X-Men:
Smoke and Mirrors
By
Eluki Bes
Shahar
Is that a cool
cover by the Hildebrants or what? They sure can draw the Marvel
heroes like no one else. This particular novel had several layers
to it. On one front you had Rogue attempting to find a cure to
her mutant power. Another plot element involved the U.S.
Government tracking down a band of young new mutnats. The third
plot element involved Wolverine tracking down a very cool new
female Weapon X. Now when you have that many plots going, it's
hard to devote much time to all of them. Unfortunatly the most
intersting got the shaft.
In my opinion the Wolverine and Weapon X plot was the most
interesting. This new character seemed so cool,yet wasn't in the
book that much. Instead Shahar decided to devote most of the
novel to these new mutants and them being tracked down. These new
characters were fair and better than average throw away
characters. The subplot that involved Rogue finding a cure from a
"Sinister" doctor also should have been developed more.
I'm giving this book two out of four web heads. If the author
would have expanded these two plot lines and deleted the new
mutants, the book would have been much better recieved.