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| What: | Only Human (BBC New Series Adventures novels) |
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| By: | Clayton, Encinitas, CA, USA |
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| Date: | Friday 26 February 2010 |
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| Rating: |  10 |
I've read a good chunk of Doctor Who books now and this is the funniest one so far, the other DW books seemed to focus on action and drama, with tid bits of humor, this book does a good balance of them all.
What goes around comes around. Everything comes together in a bitter sweet end for Lucie.
A strong story which completes the journey, the ending sudden, is very sad.
An excellent ending, goodbye lucie we will miss you loads.
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Tiny wings has real atmosphere, creating a sense of time and place with a great foe.
The introduction of the doctors new partner is handled very well. Dialog is very strong, perfect for the period, bringing out values and views we would find tough to handle today.
Whilst the method of defeating the enemy isnt original, simply burying the problem at the end was a little weak.
However tiny wings is a great listen, despite the ending.
I tried to like this book I really did but but after starting to read it I had to check the front cover to see if I had in fact picked up a doctor who book.
The style of the book Ill leave others better qualified to describe as either good or bad.
In my case I saw Dr who on the cover and so bought it and raced home to enjoy a usual Dr Who style adventure or brain racking detective type Who book.
It was neither of these, I mean lets face it Dr who is a cult classic because of the previous style story's if we wanted something different there is plenty of that on the other shelves.
Now I know the styles of writing can be be different from who book to who book so I said what the heck and tried to enjoy the book anyway.
As I said I tried but it just bogged me down trying to work out who is who and all these references to things that don't exist, and where is the doctor in most of the book any way.
No, literary experiments are well and good but this was too much, I did fight my way through the book and eventually worked out the bits of the story that could be worked out, but did I enjoy it ? NO
As previous people mentioned this is obviously a two part combined effort.
While most seemed to prefer the second half I found both fairly entertaining in their own ways.
And that's the rub, both story's were so different.
I found the first half very detailed and the characters were very 3d and the aliens/gods seemed to care about the humans.
But by the second half (the half that had the doctor in by the way) it all seemed adventure story first characters second,the aliens didn't seem to give much of a toss any more.
the villain of the piece was hardly seen and the Master seemed to be tossed in for good measure.
The Brigadiers reuniting had a very wizard of OZ "and I liked you best of all scarecrow" feel and the passion in the fast half had drained completely away.
The first part was a fair character story and the last part would have made a fair target books style story but the two just didn't seem to combine to make one good story.
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| No companion? "It's never been done..." |
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| What: | The Deadly Assassin (BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays) |
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| By: | Huw Davies, Taunton, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Sunday 21 February 2010 |
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| Rating: | 10 |
Looking at DWM's recent 'Mighty 200' survey, it's good to see 'The Deadly Assassin' in the Top 20, which is where it belongs. This is a cracking thriller, with superb cliffhangers (yes, even that silly train!) and great characters.
The imagery of the story also stands out. The design is brilliant, as well as the Master - reduced to a goggle-eyed 'husk', he looks positively menacing and really quite creepy.
The DVD of this story is also good. We have the usual informative making-of, plus and interesting look at Doctor Who's 'Frighten Factor'. One feature that isn't brilliant is 'The Gallifreyan Candidate', looking at the similarities with the book and film 'The Manchurian Candidate. Also worth a look is the often-overlooked photo gallery.
Overall, one of 2009's 'must-haves'.
With its interesting plot and excellent villans, this a particularly good EDA and Blum and Orman's best book yet. recoommended
Some people will like this book and some people will hate it, i enjoyed it. It is a very unusual sort of doctor who, it is set in a fantasy setting, a bit like lord of the rings and they go on an epic quest. It is fairly well-written and I enjoyed it immensly, the only problem I have with it is when the writer adds in strange bits where it is like seeing throuh a camera; it doesn't really fit in. Overall, very good!
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| Not the best, but not too bad either! |
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The atmosphere and tension in the book is very good. The writing is fairly average but the plot is interesting. Worth reading
A good plot is spoiled here by bad writing, the ideas behind it are excellent but it ends up being a struggle to read through.
| What: | Seeing I (BBC Eighth Doctor novels) |
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| By: | a person, hayfield |
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| Date: | Sunday 21 February 2010 |
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| Rating: |  8 |
Once again, quite a good book from blum and orman with an interesting villan and excellent plot. Probably slightly better than vampire science. I enjoyed this immensly!
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| Good plot, but very boring. |
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This book has a very good plot, but it is written in a very boring way. Just as in, Genocide, paul leonard's writing is both boring and confusing
This was a very enjoyable, just as good as the previous dalek book war of the daleks, nice to see the master return and his appearance in the deadly assasin explained.
| What: | Longest Day (BBC Eighth Doctor novels) |
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| By: | a person, hayfield |
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| Date: | Friday 19 February 2010 |
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| Rating: | 8 |
This book is not too bad, I agree the violence is very gory and disgusting and I probably would have given it a higher rating ahd it not been for this. But the actual plot isgood.
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| Good, but not quite as good as people sa |
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| What: | Alien Bodies (BBC Eighth Doctor novels) |
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| By: | a person, hayfield |
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| Date: | Friday 19 February 2010 |
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| Rating: | 8 |
I did enjoy this book and it is well-written. However it is a bit over-rated because at times it can be confusing. BUt it is good and I love the overall concept.
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| What is the problem? this is excellent! |
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For some reason everyone hates this. IN my opinion , this is great. IT is one of my favourite EDAs. Characterisations are perfect and the plot is very interesting. If you want to know what this book is really like, check the reviews on amazon.
| What: | Genocide (BBC Eighth Doctor novels) |
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| By: | a person, hayfield |
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| Date: | Friday 19 February 2010 |
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| Rating: | 5 |
The EDAs had been going well until this. In my opinion I don't like paul leonards writing style. Its generally very depressing or confusing. The real problem is when he describes, say, a monster, you imagine it and then he say NO, and his description becomes entirely different. I find this terribly confusing. However, the plot is OK.
I really enjoyed this. very atmospheric and well-written, I would have given it ten out of ten but I am not too fond of the violence and horror in it.
After the eight doctors I had high expectations for this book, and while it was not as good as the eight doctors I still thrououghly enjoyed it. The doctor and sam are charicterised perfectly and there is plenty of action.
| What: | Beltempest (BBC Eighth Doctor novels) |
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| By: | a person, hayfield |
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| Date: | Friday 19 February 2010 |
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| Rating: | 6 |
This book is not the best in the EDAs but it is not the worst. Not as bad as peoople say, a fairly average book.
