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A review by gen_wolfhailstorm
Doctor Who: The Good Doctor by Juno Dawson
4.0
This was for some reason surprisingly even more enjoyable than I had expected. It felt like a true epsidoe of Doctor Who as everything was done really well. I could just imagine the characters saying all of this!
It was really humorous as well; at one point they mentioned eating and it made me chuckle cause I always wonder, during their adventures on the show, aren't they hungry?! Especially with all that back and fo-ing in time... I'd be super hungry!
It was even funnier still when they actually made a passing comment about Bradley Walsh (who plays Graham) on his game show, The Chase! Does that count as a paradox?! XD
Once I realised the Loba were some sort of dog like creature all I could think of was very strong furries... I mean, it certainly made it easier to visualise, that's for sure.
Unfortunately there were a lot of typos that I couldn't ignore and that sort of thing irritates me when I'm reading, even as small an issue as it is. I also wasn't keen on the fact that when a character that was a Loba was talking they were often referred to just as their species... That wasn't done with the human characters so why was it written that way for them? Couldn't help but pick up on it as the fact of specism/rascism was one of the main themes and that felt a little hypocritical to the whole point.
Despite this... hiccup? I've just got to say how much I love this series of Doctor Who, and in extension this book, because they often bring up topics to do with inequality and having a diverse main cast allows us further exploration of these issues, which is even more interesting when it's translated to the struggles of alien species. I love that this book also questions religion, not rudely, but in a respectfully curious way.
This was very entertaining, a quick read, but certainly packed a punch!
Pick it up, give it a go and enjoy! >(^_^)<
Gén
It was really humorous as well; at one point they mentioned eating and it made me chuckle cause I always wonder, during their adventures on the show, aren't they hungry?! Especially with all that back and fo-ing in time... I'd be super hungry!
It was even funnier still when they actually made a passing comment about Bradley Walsh (who plays Graham) on his game show, The Chase! Does that count as a paradox?! XD
Once I realised the Loba were some sort of dog like creature all I could think of was very strong furries... I mean, it certainly made it easier to visualise, that's for sure.
Unfortunately there were a lot of typos that I couldn't ignore and that sort of thing irritates me when I'm reading, even as small an issue as it is. I also wasn't keen on the fact that when a character that was a Loba was talking they were often referred to just as their species... That wasn't done with the human characters so why was it written that way for them? Couldn't help but pick up on it as the fact of specism/rascism was one of the main themes and that felt a little hypocritical to the whole point.
Despite this... hiccup? I've just got to say how much I love this series of Doctor Who, and in extension this book, because they often bring up topics to do with inequality and having a diverse main cast allows us further exploration of these issues, which is even more interesting when it's translated to the struggles of alien species. I love that this book also questions religion, not rudely, but in a respectfully curious way.
This was very entertaining, a quick read, but certainly packed a punch!
Pick it up, give it a go and enjoy! >(^_^)<
Gén