Artemis+Fowl-Opal+Deception

Artemis Fowl: Opal Deception

By: Aaron

Artemis Fowl: Opal Deception was a great book bye Eion Colfer. I liked that he suspended the ending of a chapter or section by finishing with the most mysterious conclusion so every time it would skip to Opal’s plan it would make you want to skip ahead to find out with Artemis. At the same time it could be Opal’s plan or her part of the story that you really needed to find out what happened to her. Even though it would skip back and forth both of their stories were suspenseful. Another fixation that I like is that Eion always made it seem like Artemis was a lot older then 13. I too liked how Opal got everything she wanted through her fake façade and mesmerizing people. Eion’s format was creative, the way he Gnomish at the bottom and he skipped every so often back through the places and stories.

The plot was mostly about Artemis and Butler simultaneously regaining their knowledge about their fairy friends/the people and helping them defeat again their fairy arch enemy Opal Koboi that is trying to expose the people to the humans that pushed them to go underground in the first lace. The part about the plot that I dislike the most is when Opal gets away again and is free to plot (though she got captured). There is only one way that I can relate this to my on life, and that is when we are playing kick the can. My friends and I are running away from the person that is it (LEP), and then they spy us. When they capture us, the last remaining people can kick the can (like when Opal escaped again) to free us. As well I can relate to Artemis by having an immaculate vocabulary such as Artemis.

I liked Artemis the most because of his will to challenge the most secure objects and retain them for himself. I to enjoyed him the most because never gives up, and, even if he is not focused on the task because he is nervous and scared, he still seems to find his calm place and think of a magnificent plan that gets them in and out of dangerous situations. Like I said in the paragraph above, I am like Artemis by having an immaculate vocabulary. I also have other similarities such as the will to challenge and argue my point to other people (even if I’m wrong or right) until they see my reason for picking this way of doing things. I’m not like Artemis because he is a criminal mastermind and he can skip school to go on dangerous adventures. I obviously am not like Artemis because he has knowledge and has seen the fairy population.

As a result I would recommend this book because it is mysterious and suspenseful. It also is adventurous. I would recommend this book to teenage and young adult readers. If you like to read about fantasy this series is for you.