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Skeleton Key by Anthony Horowitz
Jul. 13th, 2006 11:46 pmThe Blurb On The Back:
Working as a secret agent for Britain'smost exclusive agency, Alex Rider thinks he's seen it all. He's been shot at by international terrorists, stood face-to-face with pure evil, and saved the world - twice. All before his fifteenth birthday. But Alex is about to face something more dangerous than he can imagine: a man who's lost everything he cared for - his country, his son - a man who has a nuclear weapon, and will stop at nothing to get his world back. Unless Alex can stop him first ...
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
More satisfying than the previous books, although I still have problems with some of the more cartoonish elements of the plot and the insistence on telling rather than showing. One thing that I have noticed is that the opening chapters tend to be very strong - dramatic, easy to visualise and usually quite chilling - it's a shame that the rest of the book doesn't quite live up to it, but if it continues to improve as it has done over the last three books, then I live in hope.
Working as a secret agent for Britain'smost exclusive agency, Alex Rider thinks he's seen it all. He's been shot at by international terrorists, stood face-to-face with pure evil, and saved the world - twice. All before his fifteenth birthday. But Alex is about to face something more dangerous than he can imagine: a man who's lost everything he cared for - his country, his son - a man who has a nuclear weapon, and will stop at nothing to get his world back. Unless Alex can stop him first ...
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
More satisfying than the previous books, although I still have problems with some of the more cartoonish elements of the plot and the insistence on telling rather than showing. One thing that I have noticed is that the opening chapters tend to be very strong - dramatic, easy to visualise and usually quite chilling - it's a shame that the rest of the book doesn't quite live up to it, but if it continues to improve as it has done over the last three books, then I live in hope.
