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Agent of Chaos by Kami Garcia

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ruyanda's review

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adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

ethrone's review against another edition

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2.0

i'm gonna write a proper review shortly, but just know that i love fox mulder with all of my heart and i wanted to like this book. this book is just impossible for me to like, unfortunately.

rossakamcfreakyd's review against another edition

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5.0

Okay, I'm not going to lie, I LOVED this book. LOVED IT. I'm sure I could find tons of things wrong if I dig deep, but my little X-Files loving brain was having none of that. There are just enough references to things and people that bring you back to the original series. I want a MILLION more of these.

hannahgee's review against another edition

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3.0

This was a young adult book about Fox Mulder in high school. I really wanted to like it, and I did, but not like I love X-Files. The story was interesting, but I think it was a little unbelievable. There’s no way Fox would have access to the information he acquires, and he’s somehow way smarter than the actual FBI agents working the case. If you can get past that it’s a nice little story of young Mulder, and how he gets into his career, and even a little of his “spooky Mulder” tendencies.

pepperonipastrami's review

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adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

Really quick read and a nice little origin story for spooky Mulder

saeruh's review

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dark fast-paced

2.0

As someone who LOVES the show and was so incredibly excited when I found out about these books chronicling the teen lives of Mulder and Scully, I was very disappointed while reading this.
The overall story itself is kinda a monster/series killer of the week in book form and was just complex enough to keep me interested and wondering who was the killer. No, what truly disappointed me was the pure sexism displayed in this novel.
About 30-40% through, the reader meets Phoebe, Fox’s best friend whom he has a bit of a friends-with-benefits relationship with. Phoebe is the ONLY female character in the entire book. From her first scene, it’s emphasized how sexy this teenager is (I suppose Garcia was trying to show Mulder’s POV but it just fell flat) and how not like other girls she is. She likes nerdy things like star trek and D and D! She hates how vain girlies who wear makeup are! Mulder’s other best friend, comic relief side character Gimble, tells Mulder how much he loves to look at her ass and she doesn’t mind one bit because she’s not like other girls you know!
I get the source material (that of the show) is not always great, is definitely not progressive by any means, and followed late 20th century society morals rather than early 21st century ones but the writing felt so incredibly lazy and down-putting to women that I considered DNFing it.