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A review by iphigenie72
Shroud of Sorrow by Tommy Donbavand
4.0
Introduction of a neat villain in The Shroud; entities that prays on the grief of humans.
I liked the beginning, establishing the motivation of The Shroud. There's a lot of grief to feed on the day after the assassination of JFK.
The one time companions Mae and Warren were quite predictable. I thought for most of the time the author had the proper Doctor's voice.
I had a hard difficulty accepting who fought The Shroud with the Doctor, but that's something that could have been much more ridiculous and in a surprising way it worked.
For me, what elevated this from a 3 to 4 stars is how the personal grief of the Doctor was portrayed. Sure, the author didn't invent those moments, but he chose them well and I emotionally responded to those glimpses from a past that, as a fan, I have lived through too.
A neat little story which basically works well and isn't too ambitious (not sure that's a compliment), but succeeds in its goal to entertain.
I liked the beginning, establishing the motivation of The Shroud. There's a lot of grief to feed on the day after the assassination of JFK.
The one time companions Mae and Warren were quite predictable. I thought for most of the time the author had the proper Doctor's voice.
I had a hard difficulty accepting who fought The Shroud with the Doctor, but that's something that could have been much more ridiculous and in a surprising way it worked.
For me, what elevated this from a 3 to 4 stars is how the personal grief of the Doctor was portrayed. Sure, the author didn't invent those moments, but he chose them well and I emotionally responded to those glimpses from a past that, as a fan, I have lived through too.
A neat little story which basically works well and isn't too ambitious (not sure that's a compliment), but succeeds in its goal to entertain.