Artemis Fowl Book 3: The Eternity Code
Common Sense Note
Parents need to know that the hero of this book (the third in the popular series) is a child criminal genius. Artemis, despite his mellowing, is ruthless, arrogant, and sarcastic. The violence, though cartoonish, is unusually high for a middle grade novel.
Families can talk about how Artemis and the other characters are changing throughout the series. Is Artemis the same criminal genius readers were introduced to in the first book? What's different about him?
Common Sense Review
Reviewed By: Matt Berman
In The Arctic Incident, Book 2 of the Artemis Fowl series, 12-year-old criminal genius Artemis rescued his father from the Russian Mafia. Now, in The Eternity Code, his father has decided that the family must go straight. But Artemis wants one final score.
Using stolen Fairy technology, Artemis has assembled the ultimate computer, the C Cube. With it he intends to force American tech tycoon Jon Spiro to pay him to keep it off the market. But Spiro shoots Butler, steals the C Cube, and takes it back to his fortress-like office building in Chicago. Even with help from the Fairy police, getting it back may be impossible, and Artemis may have finally met his match.
The hallmarks of this popular series are action, suspense, and a humorous B-movie writing style, all of which are continued in this entry, along with the elements that trouble some parents -- a ruthless (though mellowing) child-criminal for a hero, and plenty of violence. Fans of the series will enjoy this one, though even they may find some of the plot convolutions confusing. If you haven't read the first two, don't try this one first -- aside from the complexity, it assumes knowledge of the earlier stories.
This may not be great literature, but given its chosen style it's well-written, and it's hard to imagine a summer reading book that's more fun.
From the Book:
The grenade detonated in a blast of compressed sound, instantaneously hurling eleven people to the farther extremities of the room until they came in contact with various walls. The lucky ones hit partitions and went straight through. The unlucky ones collided with solid cinderblock walls. Things broke. Not the cinderblocks.
From The Book
The grenade detonated in a blast of compressed sound, instantaneously hurling eleven people to the farther extremities of the room until they came in contact with various walls. The lucky ones hit partitions and went straight through. The unlucky ones collided with solid cinderblock walls. Things broke. Not the cinderblocks.
Plot Summary:
Artemis Fowl, 13-year-old criminal genius, sees his latest plan go awry when he tries to blackmail an American tycoon, Jon Spiro. Instead Butler is shot, and Spiro absconds with the C Cube, a supercomputer made with Fairy technology. Now Artemis must once again team up with the Fairy police to save Butler and retrieve the computer.
Related Books:
Books With Similar Themes
The Arctic Incident by Eoin Colfer
The Alex Rider series by Alex Horowitz
The Animorphs series by K. A. Applegate
The Eyes of Kid Midas by Neal Shusterman
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