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hidekisohma's review
3.0
Another 8th doctor EDA in the bag and one step closer to never seeing Sam again. Yayyyyyyy.
This one comes off one i really didn't like "revolution man" and thankfully, it's not nearly as bad. Is it amazing? No. not by any means, but it's serviceable.
Doc and Fitz get separated from Sam who got sucked into a wormhole on the TARDIS and now they're running around Sweden trying to solve a mystery.
I have to say, after reading some of the reviews on here, I agree with the sentiment that the first third is pretty good. When they're trying to solve this mystery by running around the Swedish countryside. But then it goes into weird dimension territory and it isn't as good as the first 1/3. The introduction of some UNIT characters and a scientist really made me go "meh" more than anything.
One thing i'll say that's good about this is that Sam's not in it for a good 1/2 the book. Once she gets sucked away, it's really a bro trip with Fitz and the doc for a while. and that's kind of cool because we really didn't get to see Fitz and the doc alone very much in revolution man or Demontage. Fitz definitely had some moments where i actually laughed out loud and it was VERY nice to see someone be sarcastic to 8 rather than having a major lovey lovey crush.
The aliens they introduce were fine if not uninspired and served the story for what it needed. I didn't dislike them, but there really wasn't much to go off of as only 1 or 2 of them actually had some semblance of personality or even dialogue. We were with them for too short and could have used more time to shine.
The doc DOES act a little weird at times where it's almost as if the author isn't sure how to write him and he kind of feels all over the place. Not TERRIBLY out of character, but just inconsistent i would say. (the ending with the girl he met in Sweden felt really weird and off to me)
I would say that i got the same amount of enjoyment in this one that i did with "The Janus Conjunction." Not amazing, but not bad either. It was fine, and serviceable, and not nearly as stupid or painful as Revolution Man.
all in all, straight middle of the road 3 out of 5. Not bad, not great, just fine.
Yep, just fine. even 3/5.
This one comes off one i really didn't like "revolution man" and thankfully, it's not nearly as bad. Is it amazing? No. not by any means, but it's serviceable.
Doc and Fitz get separated from Sam who got sucked into a wormhole on the TARDIS and now they're running around Sweden trying to solve a mystery.
I have to say, after reading some of the reviews on here, I agree with the sentiment that the first third is pretty good. When they're trying to solve this mystery by running around the Swedish countryside. But then it goes into weird dimension territory and it isn't as good as the first 1/3. The introduction of some UNIT characters and a scientist really made me go "meh" more than anything.
One thing i'll say that's good about this is that Sam's not in it for a good 1/2 the book. Once she gets sucked away, it's really a bro trip with Fitz and the doc for a while. and that's kind of cool because we really didn't get to see Fitz and the doc alone very much in revolution man or Demontage. Fitz definitely had some moments where i actually laughed out loud and it was VERY nice to see someone be sarcastic to 8 rather than having a major lovey lovey crush.
The aliens they introduce were fine if not uninspired and served the story for what it needed. I didn't dislike them, but there really wasn't much to go off of as only 1 or 2 of them actually had some semblance of personality or even dialogue. We were with them for too short and could have used more time to shine.
The doc DOES act a little weird at times where it's almost as if the author isn't sure how to write him and he kind of feels all over the place. Not TERRIBLY out of character, but just inconsistent i would say. (the ending with the girl he met in Sweden felt really weird and off to me)
I would say that i got the same amount of enjoyment in this one that i did with "The Janus Conjunction." Not amazing, but not bad either. It was fine, and serviceable, and not nearly as stupid or painful as Revolution Man.
all in all, straight middle of the road 3 out of 5. Not bad, not great, just fine.
Yep, just fine. even 3/5.
rebelbelle13's review
4.0
Dominion is a refreshing change from the last EDA, Revolution Man (low bar, but it's tough to not compare a DW novel to the previous one in the series). We've still got Sam wearing out her welcome, and Fitz is just getting into the swing of things in his role as a permanent member of the Tardis team. We're on Earth again for this installment (because of course we are; there's billions of planets out there but authors keep picking the same one), but at the very least we're somewhere other than the UK- we're just across the water, in Sweden. There's people disappearing, wormholes to other planets, narcissistic scientists, meat-headed UNIT soldiers, an insectoid race, a planet-ending blight, and of course, the Tardis is useless for 3/4 of the story. For the most part, the story bounces between the Dominion (the other world) and Sweden. The Doctor is heavily involved in the story, which is always a bonus, and he plays a major part in fixing the wormhole and saving the day. Walters has his character nailed down, and I could absolutely hear McGann's voice in my head speaking the dialogue. The story read decently quickly and overall, I had a good time with it. On to the next!
nwhyte's review
3.0
http://nwhyte.livejournal.com/1798723.html
An imaginative combination of the elements which make up a Who story: the Tardis, with Eight, Sam and Fitz, lands in Sweden in 1999, but an unstable wormhole is allowing nasties from a dying dimension through, and the Doctor has to save the nice aliens before it is too late, with no help from UNIT. Well described, and the nice aliens have an interesting biology. Though I was sorry that the nice Swedish girl didn't get to go with the Tardis at the end.
An imaginative combination of the elements which make up a Who story: the Tardis, with Eight, Sam and Fitz, lands in Sweden in 1999, but an unstable wormhole is allowing nasties from a dying dimension through, and the Doctor has to save the nice aliens before it is too late, with no help from UNIT. Well described, and the nice aliens have an interesting biology. Though I was sorry that the nice Swedish girl didn't get to go with the Tardis at the end.
sleepytechnokid's review
4.0
This felt like that this should be an episode of Doctor Who, it's well-paced, and quite thrilling as well, and really like the alien species in this book.
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