The Time Paradox by Eoin Colfer

Title: The Time Paradox (Artemis Fowl #6)
Author: Eoin Colfer  
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Release date: August 11th 2009

Rating: 4.5 / 5

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ARTEMIS FOWL, SAY HELLO TO ARTEMIS FOWL.

When Artemis Fowl's mother contracts a life-threatening illness, his world its turned upside down. The only hope for a cure lies in the brain fluid of the silky Sifaka Lemur. Unfortunately, the animal is extinct, thanks to the money-hungry deeds of a younger Artemis.

Though the odds are stacked against him, Artemis is not willing to give up. With the help of his fairy friends, the young genius travels back in time to save the Lemur and bring it to the present. But to do so, Artemis will have to defeat a maniacal poacher, who has set his sights on new prey: Holly Short.

The rules of time travel are far from simple, but to save his mother, Artemis will have to break them all...and outsmart his most cunning adversary yet: Artemis Fowl, age ten.

This is the sixth book in the Artemis Fowl series, if you have not read the series, you can read the reviews of the first book - Artemis Fowl, the second book - The Arctic Incident, the third book - The Eternity Code, the fourth book - The Opal Deception and the fifth book - The Lost Colony.

**May contain spoilers if you have not read the previous books **
The Time Paradox book is one of my favorites of the series, in this book we see a more vulnerable Artemis, not as in control of the situation as usual and willing to do anything to save the life of his mother (okay, he´s always willing to cheat, steal, lie, kidnap, etc. to get what he wants, but lately he has developed a conscience). His mother has a rare disease that affects only the fairies and can only be cured by the brain fluid of a lemur that died five years ago and that Artemis himself had a hand in the extinction of the lemur. So Artemis has to travel back in time and recover the lemur before it is exterminated. So now a 14 year-old Artemis will have to face a10 year-old  Artemis in order to save the life of his mother, which is not an easy task because ten year-old.Artemis thinks exactly like hem, but it's a little more devious.

In The Time Paradox Artemis is 14 year old and through the previous books we saw him grow emotionally, develop a conscience, leave his criminal past behind (or at least try), try to take into account the feelings people and trust on his friends and allies; so now he must face off against his younger self and that Artemis is a criminal mind, somewhat obnoxious and very similar in character as we knew it in the first book of the series, is not easy because Artemis 10 years only play dirty.

One thing I liked was that I could see in the memories of Artemis that was what triggered his change as a child to become a criminal that we met at the beginning of the series, obnoxious and unforgiving. And I could also see and compare the great change in Artemis´s character.

In The Time Paradox, Captain Holly Short returns to assist Artemis with his rescue mission. This pair get closer in this adventure and I´m intrigued about what is going to happen with them in the following books.

I really liked this book and feel it was more emotional than the others, but without losing what has characterized this series - the adventure and the humor. I loved The Time Paradox! is one of my favorites so far.

Favorites quotes:

He was not beaten yet - far from it. He intended to cross swords with his ten year-old self again just as soon he possibly could. If anything, the boy´s mocking speech had fueled his determination. Remember the pain? thought Artemis. I hate myself. I really do.

Had he always been this obnoxious? How tiresome. Little wonder people in general did not like him.

“I am charging you with the protection of my mother and friends, not to mention keeping my younger self off the Internet. He is as dangerous as Opal.”

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The Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer

Title: The Lost Colony (Artemis Fowl #5)
Author: Eoin Colfer
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Release date: August 11th 2009

Rating: 4/5

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ARTEMIS FOWL HAS BECOME A DO-GOODER. ALMOST.

Demons are beginning to materialize without warning on Earth. If humans were to capture one, all fairies would be exposed. In order to protect themselves, the fairies must decipher complicated equations to determine where the next demon will appear. Not even the brilliant Foaly can make heads or tails of the formulas - but he knows someone who can: Artemis Fowl.

When a very confused demon imp appears in a Sicilian theater, Artemis is there to meet him. But he is not alone. Someone else has unlocked the secrets of the fairy world...and she is only twelve years old. Now, in a race against time, a newly reformed Artemis Fowl will have to dip into his bag of dirty tricks if he is to save his fairy friends from his latest nemesis, not to mention a power-hungry demon warlord who is poised to invade Earth's dimension with his savage army.

This is the fifth book in the Artemis Fowl series, if you have not read the series, you can read the reviews of the first Artemis Fowl, the second book The Arctic Incident, the third book The Eternity Code and the fourth book The Opal Deception .

**May contain spoilers if you have not read the previous books **

The story begins in Barcelona, Spain where Artemis and Butler are waiting for someone that should arrive in a few minutes, when the person doesn´t arrive Artemis and company decide to leave when suddenly appears out of nowhere a demon that takes Artemis to another time, but thanks to Butler and that he had a hand on Artemis´s shoulder and he is wearing a silver bracelet that anchors the, to the current time, so Artemis make it back in time, almost intact.

