The Fowl Twins by Eoin Colfer
2019; Johns Hopkins University Press; Volume: 73; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1353/bcc.2019.0741
ISSN1558-6766
Autores Tópico(s)Themes in Literature Analysis
ResumoReviewed by: The Fowl Twins by Eoin Colfer Alaine Martaus Colfer, Eoin The Fowl Twins. Disney Hyperion, 2019 [320p] (The Fowl Twins) Trade ed. ISBN 978-1-368-04375-5 $18.99 E-book ed. ISBN 978-1-368-04910-8 $10.99 Reviewed from galleys R Gr. 5-7 Fan favorite Colfer returns to the well for another crowd-pleasing, cross-genre adventure with the Fowl family. This time the action unfolds around eleven-yearold twins Myles and Beckett Fowl, the predictably precocious younger brothers of original criminal mastermind-cum-fairy-ally Artemis Fowl. The story opens with a wily nemesis, an escaped troll, and the expected LEP agent (Lazuli Heitz) before leaping into action when the twins are kidnapped by a secret operative nun, who is intent on unmasking the reality of fairies before they unleash chaos on the human world (again). As they are alternatively chased and dragged across the European continent, Myles and Beckett gradually accept the truth of the stories their older brother has told them, before partnering up with a fairy confederate, grappling with their own fairy-linked disaster, and defeating their enemies once and for all (or not). Ultimately this novel offers up just what familiar readers would expect, with its hallmark pithiness, elaborate wordplay, and omniprescient narrator providing background, tangents, and running commentary. Prior misadventures of the Fowl-fairy alliance are mentioned, but no knowledge of the previous series, or the twins' brief appearances in it, are needed, making this fine, fun fare for a new cohort of readers, who will likely reach for earlier books while waiting for planned sequels. Copyright © 2019 The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
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