A review by bookwormbry
Russian Roulette: The Story of an Assassin by Anthony Horowitz

4.0

I've been picking at this slowly, a few pages at a time, over the last week or so and bingeread the rest today while I had a moment. Anyways, I felt like this book, though very well written and action packed--as Horowitz's works always are--was not as strong as the rest of the Alex Rider series. Perhaps my memory faults me or the passage of time has changed things in my mind but I was of that opinion. Still, it was nice to take one more journey into the world of the Alex Rider series, and this time learn about the enigmatic Yassen Gregorovich. I had forgotten a lot of story details regarding his connection to the Rider family, more specifically Alex's father John. In the context of this book, it makes sense as to why Yassen always spared Alex.