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Review: #339
Title: Artemis Fowl and the Last Guardian
Series: Artemis Fowl - 8th and final book
Author: Eoin Colfer
Read Before: no
My Comments: To be honest, The Last Guardian is a bit of a disappointment, especially as a final entry in the series. I kept expecting Artemis to come up with a plan and execute it beautifully (maybe not perfectly but at least elegant and succeeding), however, that never happened. That was what this book lacked, a plan. It just had the characters improvising one thing after another, and it’s not the interesting improvisation either, more just like reflexes. There wasn’t a true complex plan or any smart moments. Even the climax of the book could be guessed easily. I found it surprising what Opal did in her bid for conquest, especially after the events of Time Paradox. The author had already gone through time travelling as something that “we have already experienced the effects of any tinkering in the past”. The actions that Opal took seemed to have contradicted that, and it seemed like a major retcon to the series. There were way too many obvious coincidences in the story for it to feel structured and believable. The instances of humour have also decreased, and the same goes for the quality of the one-liners. I felt that the author tried to be too sentimental in the ending, the death didn’t seem necessary. Plus, it then turned way more supernatural and weird, to the point where you thinking, did that seriously just happen? One of the weaker Artemis Fowl novels and the ending wasn’t that great. It felt a bit more boring and uninspired but still worth a read.
Rating:
6.5/10