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Summary: Action packed and Lotsa Suspense!!
Review: Comments: This book was not as chair gripping as the first, at least not until later. It's plot was much like the plot of its prequel. Still it remained suspenseful and action-packed. A few surprising twists are on the road, but much of it is rather predictable, especially the main plot. Although there does seem to be some sort of prejudice in the book from the author. The first book and this one had their villians to be African or black. Is that a coincedence? Or is it racism? All in all, it was a rather satisfying book.Story: Alex Rider has become somewhat of a spy. After his first suspenseful and dangerous mission, he returns to his normal life, now craving the life of a spy. Longing to go on another adventure. His desire turns to reality. A school for rich kids who have problems, as in shoplifting, being expelled, etc., turns into something very suspicious. Alex goes in under cover as a student. He notices nearly all the students are different, yet the same. He has to find out what is going on and what the plot of an insane evil man is before it's too late. What Alex discovers may be more than he expected and more sick than thought.
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Summary: Assignment: Certain Death
Review: Alex Rider, the youngest spy ever recruited and forced into service by MI6--Great Britain's premiere espionage agency, returns in POINT BLANK with a vengeance. Only a few days have passed since Alex's last adventure when he helped catch the man responsible for murdering his uncle, Ian Rider, who had also been a spy. His excuses, a doctor's note no one quite believes, have barely been made before he's spirited off by Alan Blunt and Mrs. Jones, the head of Special Operations. Two deaths of rich and powerful men, one of them a personal friend of Blunt's, have triggered an investigation into the matter of those deaths. One man was killed violently while the other, a VERY careful man, apparently died by an unfortunate accident. The common denominator: both men had problem children, sons that were sent to a new school in France called Point Blanc. Blunt assigns Alex to infiltrate the school on a Search and Report mission. Once there, Alex discovers that the boys attending the school are all eerie, all acting like little puppets who answer every command of the creepy Dr. Hugo Grief and Mrs. Stellenbosch. In no time at all, Alex Rider fourteen year old spy extraordinaire is once more facing a grim and certain death if he doesn't use every ounce of cunning and intelligence he possesses. Anthony Horowitz is a novelist and TV writer. In addition to the two Alex Rider novels he's written (STORMBREAKER and POINT BLANK), he's also penned THE DEVIL AND HIS BOY, a historical thriller, THE DEVIL'S DOOR-BELL, NIGHT OF THE SCORPION, THE SILVER CITADEL, and short story collections, DEATH WALKS TONIGHT and MYTHS AND LEGENDS. He's written television scripts for POIROT and MIDSUMMER MURDERS, and recently created two television series for the BBC. The pacing in POINT BLANK rivals the breakneck speed shown in STORMBREAKER. The story yanks the reader along, as if daring him or her to keep up. Although the book is written about a fourteen year old spy, the prose is keen and precise, rivaling any of that in today's thrillers. The book can be enjoyed by young readers as well as adults, and for the very same reasons. The action sequences are some of the best, tight and intricately planned. Horowitz stays just this side of SF and blends the effect neatly into the spy story. His villains are definitely of James Bond caliber, unique and attention-getting while at the same time vile and loathsome. Alex's tools of the spy trade, delivered by his very own Q-type spy inventor, are neat and plausible. Getting to see SAS soldier Wolf (from the first novel, STORMBREAKER) again was great. It seems Horowitz is going to create a world for his young spy and keep it interactive, weaving threads in one book that will come to fruition in successive novels. There could be, perhaps, a little more dialogue in the book. Reading narration can be fun, but a reader's ears stay pricked for the conversations a character has. Of course, Alex isn't exactly overly verbose, but other characters could talk to him as well. And there needs to be a little more about Jack Starbright, Alex's housekeeper. So far, all the reader knows is that she is from America. What brought her to Great Britain and why does she continue to stay? Maybe the author has even more secrets to unveil. POINT BLANK is a wonderful novel of action and suspense. Any reader waiting anxiously for the release of Vin Diesel's new movie, XXX, or the new James Bond film will definitely find a story in this book to meet the driving excitement in those properties.
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Summary: Wow!
Review: I was just looking through some books when I saw the cover of Point Blanc. I thought it looked cool, so I picked it up and read the first two sentences. From that moment on, I knew this book was for me. I bought it and read some of it on my way home. I had finished it within two or three hours, it was so good. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes anything military at all. The first chapter is really brilliant, as is the whole book. The detail is fantastic, ecpecially on anything mechanical, such as cranes, guns, helicopters and aeroplanes. The book's starting chapther is amazing. Read the first sentance and your hooked on it.
