The Atlantis Complex

It looks like Artemis Fowl is back again with one of his brilliantly-made plans. He's got the perfect idea of how to save the world involving the refrigerator-lookalike Ice Cube. Fridge works, snow comes out, global warming stops. Simple, right?
What a no-brainer. It isn't really Artemis who's come up with the plot. Lately, he's been plagued by thoughts that tell him not to trust his friends and even his mother and father. Numbers force him to speak words in multiples of fives. If Artemis were a regular human, he'd be diagnosed with OCD and that would be that, but his experience with fairy magic has given him Atlantis Complex instead, a disease brought on by guilt and stress. The LEP's robots have turned on them and are attacking the fairies, so this really isn't the best time to have your alter ego pop up and profess your undying devotion to any female elves. Someone evil from the gang's past is back...no, not her...not that one either...but they're back. And dead serious.

 Something was off about this book. The (previously released) first chapter sounded absolutely fine and it certainly intrigued you to find out more, but everything else seemed too fast-paced. Events passed by one after another without much explanation. At times it also was as if the author had trouble introducing new characters; only one truly important one came into being, and she was still on the mysterious, unknown side. Instead, supporting roles and sneaky references were lifted from previous books and fitted into the new installment. However rewarding this may be to someone who can actually spot all these "easter eggs", it does become a tad tiring after a while.