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A review by hidekisohma
Timewyrm: Genesys by John Peel
3.0
So while reading the 8th doctor EDA's, i decided to also try the 7th doctor ones as well. This is the first one and i was a little worried about it being any good, but i figured it was worth a try.
I have to say i was pleasantly surprised. John Peel is usually a good author for doctor who, but he usually sticks with Dalek stories, so seeing him do something out of his usual comfort zone was interesting to me. The story takes place in ancient mesopotamia with Gilgamesh and an evil alien snake cyborg lady and i have to say, i wasn't even really bored reading this one.
The action is pretty fastpaced and there's a lot of back and forths with the characters and ace. There are a few chapters here and there that dont' feature either the doc or ace, but by far and large, they are the driving factors of this book and are not delegated to background characters as other doctor who books do.
Since it takes place in ancient times, yes, the women are treated as second class citizens, but you have to remember, it takes place in like 20,000 bc and to alter the facts would just be disingenuous. Sadly, that's the way it was back then and you can't whitewash it. Ace does her best to champion women's rights, but the doctor very clearly tells her it's not the time or place and you can't alter history like that.
The villain wasn't too fantastic in this one i have to say. she was your standard "mwahaha i want to take over the universe" evil lady. never really felt threatened around her.
The doctor interestingly enough was kind of an ass in this one, especially to Ace. Not sure why he was so grumpy in this one, but that may just have been John Peel's style. i'll have to move on to the next one with terrance dicks to see if it keeps that way.
One part i have to say i really enjoyed was when 7 needed an incarnation of himself that was better at computers, so he called back the 3rd doctor and his personality changed to that of the 3rd doctor. that was quite amusing.
All in all, i had enough fun with this one. The plot or writing wasn't too convoluted, the doc and ace were in enough of it, there definitely was enough action going on, and it leaves you on a cliffhanger to which you're definitely going to want to read the next one.
It had its flaws as all doctor who books do, and i REALLY wish i could give this a 3.5 out of 5, but...since i can't... i'm going to give it a 3 just because there were enough flaws that i can't say i REALLY liked it, but i liked it more than enough to read the next one and see where it goes. i may go back and change my rating if the further books in this quadrilogy are good. All in all,
3.5/5 rounded down to a 3.
I have to say i was pleasantly surprised. John Peel is usually a good author for doctor who, but he usually sticks with Dalek stories, so seeing him do something out of his usual comfort zone was interesting to me. The story takes place in ancient mesopotamia with Gilgamesh and an evil alien snake cyborg lady and i have to say, i wasn't even really bored reading this one.
The action is pretty fastpaced and there's a lot of back and forths with the characters and ace. There are a few chapters here and there that dont' feature either the doc or ace, but by far and large, they are the driving factors of this book and are not delegated to background characters as other doctor who books do.
Since it takes place in ancient times, yes, the women are treated as second class citizens, but you have to remember, it takes place in like 20,000 bc and to alter the facts would just be disingenuous. Sadly, that's the way it was back then and you can't whitewash it. Ace does her best to champion women's rights, but the doctor very clearly tells her it's not the time or place and you can't alter history like that.
The villain wasn't too fantastic in this one i have to say. she was your standard "mwahaha i want to take over the universe" evil lady. never really felt threatened around her.
The doctor interestingly enough was kind of an ass in this one, especially to Ace. Not sure why he was so grumpy in this one, but that may just have been John Peel's style. i'll have to move on to the next one with terrance dicks to see if it keeps that way.
One part i have to say i really enjoyed was when 7 needed an incarnation of himself that was better at computers, so he called back the 3rd doctor and his personality changed to that of the 3rd doctor. that was quite amusing.
All in all, i had enough fun with this one. The plot or writing wasn't too convoluted, the doc and ace were in enough of it, there definitely was enough action going on, and it leaves you on a cliffhanger to which you're definitely going to want to read the next one.
It had its flaws as all doctor who books do, and i REALLY wish i could give this a 3.5 out of 5, but...since i can't... i'm going to give it a 3 just because there were enough flaws that i can't say i REALLY liked it, but i liked it more than enough to read the next one and see where it goes. i may go back and change my rating if the further books in this quadrilogy are good. All in all,
3.5/5 rounded down to a 3.