Hurricane Gold (Young Bond) |
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Charlie Higson
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Pages: 384 (Paperback)
ISBN: 0141322047
Pub: Puffin Books
Pub date: 2008-05-28
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1494
Reader Reviews:
James Bond vs Alex Rider vs Jason Steed vs Cherub (0/0 people found this helpful)
This is a great story, again Charlie Hidson has us on the egde of our seats.
The story has a very similair theme to the Young James bond book Hurricane Gold. In Skeleton Key Alex Rider and Hurricane Gold Young James Bond, both teen hereos are on a hot tropical island owned by a villian, both villians want to adopt the young teen heros, despite the youngsters trying to spoil there plans. Both villians let the boys go. However both are fast paced and good reading. Its a shame they have followed the same pathm but if you are into Alex Rider, Jason Steed, Cherub and Young James Bond this is still a great book.
Great Book, although similair story to Alex Rider Skeleton Key (0/0 people found this helpful)
Great fast paced book, James is a true hero, the downside is the story is just like Alex Rider Skeleton Key. However that said, its probably one of the best Young James Bond book.
I cant get enough of the Young James Bond, Alex Rider, Jason Steed, Jimmy Coates and Cherub books.
10 out of 10.
Best young bond yet (1/2 people found this helpful)
A truly fantasic book, it has good humor realistic caracters and a very good plot. This book is defiently well worth a read and my only minor critisisum would be that it is a tad predictibal and you can kind of guess what is going to happe hence the 4 stars not 5. Over a good book thats well worth a read well done charlie another great bond!
Very well written (0/0 people found this helpful)
I thought this was excellent. I haven't read any of the Fleming novels and am by no means a James Bond fan but have been looking for something to read to my impatient nine year old which won't bore me to death and these books have fitted the bill perfectly. I've enjoyed all of them although I would say that this and Blood Fever are the best. The Eton stuff in the other books was getting a little wearing and it was entirely absent here.
What has most impressed me is how well written they are. They are clearly aimed at young readers but I think Higson writes very fluently. Certainly, purely as a writer he is superior to Anthony Horowitz although that may be something to do with the speed Horwitz must churn them out.
Heartily recommended.
Amazing on the outside, weird story on the inside (1/2 people found this helpful)
This is the oddest Young Bond book of all of them. There is a lot of confusion in the plot, and a lot of things that just don't make sense.
I'm sorry, James Bond is great and everything, but if you like gripping actino books you should read the Cherub series by Robert Muchamore, The Jimmy Coates series by Joe Craig and of course the original - the Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz. Young Bond is just an impersonation of those other series.
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