A review by writeronherway
Russian Roulette: The Story of an Assassin by Anthony Horowitz

4.0

Yassen as a teenager? How did I miss this being released? I liked this more than I expected too and I think it gave the reader a lot more understanding of why Yassen sees himself in Alex and explains Yassen’s history with Alex’s family a bit more. It might have been a little too successful making Yassen so reluctant to kill as I didn’t quite believe his motivation for later committing to the life of an assassin as an “I’ll show you” move. I did really like the parallels between Alex and Yassen and the idea that neither of them really had a choice about the lives they end up leading but ultimately Yassen chooses not to kill Alex in an attempt to give Alex back that choice.