Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex by Eoin Colfer

Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex (Artemis Fowl, #7)

by Eoin Colfer

ARTEMIS FOWL'S CRIMINAL WAYS HAVE FINALLY GOT THE BETTER OF HIM . . .

Young Artemis has frequently used high-tech fairy magic to mastermind the most devious criminal activity of the new century. Now, at a conference in Iceland, Artemis has gathered the fairies to present his latest idea to save the world from global warming. But Artemis is behaving strangely - he seems different. Something terrible has happened to him . . .

Artemis Fowl has become nice.

The fairies diagnose Atlantis Complex (that's obsessive compulsive disorder to you and I) - it seems dabbling in magic has damaged Artemis' main weapon: his mind. Fairy ally Captain Holly Short doesn't know what to do. The subterranean volcanoes are under attack from vicious robots and Artemis cannot fight them. Can Holly get the real Artemis back ---before the robot probes destroy every human and life form?

Reviewed by ammaarah on

2.5 of 5 stars

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2,5 stars

★ I enjoyed Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex a little more than Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox.
★ However, I feel like Colfer wrote Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex just for the sake of writing another Artemis Fowl book.
★ There are some interesting ideas in Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex, but the execution of these ideas are lackluster.
★ Artemis Fowl is suffering from the Atlantis Complex, a fairy illness that has symptoms of paranoia, suspicion, multiple personality disorder and OCD. It's terrible to witness Artemis realise what's happening to him and he can't do anything about it. However, towards the end, his mental state is forgotten.
★ I miss the clever, patronising criminal genius.
★ Orion is too much and it's hilarious.
★ I love the secondary characters - Holly, Butler, Foaly and Mulch - but they don't seem like themselves.
★ I'm glad that Juliet's back.
★ The villain is not so black-and-white, but the way things end is anticlimactic. I can't believe that Turnball would give up so easily after all that he's done.
★ There are loose plot points and things that weren't mentioned in previous Artemis Fowl books came out of nowhere such as the dark fairy magic and runes.
★ The Artemis Fowl series has lost its fairy magic.

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