Title: Point Blank
Author: Anthony Horowitz
My Rating: 4 Stars
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"After getting into trouble with a drug dealer and the police, Alex Rider is assigned by M16 to investigate the deaths of billionaire's, Michael J. Roscoe in New York and General Viktor Ivanov on Black Sea. Each of them had a son attending Point Blank, an academy in the French Alps run by a South African scientist, Dr. Hugo Grief, and both died under mysterious circumstances."
-Taken from Wikipedia
Author: Anthony Horowitz
My Rating: 4 Stars
Buy The Book:
--HERE--
"After getting into trouble with a drug dealer and the police, Alex Rider is assigned by M16 to investigate the deaths of billionaire's, Michael J. Roscoe in New York and General Viktor Ivanov on Black Sea. Each of them had a son attending Point Blank, an academy in the French Alps run by a South African scientist, Dr. Hugo Grief, and both died under mysterious circumstances."
-Taken from Wikipedia
Alex Rider isn't going to help M16 on any of their missions again. He's determined not to. But how can one stop something that runs in their blood? After Alex interferes in the lives of a couple of drug-dealers, he's in major trouble with the police for the damage he has caused. But before anything can happen, M16 rescues Alex from the hands of the police. Alex once again finds himself being asked to go undercover and further an investigation for M16.
Though he refuses to do anything for them again, he is convinced, a fancy term for 'blackmailed', to go through with their plan. Now he must go undercover at Point Blank, a French academy for troubled teen boys who are sons to billionaires. Two boys who attended the school had fathers who mysteriously perished. Could the school be a connection to their deaths? What happens when Alex finds himself wrapped up in a nefarious plot that is sure to ultimately end his life and change the world as it is?
What a great sequel to the first book! The plot was quite interesting and the results even more so. Once again we find out more about Alex Rider and begin to bond again with this reluctant British teen spy. Though I felt the flow of this book wasn't quite as easy and catchy as the first book, it still has a refreshing taste. It's packed with action and mystery and sure to not disappoint fans. I'm quite falling in love with the books.
I did get a chance to watch Stormbreaker the movie and really loved it! They kept swearing and sexual content out and brought just as much action as the book had. I highly suggest the film if you're a fan of spy movies. I wish they would have continued making the books into movies, but they haven't.
I do have one complaint for Point Blank, and that would be the swearing. While there really isn't a lot of it, there was more than in the first book. I took note of the page numbers the words were on, in case anyone wanted to know: pg. 15, 38, 95, 111, 142, and 190.
There was also a case in the very beginning of the book where we are introduced to Skoda, a drug-dealer. The worst kind; one who deals to teens. Thankfully, Alex recognizes this as wrong and goes out to expose them.
I recommend this book for people who enjoy action, adventure and mystery aged 13 and up.
What's Coming Up Next?
The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis
Raising Dragons by Bryan Davis
Skeleton Key by Anthony Horowitz
The Skin Map by Stephen R. Lawhead
The Sweetest Thing by Elizabeth Musser
Waterfall by Lisa T. Bergren
Though he refuses to do anything for them again, he is convinced, a fancy term for 'blackmailed', to go through with their plan. Now he must go undercover at Point Blank, a French academy for troubled teen boys who are sons to billionaires. Two boys who attended the school had fathers who mysteriously perished. Could the school be a connection to their deaths? What happens when Alex finds himself wrapped up in a nefarious plot that is sure to ultimately end his life and change the world as it is?
What a great sequel to the first book! The plot was quite interesting and the results even more so. Once again we find out more about Alex Rider and begin to bond again with this reluctant British teen spy. Though I felt the flow of this book wasn't quite as easy and catchy as the first book, it still has a refreshing taste. It's packed with action and mystery and sure to not disappoint fans. I'm quite falling in love with the books.
I did get a chance to watch Stormbreaker the movie and really loved it! They kept swearing and sexual content out and brought just as much action as the book had. I highly suggest the film if you're a fan of spy movies. I wish they would have continued making the books into movies, but they haven't.
I do have one complaint for Point Blank, and that would be the swearing. While there really isn't a lot of it, there was more than in the first book. I took note of the page numbers the words were on, in case anyone wanted to know: pg. 15, 38, 95, 111, 142, and 190.
There was also a case in the very beginning of the book where we are introduced to Skoda, a drug-dealer. The worst kind; one who deals to teens. Thankfully, Alex recognizes this as wrong and goes out to expose them.
I recommend this book for people who enjoy action, adventure and mystery aged 13 and up.
What's Coming Up Next?
The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis
Raising Dragons by Bryan Davis
Skeleton Key by Anthony Horowitz
The Skin Map by Stephen R. Lawhead
The Sweetest Thing by Elizabeth Musser
Waterfall by Lisa T. Bergren
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