I really liked the action of the books, but it made me think about how it is not just fun and exciting being a spy, but it could really hurt you. That didn’t work out so well did it?! What I liked about the book The story comes to an exciting finale including a dramatic scene at the Science Museum.Īfter a week of action, injury and pain, Alex realises that being a spy isn’t everything it’s cracked upped to be and vows never to work for M.I.6 again. There Alex finds out who murdered his uncle and many more secrets.

Alex is then kidnapped and the truth is revealed… his uncle had been a spy and had also been training Alex his whole life!Īfter a gruelling two weeks of training Alex is sent on his first mission to infiltrate Herod Sayle’s factory in Cornwall. The next day Alex gets an invitation to the bank at Liverpool Street. There he finds his uncle’s car and sees that it is riddled with bullet holes! After a daring escape from the car crusher Alex gets to show off his first grade Dan (black belt) karate skills. Alex then sees a truck outside his house.Īlex follows the truck to a car compactor. He finds out the manager’s driver is carrying a gun. On the day of the funeral Alex meets the head of the bank his uncle worked for, Alan Blunt. But Alex knows better – his uncle never took his seat belt off whilst in the car. His uncle is a bank manager and is never at home so Alex doesn’t know much about his job.īut one day Alex is surprised to hear that his uncle has died in a car crash and had not been wearing his seat belt at the time. So now Alex lives in Chelsea with his uncle Ian Rider and his house keeper Jack Starbright. Well the simplest thing – he had an ear infection so he couldn’t go on the flight.

His mother and father both died in a plane crash when he was a baby, you might be thinking how did Alex survive? In this book we are introduced to a fourteen year old boy named Alex. The first Alex Rider book brings you into a whole new world of spies – actual licensed teenage spies. 7 If you liked this… Alex Rider Stormbreaker book review

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