I read the book a few weeks ago and found it quite entertaining but it is not one of my favorites. But last week a friend gave me the audio book and I must say That I enjoyed it much more. The speaker is really great, he changes his voice Constantly, screams, whispers, Becomes at ork, a sprite and changes back into the storyteller ... ... He simply knows how to make the listener feel like really being there and experiencing the whole adventure side by side with Artemis, Holly and all the others. I had a really great Sunday afternoon and Monday morning I went and bought the audiobook "Artemis Fowl - The Arctic Incident" because I did not want to stop listening to this great story read by search an excellent speaker!