Ah. Those are some very nice plot holes. The first one I see no way out of, unless there's some very specific way to get out that involves not falling unconscious, but falling asleep. So it's possible that the sedative he slipped into the drinks was much closer to sleeping medication, just as his mother used, rather than a form of tranquilizer which would forcefully knock them out. *shrugs* That's just a possibility. I'm no expert on sedatives.

Oddly enough, there's a bit of a contradiction to do with the second one. This was written before TTP, obviously, but in it Eoin states that Artemis only suffers from mild nausea. However, in a previous book, possibly TAI, Artemis says humans are not under the jurisdiction of the Book, or any fairy laws. So it is in fact owning magic that means the Book must be abided by. Hm. You were right. How strange. I mean, considering TTP wasn't out yet. Well done.

Ok, so this is a continuation from the last review, cause I forgot there was a word limit...

As for the switching of the eye thing, I dunno... It is odd, I'm pretty sure Butler would notice the sudden appearing of the island... but in the book he didn't >.< . Though I think Butler would realize that the eyes have switched, yes this could be a fairy, but as said in the story, why had it taken so long for the People to send someone? he would dismiss it and go on.

I'd say "Congrads on the excellent type writing (I'd say pennmanship but this is in type, and the word pennmanship is spelt wrong... I think) and please continue" but that would mean there would be more holes, and that would also mean it'd be harder to read a book with holes where there whould be pages and words. (I attempted a joke, if the joke was lost on you, please ignore said joke)

Pen

PS- this review was not ment to be a flame to you (or to Colfer), merely a statement about the Author hated things called Plot-holes that we authors so often trip, or fall into and can't get out. However if you (or Colfer) need to heat something up, or need warmth, print this page and burn it, but be careful. Skin can burn.

WARNING: THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SOME DETAILS OF THE LATEST ARTEMIS FOWL BOOK, THE TIME PARADOX, IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THIS BOOK, WTF, GO BUY IT NOW!, oh and don't continue reading this review until the nice big captal letters again.

I've got a plot hole!! I gots one I gots one!! Well two really.
First: In book 1, Artemis started his fasination with the People, by searching the internet's more shady (?) sites, UFOs, Aliens, then finally Fairies. Then he got focused. According to the Time Paradox, it was the mind wipe No 1 did that set Artemis on it (remember little Arty woke up and went 'Fairies?' and started researching just like that.) Let's say Colfer rebuts this by saying Artemis hasn't gone back in time yet. YOU LIAR! He'd be contradicting the time theory he's messing with in the book!! The one he's using is that if person A went to some day in the past, then was seen by person B and knowledge of the future was passed to person B (we'll say this happened cause it's easier to explain), then that knowledge would be present between the two time periods no matter when, what, or which dimension, time line etc, person A was in. I hope you understood that.

The second plot hole was when Past Opal went to the 'two days before present' present. I'm pretty damn sure that SOMEONE would have noticed one pixie suddenly appearing in Artemis' study! There are camera's for heavens sake. Goddamnit Butler, I know you're old, but you can still stare at a CCTV camera screen!!

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I noticed those plot holes too. It seemed alittle too off to me when people were knocked unconsicous but when you 'slept' you could get out of the time stop. but that was written for little kids so... unless you were a really smart kid then there's no way that you could point that out.

As for the switching of the eye thing, I dunno... It is odd, I'm pretty sure Butler would notice the sudden appearing of the island... but in the book he didn't >.

That's a really good point- one that I hadnt thought of lol. BUT, i pondered for a while and came to this conclusion: maybe artemis knew that he would always have permission to enter butler's house, as his best friend? Or maybe he was granted permission implicitly by the fact that he knew the entrance code? idk, just by musings. but well written =]

Omigosh. That is... painful. In an omigod-it's-so-canon-(which you pointed out)-way it hurts.

It's fantastically done, though, and very interesting. Not once did I think of either plot hole (or the other minor ones you included) while I read them initially. Great job, very entertaining and well-written.

But wait...but Artemis is...but that's not...huh. Wow, I guess you're right. Well done.

