#Alex rider audio books series
Scorpia is built as the most dangerous villain corps in all the book series and I didn’t enjoy Hearing it brushed aside. Early on in the book, the term ”more evil than Scorpia” was tossed around and I found myself quite annoyed at that. This book fleshed out Gibraltar and let us long time fans learn more about a very interesting location from the old series, even keeping faithful to the minor details that only a minority of people would notice.
Seeing Alex pretend to be Julius was an absolute delight and completely turned the tables in a very entertaining way. This story wasn’t created, it feasibly was going to happen anyways. None of those points were created in this book, and that’s my point exactly. A new threat appears, and mrs Jones being the new head of MI6 has to fight it, along with establishing her presence among the other secret services of Britain, and uses Alex under the cover of a recently deceased Julius to do it. It does this in a way that isn’t forced or reluctant, but rather brilliant in that it takes all the remaining loose ends from Scorpia (Julius griefs death and Alan blunts retirement, mostly) and uses those to craft a new story that doesn’t feel forced in the slightest. Or indeed, never say die officially tied that story up and Nightshade focuses on Alex rider picking up the pieces after what you could call the main plot of the series if officially finished. Not only was I not disappointed by this book, but it exceeded my expectations to become one of the favorite books in the entire series (surprising for a reboot, I know) *SPOILER REVIEW* Nightshade follows what I would like to call the Scorpia plot of Alex rider stories. Enjoying myself, no doubt, but finding myself disappointed as my hands-down favorite book series seemingly dried up (like a lot of franchises do) with the disappointing and forgettable “Never say die” and the far flawed and cheesy “Secret weapon.” I planned on getting nightshade hoping that, at best, it would be better than the two previous installments. Review #2 Nightshade (Alex Rider #12) audiobook streamming onlineĪs a long, LONG time fan of this series since the very first book came out, I have been keeping up with the reboot of the series almost reluctantly.
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But I believe this is purely coincidental! Overall, great book! Maybe one day there is going to be a TV series about it! It is my sincere hope that future books could break out of this pattern – to give readers more surprises! 🙂 Also, there is a certain action scene that bears the resemblance of that of a certain 2007 movie.
There are certain elements of similarity between Stormbreaker (Third Act), Scorpia (around First to Second Act) and this book. I will try to make this as vague as possible in order not to spoil the plot, but I believe readers may understand after reading the entire book. Just some minor remark on what I think could be the areas of improvement here. We want to see more of Alex rise to the occasion and make the most out of whatever is available to him. Gadgets may make things too easy for him. It is also interesting to see how Alex improvise along the way without his usual gadgets. I personally like this way of story-telling – more dimensions, as compared to the linear story telling of Stormbreaker and a few other books. Traditionally, those characters are on the sidelines, and only Alex and his antagonists are the focus. Also, it is dynamic in the sense that this book is no longer just about Alex, but we see more character developments of Mrs Jones, Mr Crawley and various other characters.
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I believe what is particularly remarkable about this book is that this book was written like a movie script rather than a sequential narrative, it has clear scene cuts and built-ups, and with a very clear Three Act Structure (and interesting Bible reference!). I’m really glad that Nightshade, following the footsteps of Scorpia Rising and Never Say Die, continues its departure from the “traditional” “Alex Rider formula” which are prevalent from Book 1 to Book 7. The only reason for me to leave this comment is hopefully Mr Horowitz could notice it and take into consideration for his future Alex Rider books. Disclaimer: personal opinion only! Please take it with a pinch of salt.
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