El Mundo Subterráneo

Hardcover, 288 pages

Spanish language

Published Sept. 9, 2004 by Montena.

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4 stars (9 reviews)

Si eres uno de los pocos que todavía no me conoces, sepas que todo empezó cuando descubrí que existe un mundo subterráneo habitado por Criaturas Mágicas, un mundo poderoso que tiene algo que a mí me gusta mucho: oro y una tecnología que ni siquiera los Fangosos -así nos llaman ellos- podríamos soñar. Conseguí dar con ellas y, lo que todavía es mejor, idear un plan para que parte de su tesoro fuera mío. Verás, el imperio criminal que había fundado mi padre necesitaba de fondos para volver a ser el número 1 y yo estaba dispuesto a todo para conseguirlo.

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Frustrating and too predictable.

2 stars

For a younger audience, I think this book does quite well. Though, it is interesting that it's geared towards 10-13 year olds, but the vocabulary is a bit cumbersome for many of them. Despite this, it was good for my sixth grade unit on science fiction (and my students enjoyed it a lot).

It's kind of dull, though. It's highly predictable, with the events that could've been interesting being downgraded significantly. Colfer couldn't seem to decide whether or not he wanted to focus on the characters or the events, so he just... half-focused on both and wrote something that had an interesting concept but didn't execute it very well.

There's a lot of telling about the characters, which is an issue I have. This is particularly true of how intelligent Artemis is. Artemis is so smart. He's really smart. Butler just has to believe him because he's super smart. He …

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Subjects

  • Fowl, Artemis (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction.
  • Demonology -- Juvenile fiction.
  • Fairies -- Juvenile fiction.
  • Space and time -- Juvenile fiction.
  • Espacio y tiempo -- Ficción juvenil.
  • Novela oculta.
  • Ocultismo -- Ficción juvenil.
  • Demonología -- Ficción juvenil.
  • Hadas -- Ficción juvenil.