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A review by kene
Revenge: Jason Steed by Mark Cooper
3.0
Unlike the Alex Rider series, where there is a relatively slow build up of violence across the books, this book is non-stop violence from beginning to end.
I'm conflicted on how to rate this book. On one hand, it was a fun read. If the events of this book happened to an adult or young adult character, I would have totally enjoyed it and given it 4 or 5 stars. However, they happened to a kid.
Reading through what he goes through at the hands of both the 'good guys' and the bad guys, the level of trauma he undergoes and the way he apparently shakes it off, I couldn't bring myself to totally suspend disbelief. I went through bouts of immersion when I was enjoying the book, then something happens and the thought goes through my head, ' he's only a kid'.
On the whole, the book was fun but too violent and unbelievable.
I'm conflicted on how to rate this book. On one hand, it was a fun read. If the events of this book happened to an adult or young adult character, I would have totally enjoyed it and given it 4 or 5 stars. However, they happened to a kid.
Reading through what he goes through at the hands of both the 'good guys' and the bad guys, the level of trauma he undergoes and the way he apparently shakes it off, I couldn't bring myself to totally suspend disbelief. I went through bouts of immersion when I was enjoying the book, then something happens and the thought goes through my head, ' he's only a kid'.
On the whole, the book was fun but too violent and unbelievable.