Stormbreaker - Anthony Horowitz

      This six weeks I decided to read the book Stormbreaker, by Anthony Horowitz. This book was first published in 2000. It is an fiction adventure book that is based around spies. It is a very suspenseful book that will make you want to keep reading more. The story begins with a boy named Alex's uncle's funeral ceremony. When Alex is told to go to where his uncle worked he finds out that his uncle was a spy and how he died. The overall theme of Stormbreaker is that revenge is bittersweet because Alex didn't get revenge on the man who killed  his uncle. And to not trust everyone because the police lied to Alex on how his uncle died.

      The story is told in a third person limited point of view. It is third person limited because you are only able to see what is going on from Alex's perspective. The plot is centered around Alex, the spy agency Alex is working for, and Sayle Enterprise. The intended audience is for adolescents. It is for adolescents because it contains information about the latest technology and how the technology is being used in schools. This book would be considered a action adventure novel. It would be  an action adventure novel because Alex is forced to solve problems in order to get the information that he needs. Anthony Horowitz kept me interested in this book by having action on almost every page and never knowing what will happen next. 

      This book had a very big effect on my life. This book taught me that not every thing is as good as it looks. Also if you do something wrong it might come back to haunt you in the future. For example in Stormbreaker one of the main characters was bullied as a child and when he  became an adult he made a plan to get back on the people that bullied him. One idea that changed after reading this book was to always be nice to others. I would defiantly not want to live in the world that Alex is living in because if you do any small thing wrong you will be punished for it. This book reminded me of the James Bond series of books.

      I enjoyed this book very much. There were a few things that I did not like about Stormbreaker. I did not like how the story ended. I thought that Anthony Horowitz should have added a little more information on the end. Although I did not care for the ending of the book I would recommend this book to any person who likes action and adventurous book.


Ben Jankowsky
11/5/13
4.25/5