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Alex Rider and the boy
Sep. 29th, 2007 07:14 pmThe boy is currently reading the Alex Rider books by Anthony Horowitz, which is youthful spy fiction in the mode of James Bond (alas not Smiley).
Its lead to very interesting conversations, such as the history of MI6, some of which I'm sure the boy listens to for the first few minutes and then tunes out.
Today, after finishing the second book (and starting the 3rd) he announced that the first two books had basically the same stuff happen -- Something happens, Alex goes undercover and finds clues, he gets in trouble, to paraphrase the boy. This led to good discussion on formula and genre. Which ended by the boy saying these books need more action. Which just led me flabbergasted.
I need to investigate to se if we'll let him watch the movies. The graphic novel for Stormbreaker was fine but did skirt the boundaries of violence for a 7 year old.
Its lead to very interesting conversations, such as the history of MI6, some of which I'm sure the boy listens to for the first few minutes and then tunes out.
Today, after finishing the second book (and starting the 3rd) he announced that the first two books had basically the same stuff happen -- Something happens, Alex goes undercover and finds clues, he gets in trouble, to paraphrase the boy. This led to good discussion on formula and genre. Which ended by the boy saying these books need more action. Which just led me flabbergasted.
I need to investigate to se if we'll let him watch the movies. The graphic novel for Stormbreaker was fine but did skirt the boundaries of violence for a 7 year old.
