Avenger (Boy Soldier) |
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Andy McNab, Robert Rigby
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Pages: 304 (Hardcover)
ISBN: 0385608055
Pub: Doubleday
Pub date: 2006-05-04
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 82617
Reader Reviews:
WOW! (1/1 people found this helpful)
What a terrific series this is, not just for teens, but for adults as well. Having read everyword McNab reads, frankly I find him manic depressive, but this series is brilliant. I suspect that Mr Rigby is the true brain behind it.
Looking forward to "Meltdown", but isn't Danny getting a bit old to be considered a boy? Puts one in mind of Harry Potter.
Well done - great thriller.
Bad start but a great book! (8/10 people found this helpful)
This book has a bad start; it feels like it is aimed at a child and that I am back at school, and the plot seems utterly implausible. About 5 chapters in, you are ready to give up.
Then the book or I suppose the author, clicks!
What follows is a very exciting read. Unlike most spy novels which fizzle out towards the end, this is truly climatic with strong progression throughout the book. Close to the end you can not turn the pages fast enough. Moreover, the book leaves you with some profound questions around the price we have to pay for our security which you will take away long after you put the book down.
At The Of His Game (4/7 people found this helpful)
McNab is one of the best writers that i read at the moment he keeps astonishing the world with these amazing novels. i ordered this book 3 months before it came out and was anxious to read it that when it turned up i couldnt put it down. and i have just ordered the next McNab book "Recoil" Big praise for McNab for is work and please keep on writing these amazing novels.
An exceptional novel (6/7 people found this helpful)
Avenger, more than even the first two books in the Boy Soldier series, completely blew me away. Congratulations to the authors firstly for choosing to tackle such a controversial subject and secondly for doing it so well - their treatment of the suicide bombers theme is fundamentally sensitive and consequently the plot itself is even more gripping but also scarily relevant. I think this is a really important book for adults and young people alike and needs to be read. I can't wait for the next one - I only hope it won't be the end of the series.
SAS (Seriously Addictive Stuff!!!) (11/11 people found this helpful)
A very well written third novel in an exceptional series of thriller/action books. I read the first of these novels ('Boy Soldier') to screen it before giving it to my 12 year old son, (the series being aimed at the 'teen' market,) but now we're both addicted. 'Avenger' is darker, deeper and even more thought provoking than the previous two novels of the series. The principal characters have developed in such a way as to draw us into their world, and to feel and live every moment of their complex lives, almost as if we were there along side them ourselves! Wonderful stuff!! A great read and a great series. Highly recommended for ages 12 to adult. A true page turner through and through! Thank you again Messers McNab and Rigby!! Roll on May '07 for the next installment!
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