X-Men: Days of Future Past

Marvel Titan Books #2

by Alexander C. Irvine

In a dark and dangerous post-apocalyptic future, the mutant-hunting killing machines known as the Sentinels rule America with an iron fist. Almost all mutants, super heroes and villains have been exterminated. Only a handful remain to fight against their oppressive robotic overseers -and most of those are powerless, locked in mutant concentration camps. Now, Kate Pryde must travel back in time and warn the present-day X-Men of the coming danger - and hopefully prevent this horrible future from ever taking place! Experience the classic, genre-defining X-Men event like never before in this new adaptation!

Genres: Marvel, Comics, Fiction, Science Fiction, X Men, Time Travel, Superheroes

254 pages, Hardcover

First published May 20, 2014

About the author

Alexander C. Irvine is an American fantasist and science fiction writer. He also writes under the pseudonym Alex Irvine. He first gained attention with his novel A Scattering of Jades and the stories that would form the collection Unintended Consequences. He has also published the Grail quest novel One King, One Soldier, and the World War II-era historical fantasy The Narrows.

In addition to his original works, Irvine has published Have Robot, Will Travel, a novel set in Isaac Asimov's positronic robot milieu; and Batman: Inferno, about the DC Comics superhero.

His academic background includes an M.A. in English from the University of Maine and a PhD from the University of Denver. He is an assistant professor of English at the University of Maine. He also worked for a time as a reporter at the Portland Phoenix.

Reviews

[Latasha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great storytelling and sound effects.

[nick • readbyray · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you want to hear my non-spoiler thoughts of this book, read on:

*this book comes out June 25th, I was sent this book but all the thought are honest and my own*

First Thoughts ✨
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I really enjoyed the start of this book, it really thrust you into the action scenes of X-Men and what they embody. We see them though, broken and crippled after years in a mutant concentration camp, which for me who’s an avid fan of the X-Men franchise was disheartening as they’re always portrayed as such strong and resilient people.

The Characters 🧚🏻‍♀️
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I thought all the character were great, they were very X-Men(y) and kept on fighting with little to no hope, especially the ones in the past. I didn’t get attached to any of the characters and that’s one of the things that brought my rating down.

Final Thoughts 💭
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I found some parts cringe as the characters were pointing out the obvious or making stupid decisions. Some of the writing felt repeated but just re-written which made my reading speed go down the drain as I felt I was reading the same thing over and over.

Overall; if you’re a fan of Marvel and you’re still getting over the Endgame trauma - I highly recommend this novel. It was fun and fast paced. Plus it’s less than 300 pages! ☺️

[Jeremiah Murphy · Rating 5 out of 5]

"PROCESSING ENJOYMENT OF AUDIOBOOK. READER 187: COMMENCE GOODREADS REVIEW."

OK, OK, I thought I could start this review by mimicking Sentinel-speak, but who likes reading a review that starts in caps. I loved this adaptation of Days of Future Past. I heard the author interviewed on the podcast, Previously on X-Men and was curious how Irvine turned two comic book issues into a novel.

"CONCLUSION: X-MEN 141-142 WORKS WELL. READERS, PREPARE TO BE AMAZED."

OK, I'll stop.

But seriously, I wanted to read a sequel to this book, what happens in the Sentinel Future? I liked the movie, but enjoyed this better. I think Kitty/Kat/Kit-Kat works really well as a central point of view and I really liked how Irvine wrote her.

I remember as a kid, reading the "collected" trade paperback of this story, and really liking all the touches of the "future." Irvine manages to embellish those details and writes a good story.

I don't know if it was because this audiobook had a full cast, but I was also impressed how Irvine captured the voices of all the characters. He made the Blob interesting! Who does that!?

Also, I liked all the geographical detail of New York City. I've lived in NYC and all the street names and subway stations made the story come alive. I've walked on those streets! I'm not as familiar with DC but appreciated the details of the Senate building.

***Burning question: So, what IS the relationship between Nightcrawler and Mystique, do we ever get an answer and where can I find it?

***Also: what are some other good stories where Magneto is a hero? I always like stories when villains shift to being heroes (whether by choice or unwillingly). This reminds me of the Marvel Zombie story line on Ultimate Fantastic Four, where Magneto is defending the last few humans from all those horrible zombies. I also remember liking when Magneto took Professor X's place back in the day.

***And another thing: Are there any stories where Kitty and Colossus are grown up and happily married?

[Donald · Rating 5 out of 5]

I noticed that there had been Zero reviews for this and so I thought I'd go ahead and let others know how I felt.

