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Post by omega on Jun 2, 2017 11:39:19 GMT
I got a sort of Dan Brown Inferno feel from the synopsis, mentioning the various international locations. I'm a great believer in telling a story because it's meant to be told, not because a popular series is demanded to be perpetuated. Scorpia Rising provided a natural conclusion to Alex's journey, one that didn't demand a sequel. I was astonished to see on this very thread about the existence of Never Say Die. Deathly Hallows was always the intended conclusion to the Harry Potter series (important seeds were sowed as early as the second book), so it's not like Never Say Die. If anything, Never Say Die has more in common with The Cursed Child as an unexpected follow-up. There's a difference between the intended story arc and picking up on where the last entry left off, working with where characters were known to be last or whose fate was ambiguous. I wonder if Anthony Horowitz will ever do an Adult Alex Rider series? I don't know how Never Say Die ends as I'm just over halfway through, but his primary objective in the book is to {Spoiler}find Jack, who he believes is alive. If you have a character who has put behind him what the series needs him to do, then you can only pull out the deeply personal motivations for so long before they become an excuse plot.
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