Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox

The 6th book of the Artemis Fowl series was just released...

Went to Popular to buy the book and the auntie said they were temporarily sold out. O_O made me think wow.

So i downloaded a copy of the book that some kind soul scanned and put online.

BIG DISAPPOINTMENT

As the storyline progressed, I kept thinking WTF. If not for the fact that I read an excerpt on the official Artemis Fowl website earlier and saw that part in the book, I might have thought I was getting totally SUCKERED by someone who wrote a fake version and posted it online.

Firstly, the storyline hardly progressed at all. I understand that there was a big leap in plot since Arty disappeared for 3 yrs while in Limbo, and that during that time he got a new pair of twin siblings, but not only has the humour almost disappeared and Arty has mellowed so much that he just isn't the exciting criminal mastermind anymore.....

BUT come'on! Butler NOT going with him into his newest adventure???? That's really too much. Not to mention the fact that I was going all-out with the idea that Arty's finally met a GIRL who's every bit as genius as him. And not to mention Minerva likes him too.

And what happens? Holly Short the 100+ yr old elf who's supposed to be good buddies with him goes all teenager after time-travelling and kisses him. YUCKS! YUCKS YUCKS YUCKS YUCKS! A century old elf and a 14 yr old boy? I think not!

Not to mention that this time around the story jumps into the adventure all too quickly. I just don't see the plot unfolding. First Arty's mother gets sick and they immediately jump into the past to find her antidote. What happened to using your brain and thinking of a solution first?

Every book has a miraculous Artemis Fowl come-back. Arty's trump-card was just simply TOO BORING. Not to mention... HELLO? ANOTHER SAME-OLD VILLAIN????? Isn't Opal Koboi coming back waaaaaay too many times?

1st book villain: Artemis himself! yay!
2nd book villain: Opal Koboi (and Artemis Senior's kidnappers)
3rd book villain: Jon Spiro
4th book villain: Opal Koboi (escaped from prison)
5th book villain: Demons from Limbo!
6th book villain: Opal Koboi (time-travelling to crush Artemis again)

It's getting abit boring, Eoin Colfer. Admit it. Not to mention that she gets away YET AGAIN at the end of the 6th book. Yikes. Do the readers hv to read abt Koboi's megalomania some more?