I literally just finished this book not even 3 minutes ago. I've been glued to it since I got it. It's a pretty quick and fast read. But very engaging. I very very much enjoyed this prose novel! Just a warning for those who have seen the movie and might think this is related. They bare the same title and have the same basic plot. But this is not based on the movie. It's based on the comic book version. Which was equally as great! This was great because it gave more insight to what the characters where thinking and feeling. Reading about some deaths just crushed my heart and I felt the pain. I bought the rest of the newer marvel prose novels in hopes they are just as good as this! I'm not sure which to start next. I also own a lot of the older marvel novels and have read a few of those.

You won't be disappointed with this and I highly recommend buying it! I loved the movie, the comic and now this!! The only downside to this is that it couldn't keep going. As In I didn't want it to stop. I have read that the author is possibly doing another based on age of apocalypse! I really hope so!!! Enjoy!!!

[Jorge Atencio · Rating 4 out of 5]

Awesome Adaptation of the Classic Storyline. It’s amazing how much Marvel has done with what was originally a two-part 42 pages comic book story. There’s something about the prose narrative that makes it more intense. This is the first time characters like Robert Kelly are understandable. Some very interesting changes on the original story that makes the novel even greater.

[Wayland Smith · Rating 2 out of 5]

Let me very clear about why I'm giving this book a low rating.

The original story, from Uncanny X-Men 141-142, was great. There were elements of Terminator, but a lot more to it than than, and Chris Claremont and John Byrne did a fantastic job with it.

This had a lot of holes in it. Yes, what I'm going to list is, for the most part, nit-picky comic book trivia. But if you're writing a book based on the comics, you should know what you're talking about.

Among the many weird moments: Nightcrawler wasn't using a sword in fights at this point, his skin isn't blue (that's fur, hence one of his nicknames "Fuzzy Elf"), the Blackbird is a VTOL aircraft so it doesn't need runways, Kitty Pryde adopted the codename Shadowcat much later than this story, and Pyro is Australian, not English. It was also odd that, as a major fight broke out where Professor X was, he just got wheeled away instead of using his powers to help. These kept cropping up and knocking me out of the story. If I can keep all this in my head, a paid professional should be able to keep up with this kind of thing.

I am huge on superheroes, and really liked the original story. There were just too many mistakes in here. In addition to the trivia stuff above, there were formatting issues throughout, like words being randomly broken up by hyphens, and lines being mis-set.

If the idea of someone coming back from a horrific future to prevent it from happening appeals (and it's a recurring theme in X-Men, see also Cable, Bishop, and Rachel Summers off the top of my head), read the original issues or a collection of them. The movie of the same name had the general idea, but a LOT of changes. This adaptation, sorry to say, wasn't that good.

[Lori S. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent.

[Chris The Lizard from Planet X · Rating 4 out of 5]

X-Men: Days Of Future Past By Alex Irvine, is a book adaptation based on the Marvel Comic’s X-Men graphic novel “X-Men: Days Of Future Past”.

The story needs a little explanation so stay with me. In a mysterious event in Washington DC a Senator critical of the mutants as well as Professor X and Moira McTaggart are killed.  This triggers a rapid mutant back lash and the rise of Sentinels (huge armoured and deadly robots) who over the next twenty years have wiped out mutants and placed North America into a dystopian martial law. The last few heroes from the good old days are Colossus, Kate Pryde, Storm, Magneto and Wolverine with two children of former heroes in support. They hatch a plan to send Kate back to her previous self (when she was 13) to try and persuade the X-Men to try and change the present and save the future.

I really enjoyed Irvine’s approach where we get alternating chapters showing us events In the future and the past.  This allows for each to have their own style.  In the future scenes the story felt desperate with a background of ruined dystopian New York monuments and streets rampaged by gangs and Sentinels.  It comes across the last few Mutants have bonded and become a final defence for the world. Interestingly they all refer to each other by actual names such as Logan, Magnus or Ororo. As it’s the future then also anything can happen and here the approach means our heroes can die which when it happens and to whom is shocking and puts the characters final stand really on the line.  In the present we get a much more standard x-men story where the team rush to Washington DC to save Senator Kelly but find themselves in a very public battel against the Brotherhood. These scenes have more banter, more costumes and feel slightly more innocent as these are just heroes doing what they think is the best rather than battling for survival. It’s nicely balanced though that we don’t feel that either plot is too predictable.

