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A review by hidekisohma
Doctor Who: Timewyrm-Apocalypse by Nigel Robinson
3.0
Third book of the 4 part timewyrm series done.
In looking at the GR ratings for the 4 of them, i can see that this is the lowest rated of the 4 (2.94 at time of review) and...even not having read the last one yet...yeah. i can see that.
First of all, this book is REALLY short. like it BARELY constitutes a novel. 201 pages. passing that 200 page mark by the skin of its teeth (and that's only with the epilogue). and yet, for how short this book was...it actually felt quite long. Like, i have to say, this book dragged quite a bit.
The doc and ace go to this planet a few billion years in the future as they sense the timewyrm and find a race of perfect people. However, it's not all perfect there. shocker i know.
While the first book in the series was very "Adult" in terms of violence and nudity, and the second book felt more like an episode of the show, this one was very much of a...normal doctor who novel. Like the type of book i've come to expect from reading so many of these. It's very much in line with the "Some violence but keeping it at a pg-13 rating" sort of thing. It wasn't BAD persay, it was just a very average book.
There's more than a few side characters, and, while the book doesn't spend TOO much time with them, away from both Ace and the Doc, the amount of side characters could feel a bit overwhelming at times. at one point someone died and i totally forgot who that person was or what import they had to the plot. yeah, it was one of those.
This was also another one of those "super quick end" books where they realize there's 15 pages to go and they have to wrap everything up stupid quick. Not really a fan of when they did that, but they wrapped up the story enough that you could understand what they were going for.
There were a few annoying characters i didn't like, but at least the writing style wasn't super confusing and hard to understand. pretty straight forward.
I'm hopeful as all the reviews say this is the worst of the 4. and if that's so, that means that i'm in luck as i thought this one was just this side of okay. Not bad, not great, a little long in the tooth despite being so short, but i've read much MUCH worse doctor who books. the average rating is a 2.94, and that's perfect. exactly what i would give it.
even 3 out of 5.
In looking at the GR ratings for the 4 of them, i can see that this is the lowest rated of the 4 (2.94 at time of review) and...even not having read the last one yet...yeah. i can see that.
First of all, this book is REALLY short. like it BARELY constitutes a novel. 201 pages. passing that 200 page mark by the skin of its teeth (and that's only with the epilogue). and yet, for how short this book was...it actually felt quite long. Like, i have to say, this book dragged quite a bit.
The doc and ace go to this planet a few billion years in the future as they sense the timewyrm and find a race of perfect people. However, it's not all perfect there. shocker i know.
While the first book in the series was very "Adult" in terms of violence and nudity, and the second book felt more like an episode of the show, this one was very much of a...normal doctor who novel. Like the type of book i've come to expect from reading so many of these. It's very much in line with the "Some violence but keeping it at a pg-13 rating" sort of thing. It wasn't BAD persay, it was just a very average book.
There's more than a few side characters, and, while the book doesn't spend TOO much time with them, away from both Ace and the Doc, the amount of side characters could feel a bit overwhelming at times. at one point someone died and i totally forgot who that person was or what import they had to the plot. yeah, it was one of those.
This was also another one of those "super quick end" books where they realize there's 15 pages to go and they have to wrap everything up stupid quick. Not really a fan of when they did that, but they wrapped up the story enough that you could understand what they were going for.
There were a few annoying characters i didn't like, but at least the writing style wasn't super confusing and hard to understand. pretty straight forward.
I'm hopeful as all the reviews say this is the worst of the 4. and if that's so, that means that i'm in luck as i thought this one was just this side of okay. Not bad, not great, a little long in the tooth despite being so short, but i've read much MUCH worse doctor who books. the average rating is a 2.94, and that's perfect. exactly what i would give it.
even 3 out of 5.