Good story, poorly executed
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This is the first X-Files book i've read, and the only one - therefore i cannot compare it to the other efforts. But here are my thoughts about the book: It's a good story, with good characters, and a good atmosphere. And i thoroughly enjoyed reading it (as someone else stated, its a 2-day read). But, i felt that the author seemed somewhat amateurish - the similies and metaphors seemed very contrived, and far from captivating. And most dissapointingly of all, i thought Mulder and Scully were left completely unexplored in both their characters and relationship. As an x-file this is a good story, I write this at 18 years of age, but i'm sure the book would be accessible to teens of 14+. But i don't only watch the x-files for the story - i also watch it for the legendary M and S - and they are very poorly written in this book. Scully has two emotions: stern formality, and extreme distress. And mulder is even worse: he either suffers from complete indifference, or some sort of condition whereby he reacts only byh raising his eyebrows to every comment that every other character makes. Don't expect too much and it won't dissapoint.
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Impossible to put down
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One thing I liked about this book is that it seems to have been written so that it could easily be made into an episode - plot wise and time wise. A lthough the book is a relatively quick read, the plot is intelligent, dark and gripping. The authors power to convey the situation to the reader is very strong and the characters are spot on.
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As far as it goes, it's perfect
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I read this book when I was about thirteen, so I don't know why I'm commenting on it now, three years later, but here goes. Anderson was my favourite of all people to ever write X-Files spin-off novels, and this is my favourite of all. It's an entertaining little two-day read, and actually quite exciting when you get into it. It's a shame that the jacket blurb tells you half the plot--my advice is to just get on in there, start reading the book and nothing else. You won't be disappointed.
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A briliant read, the best yet, I think
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I read this book in three days flat, but don't take that to mean its badly written, its very well-written and you might tink Anderson knows Mulder and Scully himself! Definitely the best, that or 'Ruins'...
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Frightening and sublime!
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The best X-Files novel to date! This book goes one step beyond `Ruins` which was the best novel I read last year (1997) and is very well written again by Anderson. `Antibodies` is a wonderful book because of the brilliant and, as anticipated from The X-Files, clever storyline. The story commences very well and consolidates once Mulder and Scully are seperated at a particular point. I have to say that the first three novels were rather disappointing but `Ruins` and `Antibodies` are brilliantly put together and I now eagerly look forward to the next X-Files novel which will hopefully be as good as the previous two.
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