I really liked Irvine’s ability to flow action and he makes battle scenes flow.  That can be battles between two super-strength opponents or battles between the elements. There are interesting combinations of powers and in the finale a very impressive sequence when Magento finally after twenty years gets to unleash his powers on the Sentinels which is operatic and really gives you the feeling of an epic clash jumping off the page.  The other thing I loved was the sense of character Irvine makes even the side characters like Senator Kelly come across.  I liked Wolverine’s cynical approach clashing with Storm’s more pragmatic leadership and really enjoyed the two versions of Kitty Pryde who swap timelines and their respective reactions to past and future - relief at seeing old friends alive again and terror as seeing the world falling apart.

Overall, This was a really fun read and for me really captured the feel of an X-Men adventure plus characters I know more from film than comics.  I loved the team dynamics and didn’t feel the loss of artwork impacted the tales.  If you’d like a bit more classic x-men adventure in your lives this is a great place to read.

[Freddy Cabán · Rating 3 out of 5]

This novelization was hard me to review. I bought this copy after having read the Days of Future Past story arc, originally written by Chris Claremont, several times over during my teenage and young adult years.

Alex did a great job extending the story that was encapsulated in two comic issues, that amounted to 40-something pages after the story was finished. I think Kitty Pryde and her adult self, Kate, were well written. Their parellel stories were by far the most engaging part of the novel. Other characters, such as Peter (Colossus), felt flat considering their ties to the story.

All in all, it was a fun read and Alex wrote the novel in descriptive way that made it hard to think you were reading a novel and not a comic book with amazing imagery.

[Keegan Schueler · Rating 3 out of 5]

Solid book overall that is a good telling of an iconic X-men story in novel form. Have never read the original comic storyline but know enough about it from film and tv to understand the premise being told in the story. The book does a good job at balancing the past and future plots throughout and makes both story’s worth telling. Is a very quick read which puts it down a star but it also is very to the point in every chapter without having any extra fluff to the story.

[Orlando Rodriguez · Rating 5 out of 5]

I accidentally held this version from the library instead of the original, so I was tempted to just return it. But looking at reviews, most people said it was very faithful to the storyline so I kept with it. I’m so glad I did. This reminded me of why I love the X-Men so damn much! The story really goes there and is non-stop from beginning to end. Absolutely recommend to any superhero fan

[Lucas Mendes · Rating 4 out of 5]

Uma adaptação bem divertida. A mistura dos temas clássicos (infelizmente atemporais) da luta dos mutantes contra o preconceito e a intolerância junto com uma aventura de ficção-científica é bem feita. Os diálogos tem a mesma obviedade do quadrinho original, e embora isso tenha seu charme, dava pra ter melhorado isso um pouco. Ainda assim, as expansões do material fonte são boas, os personagens são carismáticos, e o tom de urgência aliado a cenas de ação intensas fazem dessa uma baita leitura boa, acessível pra quem não conhece a história da HQ ou pros fãs interessados numa reimaginação decente.

[Wayne · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun and quick read that gives a bit more depth to the original graphic novels story. If you like the X-Men, you’ll more than likely enjoy this novel.

My main gripe is that the majority of the book is action; and sadly, that doesn’t translate as well to the written word as seeing colourful images in a comic does- but that may be just be me personally.

3/5
+Good Story
+Fun Characters
+Memorable Moments
-Book Spends Lots of Time Describing Action
-Feels kind of rushed
-Not a very satisfying ending

[Dave Tindall · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read the graphic novel of Days of Future past many years ago but this book adds much to the story. It gives more to what the characters are thinking and their motivations. if you've only seen the Days of Future past x-men film then don't expect anything the same. The book and graphic novel are infinitely better.

[Agung Wicaksono · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sebelumnya, 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' sudah pernah saya tonton filmnya. Sedangkan ini adalah versi novelnya yang saya rasa berbeda dari tokoh-tokoh dan jalan cerita di dalamnya. Di sini, tokoh utamanya adalah Kate Pryde yang hidup terpenjara di masa depan dengan para mutan yang tersisa karena yang lainnya telah dibasmi para Sentinel. Dari kejadian tersebut, mereka berusaha untuk mengubah masa lalu sehingga masa yang mereka lalui sekarang tidak terjadi. Mereka memutuskan bahwa Kate yang menjadi wakil untuk menjelajah masa lalu. Dengan kekuatan Rachel Summers, Kate pun berhasil kembali ke masa lalu saat ia masih tiga belas tahun.

