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imperfectletter103. Point Blank by Anthony Horowitz
The second book in Horowitz's Alex Rider series. I throughly enjoyed the story. Alex, a young, though reluctant, spy for MI6 is asked to pretend to be Alex Friend, son of the owner of the Friend Grocery Stories (football teams, and so on) in order to attend Point Blanc, an exclusive school for boys who have been kicked out of all other schools. MI6 thinks something fishy is going on, due to the deaths of two fathers of former students at the school. It's a mildly amusing premise, but Horowitz does an excellent job drawing you into the story. I can't wait to read more Alex Rider books.
104. Infoquake by David Louis Edelman
This is Edelman's first book, and it's the first book in his Jump 225 series. The story is interesting and focuses on expanding our ideas of virtual reality (and eventually multi reality). It's a cyberpunk book in a lot of ways, reminiscent of some Gibson works, but it's not nearly as good. I did enjoy the book, though the ending was unsatisfactory due to the fact that it's a trilogy. One of Edelman's strong points is his character development. Even though I disliked the main character, Natch, I was able to hope for him (and his team) to succeed. His team was even better, a mix of different types of people that had moderately well developed backgrounds and were, even with all their faults, likable. The one thing I didn't like was how, about a third of the way through the book, Edelman changed perspectives to give us Natch's history. It was interesting and important, but it came out of the blue and was kind of a shock. Otherwise, the book held together well and I'll eventually read the remaining two books whenever they are published.
105. Stormbreaker: The Graphic Novel by Anthony Horowitz
I actually read this book either last month or in July, but somehow it escaped review and I never added it to Library Thing. Anyway, this is basically just the movie (which I've seen) in graphic novel format. The art is exceptional and does a good job telling the story. It's not as interesting as the book and certain things are changed (which you don't realize if you've never read the book(s)). Overly I enjoyed it and would read others.
106. Point Blank: The Graphic Novel by Anthony Horowitz
Unlike the graphic novel for Storm Breaker, there's no movie for this to be based on (though I read that Horowitz has been working on a movie script). This was a let down, but I'm not sure if it's because I'd just read Point Blank or because it wasn't very good. The drawings were just as detailed and engrossing as Stormbreaker, but there was something a bit off with this book. I think next time I'll wait a bit before reading the graphic novel version of the book.
106 / 120 new reads. 88% read!
The second book in Horowitz's Alex Rider series. I throughly enjoyed the story. Alex, a young, though reluctant, spy for MI6 is asked to pretend to be Alex Friend, son of the owner of the Friend Grocery Stories (football teams, and so on) in order to attend Point Blanc, an exclusive school for boys who have been kicked out of all other schools. MI6 thinks something fishy is going on, due to the deaths of two fathers of former students at the school. It's a mildly amusing premise, but Horowitz does an excellent job drawing you into the story. I can't wait to read more Alex Rider books.
104. Infoquake by David Louis Edelman
This is Edelman's first book, and it's the first book in his Jump 225 series. The story is interesting and focuses on expanding our ideas of virtual reality (and eventually multi reality). It's a cyberpunk book in a lot of ways, reminiscent of some Gibson works, but it's not nearly as good. I did enjoy the book, though the ending was unsatisfactory due to the fact that it's a trilogy. One of Edelman's strong points is his character development. Even though I disliked the main character, Natch, I was able to hope for him (and his team) to succeed. His team was even better, a mix of different types of people that had moderately well developed backgrounds and were, even with all their faults, likable. The one thing I didn't like was how, about a third of the way through the book, Edelman changed perspectives to give us Natch's history. It was interesting and important, but it came out of the blue and was kind of a shock. Otherwise, the book held together well and I'll eventually read the remaining two books whenever they are published.
105. Stormbreaker: The Graphic Novel by Anthony Horowitz
I actually read this book either last month or in July, but somehow it escaped review and I never added it to Library Thing. Anyway, this is basically just the movie (which I've seen) in graphic novel format. The art is exceptional and does a good job telling the story. It's not as interesting as the book and certain things are changed (which you don't realize if you've never read the book(s)). Overly I enjoyed it and would read others.
106. Point Blank: The Graphic Novel by Anthony Horowitz
Unlike the graphic novel for Storm Breaker, there's no movie for this to be based on (though I read that Horowitz has been working on a movie script). This was a let down, but I'm not sure if it's because I'd just read Point Blank or because it wasn't very good. The drawings were just as detailed and engrossing as Stormbreaker, but there was something a bit off with this book. I think next time I'll wait a bit before reading the graphic novel version of the book.
