Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer

Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony is book five in the Artemis Fowl series.

My post about the last book in the series focused on the timeless of some books and the dating of others. I have had some additional thoughts on the subject.

I was critical of the way Colfer addressed the parallels between the fairy world and the human world, but I think one of the things he was trying to accomplish was making statements about the human world through the fairies' advancements. In other words, when humans advance in their technology and thinking, they will come to the conclusion that... One of Colfer's desired conclusion is that we will be more considerate about our treatment of the earth. The way he communicates this is by discussing the current state of humanity, which in this case includes technology. I am not feeling so critical. I still think it presents an issue with the timelessness of a book, but I don't think every author needs to write timeless books.

As far as this particular book is concerned, Artemis Fowl is again faced with moral dilemmas.This makes a young adult science fiction novel so much more fun to read. In this book Artemis begins to take an interest in girls, as his hormones rage. I am excited to see if the new female character introduced in the book will continue to show up in future installments of the Artemis Fowl series. It certainly felt like Colfer was setting that up.

Format: paper
Read/don't read: read

You can find this book at Amazon.com here: Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony (Book 5)