Finished Book

Today, I finished Scorpia Rising by Anthony Horowitz.  I think that it was a great book and a perfectly fitting end to the end of his amazing series.  I plan to read and enjoy his other books as well.  After where I left off in my last post, Razim and Julius tried to frame him for killing the American Secretary of State who was making an anti-British speech.  The plan was to have Julius, Alex's look-alike with a great shot, kill the Secretary of State.  Then, Eric Gunter, a person working for Scorpia, would bring Alex to the spot and shoot him in the head before they would both run.  Then they would blackmail the British government using their Horseman File, proof along with some fake material put together to prove that Alex was an MI6 agent and was connected to the shooting, to get their Elgin Marbles.  Instead of this plan working out, Alex saved the day.  Again!  He escaped the captivity of Eric Gunter and ended up killing him with a knock to the head.  After that he made his way to the vantage point where the shooting would take place and stopped Julius.  He ended up getting into a gun-fight with Julius that led them outside until Julius got hit by a car and Alex shot him.  After that he pretended like he was Julius and got into Razim's fort along with the CIA and took him out.  It was extremely compelling.

     What I felt was really cool was how the author included the literary technique of Dramatic Irony.  Dramatic Irony is a moment of great drama in a story where the reader grasps the situation, but the main character has no idea of what is happening.  An example of this is when Romeo thinks that Juliet is dead in Romeo and Juliet and poisons himself.  The reader know that Juliet is actually alive and is saying don't do it, but Romeo has no idea.  Authors use this technique to build tension in the plot-line.  It happens all throughout this book when Razim and Scorpia set up their plan and Alex falls right into it.  I think that it is great that the author just based a whole book on Dramatic Irony.  I think that it is really fun reading how Alex picks up clues an false clues on his journey throughout the book.

     I really love this style of writing and wish that more books were written this way.  By the way Alex lives and Happy National Curry Week!