The second book we read was suggested by someone from the reading group at Hackney Central Library. There was some doubt at first at Stamford Hill - the cover looked a bit dodgy, and the blurb wasn't very enticing. It was agreed we'd give it a go though, when someone said her brother had read it and had then gone mad over it, and read all the others in the series.
The story of a newly orphaned teen who gets tangled up in a cool secret world of spies and danger, 'The Recruit' doesn't really break new ground in terms of subject matter. What got everyone's attention though was the fantastic (and often gruesome) detail of the writing, the vivid way action scenes leapt off the page, and considering the plot, how realistic it seemed.
Perhaps most striking was how the lead character wasn’t an obvious ‘hero’, but someone who made mistakes and even did some things you’d expect only a ‘baddy’ to do. It was noticeable, too, that there were a number of girls in the story who were active and properly rounded characters, and not just there to make him look good.
Much enthusiasm, then, for ‘The Recruit’, and it got an over all score of … 9.5
Well this book was very interesting as the story was unexpected not like other books where main character is always famous and nice person or very powerful. In every chapter the character's life changed whether it gets worse or better- I recommend you to read this book, to find out. I ranked this book 9 out 10 as it was not boring at all!!! But the ending of this book could be more excited rather than all other books happy ending.
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