I quite enjoy the series. My brother bought me the first one at one of those school book faires, but at the time I thought it was a more typical fantasy. I didn't read it for over two years, and only then did I find out the technological aspect. Being a science-fiction fan, that was a good thing.
What I do is whenever I get the newest one, I read all of them from the beginning. So I've read Artemis Fowl five times, The Arctic Incident four times, The Eternity Code three times, The Opal Deception twice, and The Lost Colony once. The Time Paradox has been out for over a year, but I've yet to check it out.
While I enjoy the series, it's not that well-written. Eoin Colfer knows how to create an interesting story and believable characters and the world they're in, but he doesn't know how to tell it in a masterful way. Perhaps his ability has gone up for The Time Paradox. We'll see.
What I do is whenever I get the newest one, I read all of them from the beginning. So I've read Artemis Fowl five times, The Arctic Incident four times, The Eternity Code three times, The Opal Deception twice, and The Lost Colony once. The Time Paradox has been out for over a year, but I've yet to check it out.
While I enjoy the series, it's not that well-written. Eoin Colfer knows how to create an interesting story and believable characters and the world they're in, but he doesn't know how to tell it in a masterful way. Perhaps his ability has gone up for The Time Paradox. We'll see.