Stormbreaker

"Stormbreaker" is a great book for young adults. It is pretty much James Bond for a younger generation. It is exciting, action-packed, and full of danger. There are also a lot of fun gadgets, but they are kind of out-of-date items such as "Walkmans" and "Game Boy Colors". There is also a lot of technical information about cars, four-wheelers, computers, and guns that is interesting for those who like that kind of stuff. The best thing about this book is Anthony Horwitz's writing. It is descriptive and engaging, it keeps you involved, and even makes you feel like you are experiencing what is happening. Alex is also well written, most of the store comes from what he sees and what he is thinking.

Original Rating: 5 / 5Reread Rating: 3 / 5I need to stop rereading books from my childhoodWhen I first read Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz, I was totally enamoured by the world of Alex Rider. I loved it and read avidly up to [b:Snakehead|1821571|Snakehead (Alex Rider, #7)|Anthony Horowitz|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1349007138s/1821571.jpg|2066979] before my interest became more about adult crime books. Finding this in my shed, I wanted to reread it and give my childhood another visit.It’s alright.The plot is thought out well, the characters are pretty fleshed out and the writing is complex enough to hold my attention, but a bit too simple to be enjoyed fully. Horowitz has a thing for describing bad guys as very bland people, and it just doesn’t fuel the imagination. I found all the villains very boring, I didn’t really think any more of them other than just that. They were boring. It’s very trivial to have the good guys as good looking, and the villains as bland looking. It does nothing for the imagination. This is very rushed, it’s very fast paced, and there’s a lot going on. It’s hard to follow everything – for example, Alex discovers something is happening at 2am, and then there’s another couple of pages on intelligence on the villain. He wakes up at 1.30am in the next chapter and I was really confused as to why until it was clarified again. It moves just too quickly to keep up 100% and that really bugged me. Aren’t we meant to be able to remember the information given to us, when it’s given to us?These things are the two reasons I have knocked off two stars. It was extremely infuriating to have to keep reading over some things to get the information in.This all being said, I still really enjoyed it. The suspense and drama was all still there from when I first read it, and I had forgotten enough for there to still be a lot of plot twists for me and to make my mouth drop open as I read. Alex is a fleshed out enough character for me to really enjoy him and smile and to like him. The story is really good, it’s pretty gripping and it’s really fun and exciting to read.Albeit, there are qualms that really bugged me, and because of that, I have to rate it low. Sorry childhood