What has surprised you in the book? Why?
The part that has definitely surprised me the most was the crocodiles chapter. Alex is dangled over a river of crocodiles. If he lets go of the the rope he would fall into the pit of crocodiles. This is the way of the evil Desmond McCain torturing him to get information. This surprised me so much because it is such an insane way to torture a human being.
It also surprised me when he was crawling through an air duct trying to escape a fire. I would not have been able to think that fast. If i was in Alex situation I would have died right away. He ends up crawling out the other side of the building before it blew up. That is so surprising that he ends up escaping once again.
Which character would you like to be like? In what way? Why?
I would like to be the the character, Alex Rider because he is a spy and he is only 14. I am 14 and I haven't done anything close to what he has accomplished. At such a young age he knows how to knock out trained professional gourds. So far in the book he has already knocked out four people! He only does it with karate kicks and punches. In all 7 of the other books Alex is a spy working for M-I6 which is the London secret service. He is so useful to them because villains don't expect a 14 year old boy to be a spy. In all of his earlier missions he has been successful in saving the world and getting to be the hero. But after every mission M-I6 doesn't give him any credit or reward, just a brief thank you.
Most of the time I would want to be like Alex Rider because I would know how to fight and I could travel around the world. In some ways I wouldn't want to be him because in every one of his missions he is nearly killed at least twice. That part wouldn't be as appealing.