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A review by yulinkosmos
Skeleton Key by Anthony Horowitz
4.0
Ok... So this is the third book in the Alex Rider series. Alex gets shipped off to yet another mission, this time to an island next to Cuba. I probably would have given this 5 stars but there were just a couple of things that I did not particularly like. I mean these things did not make the book any worse but it's just my personal opinion about these things...
Something tells me these reviews are going to be exceptionally repetitive but oh well.. This story is a teenage spy's adventure through 'enemy territory' where Alex is forced to use cool gadgets and cooler karate skills in order to pass through every obstacle in his path.
***** SPOILERS AHEAD *****
READ AT YOUR OWN RISK
So basically what I did not like about this book were the bad guys. I mean not in the way that they were very plain or didn't have any backstory (in fact they did and in this case it actually made me feel kind of sorry for him in the end) but just that with every bad guy one of the first things mentioned is their nationality and something in their past that connects to our real history. I mean I'm not usually offended by this sort of thing but so far all the bad guys have been German, Russian, Chinese or African. This doesn't particularly spoil the book or anything but there are just these small comments on the sides that bug me. Some connections that are made to our real history I did not enjoy reading about.
I think that's really the only reason why i didn't give this book 5 stars. That and the fact that I did read the graphic novel and remembered most of the plot... But other than those I loved the book! I liked the characters and I'm glad that there's Sabina in the picture now. I wonder if she might end up on one of these missions with him at some point... highly unlikely but well see...
End of rant i guess...
Something tells me these reviews are going to be exceptionally repetitive but oh well.. This story is a teenage spy's adventure through 'enemy territory' where Alex is forced to use cool gadgets and cooler karate skills in order to pass through every obstacle in his path.
***** SPOILERS AHEAD *****
READ AT YOUR OWN RISK
So basically what I did not like about this book were the bad guys. I mean not in the way that they were very plain or didn't have any backstory (in fact they did and in this case it actually made me feel kind of sorry for him in the end) but just that with every bad guy one of the first things mentioned is their nationality and something in their past that connects to our real history. I mean I'm not usually offended by this sort of thing but so far all the bad guys have been German, Russian, Chinese or African. This doesn't particularly spoil the book or anything but there are just these small comments on the sides that bug me. Some connections that are made to our real history I did not enjoy reading about.
I think that's really the only reason why i didn't give this book 5 stars. That and the fact that I did read the graphic novel and remembered most of the plot... But other than those I loved the book! I liked the characters and I'm glad that there's Sabina in the picture now. I wonder if she might end up on one of these missions with him at some point... highly unlikely but well see...
End of rant i guess...