Kate pun berusaha meyakinkan Logan, Storm, Colossus, dan lainnya bahwa di masa depan para Sentinel akan membasmi para mutan. Awalnya mereka tidak percaya dan mencurigai bahwa pikirannya sudah dikontrol oleh mutan jahat. Namun, secara perlahan, mereka mulai meyakini bahwa Kitty--panggilan Kate di masa lalu--memang benar. Dan, tokoh kunci yang harus mereka selamatkan adalah Senator Kelly. Jangan sampai ia terbunuh oleh para mutan yang benci kepadanya atau masa depan menjadi kelam seperti yang Kate rasakan.

Di sisi lain, tubuh Kate di masa depan diisi oleh dirinya di masa lalu. Ia bingung dengan keadaan kota yang ia tinggali menjadi berantakan dan melihat teman-temannya sudah terlihat lebih tua. Ia pun mendapat jawaban dari Storm dan lainnya. Di masa depan ini, mereka juga memiliki misi untuk pergi ke sebuah gedung pusat supaya bisa menghancurkan para Sentinel.

Novel ini cukup seru bagi yang menyukai aksi dari para pahlawan Marvel, terutama X-Men. Kisahnya pun disusun bergantian, satu bab menceritakan masa depan, bab selanjutnya masa lalu. Lantas, di akhir novel, kita akan mengetahui apakah Kate berhasil menjalankan misinya dan peran politik apa yang membuat para mutan dan manusia biasa bisa hidup berdampingan dengan damai. Sebab selama ini, ada sentimen negatif kepada para mutan yang dianggap akan menyalahgunakan kekuatannya sehingga mereka akan memperbudak manusia biasa.

[Gilbert Stack · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of the most iconic X-Men tales. I read the original comics back in high school and it captured the imagination of my friends and me at the time and remains a favored X-Men story decades later. The basic plot is that an assassination of a U.S. senator by mutant terrorists triggered the creation of a police state in the U.S. that is enforced by robot sentinels. Those sentinels took over and have practically exterminated all mutants in the U.S. plus anyone with the genes for making mutants. Now they are getting ready to expand their anti-mutant program to the rest of the world, and the rest of the world is preparing to stop them from doing this with nuclear weapons. The only hope for stopping the apocalypse part 2 are the handful of surviving X-Men, Magneto, and Franklin Richards. Their plan is twofold. First they send the psyche of Kate Pride (adult version of brand new X-Men Kitty Pride) back into the past to try and stop the assassination of Senator Kelly. At the same time, the rest of the X-Men stage a break out from their concentration camp to try and bring the Sentinels down. It’s an exciting story that features the gruesome deaths of many of the future X-Men.

This fully dramatized audio version of the tale was very well done. The voice acting was great. The sound effects were high quality. And the expanded tale (from the two issues of the original comic book) was particularly well done. Perhaps the best addition was having 13 year old Kitty Pride be conscious in the future and have to deal with what is in many ways the end of the world. The author also tweaked some of those storylines giving Magneto a much larger role. (Too bad that wasn’t also done for Franklin Richards.) Overall, it’s a great retelling of a classic story.

[Trinity · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kate Pryde is nothing if not a survivor. After all, she outlived the Avengers, the Fantastic Four—and most other fellow X-Men.
Since the misguided assassination of Senator Robert Kelly by the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, mutantkind, and America as a whole has fallen to the crushing grip of the Sentinels. A teenager when she joined the X-Men, Kate is now a woman in her mid-thirties facing nuclear annihilation; she and the other few remaining fragments of her team will have to do the impossible: change the past.
But maybe it’s not all insanity. Rachel Summers, a mysterious telepath with an unshared past, has found a way to switch Kate’s mind and body, so that the mind of her older self would inhabit the body of her thirteen year old self— right before the assassination. But there’s a problem, and a major one too: the X-Men of old don’t believe Kate, and think she’s really just Kitty in shock from her first battle. Will they listen to her before they die?
Meanwhile, Kitty is suck in Kate’s body, trapped in an apocalyptic world were longtime enemy Magneto is an ally, and her own powers betray her. The clock is ticking as the battered remnants of the X-Men raid the Baxter Building in a desperate attempt to stop the Sentinels before they conquer the rest of the world.
The audio book version of this is excellent, with different voice actors, sound effects, etc. There are minor changes from the comics; nothing much and a bit more believable. For example, Kate phasing through Sen. Kelly to take the blow from the crossbow rather than just elbowing Destiny (and showing her dedication to the future).
All in all a DEFINITE recommend for comic lovers. 😁

[RumBelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was one of the best comic book novelizations I have ever read. Days of Future Past was always one of my favorite X-Men plot-lines, and Irvine did it wonderful justice. The story was taut, fast paced, heartbreaking, heartwarming and action packed. Two things really bothered me. One, how easily Kitty/Kate's story was disbelieved, and how she wasn't really encouraged to help in the fight. When older Kate went into the past, not one of the X-Men wanted to listen to her, let alone believe her, not until Charles looked into her thoughts. When younger Kitty when into the future, she was not really embraced either. The second thing was the actual ending. Nothing really changed. Senator Kelly was still discussing Project Wideawake and the creation of a new brand of Sentinels. You felt, as a reader, that the entire novel you just read was really for nothing, and nothing about the future Kate came from would be any different at all. That is really a let down for a reader, especially if they are avid fans of the material. To invest time and emotion in something, only to reach the end and have no real resolution at all is very disappointing. All in all, the ending was emotional, and action packed. It was a wonderfully written novel, and the characterizations were fantastic.

[Joseph B · Rating 4 out of 5]

Alexander Irvine adapts one of the most iconic X-Men stories into a novel; delivering an enjoyable experience that stays true to the source material for the most part with minor deviances. This will be one of my more brief reviews; but the basic premise of Days of Future Past is Kitty Pryde of a post-apocalyptic future is transported into the mind of her younger self (and vice-versa) in order to prevent the terrible events from coming to pass. It all centers on one thing; preventing the assassination of Senator Kelly. The "present day" storyline and future storylines are both fun romps that feel appropriately comic booky. Irvine's prose is great considering this is a novelization of a comic. He nails all the characters and expands on them in appreciated ways since the format of this story allows more introspection. It is a satisfying story through and through.

A note: the graphic audio full cast audio production is also a terrific way to experience this book. It is a full cast production with no expense spared.

[Tania · Rating 4 out of 5]

The X-Men are in crisis - the future is not so bright, and they have a plan to return to the past to warn themselves of the coming danger to mutants across the Earth. Fan favorites make their appearances - Wolverine, Storm, Professor X - but the cast of characters is well-rounded and there are interesting developments in the future world. I thought the action was well-written and heroes and villains were nuanced. There were some gaps in the Kate/Kitty Pryde storyline - for being the person that they wanted to send into the past, she was not treated very well by the team in either timeline in my opinion. She did her part, but only by rising above the marginalized role others put upon her.

I haven't read the original comic; I have seen the movie based on this same storyline. I was fine with the changes the novel made to the story, and I enjoyed the character interactions immensely. I never felt lost or out of the loop, the novel stands pretty well on its own if you are familiar with the X-Men (and in some cases the larger Marvel universe).

[Aaron · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kitty Pryde takes center stage in this novel set in two different time periods. In the future, Kitty Pryde lives in difficult times. She is one of just a small number of surviving X-Men working together to try and save the world, in particular the United States from being overwhelmed by Sentinels. While they are losing the current battle, the hope is that she can be sent back in time with the hopes of changing history in a way that prevents the dark tren leading to their current days from happening. They focus on saving Senator Kelly, Charles Xavier, and a Moira McTaggert from being assassinated during their participation in Congressional hearings. This places teenaged Kitty Pryde, new member of the X-Men, and Kate Pryde on the same side of a mission to save mutantkind. They will be facing tough enemies in both time period.

I really enjoyed this read. It defintiely had a slightly different take on the "Days of Future Past" storyline, which usually focuses on Storm and Wolverine. It was certainly a quick read.

[Loviisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've never read the graphic novel of Days of Future Past (or any x-men comics really) I've only seen the movie, so It was a big surprise that the story didn't match at all.

In the movie, Wolverine travelled back in time, hoping to put some sense into Xavier, because of his sh*tty behaviour (honestly, I don't remember the movie anymore). However.. the protagonist in the novel was Kate/Kitty Pryde! I quite enjoyed that, because I felt like Kitty never got much attention in the movies.

I have to say that I prefer the movie to the novel, but only because I haven't read the comics, because they are hard to find in my country. But besides all that, it was a really good book. It was a fast read and I had trouble putting it down. The trick here is that every chapter ends with such an interesting twist that you want to know what happens next.

