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nenya_kanadka's review
4.0
The first book where I felt that Fitz and Compassion were really working together as a team.
caedocyon's review
2.0
Too much body horror, not enough plot. Theoretically this is a sci fi story about the possibilities and dangers of GMO crops, but the only takeaway is that Monsanto-style shenanigans are preferable to mad scientists warping their brains by trying to cross themselves with plants in an effort to achieve immortality.
Okay then.
The subplot with Fitz's love interest left a bad taste in my mouth. Nice. By which I mean, fuck you.
Okay then.
The subplot with Fitz's love interest left a bad taste in my mouth.
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The fridgiest fridge plot ever to fridge, so Fitz's quote-unquote character development via man!pain didn't do it for me. Extra points: she's the only explicitly-stated person of color in the book AFAIR. Also, I just started [b:Doctor Who: The Shadows of Avalon|175607|Doctor Who The Shadows of Avalon|Paul Cornell|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1172435208s/175607.jpg|169650] and Fitz is pining over a different woman he left on a different planet.nwhyte's review
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I had been a bit underwhelmed by the last few Eighth Doctor novels I read, but this one has restored my confidence. It's one of the few Who novels which I could easily imagine as the basis for a TV story; the Tardis crew investigate a dubious company doing genetic engineering on a convenient planet, the two companions going undercover, with all the personal conflicts that involves, and the Doctor taking on the bad guys directly. Fitz continues to be one of the best spinoff characters, and for the first time I actually found Compassion interesting (in, what, her third or fourth book). Well above average for this range.
I had been a bit underwhelmed by the last few Eighth Doctor novels I read, but this one has restored my confidence. It's one of the few Who novels which I could easily imagine as the basis for a TV story; the Tardis crew investigate a dubious company doing genetic engineering on a convenient planet, the two companions going undercover, with all the personal conflicts that involves, and the Doctor taking on the bad guys directly. Fitz continues to be one of the best spinoff characters, and for the first time I actually found Compassion interesting (in, what, her third or fourth book). Well above average for this range.
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