I thought this book was cleverly written, from the view of a 9 year old boy - it is only because we have historical hindsight of the events that are being described by the boy, who does not understand, that the full story plays out in your imagination as the story unfolds.
I did not expect the story to end the way it did. I was gripped.
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Please dont let him write another. Great Britain has the worlds greatest authors.
Anthony Horowitz; Alex Rider, Jason Steed, Ravens Gate, Necropolis.
Joe Craig: Jimmy Coates.
Robert Muchamore: Cherub.
All three authors have proved themselves as being the best teen spy writers not only in the country but the world.
Joe Craig who brought us Jimmy Coates is also the couson of James Bond Actor Daniel Crag.
Yet we have comedian Charlie Higson and part time author writing the young adventures of the great fictional character in the world.
By Royal Command is slows. and has James out of character, fleeing the country. The chapters are slow and boring in places.
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I just finished reading Artemis Fowl and The Time Paradox and I'm happy to say that I really enjoyed it. It's difficult to sustain a series without it getting old and repetitive, but I think Colfer has managed it. Maybe it's because it's been a while since the last in the series came out, I don't know, but I loved it. I was gripped by the action while still learning new things about the characters and having a laugh along the way as well. Bring on the next one!
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I reallly enjoyed this book, like all of the series but i was shocked how they seem to have skipped the other books into making them into audio books i was really looking forward to listening to Maximum Secruity but it seems they have decided to only realese the new books not the old ones.
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This is a classic story for children, set in the 50's, it is about time, memory and friendship.
Tom, lonely and isolated as he is in quarantine, finds his way back in time, at night (when the hall clock strikes 13), to a wonderful old garden and a little girl called Hattie, who, to his curiosity, is dressed in old fashioned clothes. The two lonely children become friends and I don't want to give away the beautifully devoloped plot, but Tom slowly realises that Hattie is growing up, while he remains the same age.
The atmosphere of the story is both mysterious and engaging, as Tom slowly works out where he is and who Hattie really is.
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These audiobooks are brilliant. The voices and narration are wonderfully rich and varied, the stories are incredible and yet still credible enough to work. The pictures painted in the reader's imagination through the vocabulary used by the author are amazing - the reader can almost smell the smells, touch the textures and really *see* the colours within the scenes, and the narrator brings the books to life wonderfully. I now have all 7 of the Alex Rider books on CD, and would recommend any of them to anyone. They are suitable for teen readers, but also perfectly enjoyable for adults - I listen to them in the car on my commute to and from work, and it provides a very welcome distraction from the concerns of work!
This is a good book, good story, well written BUT. Why was Charlie Higson chosen to take on Ian Flemmings work? Why is it set in the 1930's. Danile Craigs parents where not born then? The modern James bond would have grwon up in the 1970's. Am I wrong. I think this is where Anthony Horowitz has come in. He has already wrote the Alex Rider series set in current time. Now he is writing the Jason Steed series set in the 1970's. So he would be a modern day bond that we now see on film. However Flemming people never chose Horowitz one of Britians greatest authors.
Back to Silverfin. No its not Harry Potter as some say here. harry Potter is better, this is good, a little predictable.
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Not as good as Silverfin or By Royal command, but nevertheless a great young adult fiction novel. Charlie Higson was getting as good as Anthony Horowitz but it does not have the action, shame he has a great name to use. Why Flemming Productions did not use Anthony Horowitz is just crazy.
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This is a great series. I think this as as good as Silverfin and Hurricane Gold, I did not care for 'By Royal Command' much, it was boring in places. Duoble or Die was a great real life story, James is up to his old tricks and meets up with an old friend and again has a girl falling for him.
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