![]() ![]() It's kind of funny reading them now - I don't quite remember them being so depressing. Since I'm in the middle of a Cherub reread I thought I'd come back to Alex. I must have read the first five books like fifty million times. Avid readers will find themselves consumed. Reluctant readers will find themselves intrigued. ![]() There are daring stunts and lucky saves and many near misses. Each novel is fast paced and action packed. I love Alex, but I'm also surprised he doesn't have a ton more issues than he does. Worse is being lied to and manipulated and screwed over so many times it's painful to read. Worse is being sent into constant danger with various gadgets but no real weapons. ![]() Worse is being sworn to secrecy and given no mental support (seriously that drives me insane). Worse is finding that his uncle was not only a spy but had been training him his whole life - his early years filled with language lessons, martial arts classes, rock climbing, mountain biking, skiing, lock picking and anything else you could imagine. It's a choice that's no choice at all.īut the hits just keep on coming. M16 jump at the chance to blackmail him - if he agrees to be a spy, his caretaker and the only family he has left, Jack, won't be deported. When his uncle dies, Alex finds himself recruited into the shady world of spies and espionage. Alex Rider is a fourteen year old reluctant teenage James Bond. ![]()
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