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Apr 05, 2011

Mary rated it:

Listened to on audiobook by Listening Library, narrated by Enn Reitel.
Very disappointed that Nathaniel Parker did not narrate this latest installment in the Artemis Fowl series. I had grown so used to his characterizations and really enjoyed them. It was a bit like having all the actors change in the middle of the season on your favorite TV show. Not that Enn did a bad job, it just wasn't the same.
This story seemed a bit draggy and convoluted. Artemis goes back in time to save a lemur More...

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Mar 13, 2011

Britta rated it:

Another stellar visit into the world of Artemis Fowl (teenage genius) and Holly Short (captian of the L.E.P.).

Back from the place where time doesn't exist (where he saved Number 1 - a warlock), three years has gone by but Artemis (and Holly) both find that they are the same as when they left on their last journey. Artemis has two new (twin) 2 year old brothers.

But, Angeline Fowl is sick. Deathly ill. And it's because of magic. She has been infected with a plague like ill More...

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Jul 25, 2008

Tamir rated it:

I LOVED this book! Eoin Colfer writes such great fun to read stories! I loved the ending of this book and the whole idea of the book too with the whole time traveling and Artemis meeting his past self and being outsmarted by his younger self. After reading this book, I definitely want to reread the first one again.

Everyone must give Artemis Fowl a chance! It's a great series and one of my absolute favorites!

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Jan 13, 2012

Palice rated it:

Okay, turns out I still like this. No, I LOVE IT. If something can make me laugh, then I love it.

Butler is still awesome as ever.

"I am intrigued," said ten-year-old Artemis Fowl, studying the two individuals in the Bentley trunk. "Something extraordinary has happened here."
"Hardly extraordinary," said Butler, checking the girl's pulse. "Two thieves somehow broke into the manor."
"They bypassed all the security. No More...

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Dec 17, 2008

Jacey rated it:

Book 6 in the artemis fowl series was thoroughly enjoyable. Now to be honest and fair, I listened to this while working and when I listen opposed to reading, my critical analysis kinds takes a back seat. A good reader can make up for a slightly incompetent writer without me really noticing. With that disclaimer, I'll say that I thought this book was quite good. The series is very original and well-thought out, especially considering the sea of young adult fantasy that is full of so much flot More...

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Sep 13, 2008

Derek rated it:

Artemis Fowl and the TIme Paradox is a interesting and original story about a teenage prodigy who is also a criminal mastermind. In the previous books he has discovered a race of mythical beasts and has had many confrontations but eventually has made peace with them. But now he must ask for a big favor, he needs to go back in time using demon magic. His mother has caught a fatal sickness that can only be cured by a brain fluid of a Silky fur lemur. The problem is that it went extinct four years More...

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Jul 23, 2008

Michelle rated it:

14 year old Artemis vs. 10 year old Artemis. It's super genius fun! It was a lot of fun to see just how far Artemis has evolved over the past 5 books. I almost found 10 year old Artemis a bit revolting. It should be interesting to see how his mom features in the next books now that she knows all of his secrets concerning the People. I wonder if he'll recruit his younger brothers for some of his future schemes.

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Oct 15, 2008

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July can't come fast enough.

I do hope that Colfer breaks his rule of having a passage of time pass tween books as I really want to see his parents react to getting their little 'Arty' back.

Despite the annoying change in edition/covers I believe Colfer still has it in him to pull this one out his ass. I hear whispers of an implied seventh too.

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Jan 22, 2009

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Oct 29, 2008

Andreea rated it:

"Artemis Fowl" is my all time favorite series. The protagonist is an anti-hero named Artemis Fowl. When teased that he has a female name, he said that "Artemis" is the name of the Greek goddess of hunting, and sometimes there comes along a male with such an impressive ability of hunting his enemies that he earns the right to use the name. Artemis is an 15-year old Irish genius who discovers a species of intelligent "fairies" living underground. However, these fairie More...

