| Point Blanc (Alex Rider 2) | 
 enlarge | Author: Anthony Horowitz
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
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Avg. Customer Rating:  62 reviews
Sales Rank: 1641
Media: Paperback
Edition: New Ed
Pages: 288
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Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 1844280934
EAN: 9781844280933
ASIN: 1844280934
Publication Date: April 1, 2005
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 alex rider September 12, 2008
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.
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.
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.
One of his best books July 10, 2008
This is a great book. 5 out of 5. no doubt. Probably the best in the Alex Rider series. Fast, great dialogue and interesting.
This has to be one of the best adult/ young adult books out there. It comes close to FLEDGLING JASON STEED, but is better than the young JAMES BOND books. This makes CODY BANKS look like a comic.
Point Blanc is what made ALEX RIDER.
Point Blanc April 27, 2008
My book review is about Point Blanc. It was written by Anthony Horowitz. It is the second mission on the run!
Alex Rider goes on missions with MI6. First in Point Blanc Alex Rider gets into a crane and hooks it on a boat, because the man inside the small boat sells drugs. In the middle of the book, Alex got into the Point Blanc Academy because MI6 were suspicious that the school was involved in the death of two important boys that went to the school.
This book is action-packed, explosive and thrilling and it is an inspiration for you to overcome your fears because he is cool, brave, determined and he likes the taste of danger.
I really like this book and I think you should read it too.
Tom. Aged 8 years
 'Fiona friend' January 1, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
To be honest, I think the title of my review says it all. This is the response the good Mr. Rider gave as a suggestion for what he would do were he to find himself in trouble. He was, of course, at the time, living with an obnoxious young woman named Fiona. My point is, it is only worth using wit when it is funny, and this, to put it bluntly, was not. I got the impression that Alex was SUPPOSED to be dry and sarcastic, but All I saw was someone who only wished he was. This was a problem that I found occurred at the end of each chapter, which got rather tedious to say the least.
Of course, this is simply a single example of an overall poor writing style, which lacked skill, vocabulary and proof reading. I was sorely disappointed in just about everything.
 A GOOD BOOK BUT UNREALISTIC IN PLACES December 22, 2007
I have enjoyed all the books in the alex rider series and i like this book very much. I find the humor fuuny and unlike some of the sences in some of the cherub books it is sutiabal for all ages. My main critisisum of the Alex Rider series is that he does things that are unrealisic of a 15 year old kid with a BMX. Overall a good series but if above the age of 12 i would strongly recommend the cherub books instead as i find they are much more realisic.
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