Reviews - Alex Rider, Band 5: Scorpia

281 reviews for:

Alex Rider, Band 5: Scorpia

Anthony Horowitz

3.96 AVERAGE

lilfox's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

peppermintz's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I forgot how much I love big bad secret organisations with massive convoluted plots. They always make for interesting stories. Plus, this book has the sins of the father trope which is hard not to love. Also, this is another book of basically every adult (but Jack) failing Alex continuously -

I need you to understand that Alex was groomed to be a spy by an Uncle who constantly lied and then was manipulated by two difference organisations that are directly linked to his fathers and his uncle's death!!! Sure Scorpia are the worst, but MI6 you aren't that much better.

is it bad that in the final scene, I thought that Alex might finally get to rest for a little bit. Then I remembered that there are like 4 more books in this series and I just sighed internally

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mhairicavill's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

mudder17's review against another edition

5.0

Great story, but oh man, that ending! I was going to wait for 3 weeks to read the next one (I've been listening to these while donating platelets), but I don't know if I'll be able to wait that long! We shall see!

pinktotodile's review against another edition

5.0

I'm a big fan of this series and this book in particular. It not only leaves you on a cliffhanger, but nearly none of it is predictable and there are times that you wonder how the scenario will end. I said that there had not been much character development thus far for Alex, but he learns a lot about himself, his past, be really matures in the 388 pages.