![]() MI6 comes calling and Alex Rider answers the call though he would rather not. The second outing for our reluctant young spy. Point Blanc (2001) (Alex Rider #2) by Anthony Horowitz. The fire and not knowing which is which - very creepy. But then it's not like M16 really care - I mean he does call for backup and they ignore him. And as for him feeling all alone - aren't psych evals a requirement of spy work? I mean really - he's a fourteen year old boy - he should definitely be required to talk to someone about what the hell he's going through. Mainly because it's not really his fault he's not there - he didn't exactly sign up to be a spy. It really sucks that Alex keeps having to catch up on his schoolwork. I probably would only rate it 4 stars these days, but I'm going to stick with my original rating for posterity. Still they're great books with lots of action. But to my adult eyes, it seems like he's getting by more on luck than pure ability. I also remember Alex being a lot more talented than he is. MI6 and Alan Blunt and Mrs Jones make me so angry. ![]() Alex is a lot more jaded than I ever remember him being. It's kind of funny reading them now - I don't quite remember them being so depressing. Since I'm in the middle of a Cherub reread I thought I'd come back to Alex. ![]() I must have read the first five books like fifty million times. ![]()
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