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X Men Smoke And Mirrors

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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.

*Note--contains spoilers.*

Eluki Bes Shahar is certainly one of the better writers Marvel has gotten for their novels. Ms. Shahar manages to both do justice to established characters, such as the X-Men and Mr. Sinister, while bringing life to new creations, such as the wonderful "Ohio Mutant Conspiracy." The only flaw I could find was the Wolverine-like woman; it seemed to detract from the rest of the work. Otherwise, highly recommended for Marvel Comics fans.

This wasn't a bad book. I for one liked the introduction of the younger kids, but It could have foucoused more on the X-men themselves. Rogue was portrayed fairly well here, all in all not bad. But if your looking for a light read..read elsewhere it's heavy. I'd reccomend it for any X-men collection though.

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.

I thought Smoke and Mirrors had an interesting plot. The Children OF THe Atom were trying to stop a law that was called the Emergency Intervention Bill from being passed. It wanted complete control over mutants. I think it got confusing when Mr. Sinister explained to the X-Men what his plan really was becausing he was posing as a scientest.

i thought this book was pretty good. it would have been a lot better if the author didn't include the younger mutants. i think it just should have focused on the x-men. i was bored with the younger mutants and i really felt that they never should have been included in this book. but other then that i loved it.

i thought this book was pretty good. it would have been a lot better if the author didn't include the younger mutants. i think it just should have focused on the x-men. i was bored with the younger mutants and i really felt that they never should have been included in this book. but other then that i loved it.

Great reading. If not for the cover art you would not know the villians id. till near the end.

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!

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.)