Agent of Chaos
(X-Files Origins)
by Kami Garcia
copyright 2017
read in July 2019
thriller, fansonly
rated 5/10: readable but only if there's nothing else
First, an admission: I am not a fan of the X-Files. I did watch a couple of episodes, they struck me as being direct steals from science fiction stories that I had read. Still, the series was characters as much as stories.
This book is a story of Fox Mulder, a story of the beginning of his belief in the weird stuff. He meets a nutty alien conspiracy theorist and guess what? It all appears to be true... Lightweight, illogical, easy to read.
The book is full of references to the tv series. Fair enough, the book is a post-written prequel to the tv series. As a non-fan, though, some of it seems pointless and contrived. And stupid like a thriller... Fox is being "managed" by an all-powerful super-secret agency. All very exciting when gradually revealed in a tv series, rather ridiculous in the one relatively short book.
Fox himself is an idiot. A super-smart idiot. Think Sheldon Cooper but chasing murderous villains rather than scientific truths. Where Sheldon can embarrass his friends, Fox unthinkingly puts his friends in danger.
The book is interesting -- even for a non-fan -- for its insight into the Fox Mulder character. The plot is either embarrassing, or aimed at quite young teenage readers.
The book is readable but I wouldn't bother. Unless you're a fan.
==== Dr Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper
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==== Dr Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper
Agamedes Consulting / Problems? Solved.
===
"Dogs also bark at what they do not know" … Heraclitus
===
dying for you to read my blog: notdotdeaddotyet.blogspot.com.au :-)
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