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Stormbreaker (Alex Rider 1) by: Anthony Horowitz List Price: £6.99 Childrens Bookshop Price: £5.00 You Save: £1.99 (28%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback EAN: 9781844280926 ISBN: 1844280926 Label: Walker Books Ltd Manufacturer: Walker Books Ltd Number Of Pages: 240 Publication Date: April 01, 2005 Publisher: Walker Books Ltd Studio: Walker Books Ltd Sales Rank: 1186 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: Spies are great currency for exciting storylines, but few authors manage to successfully concoct realistic scenarios for a willing readership expecting chases, gunshots and thrills aplenty. In the first of what could easily become his most memorable series of novels to date, Anthony Horowitz has added a tongue-in-cheek quality to Stormbreaker that lifts it above several others in the same genre. Horowitz knows that his main character, 14-year-old Alex Rider, is a normal teenager and he never forgets this when he thrusts his young hero into the thick of several truly edge-of-seat scenarios. There is humour alongside the action too--some great characters and cutting one-liners--that helps to ensure that entertainment is high on the agenda throughout. Orphan Alex thought he knew his Uncle Ian Rider--until the elusive banker is killed in a tragic car accident. Immediately, Alex's life starts to get stranger by the day as his guardian's friends and colleagues start showing up and contradicting everything Alex thought he knew about the man he'd called Dad for so long. Maybe Ian Rider was not a banker after all? Surely the bullet holes in his Uncle's totalled car reveal that he had not died in an accident, but was murdered? Everything is explained when Alex decides to track down Ian Rider's real employers, but Alex is in for a surprise when they decide to contact him. The truth is hard to take, but maybe by following in his uncle's secret footsteps he might get the chance for revenge. Apart from a slightly over-the-top finale involving a helicopter and the roof of London's Science Museum, Stormbreaker is a refreshingly energetic yarn that is required reading for fans of the contemporary thriller. --John McLay Average Rating:
 Rating:  - alex riderThis was a really fun book that I will recommend on to many readers, young and old alike. I had heard many good things about Anthony Horowitz and I was not to be disappointed. His pace of storyline is excellent and his characters are wonderfully developed. The villains are as colourful as any created by Ian Fleming and the background for the evil plot was well thought out. The actual diabolic plan and described results were in fact highly unrealistic, but that did not matter one iota to this gold ... Read More: Rating:  - weirdafter hearing all the hype over this book and the fact they made it a movie, i decided to give it a try... i have now read all the alex rider books and this seems to be the worst of them all i think the gadgets ruined it...but maybe that is just me Rating:  - Very enjoyable but could of been longer.I really enjoyed this book but found that it could of been fleshed out more as the premise was good and all the characters were interesting. As an adult reading it I could be missing out on the fact that its aimed at children and therefore a perfect length but Harry Potter is also meant for children and was much more detailed. I think as a whole the book was good and I would probably read another in the series but would hope for a more detailed story in the next one otherwise I would give up reading ... Read More: Rating:  - Very cool bookI picked up this book as an impulse, having heard about the series here and there. Am I glad I did! The Alex Rider series has that rare trait of making you itch to get your hands on the next book the second you've put one down. The story starts pretty much from the word go, and within a chapter you're onto your first tense action scene. Whilst this is great in many ways (no messing around, direct and fast), I felt as though I barely got to know Alex through the book, as there was a massive focus ... Read More: Rating: - You get what you pay forIf you buy this book you are probably looking for a teenage James Bond-type adventure. This book delivers pretty close to the mark, apart from the lack of any romantic interest. The style of writing is fairly mediocre (but you're not looking for great literature, are you?) and it is the same in structure as a typical Bond adventure - spies, English goodies, power crazed international baddies, fast paced action, fights, gruesome yet amusing deaths, loads of "I want one of those!" gadgets and plenty of "escape ... Read More: |
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