[Calis Johnson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Making a novelization of one of the shortest arcs in the history of the X-Men is probably as difficult as one thinks so difficult that an element that was not in the comic is added to this book to give more depth. Or whatever another reader may think it adds. Other than that this book follows the comic to the letter. And it's only fitting that I read this coinciding to the Disney plus premiere of X-Men 97. It would be 30 plus years before the concept of this story would come to fruition with multiple story scenarios all ending the same, the X-Men all dying. Of course this is a time travel story so anything that gets retcon can get retcon again which makes Days of Future past the story that really can never end and generations upon generations can read this story and whatever adaption comes from it (allow me to be cliche) until the end of time.

[Chen-Wei Cheong · Rating 4 out of 5]

I never expected to find a novellisation of one of my favourite X-Men stories, especially after so many years. After all, Chris Claremont told it best in the comics. But, I was willing to give it a go.
I was pleasantly surprised that although most of the story followed the comic, there was quite a lot of expanded plot, which actually gave the story a bit more of a flow. Characters like Magneto and the young Kitty Pryde were given a bit more voice, to bring the story to a more fitting conclusion, than when compared to the comics, which left a lot of things open-ended.
Highly recommended to X-Men fans out there, and also to casual readers, if you ever wanted to know the original plot material to the movie X-Men: Days of Future Past, this is a good start.

[Blake Billings · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was amazing!

I haven't ever read the actual Marvel comic story line, but I couldn't even say how many times I've seen the story arc of the same name from the 90's X-Men cartoon.

So, I wasn't entirely sure what to expect (like Kitty Pryde being such a main character), but I did know the gist of the narrative. Even with that, the whole thing exceeded my expectation. This was very enjoyable and just a great story overall.

I think it being a Graphic Audio made it all the better. This is the first time I've heard one of these, but having different voice actors, music, and other sound effects totally made the story come to life. At the very beginning there was a statement of "a movie in your mind." In this case, at the very least, that statement was spot on.

[A.J. Blanc · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a fun read! I've read the original comic, watched the episodes from the 90s cartoon, and have the movie from a few years ago on BRD, but I was so shocked when I saw there was a prose novel I immediately bought it.

I think most people already know this story; at least the broad strokes that is, so I won't get into those details. I will say however that while this isn't a perfect shift from graphic novel (or any of the other visual media) it was great to enjoy one of (if not the) best X-Men stories ever written via this manner. A little too much monologuing for my taste, but that's just what comic villains do.

This is the first time I've read a novel based on a comic story arc and I will be looking for more. Highly recommended if you're a fan!

[K De · Rating 3 out of 5]

The movie versus the novel "Days of Future Past" by Alexander Irvine. The novel follows the comic book rather than the movie. It is a fast paced novel that is not the movie's plot or major changes to the comic book. This is a good novel to see a less "good" ending then in the movie. The futures of both are grim for the mutants. However the novel's grim future of a concentration-extermination camp for the last mutants in the USA is similar to the horrors of the Final Solution as the mutants are one their final mission to be freed from Sentinel extermination. The novel is well written. Worth a couple nights.

[Rania · Rating 3 out of 5]

I bought this at the airport for the laughs but it was better than I expected. Though the purchase was made under the presumption that this story would most cover Charles/Magneto/Logan's character arcs a bit more, I wasn't disappointed in the least to find that it was centred heavily around Kitty Pryde and the younger generation of X-Men. The writing wasn't intensely cringe, pretty entertaining and did a good job of catching people up with the canon timeline no matter how clueless they are about it. My only (AND BIGGEST...) gripe over this novel is the way it ended :') maybe the movies set my expectations of closure up a little too high...

[Charla · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing adaptation!

I had read the original comic version of this story years ago and found the original disjointed and somewhat hard to follow. However,this novel brings into clarity the best parts of the original. It stayed true to the original but was more effective at setting the scene and horror of the situation that the X-Men faced in both the present and future. The only part I had issues with were the images interspersed through the last half. I don't know if it was the kindle format but the images were of things that occurred in previous chapters.

[Kyle Ellis · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun dip back into a classic X-MEN storyline. I appreciate the novelization to give this story more depth and scope. Just listening to this makes me want to do a whole rewatch of the entire X-Men movies... That'll take significantly longer than I spent listening to this performance though. It was great to have multiple actors working on this and sound effects with music. Different than the regular "audiobook". Not great for every listen, but fun to mix it up. Check this out, or other similar comic book novelization audios.