Snakehead vs Stormbreaker: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Rider, Terrorism, Spies, Orphans, Spy Fiction, Young Adult
Snakehead
What goes up must come down, and when we last saw Alex Rider, he was as up as can be—in outer space. When he crash lands off the coast of Australia, the Australian Secret Service recruits him to infiltrate one of the…
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Stormbreaker
They told him his uncle died in a car accident. Fourteen-year-old Alex knows that's a lie, and the bullet holes in his uncle's windshield confirm his suspicions. But nothing prepares him for the news that the uncle he…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Stormbreaker is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 7 for Snakehead.
- Stormbreaker has the widest readership — 1012 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Snakehead | Stormbreaker | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.2 (138) | 4.2 (295) |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (119) | 3.7 (247) |
| Google Books | 4.5 (51) | 4.5 (30) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (336) | 4.5 (1012) |
Reception
| Snakehead | Stormbreaker | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 336 | 1012 |
| Editions | 25 | 51 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 310 |
| Reading it now | — | 17 |
| Written reviews | — | 22 |
| Wikipedia attention | 2404 | 8213 |
| Pages | 406 | 229 |