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aceofknaves88's review against another edition
4.0
An excellent X-Files story. Perhaps a whisker too long (like five to ten pages) but other than that a good read with close to nothing I would call extraneous.
lauriereadslohf's review against another edition
3.0
I listened to the abridged version of this book.
The story reminds me very much of something Dean Koontz could have cooked up. It is fast paced (this author apparently doesn’t share Koontz’s proclivity for longwindyness) and tells a story of a boy and his dog infected with a cancer, gun-shot wound, burnt to a crisp curing, form of nano-technology. Don’t ask. My pea brain can’t comprehend it. Anyway, one of the scientists who worked on this technology is also infected with these nano-critters. But he went and infected himself with the bad kind (duh!) and instead of fixing whatever ails him they make him break out with big tumorous lesions and whomever he touches dies of plague-like symptoms. Why? You got me. Plague-man is desperately searching for the boy and his dog because he believes their blood will cure him. The boy, dog and their mom are hiding. Along the way he touches a few people and grossness occurs.
Scully, Mulder and The Smoking Man make a few appearances but this story doesn’t bring them to life in any exceptional way and it lacked Mulder’s morbid sense of humor. The book would’ve rated much higher if these characters came alive a bit more. Overall it was interesting, a little icky and very sad at times. It reminded me of a classic X-Files episode without the Mulderisms.
The story reminds me very much of something Dean Koontz could have cooked up. It is fast paced (this author apparently doesn’t share Koontz’s proclivity for longwindyness) and tells a story of a boy and his dog infected with a cancer, gun-shot wound, burnt to a crisp curing, form of nano-technology. Don’t ask. My pea brain can’t comprehend it. Anyway, one of the scientists who worked on this technology is also infected with these nano-critters. But he went and infected himself with the bad kind (duh!) and instead of fixing whatever ails him they make him break out with big tumorous lesions and whomever he touches dies of plague-like symptoms. Why? You got me. Plague-man is desperately searching for the boy and his dog because he believes their blood will cure him. The boy, dog and their mom are hiding. Along the way he touches a few people and grossness occurs.
Scully, Mulder and The Smoking Man make a few appearances but this story doesn’t bring them to life in any exceptional way and it lacked Mulder’s morbid sense of humor. The book would’ve rated much higher if these characters came alive a bit more. Overall it was interesting, a little icky and very sad at times. It reminded me of a classic X-Files episode without the Mulderisms.
squidbag's review
3.0
Reads like an episode of the show, so it's great for getting a fix of something you really can't get anymore. Both main characters are written really true to their voices on the show, and while the main villain is a little predictable and sluggish, he's fascinatingly gross and monsterish enough that it carries the day and the narrative. A good weekend read.
thebookishace's review
3.0
Reads about as well as you would expect. It's pretty much fanfic, but it's not bad for what it is. Mulder and Scully are mostly in-character (but they're not as well handled as in the actual show), and the story is something I would expect on an episode of the show, if a bit weak.
However, there's way too much product placement, the descriptions of the virus get a little too gross, and most of the other PoV characters were kind of irritating. I did like the bits with the mother and son, but everyone else aside from them and Mulder and Scully bored me. Dorman was the worst offender, because most of his chapters were just gross, and I probably would have skipped them if he wasn't such an important part of the story.
It's a decent read if you like X-Files, but if you're not a fan of the show, it's probably a pass more than anything.
However, there's way too much product placement, the descriptions of the virus get a little too gross, and most of the other PoV characters were kind of irritating. I did like the bits with the mother and son, but everyone else aside from them and Mulder and Scully bored me. Dorman was the worst offender, because most of his chapters were just gross, and I probably would have skipped them if he wasn't such an important part of the story.
It's a decent read if you like X-Files, but if you're not a fan of the show, it's probably a pass more than anything.
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