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gingerreader99's review
5.0
As if the previous book I read (Moments Asunder ) wasn't depressing enough I got to read this, the darkest and most draining Dr. Who novel I've had the chance to read. The darkest depiction of Thatcher's Britain - a clear social commentary on the neoliberal horror she brought to the UK alongside a terrifying opponent the Doctor has to face. This is not a book for the average fan. It deals with themes many would shy away from and all the better that it does. This is a Dr. who book that is so striking every fan SHOULD read it. Honestly I'm still reeling from what I've read here and am having trouble putting this into a coherent review.
Let's just leave it at this. This is both one of the best yet most depressing books - especially for Dr. Who - I've ever read and I'd read it again and gladly read another Davies Who novel that is as different as this one.
Let's just leave it at this. This is both one of the best yet most depressing books - especially for Dr. Who - I've ever read and I'd read it again and gladly read another Davies Who novel that is as different as this one.
olegx's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Видно зачатки многого, что РТД сделал в перезапуске сериала потом. В частности события происходят в бедном квартале Лондона, с фокусом на условия жизни и быт семей там. И фамилия Тайлер играет большую роль.
Но это все еще New Adventures, и один из более успешных примеров "взрослости" линейки. Хотя количество смертей под конец крышесносящее даже по меркам NA.
Я отдельно умилен тем, как для Седьмого Доктора работают фразы типа "Chris, get me some cocaine".
Но это все еще New Adventures, и один из более успешных примеров "взрослости" линейки. Хотя количество смертей под конец крышесносящее даже по меркам NA.
Я отдельно умилен тем, как для Седьмого Доктора работают фразы типа "Chris, get me some cocaine".
Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Drug use, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Hate crime, Racial slurs, and Self harm
nwhyte's review
4.0
http://nwhyte.livejournal.com/2310165.html[return][return]I think Russell T. Davies is the only Who showrunner to have written a novel set in the Whoniverse before he took over, and this is it: published in 1996, set in 1987, and a really important taproot text for New Who and particularly for Rose, its very first episode. The number of common elements is pretty remarkable:[return]
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- The first character we encounter in the story is the daughter of Mrs Tyler, who is a single mother [return]
- She says to the Doctor at one point, "You think you're so funny", a line almost echoed by Rose Tyler a decade later [return]
- The Tylers live on a council estate where strange things are happening [return]
- The strange things include (but are not restricted to) a doppelganger of a black neighbour created by an evil alien intelligence [return]
- The Doctor's female companion is Roz [return]
- At the very end the Doctor goes back in time to meet the young Tyler girl before the adventure started in her time line [return]
- As the alien invasion fully manifests lots of people die horribly and swiftly [return]
- There are several pretty mosntrous middle-aged women characters for whom motherhood is a driving motivation [return]
sleepytechnokid's review
3.0
I'm gonna give this a reread. So I don't want to give this review yet, as I decide to listen to the audio first then read the book.
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