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hidekisohma's review
2.0
Well, this is my third paul leonard book and...yeah i'm still not impressed. In fact, this very well might be the worst one of the bunch.
So this the second full book with Fitz as a companion and while Fitz is interesting in it, his character definitely doesn't save it.
The story takes place over 3 years for some reason where the doc and crew have to find this "revolution man" as he has weird alien drugs that grant the user super telepathy and it's going to destroy the world. That sentence was far more interesting than the story actually was.
Sam goes off to rome at one point, Fitz goes to the Himalayas, and the doctor runs around and talks to people.
Oh and of course most of the story takes place in 60's London. Because of course it does.
I don't understand with these authors. you have ALL OF TIME AND SPACE and you keep picking modern day London. WHY? you're not limited to budget constraints when you're writing a book. it's a BOOK. i don't read sci-fi stories to hear about 1967 London. For the 22nd time.
While the book was on the shorter side and it read well enough, the story was just not one that needed to be told. it was dull, uninspired, and even though supposedly it had "the destruction of earth" as the stakes, i didn't really believe that. I didn't for one second go "oh no! this is so worrisome!" most of the time i just straight up didn't care.
I'm also not sure why they decided to do a two year time skip in the middle? that was unnecessary and weird as well. The whole story had a very odd framing device with the time skips, and the doctor's decision to not use the tardis that much because "he didn't want to" felt very forced and pad-centric.
I understand what they were trying to do with the whole "Sam is a greenpeace person who wants to change the world but this is how being a hippie can go horribly wrong" thing, but it was told in such a boring, dry way that i was never intrigued or excited the entire time i read this book.
This also doesn't even BEGIN to discuss the ending and how weird it was to see how the doctor resolved this one. I won't drop spoilers here, but i will say, that is the first time i saw the doctor do something like that....and i don't think i like it very much. It definitely altered my perception of the doctor in a fundamental way and not in a good way.
All in all, the story was unnecessary, i didn't care, and it was the definition of meh to bleh.
2 out of 5.
So this the second full book with Fitz as a companion and while Fitz is interesting in it, his character definitely doesn't save it.
The story takes place over 3 years for some reason where the doc and crew have to find this "revolution man" as he has weird alien drugs that grant the user super telepathy and it's going to destroy the world. That sentence was far more interesting than the story actually was.
Sam goes off to rome at one point, Fitz goes to the Himalayas, and the doctor runs around and talks to people.
Oh and of course most of the story takes place in 60's London. Because of course it does.
I don't understand with these authors. you have ALL OF TIME AND SPACE and you keep picking modern day London. WHY? you're not limited to budget constraints when you're writing a book. it's a BOOK. i don't read sci-fi stories to hear about 1967 London. For the 22nd time.
While the book was on the shorter side and it read well enough, the story was just not one that needed to be told. it was dull, uninspired, and even though supposedly it had "the destruction of earth" as the stakes, i didn't really believe that. I didn't for one second go "oh no! this is so worrisome!" most of the time i just straight up didn't care.
I'm also not sure why they decided to do a two year time skip in the middle? that was unnecessary and weird as well. The whole story had a very odd framing device with the time skips, and the doctor's decision to not use the tardis that much because "he didn't want to" felt very forced and pad-centric.
I understand what they were trying to do with the whole "Sam is a greenpeace person who wants to change the world but this is how being a hippie can go horribly wrong" thing, but it was told in such a boring, dry way that i was never intrigued or excited the entire time i read this book.
This also doesn't even BEGIN to discuss the ending and how weird it was to see how the doctor resolved this one. I won't drop spoilers here, but i will say, that is the first time i saw the doctor do something like that....and i don't think i like it very much. It definitely altered my perception of the doctor in a fundamental way and not in a good way.
All in all, the story was unnecessary, i didn't care, and it was the definition of meh to bleh.
2 out of 5.
rebelbelle13's review
2.0
This is probably the most forgettable, pointless and overall below average book in the EDA range so far. The story didn't make any sense, there were no real stakes, the plot wasn't well described and the Doctor was completely out of character, especially for the last scene, which I won't give away here. Fitz was left to his own devices for two years, possibly to grow or mature before rejoining the Tardis crew. The Maguffin in the story, the Om-Tsor- the psychedelic flower-turned-powder-turned-drug is described as alien in origin by the Doctor, but is then never elaborated on further. How did this flower get here? Was it seeded by an alien race, if so, who and why? There is very little explanation given as to who this Revolution Man is, how they got started, what they want, why they want it, and what their end goal is. I spent the bulk of the story going "okay, and...?" Why is this important? You're telling me that the world is going to end, but you're not telling me why. I don't feel like any of these events are at all important, and I'm not invested in this story at all. It seems like the author doesn't care much about this story either because too many things are rushed by the end and plot threads are left dangling.
The only good parts about this book is the chapters were short, it was a fast read and I didn't actively hate it- I just didn't like much of anything about it. Here's hoping the next installment is better.
The only good parts about this book is the chapters were short, it was a fast read and I didn't actively hate it- I just didn't like much of anything about it. Here's hoping the next installment is better.
nwhyte's review
3.0
http://nwhyte.livejournal.com/1785455.html
Fitz, Sam and the Doctor find themselves caught up in a peculiar Chinese plot to subvert flower power and Take Overr The Wurld by use of a drug grown only by oppressed Tibetan monks. The plot is slightly better than I make it sound, but only slightly. But there are a lot of good character moments for both Sam and Fitz (who briefly gets brainwashed by Maoist cadres but recovers, lucky man), which redeems it a bit.
Fitz, Sam and the Doctor find themselves caught up in a peculiar Chinese plot to subvert flower power and Take Overr The Wurld by use of a drug grown only by oppressed Tibetan monks. The plot is slightly better than I make it sound, but only slightly. But there are a lot of good character moments for both Sam and Fitz (who briefly gets brainwashed by Maoist cadres but recovers, lucky man), which redeems it a bit.
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