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Aug 18, 2008

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Aug 10, 2008

Rita rated it:

This is the sixth book in the Artemis Fowl series by Eoin (pronounced Owen) Colfer. I started reading this series out loud to Alex the first week of second grade for him, which would have been back in ’02, right after we moved here. We had caught up with the Harry Potter books and people who liked that series recommended the Artemis Fowl books (at which time there were only two).

These books are very different than the Potter books, even though they attract the same audience. These More...

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Aug 04, 2008

Moses Operandi rated it:

I read this quickly, as I have past volumes in the series, so my appraisal that the plot was muddled should be taken with a grain of salt; a further reading may prove I was wrong.

I really do enjoy this series. The characters, especially, are fully defined and work well together. Artemis, Butler, Holly, Mulch, Foaly, Root, have all taken a journey through the course of the series and become different people.

This new volume either underscores that or tears into pieces. Auth More...

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Aug 28, 2008

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May 09, 2011

Virginia rated it:

I've followed all of the Artemis Fowl books and have enjoyed their unique twist on making the faerie realm something boys can enjoy reading too (although, me not being a boy, I can't say that with 100% confidence, but I imagine the mixture of cool, James Bondian technology and a criminal mastermind boy genius as the protagonist would appeal to boys too).

This particular instance of the storyline shows Artemis really growing as a character, and I liked the contrast/comparison between More...

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Feb 15, 2009

Ryan rated it:

This book is pretty much classic Fowl. My biggest disappointment came with the first words of the book. This one is read by some guy other than who read the previous 5 books. It'd be like having someone other than Jim Dale reading HP and the Deathly Hallows. Once you've heard the same voice reading a series of stories you kinda get used to and expect certain characters to sound a specific way. I can't say I ever got used to the change. It's not that it was read poorly, it was performed qui More...

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Nov 14, 2008

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Sep 04, 2008

Debbie rated it:

I LOVE these books. I put a hold on this at our small little library and it took forever to get it, but it was worth the wait. Because it involved time travel it had a complicated "which came first, the chicken or the egg" type of a plot, which I found fascinating and unpredictable. And it looks like it sets up for another book...hooray!

I actually wish I would have LISTENED to it though. The narrator they have for the book on tape version is INCREDIBLE. We have listene More...

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Jan 19, 2012

Mark rated it:

I have to be honest and say that I was getting tired of the whole Artemis Fowl franchise. I just about managed to finish the last book and I was starting to wonder if I could manage to read the next one. So much has changed over five books that I wondered what Colfer would do in book 6 to keep things interesting and fresh.[return][return]Well book 6 is here and it has totally blown me away! It was fantastic! The idea of Fowl going back in time and confronting his younger self is really in More...

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Oct 25, 2011

El Templo de las Mil Puertas added it

"Por fin llega a nuestras librerías la sexta entrega de las aventuras del joven genio criminal irlandés, aquél que puso en jaque a las Criaturas mágicas, el mismo que se enfrentó a la peligrosísima Opal Koboi, que inventó el extraordinario Cubo B y que viajó a la dimensión de los demonios en las anteriores novelas. Tras todas estas peripecias, Artemis por fin ha encontrado algo parecido a la paz: con su familia reunida de nuevo, alejado de los asuntos criminales y sin conflictos con las Cri More...

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Mar 26, 2009

James rated it:

I LOVE the Artemis Fowl series and it causes me pain to say this, but I think Eoin Colfer needs to retire the character.

This time around Artemis Fowl, formerly an adolescent criminal genius, is a teen whose rebuilt family has helped him to become a good person. As our story begins we find that the actions of the younger, evil, Artemis have had repercussions that could mean the death of his mother. With this dilemma facing him Artemis launches into an ambitious plan to travel back in ti More...

