Artemis Fowl and the Artic Incident by Eoin Colfer

The Arctic Incident by Eoin Colfer
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

For a book aimed at young teens, this is a difficult book to follow. I’ve read the first book last year but the story is also written as a standalone adventure so I didn’t have to worry too much about what I read last time. Even so, the action scenes are just too technical to visualise; especially with all the unfamiliar equipment that the fairies use. And there’s plenty of plot situations which hinders their technology which discards certain courses of action. The constant change of dateline within chapters is also confusing; and it would help a little to diverse on where each chapter actually takes place. Some of the explanations take place after the action takes place; which only serves to confuse the reader and make him backtrack; and there's a bit of confusion as to why the plots are intertwined. The ending is also sudden and mysterious. It’s all tied up rather quickly and conveniently with the use of magic, without any real sense of completion. It’s as if Colfer has reached his word limit and is ready to start the next book…

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