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Summary: great! just one problem...
Review: I thought this book was really good, more interesting than its prequel, and fast-paced. However this book was way too much like Stormbreaker. I won't go into details but the plot was very similar, especially the scene at the end. I like these books so far and am hoping they won't become like other series such as Nancy Drew or Saddle Club- all the same. Other than that, the author lays on the "I want to be a normal kid" a bit too thick. It starts to get boring.
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Summary: anthony horowitz does it again!!
Review: this book is so great!!!!!! i thought the first one was great and this one was an awesome sequel...i thought at first that anthony horowitz did the same kind of storyline as stormbreaker but this one was a ton of twists and turns and the end is soooo mysterous that you have to read the next book in the series!
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Summary: A sequel shaken - not stirred
Review: Alex Rider is the youngest member of Britain's elite M16 spying agency. He didn't think it would be too bad, but it's hard to be James Bond when everyone thinks that you are too young to carry a gun. After barely surviving his last adventure Alex is back at school - but M16 has plans for Alex. Shipped off to Point Blanc Academy, Alex is about to face a dangerous foe. Dr. Grief - the academy director - has plans for Alex, plans that place him in danger. Alex has to figure out what is going on - before he becomes the latest subject in Project Gemini. This book is one of the best sequels that I have read for a long time. I loved the opening action scene where Alex manages to cause a lot of damage with a crane and a barge (I won't ruin it by saying anymore) - and the rest of the book kept up with that opening scene. I found that this book was more gripping than the first because it was tricky - just when you thought you had it figured out the author changed the rules. Girls and guys alike will enjoy this fast-paced, action-packed novel. I can't wait until the next book in this series comes out. I have also recommended these books to my brother who reads Tom Clancy and he enjoyed them too. The best part about this Alex Rider adventure is that the end will leave you thinking about the book for a long time (but if I tell you why it will ruin the ending so you have to read this book for yourself).
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Summary: Point Blank
Review: Point Blank is the most action packed book I've ever read besides Stormbreaker. Alex Rider saves the day again! Working for the british secret service, Alex is sent into the acadamey of Poin Blanc. Alex has only a few gadgets to save the world from an evil scientist. Once again Alex Rider must save the world. This time from cloning!
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Summary: Point Blank
Review: The book Point Blank is an action packed adventure story. It is about a 14 year old kid that has been recruited by M16 to find out if two mysterious deaths are linked to a prep school for troublesome kids. The school is located in the Swiss Alps and is only for the sons of the wealthy. The minute Alex gets there he feels there is something wrong but he can't figure it out. Throughout the rest of the book he goes around the school trying to figure out what is so weird about the place. He goes through some close calls along the way and it almost always seems he'll will get caught and fail his mission. The book has action in almost every chapter an it is hard to put the book down because you want to find out more about what is going to happen next. I recommend this book to anyone who likes action and mystery. This was my favorite book I read this year and if you decide to read it I hope it will be your favorite too.
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Summary: point blank
Review: Point Blank is the second in the Alex Rider series, after Stormbreaker. Point Blank is about a 14 yr. old boy named Alex Ride (duh) who is a secret agent for M16, the FBI in England. Alex is forced to go to a school to become a better boy but he actually goes as a spy. He goes as Alex Friend and pretends like he is all messed up. Then one night he hears his only friend at the school yelling and he sees the adminastaters at the schools carrying him down to the basement (where they are forebidden). Alex follows them and finds out the secret to the perfect boys. To find out the ending you have to read Point Blank!!!
This is a great book for girls and boys. It's a mystery/adventure. If you liked Stormbreaker, you'll love Point Blank. I liked how you went from one adventure from the next. You'll love POINT BLANK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: HEY YOU, YEAH YOU, READ THIS BOOK! BY: Wanda N.
Review: The 2nd book in the alex rider series is awesome. the descriptions of characters and gadgets seem to make this book play like a movie in your mind. In this book alex rider must pose as the son of a wealthy food store chain owner in order to get into the Point Blanc boarding school where only trouble wealthy kids go. after he arrives he soon finds out that things are not as they seem. Anthony Horowitz is an excellent writer and i would suggest the alex rider series to anyone who loves Spy adventures.
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