![]() And then, you know what it feels like to have your family taken from you! Then, I'll kill Ayisha, then I'll kill Jack. What I want is to kill him while you watch. This book 2 in the series seamlessly continues from the first book, with no great changes in illustration style.I don't want your help. I never felt lost in the story and didn't have to comb through excessive dialogue just to get the point of the plot. Unlike other book adaptations I've read, the editors continue to strike a good balance between dialogue and images. The illustrations are again solid and the story very easy to follow. The villains are more over the top and Alex gets into quite a few physical scrapes in dealing with them. Point Blanc, on the other hand, is more about Alex Rider's ingenuity and inquisitiveness and feels more in line with the earlier Bond films. Stormbreaker was often about the gadgets and felt more like the modern Bond movies. Two of the parents have wound up dead and Alex needs to find out what is happening at the mysterious school. But a new job calls him back and he finds himself undercover in a remote Swiss Alps at a prestigious reform school for boys of wealthy parents. The over-the-top quality of the characters especially shine in the graphic format.Īlex Rider, fresh from uncovering the Stormbreaker plot, decides he doesn't want to work for Mi6 after all. As with the first graphic novel, the essence of the story is ably captured and the flow excellent. Point Blanc is another solid adaptation of the popular "young James Bond" series of books by Anthony Horowitz. ![]() Violence: Multiple action sequences, though they're not bloody at all.ĭrugs: Alex brings down a known drug dealer, whose lab is seen a drugged Coke smoking is seen.įrightening/Intense Scenes: Scary villain emotional intensity. Language: Name-calling two uses of the h-word. The Bad: The language and drug content that plagued the original is also still present here. ![]() Also, Sabina appears at the start, but only briefly. The Good: This is mostly true to the book, with one or two exceptions: The part about the rich business owner's teenage daughter is left out.but isn't missed that was my least favorite part about the original novel. Posing as the son of a rich business owner, Alex finds that the school is overly guarded, and most of his classmates seem to act exactly the same. Synopsis: Teenage spy Alex Rider is sent on a mission to investigate Point Blanc, a finishing school for boys. What am I saying? Gee, just read this one. When the two Alex appear and fight? Whoa, what a scene! They are so similar that you can’t tell who is the real Alex and who is the clone. Good for a half-day read in a lazy Saturday afternoon. The rest of the story, I will not reveal to you so as not to put too much spoilers in this review.īut I am not exaggerating when I say that this is a nice book with this pictures and drawings. He incarcerates the real sons and plans to free the cloned ones who follow every word he says. Hugo Grief is a madman who clones these rich scions of business magnates and powerful politicians so he can rule the world. Alex played the role of a wayward son of a rich man who has to be put in a far flung (as in on top of a mountain in the Alps) academy far far away from the civilization and they are not allowed to have mobile phones or to contact their relatives including their rich fathers. This one is lighter though because the protagonist is not a symbologist but an ordinary British young man who has his share of tantrums and teenage angst. This book is easy read yet it brought back memories of my teenage years or not so distant years when I was reading Dan Brown novels. Otherwise, I will become a philosopher or maybe a symbologist like Robert Langdon and run all over Paris or Washington in search of clues regarding a crime or a mystery and my weak knees would not allow me to do that.īlame it on Point Blanc for making me happy and when I am happy I tend exaggerate things. But, I don’t always look for philosophy and symbols in the books that I read. It may not have the philosophy and symbolisms that Alan Moore incorporated in the book for it to deserve a slot in Time 100. My first graphic novel was Watchmen by Alan Moore and comparing Point Blanc with that, Point Blanc is more enjoyable, engrossing and grappling. I loved this book because this is in graphic form and made my reading quite a different experience. Alex Rider is a fictional teenage spy created by British author Anthony Horowitz.
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