I'm currently reading the new Alex Rider novel, Crocodile Tears, by Anthony Horowitz. I'm enjoying the story quite a bit, it's written sort of from the narrators and partly from Alex's point of view. The language is descriptive, yet relatively easy to read. The characters are well developed and realistic. I like Alex because he's a likeable and kind character, the only thing thats slightly unrealistic is how he always gets lucky and gets out of sticky situations just in time, but if that didn't happen, it wouldn't be Alex Rider! One of the main themes was deja vu as Alex keeps having to go back to MI6 and so you also know sort of whats going to happen, but not to much so it's tedious. The settings are described very well, but sometimes the author convieniently misses out bits of the scenery and uses them later.
Overall, I would give it a 8/10 because it's enjoyable, exciting and unique.
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A bit more about the actual story line: MI6 need Alex to spy on a crop plant and he's blackmailed into it. There he spots Desmond McCain, a high profile charity organiser, who realises that Alex is on to him and the real plans for the money he's raising. Kidnapped and whisked off to Africa, Alex learns the full horror of McCain's plot: to create an epic disaster that will kill millions. Forced to ask MI6 for protection, Alex finds himself being manipulated in a deadly game that could lead to the destruction of an entire East African country.
ReplyDeleteVery detailed and comprehensive. Well done. Would someone that doesn't read the Alex Rider series be able to read this novel?
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