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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Many people have been urging me to get on and read the rest of the Alex Rider series for a long time now. I kinda wish I had listened to them sooner.
When I read Point Blanc, years ago now, I remember thinking that the writing was cold and Alex was an uninteresting main character. Now, I can see that this is simply a style of writing I was not accustomed to.
Skeleton Key did not disappoint. Please keep in mind though, that this book is aimed at a younger age group. The story is simplistic. The plot- easy to work out. However, that doesn't make this read any less enjoyable.
When I read Point Blanc, years ago now, I remember thinking that the writing was cold and Alex was an uninteresting main character. Now, I can see that this is simply a style of writing I was not accustomed to.
Skeleton Key did not disappoint. Please keep in mind though, that this book is aimed at a younger age group. The story is simplistic. The plot- easy to work out. However, that doesn't make this read any less enjoyable.
I love this series so much! Like I've said a hundred times before it brongs back so much nostalgia for me. I am so happy I decided to reread the series finally. I missed Alex and Sabina so much.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
A very good book. Even my brother has read it and that is saying a lot. He hates reading and he really enjoyed it.
adventurous
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I love reading books by Anthony Horowitz. In this book Alex goes to skeleton Key south of Cuba where this mad-man wants to blow up half of the world to make it a “better” place. If that wasn’t bad enough he also wants to adopt Alex, because Alex reminds him of the son he lost to war.
Another lost review-
This volume in the series read like a true spy novel- Fleming would be proud of Horowitz's work here.
This volume in the series read like a true spy novel- Fleming would be proud of Horowitz's work here.
This was the first book by Anthony Horowitz that I read back when I was a teenager. I found it in my school library when an English lesson was held their once and I was hooked with the short amount that I could read during the lesson. So I got my mum to buy it, followed by all the others that were written in the series at the time so I could read them at home!
Book Name: Skeleton Key
Author/s: Anthony Horowitz
Language English
Original Title: Skeleton Key
Publisher, year: Puffin, 2006
Page total: 352
Date Read: June 29
Genre/s: YA, spies, adventure, action, fiction
First line of Book:"Night came quickly to Skeleton Key"
Review: Alex Rider has been through a lot for his fourteen years. He's been shot at by international terrorists, chased down a mountainside, and stood face-to-face with evil. Twice, young Alex has saved the world. And twice, he has almost been killed doing it. But now Alex faces something even more dangerous. The desperation of a man who has lost everything he cared for: his country and his only son. A man who just happens to have a nuclear weapon and a serious grudge against the free world. To see his beloved Russia once again be a dominant power, he will stop at nothing. Unless Alex can stop him first.
The phenomenon that is the Alex Rider series returns with pulse-quickening action as, for the first time, Britain's MI6 and America's CIA unite forces. Be glad Alex is on our side.
I really liked this book. Yo me, this was the best so far. More action, a girl (finally) and some drama!
Rating:4/5
Quotes from book:
"Alex decided he’d had enough. He put down his knife. “All right,” he said. “You’ve made it pretty clear that you don’t want to work with me. Well, that’s fine. Because I don’t want to work with you either. And for what it’s worth, nobody would ever believe you were my mom because no mom would ever behave like you.”
“Alex…,” Carver began.
“Forget it! I’m going back to London. And if you’re Mr. Byrne asks why, you can tell him I didn’t like the jelly, so I went home to get some jam."
Author/s: Anthony Horowitz
Language English
Original Title: Skeleton Key
Publisher, year: Puffin, 2006
Page total: 352
Date Read: June 29
Genre/s: YA, spies, adventure, action, fiction
First line of Book:"Night came quickly to Skeleton Key"
Review: Alex Rider has been through a lot for his fourteen years. He's been shot at by international terrorists, chased down a mountainside, and stood face-to-face with evil. Twice, young Alex has saved the world. And twice, he has almost been killed doing it. But now Alex faces something even more dangerous. The desperation of a man who has lost everything he cared for: his country and his only son. A man who just happens to have a nuclear weapon and a serious grudge against the free world. To see his beloved Russia once again be a dominant power, he will stop at nothing. Unless Alex can stop him first.
The phenomenon that is the Alex Rider series returns with pulse-quickening action as, for the first time, Britain's MI6 and America's CIA unite forces. Be glad Alex is on our side.
I really liked this book. Yo me, this was the best so far. More action, a girl (finally) and some drama!
Rating:4/5
Quotes from book:
"Alex decided he’d had enough. He put down his knife. “All right,” he said. “You’ve made it pretty clear that you don’t want to work with me. Well, that’s fine. Because I don’t want to work with you either. And for what it’s worth, nobody would ever believe you were my mom because no mom would ever behave like you.”
“Alex…,” Carver began.
“Forget it! I’m going back to London. And if you’re Mr. Byrne asks why, you can tell him I didn’t like the jelly, so I went home to get some jam."