Alex Rider was just a normal 14 year old living a normal life with his uncle, Ian Rider, and his uncle's housekeeper, Jack Starbright. Alex's parents died in a terrible plane crash years before and he was left mainly with Jack because Ian was always out of the country for "business". Tragically, Ian was discovered in his car, dead. Before he knew it, Alex was picked up by MI 6 - Britain's secret intelligence agency. At their headquarters he was told that his uncle was really a secret agent who died during a mission that MI 6 wants Alex to complete. Alex reluctantly accepts and has to race against time to complete the mission his uncle started; a mission that will have catastrophic results if he fails.
This book had me hooked from the very start. However, it got to the action a little bit too quickly--leaving little time for exposition. Throughout the entire book I was confused about exactly how to picture Alex, which was a bit of a problem for me. Also, I thought that part of the book was insignificant to the whole story, and appeared to me to just be a page filler. However, the action scenes were very well written and were very vivid.
I would probably grade this book with an A-. Although the action scenes were vivid, they were quite short and I would have liked just a tiny little bit more. Everything else was great. I recommend this book to anyone who is looking for a bit of excitement. This book is an easy, but enjoyable read for most. Though I have not yet read the rest of the series, I plan to and anticipate that they will be just as entertaining as this book was.
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