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
I did laugh during this. I won't give away any moments.
Any additional comments?
It was a good story, well thought out and presented.
3 people found this helpful
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- Neil Wilson
- 03-05-20
Good but not Great
I have heard this audio book before but with more voice actors and it was much more enjoyable. The Voice over wasn't bad, it just wasn't, to my mind, a patch on the previous one I've heard.
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- Owen
- 16-02-16
Overall a very good audiobook
Overall the story is great and very compelling, however, at some points Artemis sounds a bit like the Joker when he's about to die in Arkham City, almost... Wheezy. Although, it's not necessarily a bad thing, just a strange narration choice. Also, Artemis sounds completely different to how he's described. Again, not necessarily bad, just strange.
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- Anonymous User
- 24-07-19
Kidnapping and murder.
Just what you need from a kid story....
i only finished it because i hoped something nice would happen at the end. i was wrong.
2 people found this helpful