Artemis Fowl the Opal Deception by Erin Colfer is the 3rd book in the Artemis Fowl series. It was first copyrighted in 2005 and is a fictional book about an arch-nemisis of the LEP (as well as Artemis), Opal Koboi has awoken from a coma. In this book it's up to Artemis to save the LEP from direct contact to the human world, as Opal has threatened to introduce fairies to humans where in theory there would be a war, and Opal could take advantage of both sides to then become the ultimate dictator. The main theme of this book is always be aware of your actions, for they can and will come back around at you.
The author writes in the 3rd person while he shows the internal and external struggles between characters and finds ways for you to have personal connections with the characters to help you stay interested. A year earlier after Artemis helped capture Opal and secure her in LEP custody, the LEP thought Artemis to be a threat and decided to erase all memories of fairies from Artemis's memories. Captain Holly Short and Commander Root are the only ones that Opal is alive because she has tricked them into entering a building that has turned off all communications to the other LEP officers. Opal kills Commander Root and Holly is forced to leave the fairy world and sets off to find Artemis. She manages to jog his memory and together, they walk their way through Opal's obstacle courses while the fate of both worlds are in their hands. I would say that this book is open for all ages, but kids from age 10-18 might find this series a bit more intriguing. This book's genre is fiction, but then again could be realistic fiction because there could be a fairy world but no one would know about it because of the fairies' camouflage technology. The book is structured on the fairies being able to shield themselves from humans, and have their own ways of getting around so that the humans won't be able to see them. Which makes sense if you think about it in real life. The author keeps me interested with this book by constantly coming up with little conflicts that all tie into the one big conflict, or in other words the main part of the book which in this case is Opal's diabolical plan for world domination. The author's style is like I said before constantly intriguing the reader with little conflicts that are connected with the main conflict, he also has a sense of humor which is always nice when you come along reading a book. This style of writing is often very effective with teens reading these types of books.
This book affects me by me being more aware of how I treat people. In the book this goes both ways. Artemis and the LEP ruined Opal's life in a way, so she wants revenge on them. But at the same time Opal is humiliating Artemis, Holly and Foaly so that drives them to further imprison Opal. This book has helped me change my attitude towards really thinking about what you say before you say them because even if you think that that particular person isn't going to matter if you diss them or insult them, but in actuality they're going to come right around and get you. It makes me think how many times something similar to what happened in this book happens in real life and how people just need to realize think before you speak, or to remember the golden rule and if you do that how much of a difference you can make. Reading this book of course reminded me of the other books in the Artemis Fowl series but other than that I don't think that there is really that much of a connection between other books I've read and this one.
In this book Erin Colfer really keeps turning the pages because of his talent to always set up an insane cliff hanger to where you just can't wait to find out what happens. I think that is an important quality of authors to have because people aren't going to read your books if they have no reason to carry on or their interest level is zero. I recommend this book to anyone who likes a good storyline, adventure, and a few jokes along the way.
Daniel McCorquodale
12/17/13
5/5 *****
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