Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

Twelve-year-old Artemis Fowl is a millionaire, a genius—and, above all, a criminal mastermind. But even Artemis doesn't know what he's taken on when he kidnaps a fairy, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit. These aren't the fairies of bedtime stories—they're dangerous!

Pro's/Con's
You can look for as long as you want here but I'm not going to give any negative points for this book so read on and look at all the awesome positive points that I have for this book.
Beginning with: writing style. I enjoyed this very, very much. Colfer writes it down in a very nice and interesting way that keeps you turning pages over and over and over until you notice that you have to sleep/eat/work/get out of the train. One aspect that I especially enjoyed is that you get to read the story from different points of view, human and fairy. This gives you a very interesting view inside the mind, life and traditions of both sides.
The story itself is original and a lot of fun. It is filled with tension, humor and unforeseen changes in the plot. Some things that I especially liked are for instance the way that the fairies combine technology with magic, the way that Colfer has made his own version of the fairies and other creatures, the humor of the characters (very sarcastic or smart in Artemis' case), the relationship between some characters and the solutions and (evil)plans that Artemis makes up.
Last positive thing that I want to say about this book is characters. They are all very different, a lot of fun, interesting and useful for the plot. After reading this book I crave to read more about them, you get to know them a little bit in this book and I enjoyed each and every one of them. And one thing that I noticed is that even though you would say that Artemis is the main character it sometimes feels more like he is a side one. Holly, Rood and Butler are all so much in this book too that I think that it would be better to say that all of them are main characters than to just say that it is only Artemis. 

Recommend it?
Yes I recommend this book! I have read a lot of reviews where people are comparing it with Harry Potter but personally I don't think that you should compare them. You can't compare each and every children's book that has magic and fairies and stuff in them with Harry Potter just like you can't compare each and every dystopian book with The Hunger Games. I enjoyed this book a lot because of its fun characters, awesome story and great writing style. Don't even think that you could be to old to read this, I'm 21 right now and I enjoyed it a lot!