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lil814's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
I love the X-Files and always enjoy reading more about the universe. This collection was interesting, a bit hard to rate because some of the stories were excellent and truly in the vein of the show, while others were a miss. But I always enjoy catching up with my favorite FBI agents. Most of the authors did a great job representing Mulder and Scully accurately, which was a plus throughout the anthology,
jjahnavi's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
It's nostalgia for the x-files series that pulled me to this book. It's the first x-files book I've read.
I enjoyed the ride :)
The editor has done a fine job of sequencing the stories - the first ones hooked me adequately, some of the middle ones were a drag but not a waste of time, and the last story (and specifically, it's last lines) was perfect to sum up the x-files secret agendas. Kudos to the editor!
Loved some of the stories, liked all of them.
I enjoyed the ride :)
The editor has done a fine job of sequencing the stories - the first ones hooked me adequately, some of the middle ones were a drag but not a waste of time, and the last story (and specifically, it's last lines) was perfect to sum up the x-files secret agendas. Kudos to the editor!
Loved some of the stories, liked all of them.
nobodyspoet's review against another edition
2.0
My rating stats on this one are fairly informative to the overall experience of slogging through this book. I DNF'd four stories in comparison to only one in each of the previous volumes. This one's were Harris's Thanks and Praise; Schmidt and Corcino's Border Time; Gresh's All Choked Up; and Ochse's Grandmother Black Hands. There were a total of 6 stories that clocked in at 2.5/5 or lower--Beard's Desperately Seeking Mothman was the worst offender, and barely clung to its 0.5/5.
The thing is, the writing isn't even that bad, it's just that everything is so dreadfully boring. The cases in the ten referenced stories above are so uninteresting I failed to find any of the magic of the X-Files in them. That said, I can't give specifics as to what I hated; frankly, I don't remember much of anything about it.
Of the five stories I did enjoy, I thought Ivanoff's Eye for an Eye (4/5) to be best written, and Holder's A Scandal in Moreauvia (3.5/5) to be the most fun. If only they'd received the exorbitant page count as some of the other stories for their pacing to be fleshed out, they probably would have rated higher. They each embodied that special something that reminded me in the best way of the genre-bouncing nature of the show.
All in all, I can say without a doubt I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone, fan of the show or not. There just isn't enough good to outweigh the utterly lifeless.
The thing is, the writing isn't even that bad, it's just that everything is so dreadfully boring. The cases in the ten referenced stories above are so uninteresting I failed to find any of the magic of the X-Files in them. That said, I can't give specifics as to what I hated; frankly, I don't remember much of anything about it.
Of the five stories I did enjoy, I thought Ivanoff's Eye for an Eye (4/5) to be best written, and Holder's A Scandal in Moreauvia (3.5/5) to be the most fun. If only they'd received the exorbitant page count as some of the other stories for their pacing to be fleshed out, they probably would have rated higher. They each embodied that special something that reminded me in the best way of the genre-bouncing nature of the show.
All in all, I can say without a doubt I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone, fan of the show or not. There just isn't enough good to outweigh the utterly lifeless.
nikinonsense's review against another edition
4.0
Some stories were great. Some didn't make sense for the time period they were in. The last one was set in 2002 which was after season 9 so it didn't make sense that they were still FBI agents. And there were a few that were out of character (especially the one from Scully's POV.) But the others were all great.
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