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June 15, 2011January 27, 2017 One Man Book Club

Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, #1)

3/5 stars

Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, #1) by Eoin Colfer

Ehh. So so. There are a lot of these books, and I thought they’d be fun to start reading. But this first book–while entertaining–does not give me the need to read any other books about this character or by this author.

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