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Weer wen zeer aangenaam boek in de Alex Rider serie. Alles waar je van kan houden is hier ook weer aanwezig, maar deze keer met nog meer gevolgen (die natuurlijk onschadelijk gemaakt worden).

coops456's review against another edition

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3.0

Alex Rider again risks life and limb for Queen and country, this time from the depths of a Scottish loch to the Kenyan bush.

I'll always prefer Muchamore's Cherubs series but Alex was the original boy spy.

jacquibear's review

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adventurous dark medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

clockworkp's review against another edition

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3.0

En la misma línea y con los mismos problemas de siempre, pero sabiendo a lo que vas es disfrutable. Además después de 7 libros te encariñas con el prota y quieres saber como acaba su historia.
Siegue teniendo mucha acción y demasiadas descripciones extraprecisas de marcas, vehículos y armas. Siguen habiendo extremadamente poca representación femenina, la cual toda es secundaria y generalmente un interés amoroso (la única villana importante de la franquicia estaba colada por el padre de Alex). Me molesta especialmente porque en este libro la "ayudante" del reverendo era mucho más capaz y sádica que él y aún así casi ni aparece.
La trama escalofriante, una ONG que crea crisis para recibir dinero pero como dije antes, el villano es común y poco interesante.
Que se describa a la única tribu africana que aparece como guerreros sanguinarios me parece de un poco mal gusto.
Para concluír, es un libro que no avanza especialmente la trama general de la serie y tampoco de las más interesantes; sobretodo después de venir de Snakehead. Ni siquiera el título tiene que ver con nada relevante de la trama, solo un comentario de pasada en una escena.
Sacado este de en medio, deseando llegar al finale de la saga.

jasonlaw77's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

elsaaqazi's review

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3.0

"We have only one," Blunt replied "There is only one Alex Rider."

I couldn't agree more with Blunt. There is indeed only one Alex Rider and only one Anthony Horowitz. In this book Alex takes on another vile and cruel villain.

Spoiler

This one was trying to create disaster in Africa with the help of genetically modified crops. He would then use the money people send in to his charity to become rich.

Alex being Alex stops him before any innocent lives are lost.

Now here's what I love about the book:

Alex Rider is amazing. He is talented and has a knack for what he is forced to do in the series. But what makes him one of my favorite characters is the fact that he does not like being forced. Ideally kids love spies and characters like these are patriots. ~~See Cody Banks~~ But Alex was the true depiction of a child if a child were to be recruited by MI6. He HATED going on those missions. Let's be honest. A child would.

The drama is almost nerve-wracking. Anthony could make the best thrillers out of the most futile of plots. I promise you, you are going to be on edge throughout the series.

Here's the reason this one didn't get five stars:

The villains tell Alex everything Why, oh why, do you have to tell your top secret plans to a boy who is now very well-known in the criminal world as a dangerous spy? Just get the fact that you can't kill him into your thick heads. He will live to see you go to jail or see you die ~~He may even kill you~~ Why can't Alex ever find something on his own?

Alex's luck is something you get tired of. People get lucky, some do have the "devil's luck" but Alex got lucky so many times you get bored by the time you reach this far in the series.

Alex's stunts were a little too far-fetched. Grabbing a rope hanging from a helicopter that is flying by when you are on a wobbly roof about to fall is hard enough. How on Earth can a fourteen year-old grab hold of a rope hanging from a plane while on a wobbly roof about to fall off? And how can he pull himself up when he is was feeling fatigued twenty minutes ago and don't forget the wind pushing on him. Insane. I know.

Don't get me wrong. I don't want Alex Rider to die but seriously a little less unbelievable stuff because this gets boring after some while.

sd71's review

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5.0

This was a fun and exciting romp! Usually the series tapers off after a stellar book but this picked right up where Snakehead left off.

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