Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox
Artemis's mother has contracted a deadly disease--and the only cure lies in the brain fluid of African lemurs. Unfortunately, Artemis himself was responsible for making the lemurs extinct five years ago. Now he must enlist the aid of his fairy friends to travel back in time and save the lemur....
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Artemis's mother has contracted a deadly disease--and the only cure lies in the brain fluid of African lemurs. Unfortunately, Artemis himself was responsible for making the lemurs extinct five years ago. Now he must enlist the aid of his fairy friends to travel back in time and save the lemur. Not only that, but he must face his deadliest foe yet: his younger self.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781423108368 (1423108361)
Publish date: July 15th 2008
Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children
Pages no: 391
Edition language: English
Series: Artemis Fowl (#6)
There were truly a few eye-rolling moments, but aside from that, this book was more than tolerable.
I think this is my favourite Artemis Fowl to date
In this one Artemis discovers that his mother is serious ill and the only cure he sold to an unscrupulous dealer in rare animals when he was ten, and is now dead. He has to go back in time to find the animal and rescue it and his biggest enemy is himself from the past. Interesting to see Artemis a...
At first, I thought the book was a little bothersome to get through; the twin brothers (new additions) were unnecessary and their characters weren't great. They seemed a little like they were intended to be a little too much like Artemis. That's okay, but it seems unnecessary if one is to consider t...
I found this book to be a bit unbelievable. It felt more like the author was just trying to think of a new idea for these characters. I think that the series should have ended after the fifth book. However, they insisted and I feel as though it was basically: "Hmm, I want to write another book. New ...