A review by bookgirl4ever
The Alex Crow by Andrew Smith

3.0

Multiple stories, two happening at the same time and one a prelude to the main story arc, are woven together to create a complicated story. The main character is teenager Ariel, a refuge who has been adopted by American parents. His new father works for a tech company that unethically experiments on living creatures, including humans, to create living weapons. Ariel and his new brother are sent to a camp run by the company. The camp is pretty awful, the boys have no idea why they were sent there until they do some exploring. Another thread is the melting man who hears the voice of Josef Stalin, who wants him to kill everyone he comes in contact with and keep a deadly objective in mind, and 360, who keeps up a constant commentary on the melting man's every action. The third story line is an expedition in the 1880s that is stranded on an iceberg by the North Pole. As the book progresses, each story comes together.

Mature teenage boys.