Point Blank by Anthony Horowitz
    Book Review
Some novels or other pieces of literature draw the audience into the story as if they were a character, leaving readers on the edge of their chairs. Authors accomplish this by using descriptive language, suspenseful plot twists, and other elements in their writing. The novel, Point Blank, by Anthony Horowitz is not one of those books.The story was about a young Mi6 agent named, Alex Rider, who faces tough challenges while on a mission in a boarding school for over privileged delinquents. In order to accomplish his mission, he must find who is responsible for the tragic death of two very wealthy aristocrats whose children go to the same boarding school up in the mountains.
As exciting as this plot may sound, the story is ruined by the author's over stretched and not humanly possible events that take place in his writing. For example, during the story, Alex attempts to catch a drug dealer named Scrila, who lurks around a public school in London. During this event, the author uses words which describe Alex’s actions and vocabulary as if he  is an adult. He also exaggerates the events in the story, and describes things that the main character which would be impossible for a human to do. For example, Alex hijacks a crane and successfully picks up the boat, or house, where Skrilla lives, and attempts to land the boat in front of a police station. Unfortunately, he is unsuccessful, and drops the boat on a building and demolishes it. This scene would have been impossible, and this can be supported by my father who is a construction executive; he manages the construction of many high rise buildings located in New York City. My father states, “precautions would of had been taken by the builders to insure that an incident like the one described in this novel would never happen.” In addition, the ending of the novel is predictable, because Alex Rider novels are written as a series, so as the reader, you know precisely  how the “cliff hanger” ends. The only thing the book made me think about when it ended was, “why didn't the author make this novel last book in the series.” Hence, in my opinion, the plot of this novel was not thought out well and researched properly by the author.