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Summary: Excellent non-stop reading!!
Review: I had to wait for over a year for my local library to get Skin on it's shelves; it was well worth the wait. I finished it within 3 days, maybe soner if I could find any other time to read besides night. This book is recommended for all people, whether you are an x files fan or not!!
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Summary: A great idea, but the characyers didn't ring true.
Review: I have to admit: I'm a huge fan of the X-Files show and books. But this book didn't do it for me. The government-conspiracy, paranormal-monster plot of Skin was a dead-on match for the show's atmosphere, but the vocabulary of Mulder and Scully as well as the depiction and desciption of places and events in the book didn't ring true. Whoever edits the X-Files books needs to work with the show's writers more closely to ensure true continuity.
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Summary: A competent, but not great book on tape
Review: I heard this as a book on tape. It was narrated by Bruce Harwood, who portrays the most 'normal' of the conspiracy-addicted threesome known as 'the Lone Gunmen' on the X-Files TV show. Harwood does a competent, but ultimately uninspiring job of narrating the story. In fact, this is also a decent description of the book as a whole. It is okay, but not great. The characters act like they are supposed to, but those wry comments from Fox are mostly non-existent and Scully is just not quite right throughout most of the book.
The plot itself was okay. The ending was a bit anti-climatic.
It's entertaining, but not great entertainment.
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Summary: ick... sorry i bought it :(
Review: I love the X-Files, but this book did nothing for me. It was meandering and obtuse. Maybe worth checking out of the library to flip through... but save your money on this.
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Summary: Mediocre Adventure for me
Review: I read this book last year and didn't give it much thought after that. I'm a big fan of Kevin J. Anderson so I had reservations about taking in another author whose work I'm not familiar with. Anyway, the concept was quite interesting, especially the idea that it tackles Asian myths/legends. Then the story pretty much limps around after that. It's all medical jargons, reminds of that Hugh Grant movie, "Extreme Measures," only this deals with skin. If you're looking for the science fiction stuff that most x-Files stories are centered, don't read this one. I suggest you borrow someone who has this book rather than purchase one for yourself.
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Summary: Something's missing...
Review: I think that this book lacked the something that makes the X-Files the great show that it is. But it also had some great elements that made it fun to read- like the way it was slow in the beginning but the it really sped up in the end. And at one point I could almost see Mulder and Scully trudging through the jungle and going through the caves. What troubled me was the easines in their trip to Asia, not two words were spoken, they just left. I also think it could have been written in a little better way, but the plot was quite good.
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Summary: It would have needed something more...
Review: I think the plot of this book is OK, I could even say it's good. But still - something is missing. It doesn't have that something that makes the X-Files the great series it is. As an ordinary book I would have given 4 stars, but as an X-Files book - 3 stars. Also in my opinion the trip to Asia was not entirely credible, they just left for jungle and not two words were said.
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Summary: Disappointing...
Review: I was really disappointed with "Skin". It's the worst X-Files book, even worst than "Goblins"! The story is interesting, but bad-conducted by the author Ben Mezrich. Although the first chapters of the book are nice, the end looks like a James Bond film, it's awful! "Skin" doesn't look like a Mulder and Scully adventure at all...
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Summary: Poor characterization
Review: I would have given two stars to this book if not for the fact that it is not too badly written. The story is largely unexploited to any depth and the characterization is the worst. Names appear and disappear - but who cares?However some specific scenes are rather well described and this makes for a readable x-file. It might beat staring out the window waiting for your connecting flight, for example.
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Summary: This newest novelization of the X-Files gave me goosebumps!
Review: I would like to start by stating that I thoroughly enjoyed this latest novelization of "The X-Files". While I would still rank "Ruins" as my favorite of the six novelizations of one of the world's favorite television series, this one certainly ranks up there. As I read the book, I could see the plot easily transferred into a two hour movie version of the series. With his first novelization, author Ben Mezrich (reportedly hand-picked by creator Chris Carter to pen this novel) does an excellent job of creating an X-File that is part scientific (for Agent Scully) yet paranormal enough to fire the interests of Agent Mulder. In the end, the reader is left with some blanks to fill in and the storyline does not completely resolve itself, the hallmark of a true X-File episode. The plot itself maintains a steady pace with enough twists and turns to keep the reader interested, yet does not confuse with too many diversions. Likewise, the characters are written to describe them physically, and yet insight into their personalities and motivations are provided mostly from observations of their actions and their words. The reader is not buried under paragraphs full of endless streams of consciousness rife with the motivations and desires of each character. But we are permitted almost as much a glance as perhaps is afforded Agents Mulder and Scully from their interactions with these characters. The agents themselves are characterized true to form. The author seems to feel more comfortable with the Mulder character. He describes his feelings of excitement and almost delight over the possibility of an X-File puzzle to explore, as well as providing us with plenty of witty "mulderisms" to produce a smile and giggle. Agent Scully is portrayed as more a slave to science, as well as to humanity, who seems to generally tolerate Mulder's forays into the unbelieveable, but does not dismiss them totally. Their well-oiled partnership, filled with trust, support and respect, is portrayed well in this novel. However, "shippers" beware, this novel has been deemed "noromo" safe. From the streets of New York City to the jungles of Thailand, Ben Mezrich has taken our favorite duo, as well as their reader, for a spine tingling ride, guaranteed to give your skin goosebumps.
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