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J2Rider
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« on: April 16, 2011, 09:06:29 AM »
It struck me while reading SCORPIA RISING that that book seemed like a horror book or movie. If I had a genre for this one it would definitely be a spy drama but also...a mystery. 
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mattmaster
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« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2011, 12:55:07 PM »
that just made no sense. huh
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scorpiash
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« Reply #2 on: April 18, 2011, 12:02:14 AM »
I always thought of both Alex Rider and Power of Five as thriller novels myself.
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« Reply #3 on: April 18, 2011, 08:30:31 AM »
yeah thats what i thought, but i dont think that its a mystery
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« Reply #4 on: April 18, 2011, 11:22:36 AM »
It's not a mystery because the reader knows exactly what's going on most of the time.
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« Reply #5 on: April 19, 2011, 01:24:54 AM »
Well it's always a mystery what the villain in the book is doing. I remember trying to work out the plot in Stormbreaker the same way i would if i was reading a mystery novel. But i still think it's thriller because they aren't exactly set up like mystery novels, you don't exactly have a whole lot of suspects for one thing.
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« Reply #6 on: April 21, 2011, 06:03:31 PM »
i never would of guessed what sayle was doing in stormbreaker
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J2Rider
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« Reply #7 on: April 22, 2011, 05:53:38 AM »
Quote from: mattmaster on April 16, 2011, 12:55:07 PM
that just made no sense. huh

Horror: horrible things happen to someone who has no control over the things. It usually takes place in a place that makes the person uncomfortable at best, tortured at worst: both apply here as AH paints Cairo as a horrible place to be in, even for an hour or so. In addition, horror also usually has us knowing the villains/monsters ahead of time such as this new novel. There is no mystery as to who the villains are: they are set up right in the first 96 pages or so, and Alex doesn't even appear before that. Does that MAKE SENSE?Huh??!!!!!
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« Reply #8 on: June 21, 2011, 04:35:37 AM »
Yes, I do now kind of see your point about there being an element of horror in the books, however that is not the predominant genre (in my opinion).
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« Reply #9 on: June 21, 2011, 09:08:54 AM »
it could be teen or thrilller
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« Reply #10 on: June 27, 2011, 08:05:45 AM »
I think it would go under Teen Thriller/Spy Fiction.
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