The Time Paradox

Beyond amazing!!

Artemis Fowl is finally back to Earth after being stuck on an island inhabited by demons for “three years”. But Artemis only experienced about five hours. He returns home to find that he has two new brothers! But when Artemis' mother falls deadly ill with a fairy disease, Artemis calls in his fairy friends for help. Artemis, Holly, and the rest of the gang go on an escapade that takes them through space and time, and creates the most confusing thing known to man: a time paradox!!

We can only change the future, not the past or present. If I go back, then I have already been back.'


Murder was just another service that could be purchased.


When you decide to die, Artemis thought sluggishly, it doesn't matter how many people want to kill you.


That's wonderful. Opal Koboi. I knew this little trip was missing a psychotic element.


‘I bet,' said Mulch. ‘That you would set the world on fire, just to watch it burn.'


No, he decided. There were still people who deserved to be stolen from, or exposed, or dropped in deep jungle with only flip-flops and a spoon. He would just have to put more effort into finding them.


Artemis gazed up at his friend through a red haze.
‘I'm sorry I lied to you, Holly. Truly. You've done so much.'
Holly's eyes were distant.
‘Maybe you made the wrong decision; maybe I would have made that decision myself. We're from different worlds, Artemis. We will always have doubts about each other. Let's just carry on and leave the past in the past, where it should be.'


It's the big time paradox. If I had done nothing, then nothing would have needed to be done.


‘You know something, Fowl? You did a good thing here. For its own sake. Not one penny of profit.'
Artemis grimaced. ‘I know. I'm appalled.'


Angeline held him at arm's length. ‘I was in the diseased hell of that pixie's brain, Artemis. Don't you dare lie to me and say that I wasn't. I saw your friends almost die to help you. I saw Butler's heart stop. I saw you save us all. Look me in the eye and tell me these things did not happen.'

It's still a pleasure to read Artemis Fowl, a kind of light touch amidst my other readings :) Even though I prefer the fifth one, this sixth book was interessing for time travel theories and i quite agreed with the theorie “Everything is already done” :)
But /!\ SPOILERS ALERTS/!\ I haven't expect a thing would happened between Holly and Artemis :O /!\ SPOILERS ALERTS/!\ .
I think this book was a good book because we could see the evolution between the machiavelic Artemis-from-book-1 and good Artemis-from-book-6. Can't wait to see the next book :O

The complexity of time travel is a common theme in science fiction; this story builds upon the well-known theme with a bit of adventure and mischief. The concepts and issues related with the time travel make this story a little less about the characters and more about their world. The primary villain, an “extinction-ist”, may be disturbing to animal lovers. I found it difficult to relate.

Two genius Artemis Fowls are hard to deal with in one story. Eoin keeps the adventure moving, but it is not as engaging as previous stories in the series.

Fluffy “junk food reading”. Always good, intricate stories with plenty of great characters.

Short review: This is a time travel book. What better way to stump Artemis than make him fight against himself. Good twist in the book. Also the time travel creates a good paradox that is really about leading the reader to see why Artemis found the fairies in the first place.

My longer review is at my blog http://bookwi.se/time-paradox/