Author: Eoin Colfer
Title: Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox
Narrator: Enn Reitel
Publication Info: New York : Random House/Listening Library, p2008.
Books I’ve Previously Read by the Same Author:
- Artemis Fowl
- The Arctic Incident
- The Eternity Code
- The Opal Deception
- The Lost Colony
- Plugged
- Airman
Summary/Review:
I gave up on reading the Artemis Fowl series a while back because I felt it was becoming formulaic with diminishing returns. But I had a change of heart, and after a decade decided to pick up where I left off. It felt good to be reacquainted with the characters like old friends. And this book strikes me as more mature than the earlier novels. In order to save his mother, a teenage Artemis has to go back in time with Holly to face his most devious opponent yet: his 10-year-old self. The novel oozes with philosophical ideas and pondering of mortality. The book also features a group of people whose goal is to cause extinction of animals, which is particularly grim. Sure, the formula is still there (Mulch Diggums shows up for some fart jokes and the ultimate villain is the same old character) but it feels refreshed and new. I’ll have to continue reading the newer installments of this series.
Rating: ***1/2
