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A review by naturalistnatalie
Code to Zero by Ken Follett
3.0
A highly enjoyable book, but perhaps a bit more adult than I usually assign for the 13-year old boys in American History Club. (There was a fair amount of swearing and some mild sex scenes.) Even so, both of the boys loved the non-stop action. I agree that the book was pretty exciting - will Luke get his memory back? Will he be able to outwit Anthony? What is Anthony's problem with Luke, anyways? Even once Luke figures out Anthony and Elspeth are Soviet agents, there's still quite a bit of tension over whether or not they'll be able to trigger the self-destruct mechanism on the rocket or not.
One of the interesting components of the story was Luke's memory loss and the rediscovery of his relationships. He did remember all of his skills, which is how he was able to narrow down his job title. Since he's coming fresh to the relationships, he basically got to make a new choice of how to interact with everyone. Luke realized he'd made some poor choices in the past and was sure to make different choices this time around. Good thing his wife was a Soviet spy, or there were going to be some very difficult discussions about who he wanted to spend the rest of his days with (hat tip - not his wife).
One of the interesting components of the story was Luke's memory loss and the rediscovery of his relationships. He did remember all of his skills, which is how he was able to narrow down his job title. Since he's coming fresh to the relationships, he basically got to make a new choice of how to interact with everyone. Luke realized he'd made some poor choices in the past and was sure to make different choices this time around. Good thing his wife was a Soviet spy, or there were going to be some very difficult discussions about who he wanted to spend the rest of his days with (hat tip - not his wife).