What did you think of this book?

[adrenalinrush]

The only thing I don't like about it, besides the mass amount of children that they would be killing, is the name. they said "kill people out of the open like an invisible sword" or something like that. it just seems like a pretty stupid name if you think about it, well, to me anyways.

[Rainbowstar]

well i think it's a great name really...cause a syringe(the one used to introduce the nanothingies) can be seen as a symbolic sword that stabs the children and basically leaves them to die

[flitwick880880]

Yeah. It's a great name because it is invisible to everybody and it is a weapon.

[ianreturns]

haha, that's funny.

okay, BOT:
when i read the part where alex said he woujld join scorpia, i was ready to stab the book. i was so relieved when i read the end. i know this is premature, but if they make a movie for this story i think it'll be rated PG-13/12A because Nile stabs the sword through the guy's head, Rothman literally gets crushed, etc.

my favorite parts when AH squeezed in those witty comments. for example:
"I'm perfectly qualified to give you an injection," Dr. Steiner said. He raised an accuseding finger. "You're not going to tell me you're afraid of a little prick?"
"I wouldn't call you that, "Alex muttered. He rolled up his right sleeve.

i had to read it twice to understand what he was saying

here's another part:
Mrs. Jones took up the story. "The gondola from underneath the balloon fell on her as she was trying to escape," she said. "She was crushed."
"I'd have been disappointed too," Alex muttered.

those two parts were quite funny  

Lol those were EXACTLY the two bits I was going to say I found funny! And yeah it took me several seconds to get the prick comment, but when I did get it, boy, I almost cracked up that second! Alex is such a cool character- I love the fact that he can make jokes in the most dangerous situations:

(ARK ANGEL SPOILERS)

When he's captured by Kaspar and his men and Alex meets the guy, he says "You'd be useful to have in a geography exam" or something like that  

I love the quote in Stormbreaker when Sayle says the jellyfish is a lot like him and Alex says something like "it's 99% water and has no anus."

Did anyone besides me feel that the tiger bit was uneccessary

[Rainbowstar]

i think the tiger bit is important to let you know what kind of people alex is dealing with.  not anyone has the nerve system that ti takes to keep a tiger

[FemaleFreeman]

Yeah - I love it when books throw in humour like that. I can't help reading that part over and over. I like the bit about the needle the most lol.

I loved the whole Scorpia book - first it made me hate MI6, then I got worried when Alex went to kill Mrs Jones (not for her - didn't like her - but because Alex isn't a killer!), then I liked them again! I really loved it when Alex met with Blunt after he tried to shoot Jones - like a bad boy being told off lol. I was shocked when he was taken to that meeting though!

Definitely my favourite book!

[scorpiaalex]

i think that this is most definatly the best book in the series because of all the elemnts he has to go thru!!! and i have them all lol an read them abt 3 times oers each lol this is the order in which i'd rate the books so far!

1) Scorpia
2) Eagle Strike
3) Point Blank
4) Skeleton Key
5)Strombraker
6) Ark Angel

I can't wait for the 7th book soon is too long lol!!! i'm going back thru the series again jus t kill time between books but late nxt year OMG it's too long lol o well i'll live lol

[Aiven]

Welcome to the board!

PS: could you try to reduce the size of your avatar please?

[whitenoise]

The book was good, but I think the series should of ended with Scorpia, with Alex dying. It's the fact that Alex is always lucky and maybe that time his luck had ran out.

[Rainbowstar]

yeah but i heard that Anthony horowitz wanted Alex to have a truely happy ending at the end of the series...

[aprildot]

I've been reading the books out of order because I get them from the library when I can. Anywho, I read Ark Angel before Scorpia and I was aching to find out how everything went down at the end of book 5. After reading Scorpia I was like, OMG! It was amazing, so intense. I loved it.

[redrose_blackribbon]

haha, that's funny.

okay, BOT:
when i read the part where alex said he woujld join scorpia, i was ready to stab the book. i was so relieved when i read the end. i know this is premature, but if they make a movie for this story i think it'll be rated PG-13/12A because Nile stabs the sword through the guy's head, Rothman literally gets crushed, etc.

my favorite parts when AH squeezed in those witty comments. for example:
"I'm perfectly qualified to give you an injection," Dr. Steiner said. He raised an accuseding finger. "You're not going to tell me you're afraid of a little prick?"
"I wouldn't call you that, "Alex muttered. He rolled up his right sleeve.

i had to read it twice to understand what he was saying

here's another part:
Mrs. Jones took up the story. "The gondola from underneath the balloon fell on her as she was trying to escape," she said. "She was crushed."
"I'd have been disappointed too," Alex muttered.

those two parts were quite funny  

thats one thing i really like about alex is the sarcasm. i always say things like that, and people just look at me funny.

[aprildot]

I would love to have sarcasm like that...I'm friends with people who are like that. I'm not quick enough though. I think of things later on though after the fact.

[Rainbowstar]

it's not that hard.  but the important thing is to realise that you can't do it with everyone.  A lot of people don't get sarcasm...

[James Knowles]

i loved this book so much that i managed to read it from cover 2 cover in 3 hours. the best AR book by far.