Review Of Anthony Horowitz's 'Oblivion'

Oblivion by Anthony Horowitz is an impressionable book with a story so immersed with

suspense and action it rivals any Michael Bay film. Written by the same author of the Alex Rider

series, Oblivion is the final book of The Gatekeepers series. The gatekeepers are five teenagers, Matt,

Pedro, Jamie, Scott, and Scarlett, who learn that they have powers that they must use to defeat the Old

Ones, beings that want to destroy the world. Every installment of the series tells the individual story of

each gatekeeper and how they have been torn from their relatively normal lives into a fight to save the

world against the Old Ones. Oblivion takes place where the five gatekeepers are united for a short

period of time, are again separated …show more content…
How the story constantly leaves the reader in a cycle of suspense as they don't know the fate of

the previous character, and relief as they transition to continue on another characters story left me having a hard time trying to put down the book.

My second reason why I have high regards for the book is because of how non cliche it was.

was satisfying for me to finally read a book series where I couldn't guess what was going to happen

next, had a lot of unexpected plot twists, and didn't veer off into a unnecessary love story plot line.

Oblivion in particular really wasn't what I was expecting of a final installment of the series. Usually

with majority of book series that I have read, the final book isn't as attention grabbing as the first book

and is rather the falling action after the climax of the story. Oblivion however is the climax of the

series with the previous books being the rising action.

My final reason for highly recommending this book as a must read is because of how it ended in

a perfect climactic way. For a good majority of books that I've read the endings were often