The plot of this book focuses on demons (relatives of the fairies) that over 500 years ago moved to another dimension, because they did not want to live underground as do the fairies, but now their world is unstable and is beginning to cast out demons around the world and this can expose the fairies to the human world. So Artemis will again join forces with Holly to once again save the faerie world from being exposed so they can continue living in secret from the human world.

Now fourteen year old Artemis is trying to become a better person and let his bad habit behind, his criminal ways. Something that I found funny is see Artemis fighting his teen hormones since apparently this distract him very much. This time his opponent is a twelve year old genius girl. Minerva wants to expose the faeries to the world and Artemis must stop her.

Artemis rubbed his temples. "It's this blasted puberty, Butler. Every time I see a pretty girl, I waste valuable mind space thinking about her."

The Lost Colony as usual in the Artemis Fowl series has action, adventure and has its funny parts and the friendship between Artemis and Holly grows even though the rest of the fairies remain distrustful of him. I really liked this book, I do recommended it. 

The Opal Deception by Eoin Colfer

Title:  The Opal Deception (Artemis Fowl #4)
Author: Eoin Colfer
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Release date: August 4th 2009

Rating: 4/5

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The evil pixie Opal Koboi has spent the last year in a self-induced coma, plotting her revenge on all those who foiled her attempt to destroy the LEPrecon fairy police. And Artemis Fowl is at the top of her list.

After his last run-in with the fairies, Artemis had his mind wiped of his memories of the world belowground. But they have not forgotten about him. Once again, he must stop the human and fairy worlds from colliding - only this time, Artemis faces an enemy who may have finally outsmarted him.

This is the fourth book in the Artemis Fowl series, if you have not read the saga can read the review of the first Artemis Fowl, the second book The Arctic Incident and the third book The Eternity Code.

**May contain spoilers if you have not read the previous books **
In the previous book, the fairies decided to wipe all the memories that Artemis and Butler had about the fairies world. Artemis is now 14 year-old  and has returned to his old ways and is immersed again in the criminal world.

While Artemis is planning and executing his next crime, stealing a valuable painting; in the underground world the pixie Opal Koboi, that for the past year was in an induced coma, escapes from her guards and decides to take revenge on those that frustate her plans, Artemis, Butler, Holly, Foaly and Commander Root. But she do not settle for just vengeance of them, but she also plans that humans know of the existence of the fairy world.

In The Opal Deception, Artemis once again join forces with Holly and company to stop Opal. But there is only one small problem, Artemis and Butler do not remember anything about the faery world, or anything related to them, so that the interactions between them at first awkward. For her part, Holly is framed of murder and is considered a fugitive, so all in all they will also try to clear her name.

I really liked The Opal Deception, and I must say it was a shock to me the death of a character which I had come to love, I was in denial most of the book. This book as usual in this series has action, adventure and a couple of surprises.

And I must say that despite being a bit sadder than the previous books,  I end up with a smile from ear to ear with the end of this book (not the epilogue), I liked Artemis reaction at the end. I highly recommended it!

The Eternity Code by Eoin Colfer

Title:  The Eternity Code (Artemis Fowl #3)
Author: Eoin Colfer
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Release date: July 14th 2009
Rating: 4/5

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Artemis Fowl is going straight. As soon as he pulls off the most brilliant criminal feat of his career.

At least, that's the plan when he attempts to sell his C Cube, a supercomputer built from stolen fairy technology. When his efforts to broker a deal for the Cube with a powerful businessman go terribly wrong, his loyal bodyguard and friend Butler is mortally injured. The only thing that will save him is fairy magic, so once again he must contact his old rival, Holly Short.

It's going to take a miracle to save Butler, and Artemis's luck may have just run out.

This is the third book in the Artemis Fowl series, if you have not read the first book you can read the review of the first book Artemis Fowl and second book The Arctic Incident.

In The Eternity Code, Artemis is 13 year-old and his character has grown a lot emotionally, he is not as cold as before, and shows a bit more his feelings and is seriously thinking to withdraw from the criminal world. So he decides to make his last business, which involves a supercomputer that he called the C Cube, that technology is ahead of its time and currently impossible without the help of the technology that he and Butler had "taken" from the fairies. Artemis has it all figured out and is a business that can not go wrong, but he could not be more wrong, as he is beaten at his own game and Butler is mortally wounded and can only be saved with the healing magic of the fairies, that is if the Captain Holly Short is able to reach them before it is too late.

In The Eternity Code we meet again with characters we already know like elves, Captain Holly Short, Julius Root commander, the centaur Foaly, the dwarf kleptomaniac Mulch Diggums and Artemis´s bodyguard and friend Butler. My favorite character in the series so far is Butler, which I "saw" hardly enough in this book because it is injured .. so we meet again with Juliet Butler (she was introduced in the first book), Juliet is Butler's younger sister and she comes along to help and protect Artemis.

