I Want to Believe

The X-Files, Book 8

De: Max Allan Collins

Narrado por: Patrick Lawlor

During a brutal winter in rural Virginia, women are inexplicably vanishing. The only clues to the bizarre disappearances are the grotesque human remains that are turning up in snow banks along the highway. A disgraced priest has begun to experience strange and disturbing visions connected to a terrible secret. But are the images haunting a fallen man of God to be trusted...or are they the deadly lies of a twisted mind?

It is a case right out of the X-Files. But the FBI suspended its investigations into the paranormal years ago. Ex-agents Fox Mulder and Dr. Dana Scully are the best team for the job, but they have no desire to revisit the past. The truth about these horrific crimes is out there, and only Mulder and Scully can uncover it.

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Included with my Audible subscription. Great!

I really loved this book. The x-files are great. I understood all the characters well, and the bad guys were solid. Being able to listen to this as a book included in my membership keeps me with audible.

Good ole X-Files

Sculls is even more hypocritical and dense than usual in this installment, but that's par for the course I guess. Narrator does a good job, as usual with Lawlor capturing the main characters voices/normal delivery fairly well, I thought.

4/5 Stars I Want to Believe by Max Allan Collins

Summary:
Dr. Dana Scully struggles with an emotionally heavy case, a young boy with a rare brain disease. The only way to save him is a very painful series of surgeries. Meanwhile, she convinces Mulder to help the FBI with a tough case that seems classically out of the X-Files.

Additional Comments:
- I think I saw this movie, but I remembered less of it than I did the Fight the Future one.
- This one is well after the X-Files closed. Mulder and Scully are partners/lovers but not married. They’re probably mid-40’s here.
- Mulder’s called in to consult on a tough, time-sensitive case involving a kidnapped young special agent.
- It’s a complicated case involving a disgraced priest who claims to have visions.
- The medical/normal side of this case is highly creepy. The paranormal side is par for the course.
- It’s good to see Mulder and Scully back in action, but it also feels like that ship has sailed. I’d almost rather believe they solved the last of the X-Files and road off into the sunset sort of thing.
- It’s good but not as good as the earlier books in the series. I’m not sure why it’s even considered part of this series because I believe the rest of the stories are originals as opposed to being based on movie scripts.

Conclusion:
A good story with X-Files vibes, but much like the beloved TV series, it feels like it’s trying too hard. (I don’t think I ever finished that series. I have it somewhere, I just never watched season 8 and 9.)

Fun stuff

The narrator did a great job, and I enjoyed the story. I recommend this book.

Better than the 2008 movie

I gotta say, as a lifelong X-Files fan, I hated this movie. Therefore I was reluctant to read the novelization. But as soon as I did I was very pleasantly surprised. It reads so much better. More detail. More explanation. More in depth look at the lives of Scully and Mulder. You can understand why their relationship is more strained than the movie can explain… and that makes it easier to accept. In this case, the book is always better, holds true.

vivisection

pretty decent title. less plot holes and a very interesting concept that should have been explored more

Smh… %*+#$@/€ Skully!!!

Just listened to all 8 books over the last 3-4 days. They all all SOOOOOoooo good! If you enjoyed watching the show back in the day, you will adore these.

*spoiler* I have always loved the Fox/Dana dynamic but in this particular story (#8) Skully comes over as a real C U Next Tuesday.

X-Files meets Dr. Frankenstein

An interesting story with a variety of interesting characters. Intriguing and suspenseful. There’s no hint of what the ending will show. Very typical Mulder/Skully interaction. Well worth the listen.

I really liked the book

However, I don't think I would have purchased it if I knew it was exactly like the second movie.

Another great story

In the tradition of the X-Files, this is another great story of Scully and Mulder.

Highly recommend this as book 8 have read them all, and fully enjoyed the stories.