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Nov 27, 2011

Matt rated it:

Summary: Artemis has returned from Limbo and is enjoying life with his family when suddenly his mother falls ill. It's a mysterious illness that no one can identify and as her health declines Artemis calls on Holly Short to come and see if she can help. When Holly comes to help she finds that Mrs. Fowl is suffering from a fairy illness that has somehow mutated and transfered to humans. There is a cure but the last animal that could provide the cure was killed eight years earlier, by Artemis Fowl More...

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Oct 25, 2011

08evync rated it:

Artemis Fowl The time Paradox: There was no point, all his hopes rested on N1f(pg 83) a great from Artemis Fowl. This book is about a young man of 18 who has just returned from a 3 year incident (which happened in the book before this) causing him to be out of touch of his family, so when he returns he finds that his parents to have had twins and his old friend butler has been waiting for him. When he gets back he find out that his mother is extremely ill and the doctors cant figure out what is More...

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Oct 14, 2011

Alex added it

The book Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer published in July of 2008. The genre is action and suspence and has noawards as of now. It has 432 pages and it took me 3 weeks to read. The main characters are artemis fowl and holly short. The suporting character are artemis senior, Flotly and butler. The setting is maily in ireland in artemis seniors mansion.

It is mid-spring in ireland and artemis fowls mother is dying. The good guy, holly short, comes to artemis's aid. The main character has t More...

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Jun 05, 2011

Karen rated it:

Artemis is back, fourteen and just as smart, but his experiences have changed his outlook on the world. He's now more interested in saving the world than using it for personal gains. However, his mother, Angeline, has become very ill, and it turns out that she has the symptoms of a fairy plague, curable only with the brain fluid of an extinct lemur. Artemis himself sold the last living creature of that species to a group that killed it four years ago, in order to finance the Arctic expedition More...

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Apr 13, 2011

Will rated it:

First of all, I'm a huge fan of the Artemis Fowl series. I bought every installment of the series on the day of release except the first, including this one...and The Time Paradox is the first one to disappoint me. But it does so in a huge way.

My primary issue with the book is that the author leaves the plot behind almost completely in order to beat readers over the head with his animal rights agenda. Don't get me wrong: I'm all for animal rights. But there are places in this book wher More...

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Dec 30, 2010

Karissa rated it:

This was the 6th book in the Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer. Sounds like this is going to be the last Artemis Fowl book for a while. There is mention of Colfer writing a seventh book in a couple years, but right now no more books after that seventh one. This was a pretty good book although I didn't like it as much as the previous books.

Artemis Fowl's mother comes down with a mysterious illness that can only be cured with the brain fluid of a specific type of lemur that Artemis hi More...

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Oct 23, 2010

Brooke rated it:

Wow. Where to begin? Artemis Fowl is such a rare character, and he is definitely worthy of unique plot lines. The Time Pardox was by far the best Artemis Fowl book out of the first six in the series. When I began to read this book, I was really unsure of what to expect. I've read many books about time travel, and each one is different because everyone has a different perception of what would happen. The time travel in The Time Paradox was so dizzying, so complex, that it was, at times, hard to k More...

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Aug 18, 2009

Katrina rated it:

Another stellar visit into the world of Artemis Fowl (teenage genius) and Holly Short (captian of the L.E.P.). We get lots of the usual. Fairies, LEP-recon, a lot of exciting action, but yet this book is different.

Artemis himself is different. It actually looks like he is becoming a good person. The basic storyline has him go back in time to prevent his younger self from making a lemur species extinct. Along the way he meets up with some old friends and old enemies as well.
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Jun 26, 2009

Stephanie rated it:

In this sixth installment of the Artemis Fowl series, Artemis is slowly adjusting to the changes that came about in his family during the three years he lost on his last adventure and to a new role as big brother to toddler twin brothers. But his crimes come back to haunt him when his mother falls desperately ill with a fairy malady, one that can only be cured by the brain fluid of an extinct species Artemis himself had a hand in destroying. To save her, he will have to change the past and face More...

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