This is Eoin Colfer's seventh book in the Artemis Fowl series. It's a great set of books, but this one isn't as good as the others. Artemis Fowl is a genius, a criminal mastermind and a friend to the fairies. In this book he develops what the fairies call 'Atlantis Complex' resulting from too much exposure to fae magic. It brings out an alternate personality, in Artemis it bought out a nice sickly boring stupid one. And that's why the book was flat, because it's nothing without Artemis' planning and scheming. It became a story of the supporting characters with a few surfacing thoughts from the real Artemis thrown in. I'm not sure how they managed to save the fairy city without him and I don't think they should have bothered putting his name in the title since he was absent through most of it.
Anyways, still a good read, but not as enjoyable as all the others. I can't see how there could be any more books in the series unless some of the supporting characters are killed off or have a personality transplant. They're holding Artemis back from what he does best and dulling the fun. Here's hoping Colfer comes back with a bang and Artemis decides to take over the world. Life is more fun when he's in criminal mastermind mode.
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