Scorpia Rising slipped past so many people's radars. Usually an Anthony Horowitz arrives with great fanfare. Certainly in our household, we wait eagerly, often knowing the release date, certainly amongst the first to buy it. Some people wait in line for Iphones, some for Horowitz's. But Scorpia Rising, the last of the nine Alex Rider books, came quietly, cheaply (£3.99 now £2.99) and without a fuss.
I bought it for my 13 year old son who then passed it to my 15 year old but I did not read it. I had no willing audience and I had an ulterior motive. I love listening to Dan Steven's voice. He is the reader and has been of all the Alex Rider's. We were in Portugal last week and as soon as the rental car rolled away from the airport, the disc started spinning. Eight discs later, I finished listening to the final chapter, the end of the Alex Rider stories. As sad as I am to stop hearing that lovely voice (he is amazing at accents - American, South African, Egyptian speaking English, Australian...), Alex Rider has run its course. It must very difficult to finish writing a long series of novels but Horowitz managed it very well. Unlike our hero Lemony Snicket who gravely disappointed the Junior Bookworm with The End, his 13th and final book in the Series of Unfortunate Events. Nothing was tied up and although, as in Scorpia Rising, a main character dies, it was still an open ended ending.
My only main criticism of this book is that he name drops products too much. Every gun has a name, every mobile is an Iphone, every helecopter has a serial number, a flying range, every bicycle, every camera. I think Horowitz must have been making a joke. I just don't know what it was.
Horowitz you have done well. Alex we will miss you. xxx
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