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The Eternity Code, by Eoin Colfer

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ianmrowland's review

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

Loads of fun and a delightful way to spend an evening. Full of quips, and enough joyousness to keep the most curmudgeonly light hearted .

I generally don't love the Artemis Fowl series and this one wasn't different in that regard.
What I more specifically didn't enjoy the use of weaponized femininity in this book. There was no reason that one of Juliet's skills besides her incredible fighting skills had to be the ability to apply make-up in four minutes. Why would that be a part of her body guard training? It wasn't a part of her brother's.
On the same note, why would a professional assassin be wearing stilettos? That makes no sense. They are very impractical, and again, the male assassins didn't wear stilettos.
Overall I didn't like how female characters in this book were portrayed.

bookplaits's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

viveknshah's review

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3.0

Hooter: This 13 year old evil genius (as he'd like to believe himself to be) gets more than what he bargained for taking on a sleazy capitalist businessman and might ruin it all.

This is the third installment of the Artemis Fowl series and not sure whether it grows on the reader or the writing gets better with each book. The premise though is very light - bad evil guy outsmarts Artemis , can he payback and get things back to status quo or have the fairies at the risk of discovery and hence elimination by us crazy mud people. Holly, Mulch and Artemis bandied together again because of the circumstances, Mulch is now getting a bigger and bigger role as the story progresses.

The book has a weird mix of naivety and ahaa moments bundled up when things just happen but overall continues to be a fast paced good read without distractions that can slow down the script.