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Russian Roulette: The Story of an Assassin by Anthony Horowitz

overkastkid123's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

tamara_danielle's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

sienna727's review against another edition

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adventurous dark lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

aydanroger's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

lauren_helen's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

aoosterwyk's review

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4.0

These books are so entertaining and fun. I continue to recommend them to my middle school kids because they are so accessible and thrilling. This was a perfect way to bind together the series with a flashback/prequel and I admire the craft of the author and his most excellent characters. I look forward to reading what Horowitz comes up with next.

nnnnnnnnnn's review

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2.0

Alex Rider is a series of action-packed spy novels about a 14 year old boy who works for the British Secret Service. Russian Roulette is the latest in the series, but as a prequel, it takes place before the previous nine books, and so the reader won’t be too confused reading them out of sequence.
This book is told as a series of diary entries from the perspective of Yassen Gregoravich – the villainous Russian assassin who has threatened Alex Rider throughout the series. This book details Yassen’s childhood, and the circumstances which led to his becoming recruited by the Sinister Scorpia organization, and becoming a contract killer.
Russian Roulette is action-packed, but don’t write it off as all guns and explosions and ‘boyish’ adventures – it’s an intelligent and well-written book, and can be enjoyed by anyone!

kritikalary's review

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5.0

This book was ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!!!! Throughout the Alex Rider series I always like Yassen more than Alex so it was great learning a little backstory on the Russian Assassin I would recommend this book 10/10 for Alex Rider Series lovers

mcfade28's review against another edition

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4.0

A kind of prequel to the main Alex Rider series. This book follows Yassen, one of the antagonists from the first book as we watch the twists and turns that led him to become an assassin for the big bads of the series, Scorpia.

Yassen was a very likeable lead and I empathised with him throughout. It was engaging and exciting.

3.5 stars

thelilbulldozer's review

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3.0

No, this was not it.

My Rating: 3 Stars
Granny's Rating: 3.5 Stars