The Last Guardian by Eoin Colfer

The Last Guardian (Artemis Fowl, #8)

by Eoin Colfer

Seemingly nothing in this world daunts the young criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl. In the fairy world, however, there is a small thing that has gotten under his skin on more than one occasion: Opal Koboi. In The Last Guardian, the evil pixie is wreaking havoc yet again. This time his arch rival has reanimated dead fairy warriors who were buried in the grounds of Fowl Manor. Their spirits have possessed Artemis’s little brothers, making his siblings even more annoying than usual. The warriors don’t seem to realize that the battle they were fighting when they died is long over. Artemis has until sunrise to get the spirits to vacate his brothers and go back into the earth where they belong. Can he count on a certain LEPrecon fairy to join him in what could well be his last stand?

New York Times best-selling author and comic genius Eoin Colfer will leave Artemis Fowl fans gasping up to the very end of this thrilling finale to the blockbuster series.

Reviewed by angelarenea9 on

3 of 5 stars

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It was a bit of a relief to finish this series. It felt a bit to me like they were just trying to squeeze one more book in there before everyone stopped caring about the series. The series was starting to feel overextended, like butter spread over too much bread, perhaps? It was nice that some of the previous books’ loose threads were tied up an finished off, and it was an interesting story, but there are only so many times Opal Koboi can ruin the day with her (not so)genius plans, and Mulch Diggums can fart his and everyone else’s way out of it.
I am not a huge fan of the whole ‘over intelligent baby who talks more than they should’ thing in any book (or any media form for that matter) so I did not really enjoy the young Fowls.
I did enjoy Foaly and his wife. Throughout the entire series he has been my favorite part and I was not disappointed when it came to his story lines.
I was disappointed in the effort put into the Berserker’s history etc. and was honestly left wondering half hearted what these guys were all about.
I think that the ending was such a cop-out.
I just really am exhausted by the thought of even thinking about this book long enough to review it that I’m not even going to continue. It wasn't horrible but drawn out and exhausting.

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