by Eoin Colfer
Series: Artemis Fowl #3
Published on May 1, 2003 (original) by Disney Hyperion
Format: Paperback
Pages: 384
Genres: Fantasy, Middle Grade, Young Adult
Artemis Fowl has created the most powerful new supercomputer known to man--using stolen technology from an elite race of underground fairies. When the computer falls into the hands of an IT billionaire with a mob connection, Artemis is in deep trouble. Only one fairy can help now. If only he wasn't the fairies' public enemy number one. . .
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Not going to lie, The Eternity Code is probably my favorite book of the series. It’s actually the first book I picked up at my school’s book fair, catching my eye with its shiny blue cover, and I hadn’t realized it was part of a series until after I got home (so of course I had to get the rest of the books out so far).
Artemis Fowl has gotten into plenty of trouble with the People but he’s finally starting to come around. Almost. With his family pushing for him to leave the life of crime behind, Artemis wants to complete one last job. It turned the entire book into a major heist lead by a teen boy and his misfit team.
Everything about this book screams boy genius. He pulls off an entire heist not only tricking his opponent, but also everyone else including his friends and new allies. THIS is the Artemis I wanted to read about from the first book, the Sherlock meets Moriarty kid who doesn’t let the world pass by around him. He makes things happen for himself
And wow did he make things happen. There’s no stopping in The Eternity Code. It’s one thing after the next and by the time you realize that you, the reader, have been deceived, it’s too late. There’s always a twist, there’s always another plan in Artemis’s head that he hasn’t revealed yet. Which just makes this book downright fun to read.
Listening to the audiobook for the re-read, I think the narrator really captures the heightened tension at the appropriate moments, the GASP! moments with a certain death of sorts, the evil businessman vs the evil boy genius. Except Artemis isn’t so evil anymore. At the end, there’s that moment when the fairies question what they’re about to do and you can see that somehow Artemis has wormed his way into their hearts much as he did mine when I was younger.
Definitely my favorite book of the series!
About Austine
I'm a 20-something research proposal developer with a background in the life sciences and education. Reviewer of books since 2011, amateur photographer by day, and aspiring author by night. I believe animals (and books) are better than people.
My favorite all time heist movie is The Sting with Robert Redford and Paul Newman. I’ve watched it many times and never get tired of the cleverness.
“Tell me about your favorite heist books (or movies)! Do you like to read about evil genius plans going right? Or do you prefer they fall apart?” I like a good heist film, and I think it’s OK for jewel thieves (in fiction) to get away with it. A great heist film is the 1955 French film “Rififi,” and I also enjoyed “The Bank Job” with Jason Statham!
I love seeing evil genius plans >:)
Some of my favorites include The Eternity Code (of course!), Six of Crows (!!), The Count of Monte Cristo (which is essentially a life-heist XD) and Mistborn!
For movies- Oceans 11 and Oceans 13 are classics
Six of crows and Mistborn come to mind! I’m all for them tp succeed!