quillofwords 's review for:

Point Blank by Anthony Horowitz

5.0

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Another great adventure. The plot of this one moved a lot faster than Stormbreaker, I guess saving time through Alex already being aquatinted with MI6 at this point. I see why the Prime series used this plot to start off the show, it's got a lot more visual action spread throughout the narrative. I am remembering how much I hated Alan Blunt as a character as well, he's basically as bad as the villains Alex faces. Blackmail is not the way to build loyalty, then again that was never Blunt's intention. But i'm also remembering why I loved this series so much the first time around. The writing is very engaging, very action packed, but descriptive enough to ground the settings and really provide a good sense of what is going on even if its happing very quickly.