Scorpia

I am currently reading a book Scorpia by Anthony Horowitz. The plot shows a typical protagonist – antagonist conflict, which leads to a change of the main, positive character, Alex Rider, into bad. His father is killed by an assassin and now he wants to kill his father's murderer.  To do this, he joins a worldwide terrorist group Scorpia. Ms. Rothman, who is the head of the Scorpia organization, told Alex false information about his father’s killer. That information changes him dramatically. From an innocent, smart and the non-violent boy he was, he became an angry enemy, who wants bloody revenge on the person who killed his father. The thing is that Alex never met and basically didn't know his father. It surprises me how a boy like him could change so quickly by one piece of false information. How deep are the feelings of the revenge or there is something else behind. Looking for his father’s killer, I think he wants to learn more about his father. To make sure Scorpia could trust him he behaves like he doesn't care who his father was but only about his vendetta.  At first you do not know the truth. Personal grief blinds and makes people obsessed with their mission. Is Alex going to become a gruesome terrorist? Although it is possible, I think he is just trying to find more about his father. Finding who he was may help Alex to find who he wants to be. The conflict between Alex and Scorpia, or between Alex and Ms. Rothman is at the end a conflict between justice and injustice, between good and evil. That conflict has to be resolved first in Alex’s heart. Finding revenge should not be done against the law. Braking law, even in a “good case” is a crime. I hope Alex will stay on the right side.   

The Other Boleyn Girl: Betrayal

History fiction is an interesting genre. You know the basic facts, but do not real people's feelings. A talented author goes much deeper than historians and tries to tell the story from another point of view. A human point. "The Other Boleyn Girl" by Philippa Gregory is filled with human emotions, expectations and feelings. These real, human feelings are just as simple as yours and mine, but they changed the history.  
Anne, Mary's sister has just betrayed her. She is trying to seduce the King into marrying her. You can imagine what Mary's feelings are. She is angered just the same as Anne was at the beginning. Her parents on the other hand are happy since their first plan was to make Anne the Queen. Mary does not give up so easily and she is trying to seduce the King as well, still hoping to become the Queen. In this book, there is not even one chapter that doesn't introduce you to a new conflict. For example, one chapter is about the rivalry between Mary and Anne, another chapter is about an unknown person, who poisoned the Cardinal. Later in the book we learned that Henry, the King, desperately needed a heir for the throne. Everyone is looking to fulfill his or her selfish needs. Just as today.
There are no easy answers at the time. People's emotions are running high again and become the reasons for their actions. The people hate Anne because she kicked out the Queen Katherine from her throne. Mary is angry at Anne and hopeful that the King will spot her again. The Boleyn family is both happy by Anne's progress but angry at Mary for just forgetting about the Boleyn family promise. What a exciting story! I love the history fiction. 

The Other Boleyn Girl

I am currently reading The Other Boleyn Girl. Although some might say it's more of a girl book, I think it is a very interesting and intriguing book. It is about two sisters who are going against each other to become the queen of England during Henry the VIII. Dazzled, the narrator and the main character Mary falls in love with him but realizes her family's scheme to make her sister Anne queen. She then goes against her family for love and take fate into her own hands. I remember them making a movie about the book but I didn't see it. I really want to though.
Emotions are running high when Mary fights against Anne to be the queen and love Henry. Mary is very scared of what will happen. She knows that her parents might exile her because she defied them. She knows the king might choose Anne instead of her but she will fight on. Anne along with the family is very disappointed and angered by Mary's betrayal. Mary's father wants to exile Mary and take her Boleyn fame but Anne wants to give her a chance. First Anne was angered but she saw the King also loved Mary as well so she played with Mary, also against her parents. Now, she is devising a plan to get rid of Queen Katherine, the Kings wife so either she or Mary could marry the king. That is just plain evil there. Wealth could lead to horrible things.