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andystehr's review
3.0
A fine Doctor Who story. Some very good imagery of the Quack. I liked the setting and I liked the end.
nwhyte's review
http://nwhyte.livejournal.com/1910411.html
It was interesting to read this Seventh Doctor novel at the same time as the new Fourth Doctor audio The Renaissance Man, in that both involved Victorian-ish settings which turn out to be in some way representations of an inner space. This was apparently Messingham's first book, but it's a good combination of insect horror, worlds within worlds, and a new figure from the Doctor's Gallifreyan past which casts a new light on his motivations. Ghost Light with mind projections, perhaps. One of the more memorable ones.
It was interesting to read this Seventh Doctor novel at the same time as the new Fourth Doctor audio The Renaissance Man, in that both involved Victorian-ish settings which turn out to be in some way representations of an inner space. This was apparently Messingham's first book, but it's a good combination of insect horror, worlds within worlds, and a new figure from the Doctor's Gallifreyan past which casts a new light on his motivations. Ghost Light with mind projections, perhaps. One of the more memorable ones.
nukirisame's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
reflective
slow-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
hammard's review
4.0
Another new to me VNA and one I had heard of as poor. So I was surprised when I really liked this.
Now this does have some obvious logical flaws at times, and the scenes between Ace and Rix seem gratuitously violent (likely intentionally) but overall this was a really great surprise. It is part of that great subgenre of an isolated setting which appears to be a gothic historical turns out to be something much more surreal and sinister.
Now this does have some obvious logical flaws at times, and the scenes between Ace and Rix seem gratuitously violent (likely intentionally) but overall this was a really great surprise. It is part of that great subgenre of an isolated setting which appears to be a gothic historical turns out to be something much more surreal and sinister.
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