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A review by quillofwords
Alex Rider: Secret Weapon: Seven Untold Adventures from the Life of a Teenaged Spy by Anthony Horowitz
3.0
I was super excited to read these extra adventures. Most of them take place in between the events of the first 4 books of the series, and some offer some fun extra information about Alex's life outside of the main stories, and even some interesting details about the side characters he interacts with throughout the series.
Despite all of that, I was a bit disappointed with this collection as a whole. Pretty much every short story had a lengthy summary of the main plot point of the book or books prior, which really took me out of the story. This may have been because I was rereading the series while reading these stories, so I read them in the order they fell in between the main series books and had all of that summary fresh in my head, so it felt repetitious to have it provided again, but I feel like with such a short format it's not a great use of space to have so much summary either way. I enjoyed reading this collection once but, unlike the main series, it's probably not one i'll reread.
Despite all of that, I was a bit disappointed with this collection as a whole. Pretty much every short story had a lengthy summary of the main plot point of the book or books prior, which really took me out of the story. This may have been because I was rereading the series while reading these stories, so I read them in the order they fell in between the main series books and had all of that summary fresh in my head, so it felt repetitious to have it provided again, but I feel like with such a short format it's not a great use of space to have so much summary either way. I enjoyed reading this collection once but, unlike the main series, it's probably not one i'll reread.