Eagle Strike (Alex Rider Adventure) by Anthony Horowitz
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Book Reviews of Eagle Strike (Alex Rider Adventure)
Book Review: Anthony Horowitz does it 5 Stars
This is a great action book with a fourteen year old spy who has to save the world from an evil pop star.Book Review: Eagle Strike Book Review
Summary: 4 Stars
Eagle Strike is one of the best teen spy novels in a series of books written by Anthony Horowitz. It combines action across numerous European countries, celebrities who aren't what they seem, Air Force One, politics, and enough chase scenes to keep you on the edge of your seat throughout the entire book. This undoubtedly one of the best Alex Rider adventures yet.
Alex is vacationing in France with Sabina, his new best friend, and her family, when the man he hates most, Russian contract killer Yassen Gragorovich, shows up to stir up trouble. Yassen, though, seems to be uninterested in Alex and doesn't even know he's in the area. However Alex, being a suspicious teenager, cannot help but get in Yassen's way. After going out one day after Yassen, Alex returns to find the house he's been staying in has been blown up, and Sabina's father is in intensive care. This leads to the discovery of a strange plot involving a famous singer, Damien Cray, who has developed the ultimate video game system called Gameslayer. This seems to be nothing more than a marketing move for Cray, but the more Alex Rider dives into this Gameslayer and spies on Damien Cray, the more sinister Cray's part in the events becomes.
This leads to Alex travelling around Europe with his trusty guardian Jack in search of the truth and the bad guys, but the bad guys find him first. Alex is stuck in the middle of a plan with deadly consequences. The world's most powerful celebrity has gotten control of the world's most dangerous weapons, and his intentions are unthinkable. A brilliant climax, Eagle Strike will have you on edge of your seat, waiting to know how the book ends, while learning about an explosive secret regarding Alex's history.
Scott Totten
Book Review: Eagle Strike
Summary: 4 Stars
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a teenage spy? If you have, then this is the book for you. Alex Rider is a 14 year old boy who never knew his father. His uncle, John Rider, who worked for MI6, told him that his father died in a plane crash and had been training to be a spy all his life only Alex just didn't no it yet. One day, Alex's uncle dies while on a mission and Alex is contacted by MI6. Soon after, Alex is sent on a number of missions by MI6.
In Eagle Strike, the story begins with an assassination in the amazon jungle then jumps ahead 15 years to where Alex is on holiday in France. When the house where his is staying with his girlfriend and her family is blown up, he assumes he is the one they were after and when he spots his arch enemy he is sure of it. But after discovering his girlfriend's father who is a journalist was the intended victim Alex sets out to discover what's going on. If you like action and adventure, you should read this book. I also recommend The Kingdoms and the Elves of the Reaches as a good action fantasy.
Book Review: pretty good book
Summary: 4 Stars
The Alex Rider book was pretty good. The only thing I didn't like about the book is that the book was a litle unrealistic. It made it sound like the stuff Alex did was really hard but when he actuall did it, it was so easy. Sometimes it made Alex sound to smart and sometimes it made him sound to dumb. The gagets are pretty cool though. Like the bike and the bullet proof bike suit. My favorite part in the book Eagle Strike is the part were Alex was chased by the guys in black suit with machineguns. And I think the best gaget was the bike and the homing missles in the bike handles, and the springy seat thingy that came with a note that said that if Alex used that butten then he owed Smithers a new bike. If Alex didn't have a computer as brain that freuently turns on and off and that if it would sound more realistic I would really like it.Book Review: Excellent, must read
Summary: 4 Stars
The fourth installment of the Alex Rider Adventures is full of action, suspense, mystery, drama, and a touch of wit. You don't need to read the first three to understand this one, but it is highly reccomended.
World-renowned pop-star, Damian Cray, is out to "save the world". He's an active speaker against drugs, violence, and other things in that matter. His intentions seem harmless enough, until Alex stumbles upon an attempted murder on a man writing a report on Damian Cray. Now Alex may be in on more than he bargained for, with high-speed chases, demented video games, a kidnapping, and a bull-fight. Now he just needs to survive.