I found something, too, when I first read the third book. So Artemis used the mirrored lenses to escape the mesmer, telling them about everything except the medallion. So my question is, if fairies can "read his memories like a book," then why didn't they see him planning the medallion switch?

You don't have to be invited into your own house.

He doesn't have to get the second one! I found a plot hole in your plot hole!

Artemis isn't a fairy.

He's human.

In the book, Artemis realizes that humans must have once had magic...so it's not like he suddenly turned into a fairy when he became magical. Therefore, your plot-hole has a plot-hole.

Please, attempt to counter my argument.

Very nice, I've been looking forward to something that involved the three missing years for Butler.

I have to disagree with Artemis being subject to the rules for faeries, but that doesn't really matter, still a great idea.

Um...Wow.

That was one hell of a plot hole you found there. I never thought about the magic sickness thing. I wonder...how much will Artemis be affected by Fairy Law now that he does have magic?

All I gotta say is that that was absolutely insane. In a good way, though. Really...just wow. Tugged at one of my heartstrings, that's for sure. It didn't help that I was listening to "See Who I Am" by Within Temptation. Just fits Arty's situation here...

Oh, teh!awesome, Fairy Hugger! Teh!awesome, teh!awesome, teh!awesome.

This was simply... lovely. I know everyone else raved about the first one, but IMO, this is far better. Your writing style has come on a lot: if I'm honest, I used to like your ideas and your structure, but I became detached by your sentence structure and and stylistic stuff.

Also, you write angst a lot better than I thought you would. I think your wit can be chilling when you write it properly. Like, it wasn't *funny* but you could see how it *could* be funny and that made it eerie.

Crit: Not much. It annoyed me that you used a comma in one place where you should have used a semi-clon, but that's only because I love semi-colons.

Oh, yes, and I would have liked Artemis dialogue at the end to have read, “It is me, Dom. But it is me, Domovoi.” Because to have him use the full form of 'it is' even when he was about to die would have seemed wickedly IC, and that would give it an extra kick.

Great job.

O.O homygosh. That was SO good! It actually made me cry! I seriously hadn't thought of the vomiting thing... but doesn't it only govern fairies? I mean, Frond put the spell there to controll the -fairies- using their magic. Not Artemis. He's a precedent, so who really knows. But still, brilliant writing... the emotion in this was excellent. You've captured things so well, and I really admire that.

*sigh* and I thought I had gotten out of my only-reading-and-writing-angsty-tragedy phase. Crap.

Muah ha ha ha! *pours concrete into the hole so that Colfer gets trapped in his own plotholes so he only gets food and keyboard if we decide to give it to him*

I liked this one. I especially liked the mad!Dom, because there are so many ways that he could convince himself he's mad, because everyone else thinks he's mad and he's slipped into the madness of not cutting his hair and sitting on a lonely beach in cornwall with only the occasional presence of Minerva to break up the year.

It is less canon than the last canonhole, but I prefer this one. The first book is just sprinkled with a fine coating of timestop holes everywhere, but this one is still *possibilities* that Arty is subjected to the rules of the Booke now and such. Delicious.

My one peeve was the multiple descriptions of puking up everything 'inside', becuase that seems like such a... non-descriptive way to say it. It jarred me when reading it, and wasn't as emotive as if you'd described it properly.

But, yes, mad Butler is so damn pretty. (And canon!)

~ Yeti

Ooh! Wow, it took me a whole minute to get that. (Kinda hard for me to pick up on the plot holes since I haven't read the book yet) Very interesting, I love it! I'd never even considered the connection between magical!Arty -cough-GaryStu!-cough- and the Book. That's really cool.

It's nicely written and very clear. The ending killed me. (Well, technically, it killed Arty. Oh, teh laffs, I'm SO funny!) Oh, if only this was canon. Then I'd actually *want* to go out and buy TLC. (Schizy wants more plot hole poking! More!)

I generally hate characters dying, but i'll make an exception here because they are both so good :D
I especially think that the second one uses a great plot hole
Nicely done ^-^