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1outside's review against another edition
4.0
A good-enough story with a few good themes and one big positive: loads and loads of female characters which manage to be quite complex without any lengthy explanation. Something still not quite usual and definitely deserves a shout-out (mind you, apart from the Doc & Rory there are also two other important and complex dudes, no worries.).
sabregirl's review against another edition
4.0
Hrm I honestly don't know what to say about this book. It was good, I liked the plot it was interesting and really played out like a Dr. Who episode. Eleven's characterisation was spot on and had his moments. I liked how Rory was too still flushing out his character. Amy, I dunno, I'm on the fence about her. Some of her actions seemed really spot on but towards the end of the book she seemed to slip a bit and I just couldn't picture her doing some of that stuff. I did like the story, it being a far off planet yet they are living like some ancient time. The story tended to get a little confusing especially at the end with the Heralds people, wait they all died? Did I miss that at one point? I didn't like how the 'monsters' didn't really have a specific defintion for their looks. I would've liked to have had that more.
kilcannon's review against another edition
2.0
Passable entertainment. Not really much more to say about this one. I think that's all they're going for with the current range of Doctor Who books.
theladydoor's review against another edition
2.0
After listening to this book, I fear I may have to stop listening to Doctor Who New Adventure books. When I first started watching the series, I became obsessed, and had to get my hands on as many materials as possible. I bought every New Adventure book that came into my neighborhood Borders (the only bookstore which carried them), at least until they went bankrupt. This was before Doctor Who blew up in the States, now you can find the books anywhere.
There were quite a few of the books that I did enjoy, and I always liked listening to the audiobooks, especially if they were read by one of the show’s stars. Arthur Darvill, as Rory, narrated especially well. It was extremely disappointing, therefore, that The King’s Dragon did not capture my interest at all. I found the book to be way too full of useless talking and exposition that led nowhere. Where was the action? Doctor Who is, after all, an action-adventure kind of show, and the books should reflect that fact. In essence, I was bored.
There were quite a few of the books that I did enjoy, and I always liked listening to the audiobooks, especially if they were read by one of the show’s stars. Arthur Darvill, as Rory, narrated especially well. It was extremely disappointing, therefore, that The King’s Dragon did not capture my interest at all. I found the book to be way too full of useless talking and exposition that led nowhere. Where was the action? Doctor Who is, after all, an action-adventure kind of show, and the books should reflect that fact. In essence, I was bored.
littlepanda's review against another edition
3.0
Not as thrilling as the back cover promised but it was still better than most 11th stories I read before.
iphigenie72's review against another edition
2.0
I don't know why this wasn't an exciting story, but it never got me enthusiastic. It's about a world seduce with a metal called Enamour and the repercussions this love for "gold" has on it's citizens; an old race comes back to get the metal and maybe there will be a war about it or not. I don't think the author got the voice of the 11th Doctor right and I know she's able too because she got it right in "The Way Through the Wood" (and I warmly recommend that one), it's just most of the time when The Doctor was talking I could see the 10th and I had to remind me this was an 11th Doctor story. Not a lot goes on with Amy and Rory, they almost seem like extras in this story. I think if you can only afford one DW book then you should pass on this one.
lobstergal's review against another edition
3.0
So this book was interesting... I think that reading books about Doctor Who is soo much more different than watching the tv show. I loved that Rory was in it. Love Eleven.
nwhyte's review against another edition
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Starts by hinting that it may be a Doctor Who version of Beowulf (main setting is the small city of Geath, ruled by Beol) but goes in quite a different direction - ending up with a nod or two towards Star Trek with a running subtext of sardonic political commentary. This will all be above the heads of the age group who are the main audience for this series of books, but their parents will enjoy it all the same.
Starts by hinting that it may be a Doctor Who version of Beowulf (main setting is the small city of Geath, ruled by Beol) but goes in quite a different direction - ending up with a nod or two towards Star Trek with a running subtext of sardonic political commentary. This will all be above the heads of the age group who are the main audience for this series of books, but their parents will enjoy it all the same.
thiefofcamorr's review against another edition
2.0
In my humble opinion no where near as good as any of the other 11th books I've read so far, which are Apollo 23, The Forgotten Army and Night of the Humans.