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olsenc's review against another edition
3.0
Not the best Doctor Who novel I have read. Overall, it was rather interesting with a creepy Monster of the Week in The Shroud.
noveladdiction's review against another edition
3.0
Very good! And one of the first New Who books I've read that actually, truly references companions of the past, and not just the recent ones. Excellent volume.
literarygoldrush's review against another edition
4.0
if you like Doctor Who and wanted more Clara and The 11th Doctor content, then read this. if not then i guess don't read this lol.
kribu's review
4.0
Sort of hovering between three and four stars - I actually enjoyed it quite a lot, most of the time. It got a bit sillier towards the end, but eh, whatever.
Plenty of fun, light moments with some actually rather moving and horrifying parts, so pretty much what I like DW tie-in novels to be.
Also, I keep being amazed by how much more I like Eleven's written adventures compared to Eleven on TV. It's not the character (and I think Eleven was very well written here), as I rather enjoy Eleven, so I guess it's just that his era on TV didn't work for me at all.
Plenty of fun, light moments with some actually rather moving and horrifying parts, so pretty much what I like DW tie-in novels to be.
Also, I keep being amazed by how much more I like Eleven's written adventures compared to Eleven on TV. It's not the character (and I think Eleven was very well written here), as I rather enjoy Eleven, so I guess it's just that his era on TV didn't work for me at all.
spazenport's review
3.0
It read a little more childish that the episodes play through (ie: planet of clowns), but I was generally impressed with it feeling and reading like the Doctor and Clara.
To elaborate on the one fact I found disappointing: The books give for a rare chance for a much longer, much more science fiction heavy, episode. You can get more crazy than you can with television and special effects budgets, but instead, we had a story that wouldn't have cost much at all if it had been done as an actual episode. I think that I just wanted more.
Not bad, definitely a fun romp with the Doctor.
To elaborate on the one fact I found disappointing: The books give for a rare chance for a much longer, much more science fiction heavy, episode. You can get more crazy than you can with television and special effects budgets, but instead, we had a story that wouldn't have cost much at all if it had been done as an actual episode. I think that I just wanted more.
Not bad, definitely a fun romp with the Doctor.
anniedelsignore's review
2.0
I literally just flipped through the last hundred or so pages. This definitely didn't feel like Doctor Who and I don't think the writer did enough research on the show. To me, it felt like he'd only seen a couple episodes. I like that the Ponds were in the Doctor's flashback, but the Rose flashback should have been Doomsday related and there should have been a Donna one too. Overall, I'm very disappointed.
squidbag's review
3.0
An Eleven and Clara story, and a good one, but not my favorite. It seemed that the pairing of Who with the Kennedy assassination was a natural one, and it was, up to a point. At that point, though, there's this departure from Kennedy lore, and we spin out into a villain who is never really that scary - just mean and nasty - and an ally that's pointedly silly. These things are fine but not fantastic, and the counterpoint to them is a genuinely well-written and perfectly poignant backward look through moments when it's sad to be the Doctor. So, good but not great, fun.
I DID find out that my library's got a shitload more Doctor Who books digitally than we actually have on the shelves, so that was a plus coming out of this.
I DID find out that my library's got a shitload more Doctor Who books digitally than we actually have on the shelves, so that was a plus coming out of this.