A review by meliaraastiar
Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz

3.0

Alex's uncle, the bank manager, dies in a car accident.  But something doesn't quite add up - and then Alex finds his uncle's car all shot up.  Then he finds out his uncle was killed on a top secret mission and he's being sent in to see if he can figure it out and catch them unaware since he is only a kid.  Can he survive what killed his uncle?

This book reminds me of a slightly more grown up/less goofy Spy School.   Same sort of idea, just aimed for a slightly older audience, so it's a little less ridiculous.  Alex thinks he's pretty special - and he kind of is - but he's maybe a little full of himself.  I'm intrigued by the concept and will probably read more eventually, but I'm not in a hurry to find the next book.

It's not the best "literature".  There's pretty much just one character - none of the others are very fleshed out - and it's a little flashy action.  But it's a semi entertaining read that I finished in under 2 hours and I wouldn't avoid picking up the next one.  I was amused.  But I will say I enjoyed the Spy School series more.  Mostly because it didn't try to take itself very seriously.

I'll go 7 of 10 for enjoyment and 5 of 5 for readability.

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