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A review by rachaelbee0402
Russian Roulette by Anthony Horowitz
4.0
This wasn’t exactly what I expected but I enjoyed it just as I have enjoyed every book in the Alex Rider series.
I didn't expect so much time to be focused on Yassen's childhood (halfway through the book it was still only exploring his life aged 14) – I’d expected it to look at his early assassination work, how he got into it, some of his early hits etc – his life in his 20s, not as a child. So it was much slower paced than I imagined it would be, but slower paced doesn't mean less action-packed or less tense or less emotive. This was a deep story of a child’s desperate journey from trial to trial to trial, growing into a man and making dark decisions of how he will live the rest of his life…
By the end of the book I was left with some uncertainties and questions. Given that Horowitz decided to write this book at all, there are more aspects of Yassen’s life I’d have liked to see explored. But saying that, I was introduced to much more of his life I hadn’t previously thought about, the story taking off in its own direction, and I did enjoy reading it.
I didn't expect so much time to be focused on Yassen's childhood (halfway through the book it was still only exploring his life aged 14) – I’d expected it to look at his early assassination work, how he got into it, some of his early hits etc – his life in his 20s, not as a child. So it was much slower paced than I imagined it would be, but slower paced doesn't mean less action-packed or less tense or less emotive. This was a deep story of a child’s desperate journey from trial to trial to trial, growing into a man and making dark decisions of how he will live the rest of his life…
By the end of the book I was left with some uncertainties and questions.