Readers Response 1+Vocab

Vocab:
1. Gastronome-

A connoisseur of good food and drink.

2. Gimrack-

A showy but useless or worthless object; a gewgaw.

3.Masticate-

 To grind or crush with or as if with the teeth in preparation for swallowing and digestion; to chew; as, "to masticate food."

  

Artemis Fowl: The graphic novel

Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin

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35 min.

Rating: 7.0/10.0

 

     This book is a graphic novelization of one of my favorite books, Artemis Fowl. Unfortunately, most graphic novels adaptations don't live up to the standard set by the original book, and I'm sad to say this is no different. The pictures in this book are nothing like I expected them to be , and lots of the story is cut to make it fit into its comic book form. This book is just not meant to be a graphic novel. The only thing they did well was keep the original story, which is one of the greatest stories ever. The plot is about a genius 12 year old genius named Artemis Fowl, who discovers a fairy civilization that lives miles underground. He kidnaps one of the fairy's for a ransom, and the fairy's friends are involved in a hostage standoff that has many twists and turns. 

     One of the things I like about this book is it doesn't have characters that are portrayed as good or bad. Each character has a complex personality and the book narrates itself using a neutral 3rd person point of view, where you can't really tell who's the bad guy. Artemis himself is a kidnapper and extortionist, but he is the main character and you can't really help but like him. It's sort of like cowboy movies like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, where Butch and Sundance are really outlaws who steal stuff, but are the heroes of the movie. I think this is a good example of life, that people aren't stamped with good or bad on them. Each person is has their owm complicated personality, and we can't judge them based on just a few of their actions.