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A review by clockworkp
Russian Roulette by Anthony Horowitz
3.0
3.5
I agree with one of the reviews that I saw here: the enjoyment of this instalment depends on how
much information you have on the series. If this is your first time encoutering the world of Alex Rider (valid option, for the most part the book stands on its own), then you are going to enjoy the action, and the plot has its moments.
But if you are already a fan of the serie, be warned, there are really bad plotholes. At the point that here the information that Yassen has on John Rider, (the thing that moves the plot towards Scorpia
in the first place) has been changed. Now it doesn't makes sense the reasoning for Yassen telling Alex the "truth" about his father. If this wasn't bad enought, here Yassen isn't present in the operation in Malta. That plot was important, WTF? Things like that make me believe that the author didn't even make sure that the time line in his stories stay consistent and didn't care. This is the wost kind of fanservice, the one that destroys the canon and fanon.
Anyway, as I said before, the action is amazing. The plot is predictable, but you want to continue reading to see what new situation Yassen will encounter. If it was its own thing I would rank it with the best of the author, I really enjoyed reading it.
I agree with one of the reviews that I saw here: the enjoyment of this instalment depends on how
much information you have on the series. If this is your first time encoutering the world of Alex Rider (valid option, for the most part the book stands on its own), then you are going to enjoy the action, and the plot has its moments.
But if you are already a fan of the serie, be warned, there are really bad plotholes. At the point that here the information that Yassen has on John Rider, (the thing that moves the plot towards Scorpia
in the first place) has been changed. Now it doesn't makes sense the reasoning for Yassen telling Alex the "truth" about his father. If this wasn't bad enought, here Yassen isn't present in the operation in Malta. That plot was important, WTF? Things like that make me believe that the author didn't even make sure that the time line in his stories stay consistent and didn't care. This is the wost kind of fanservice, the one that destroys the canon and fanon.
Anyway, as I said before, the action is amazing. The plot is predictable, but you want to continue reading to see what new situation Yassen will encounter. If it was its own thing I would rank it with the best of the author, I really enjoyed reading it.