{"id":2744,"date":"2021-08-25T15:00:33","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T21:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/?p=2744"},"modified":"2021-06-25T21:10:52","modified_gmt":"2021-06-26T03:10:52","slug":"book-the-time-paradox-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/25\/book-the-time-paradox-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"BOOK: The Time Paradox (2008)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TheThe Time Paradox
\n<\/strong><\/span>Year: 2008
\nAuthor: Eoin Colfer
\nLength: 532 minutes \/ 8.87 hours\n<\/p>

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Just like Godwin\u2019s law asserts that internet conversations eventually lead to comparisons of Hitler, the longer a book series progresses, the more likely it is to include a time travel story. For the Artemis Fowl<\/em> series, I was glad that it took six books to get here. Unfortunately, this plotline completely stalled the forward momentum the series had developed from the last entry, The Lost Colony<\/em><\/a> (especially with introducing a potential love triangle). Sure, The Time Paradox<\/em> does set up a revival for bringing back one of the series\u2019 best antagonists, but mostly it is used to highlight the growth of the titular character.<\/p>\n

Of course, in comparing the old Artemis Fowl with the new one, there seemed to be a regression of the one I had come to enjoy at the end of The Lost Colony<\/em>. It was almost like he saw how he used to act and thought, \u201cYou know, I should try and be that way again.\u201d Granted, he\u2019s still basically a teenager, and he doesn\u2019t necessarily use logic when it comes to emotional decisions\u2014especially emotional decisions about his family. But perhaps the weakness of this story was that he had to regain all the allies he had built through the last five volumes, thus wasting time in a nearly-solo adventure.<\/p>\n

In the end, the fact that the Artemis Fowl<\/em> series finally reached its \u201ctime travel\u201d book signals to me that there might not be many ideas left to explore. The time travel trope is so played out that most of this book was entirely predictable. Nothing drastic ever really changes in these storylines since you know that everything will return to normal by the end in a \u201cdeus ex machina\u201d moment. Considering only two more books are left in this series, I believe my suspicion may be correct.<\/p>\n

A standard time travel plot every book series must have, I give The Time Paradox<\/em> 3.0 stars out of 5.<\/p>\n

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