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Summary: Excellent companion to the series
Review: Alias is a top-notch show. I was worried these books wouldn't live up to ther show. They really do. Any details coveres on the show are thoroughly maintained in the book. Plus, you get to hear Sydney's inner voice and what she's thinking. Very cool.I highly recommend the entire series.
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Summary: Fun, Light Read
Review: Being a die-hard fan of the show, I have read the other books in the Alias series, but had a bit of trouble finding this one. It was an amusing, fast read, but I thought it was lacking in plot. All Sydney does is hang around in a castle while her co-inhabitants are picked off one by one. The real action does not happen until the very end of the book. I thought the scene showing how she gets to know the hunky Burke was the high point of the book.
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Summary: Mystery worth reading
Review: For those new to Alias or even want an extra glimpse (pre-Alias) of Sydney Bristow, this prequel is worth reading. It sets up Sydney as we know her, but still new to the job as a spy. The descriptions of the Scottish castle is creepy enough. Something of a traditional mystery and spy novel. Sydney does get a chance to kick some major butt, too.
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Summary: After 2 Good Books, This One Falls
Review: I am very sad to have to give this book a bad review. I loved the first two, especially the second one. But this one just wasn't interesting. It doesn't do anything with Sydney's character development. It just focuses on her first "real" mission, which turns out to sound like one long game of "Clue!" (Was it Mr. Mustard in the library with a candlestick?...) Book 2's mission in Paris was much more exciting & true to the feel of the show. In this mission mostly people are sitting around talking - ver slow, very boring! I kept waiting for something to develop, but it never did. So you can trust me when I say, go ahead and skip this one! You won't be missing anything! I will still be purchasing Book 4, in the hopes that this was just an aberration.
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Summary: After 2 Good Books, This One Falls
Review: I am very sad to have to give this book a bad review. I loved the first two, especially the second one. But this one just wasn't interesting. It doesn't do anything with Sydney's character development. It just focuses on her first "real" mission, which turns out to sound like one long game of "Clue!" (Was it Mr. Mustard in the library with a candlestick?...) Book 2's mission in Paris was much more exciting & true to the feel of the show. In this mission mostly people are sitting around talking - ver slow, very boring! I kept waiting for something to develop, but it never did. So you can trust me when I say, go ahead and skip this one! You won't be missing anything! I will still be purchasing Book 4, in the hopes that this was just an aberration.
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Summary: Good
Review: I enjoyed the show and I a just now starting to read the books. Not a tone of action here, but a good pov of what is going on, inside. Read it, watch the show, you will enjoy them.
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Summary: Finally Something Different
Review: I love Alias the show and the books. Yes it is true that this one is a little different from the show and other books but I think that is a good thing. This one has a bit of a mystery inserted into it, that kind of reminded me of those oldfashioned mysteries. I think it was trying to be like clue or Murder on the Orient Express on purpose. I don't want the books to be exactly like the show. The same old missions would get boring. Also this one was more of a grownups book while the other ones were very teenager. If they want grown ups to read these books they will do more like this, or even more grown up like a longer Robert Ludlum story. This one still had the young college parts. But it did have funny parts with Francie and a good one with her dad (in memory). I think the Alias books should keep surprising us just like the show does.
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Summary: Excellent!
Review: I waited awhile before I got "Disappeared." At first, the story starts out a bit slower than I expected: Syd gets sent to a summit of villians to delegate control over a country whose gov't was weakened. The fun starts to happen right towards the end when her cover is blown. I'm starting to notice a trend in the prequels... and that is Sydney gets her cover blown way too much. I know she's a rookie agent, and perhaps the writers are trying to show that she's human (which makes me love the character more), but how many times can a person blow their cover in the course of being a spy and live to tell the tale??
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Summary: Progress
Review: In my last review I stated that the Alias books had just been juvenile for people who watch Alias. Well this book is not necessarily longer or harder to read but it does feel more like Sydney is an adult and not some bubble popping valley-girl. I would say that the authors are moving more towards the series that the fans want to read. The book starts with Sydney being offered her first solo mission. Noah however speaks up and says that she is not ready for this mission and just to prove him wrong she accepts the mission. Her mission is to go undercover to a meeting between all the villains of the world. The ending is very surprising, but one suggestion I have for the authors would be to leave the readers with a cliff hanger. One interesting thing that the authors are doing is putting in other people's thoughts at the end of some chapters. For instance we learn that Noah has the same feelings for Sydney that she has for him. This is a wonderful strategy because it helps move along the series plot. I am going to be honest with you. I can not wait for the next book to come out. In this book the authors have made progress with making the series more adult but there is still more progress to make. I am giving this book a four out of five. But if the series continues to 'grow up' then the books should be on their way to all fives. ----------------Colby Anderson
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Summary: Recommended for fans of the show...
Review: My favorite TV show is Alias, and I also really like like the books. I'll keep this short. These books are nice because they are fun to read, action packed, suspenseful and they fill in the beginning of Sydney's story. The only thing that I miss from the show are all of my favorite characters. None of the following appear in these books: Vaughn, Will, Marshall, Jack or Weiss. Its pretty much just Francie (and tiny cameos from Sloane and Dixon). But I guess these characters will come into play later on. Enjoy!
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