Artemis Fowl and the Opal Deception by Eoin Colfer

Artemis Fowl and the Opal Deception by Eoin Colfer
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

A sequel to a sequel. Life becomes difficult when you struggle to kill one of your character off. Yet all hell can be let loose when you decide to bring them back again. Especially when they’re thirsty for revenge. This is exactly what happens in Colfer’s latest adventure. It’s also good to see that Fowl can play the act of the stubborn teenager as well as a criminal genius. But I felt it a shame that Fowl’s memory recall was done all in one swoop; it would have been much more dramatic if it was pieced together in drips during each chapter. It’s as if Colfer wanted to get that aspect out of the way. But the chase across the abandoned wasteland to re-unite the characters worked very well. And the coup de grace to destroy the villain; while short; was certainly a nice surprise. What was interesting in this edition was that there was no Gnomish translation. Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to go out into the garden and dig a hole in the ground.

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