Painful

Unbearably repetitive and forced. don't waste your time. the author has dumbed down the text so much and it feels like trading through a pre teen drama.

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Narrator destroyed it

The Reader either hates the X-files, never watched the show, or the producers had about $5 for a reader. I was taking risks since they have a return policy but I couldn't return this worthless garbage that, since I listen on my phone while I drive and it is illegal to touch the thing, I was seriously considering shoving my drawing pencils into my eardrums to MAKE IT STOP

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4.5/5 stars

4.5/5 Stars Antibodies by Kevin J. Anderson
The X-Files Book 5
Narrated by Patrick Lawlor
Run Time: 7 hrs and 48 mins
Summary: Is it a miracle cure or a deadly plague? This tale sets Mulder and Scully frantically searching the backwoods of Oregon to find a young boy and his mother who might be in grave danger.

Additional Comments:
- Nanotechnology is always fascinating, especially in an X-Files book, where it’s sure to wreck all sorts of havoc.
- This story might have a hair more action than the other books in the series.
- I enjoyed the pursuit of Jody and his mother.
- Have to love that the dog’s name is Vader.
- There are fun vestiges of sneaky government agencies within agencies. Have to appreciate the classic conspiracy vibes all over this one.
- Still a little weird to have the books feel so dated even though they’re scifi and paranormal.

Conclusion:
I forgot how much I loved this show (at least the first 6 seasons). Great series.

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Enjoyed

The experience of listening to this audiobook was similar to listening to an action packed comic book being read. A fun ride, and a part of the Audible Plus catalog.

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Really really good

As entertaining to listen to as watching the show. If you're looking for a good story. This is the one

Xfiles

I loved it, didn't think it would be as good as it was. read it

Good stuff

Antibodies was a good listen. I’ve listened to a number of the X-Files books thus far, and this one has been the best. The others were certainly fun, too, but the overall story and writing quality were better here. The villain was well done and sympathetic, and the author’s use of metaphors and analogies was quite good.

Disappointed

It takes a great talent to imitate the dynamics of a popular TV franchise. What works in the TV episodes (sequence hinting at the unbelievable, then Scully and Mulder trying to make sense of it all, shake and repeat) doesn’t work at all here. The reader knows everything before our fine duo begins to make sense of what is happening. No suspense at all. I’d write the same about the other novel of this series.
Narrator: meh. Neither good nor that bad.
Forgettable. Listening until the end was a personal struggle (bored to death) but I am the obstinate type.

Spoilers ahead

The build up and general mystery surrounding the "nano-critters", the deaths, and miraculous recoveries of characters was fun and interesting. I am no where near approaching a scientist of any discipline so I can't comment on any accuracies or inaccuracies, but I found the explanations generally engaging. My main issue with the story is what I consider to be a rushed and sloppy ending concerning them.

Suddenly, in the last ten or minutes, Scully and Mulder take Jodie to the hospital and after some tests, it's discovered that his critters have just disappeared. All of the sudden he basically says "Oh yeah. My dad said my critters would turn off after I was healed" or something to that affect. To my recollection, it's not mentioned anywhere else that Jodie's critters were altered or that that would happen. It felt like the author just did that so the kid could have a somewhat "normal life" because he's a kid I guess. That's slightly undercut however with the return of Vader though. I wasn't happy that it was implied that he died because I love a good boy, but it made sense for the "normal life" ending. However in the last like, minute or two he comes back out of no where! So, why did Jodie need to be spontaneously cured and "critter-free"? What happens with Scully and her reasoning is also a bit infuriating.

Mulder and Scully are characterized very faithfully in this book. I could always just picture them actually having these conversations in the show (of which I am a massive fan). If you know Scully, you know she's a skeptic, but here it's a bit ridiculous. She SAW Jodie fully heal from a gunshot to one of his lungs and likely his heart. All she, as a doctor, was able to do for him was to try to staunch his bleeding. After a bit, he wakes up and his bullet hole has a new patch of skin over it and the bullet gets pushed out of his back. She finds the bullet! Later when the critters are gone, she just kinda thinks "Well maybe it wasn't as bad as I thought. Maybe it just went through and through." Like what?! He would still need medical attention and recovery time. It baffled me that she was written to be THAT skeptical.

Overall, I liked most of the book, but the ending just absolutely stunned and baffled me.

Meet the CREATURE...

“AntiBodies” is a tightly constructed X-file that calmly reveals increasingly scary events as Scully & Mulder methodically track down the creation & escape of a monstrous ’mutation-plague' that could transform the human race into inhuman-mutations too hideous to look at without loosing a grip on your sanity.

However, that’s not the worst part... this 'mutation-plague' isn't just changing organic things like test-animals & human-subjects, it'll also infect the structure of ...well, of everything!

These mini-molecular-mighty-mite-machines cold take apart the very atomic-structure of the planet... and do it in only 2 or 3 days!
( The real bad news is it's true. Look it up. The “Grey Goo” theory is a hypothetical global catastrophic scenario involving molecular nanotechnology. )

Our dynamic duo has to race against time as well as a psychopathic ’shadow-agency' to find patient zero-human who’s infected and still alive... although, turns out to be a 'funny thing', see this 'mutation-plague' doesn't really care if your 'dead' or not. It’s created a nightmare monster that no known weapon will put down… permanently.
Boy, isn’t science just wonderful?

Yeah, now Mulder & Scully really have to believe, in each other… or it’s all over.