Once again Artemis and Holly Short join forces to recover the C cube, which could cause much damage in the wrong hands.

I loved this book! The Eternity Code is a page turner with adventure and action; it´s funny and sarcastic. I really liked this book, I recommend it.

Quote:

“And one more thing. About my name — Artemis — you were right. In London, it is generally a female name, after the Greek goddess of archery. But every now and then a male comes along with such a talent for hunting that he earns the right to use the name. I am that male. Artemis the hunter. I hunted you.”

The Arctic Incident by Eoin Colfer

Title: The Arctic Incident (Artemis Fowl #2)
Author: Eoin Colfer
Publisher: Disney- Hyperion
Release date: August 4th 2009 (first published May 1st 2002)
Age range: 10 years & up

Rating: 4.5 / 5

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Artemis Fowl wants to find his father, held hostage in Russia; Holly Short wants to find who's supplying the goblins with human technology; Foaly wants to find out who's disabled all the LEP Technology and pointed the finger at him.

Artemis has received a ransom demand for his father but is captured by the LEP who suspect him of supplying the goblins with dangerous Human technology (batteries). He convinces them he's innocent and agrees to help them if they help him free his father. Meanwhile, down in the underground world, chaos has arisen. An unknown traitor has stolen forbidden weapons and armed a horde of trolls, setting them loose to wreak havoc on the citizens. Clues lead Captain Holly Short straight to Artemis, and she exacts a small bit of revenge by kidnapping him, just as he once kidnapped her. But soon she learns that Artemis isn't behind the chaos, and if she's to have any hope of stopping it, she will need his help. As a result, these onetime adversaries must now join forces -- a mix that proves to be both charming and volatile.

It's been almost a year since the events of the first book and now a 13 year-old Artemis learns that his father may be alive and the Russian mafia sent him a video of a man who could be his father and they' re asking for a ransom. Artemis and Butler decided to go to his rescue.

And while this is happening in the underground Goblins are smuggling prohibited weapons and apparently are getting help from the human world.  When Holly discovers this, she can think of only one human capable to do that, their enemy number one, Artemis Fowl. So Holly is more than happy when she goes above ground to arrest him and from there everything gets more complicated.

I liked The Arctic Incident a lot more than I liked the first book, in this book we see a more human Artemis, not so analytical, cynical and cold as he used to be, there are times when he loses his composure and shows his feelings that made the character of Artemis lot more likeable and I liked his last line of the book.  I love Butler's character, as usual he´s loyal to Artemis and his faith in him is huge, he follows his orders blindly. Commander Root and Captain Holly end up doing a truce with Artemis and work together to discover who is gathering an army of Goblins and why. And in exchange their going to help Artemis to rescue his father.

This book is more dynamic, as we know the main characters, the story flows more quickly.

I really liked this book a lot and of course I'll read the next book.

Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

Title:  Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl #1)
Author: Eoin Colfer
Publisher: Disney- Hyperion
Release date: August 4, 2009 (first published January 1st 2001)
Age range: 10 years & up

Rating:  3.5 / 5

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Twelve-year-old Artemis Fowl is a millionaire, a genius, and, above all, a criminal mastermind. But even Artemis doesn't know what he's taken on when he kidnaps a fairy, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit. These aren't fairies of bedtime stories; these fairies are armed and dangerous.

Artemis thinks he has them right where he wants them...but then they stop playing by the rules.

Artemis Fowl is a twelve-year-old criminal genius that wants to restore his family´s fortune. And how does he intend to achieve that? Well he plans to kidnaps a fairy.

This book is told from a third-person point of view and because of this I had problems connecting with Artemis, at first I didn´t get him, because if he´s so intelligent why get in trouble with magical creatures.

At first I didn´t like Artemis maybe because the narrator didn´t like him, but I liked him by the end of the book. Butler is Artemis´s bodyguard, he´s very loyal, obedient and trust completely in him. Butler is my favorite character of this book.

Among the non-human we´ve captain Holly a leprechaun, that is in the wrong place in the wrong time and is kidnapped by Butler and Artemis. Also among the non-human is Commander Root, he´s Holly´s boss and has very bad temper.

Artemis Fowl, is a good read, I didn´t love it but I like it and definitively reading the next book in the series. In this book you can read about of folklore and Irish mythology mixed with modern technology.

Quotes:

“Artemis was the closest thing Butler had to a friend, and Butler was the closest Artemis had to a father, albeit one who obeyed orders.”

"Butler scrambled to his feet. Fairy bodies were scattered around him in various stages of shock and unconsciousness. Scared definitely. Dead, probably not. Mission accomplished."

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