Goblins [Import] [Paperback]

Charles Grant (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publisher; TV Tie-in edition edition (1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 000648204X
• ISBN-13: 978-0006482048
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,938,833 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Lame, September 29, 2010

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zombie phreak - See all my reviews

This review is from: Goblins (Paperback)

This was not what I expect when I read an X-Files novel.

I never once felt any sense of urgency or concern for the characters in the book. Scully and Mulder felt like they were actors being played by people trying to mimic what they saw on the show. The supporting cast of characters was so bland and undeveloped that when one of them would die I would scratch my head and try to remember just who they were.

The "Goblins" were pretty boring too, not much to them other than they could change the color of the skin and they kept stabbing and killing random people.

Also, is it just me or did the author spend waaaay too much time talking about what the characters were wearing and what they were eating?

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Hackwork, November 11, 2000

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David Bonesteel (Fresno, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Whirlwind (The X-Files) (Mass Market Paperback)

This is the first X-Files novel I have read. I didn't expect deathless prose, but neither did I expect the writing to be quite so poor nor the plot to be so mediocre. This would make for a very average episode were it to be filmed for television. When I read a novel based on a television series, I want to see a story that puts the characters in situations that we can't see on the tube, be it for budget considerations, mature story content, or whatever. I haven't read anything alse by Charles Grant, but I understand that he has a reputation as a horror writer of some quality. If so, he must have cranked this one out in a hurry for the paycheck.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Readable, but the words "bland" and "generic" come to mind, July 25, 2009

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She Reads and Dreams - See all my reviews

This review is from: The X-Files: Whirlwind (Kindle Edition)

I've had this book for years, having purchased it back during the series run. Now that I've finally read it some 10 years later, I am certain I would have enjoyed it more back in 1995.

Others have pointed out that the writing is ho-hum at best, with awkward turns of phrase and more than a few typos (not the author's fault). There are a few moments of solid Mulder/Scully interaction, and the idea of the whirlwind itself is interesting.

Here is my dilemma - if this weren't an "X Files novel" then it would be a very ordinary book. The story line is okay, the execution of said storyline a bit off, some of the plot points a bit too pat, some of the characters a bit too stereotypical. However, if this weren't an X Files book it wouldn't have been written the way it was. The real issue here is that I feel the author rested too much on his laurels as part of the X Files genre, knowing that it wouldn't have made the grade as a stand alone book.

I wouldn't bother with this book - most episodes of the series do it better.