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Summary: Best comic-based novel I've read...
Review: I was pleasantly surprised by this book. I wouldn't ordinarily read a book based on comics characters (I read the comics for that), but I read this (and a number of similar books) during my big X-Men phase when I couldn't get enough of the mutants. This was by far the best. I think this was due to the fact that fighting was de-emphasized, which was a good choice since fighting doesn't translate well to prose. I enjoyed the team's interaction, and I loved the Ohio Mutant Conspiracy (especially rewind). The ending was surprisingly downbeat, but appropriate. Check this out if you like the X-Men, but are leary of the X-Men novels.
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Summary: It's not worth it.
Review: I've heard a lot of readers complain that the X-Men comics have become too convoluted to read. That there are so many stories going on in the books at present that it makes it impossible to focus on one character or write one story. That's the problem with this novel also! It looks like the author tried to tell us seven different stories all at once. Mr. Sinister's real role in the story is never clearly explained and the ending makes it feel like an empty victory. I did not enjoy this book.
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Summary: WOW
Review: Smoke and mirrors is right... sometimes, one can't see the big picture becaue of it. Okay, picture this. Someone finds a "cure" for mutation, and as it seems, it will become law to have the procedure done if you're a mutant. The Catch? You only have a fifty-fifty chance at survival. And strangely enough, no one can really pin point the person who supposedly discovered the cure, or what his intenions are. Into that pot, throw a couple off teens (mutants all) who are wannabe superheros, Mr. Sinister and what seems to be a resurection of the Weapon X project. Last but not least, have the X-Men try to save the day, and stop this from becoming law. Recepie for X-citement I'd say!
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Summary: It's Smoke and Mirrors all right...
Review: The book lives up to it's title in that the plot was very cloudy and the outcome of how everything turns out mirrored current stories in the X-Men comics...which is to say I never cared for the young mutant characters at all and yawned when they met their fate. I just did not care.
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Summary: I loved this book!
Review: The X-men are faced by a by big problem; The government wants to make mutants human- with dire consequenses! Plenty of action from Rouge, Gambit, & Wolverine! New charictors! Hidden agendas! Best X-book written!
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Summary: The X-Men attempt to unravel a genetic mystery.
Review: The X-Men attempt to stop a bill from being past that will make being a mutant illegal. The book introduces five young mutants that are entertaining refreshing. Chapter art is done by Roger Cruz (the artist of X-Man) and adds flavor to the book itself.
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Summary: could have been better
Review: This book could have been much better the focused to much on the ohio muntant conspiracy. also not near enough action.The fights with wolverine were cool though.
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Summary: I loved it ,for the most part.
Review: This book was well written, but some of the events that happened to the teens upset me it's like killing off a main character.
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Summary: A Great Novel for Fans of the Comic
Review: This novel brings the magic of the comic to simple words. While some of the action moments loose from having no pictures, the gains of only words make for great reading. Proffessor Arnold Bocklin has discovered the specific gene for mutation, and a way to remove it, albeit with a high mortality rate. Now, with the probable passing of a bill that calls for forcing medical procedures, the X-Men have to do something, before they are all forcibly changed to humans or dead. Of course, becoming human isn't such a bad thing to some mutants, especially Rogue, who is torn between desperately wanting to lead a normal life and kiss Gambit, and staying a mutant with the joys of family the X-Men bring. However, the choice is torn from her as a plan to locate the labs goes awry. An excellent sub-plot follows a group of kids, as they try to escape from agents planning to test the process on them. This novel is excellent, especially for fans of the Gambit-Rogue romance. Scenes of the two of the together abound, including Remy distraught over his lady-love.
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Summary: what a phenomenal book!
Review: This was _such_ a well-written book! This book captures the sense of both fun _and_ angst that made the X-Men great in its heyday. And I _loved_ the Ohio Mutant Conspiracy! (Bes Shahar brings them back in Book 3 of Time's Arrow, sort of.)
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