nicolamb's review against another edition
1.0
Well I'm glad that's over with! Incredibly boring and all over the place.
mewpasaurus's review against another edition
3.0
At first I found reading through this to be difficult. Not because the subject matter was hard to grasp (quite the opposite), but because it really started off as the dull life of a dull person living somewhere in England, discussing his growing love of Doctor Who through the ages. So at first, I almost gave up on this book, but afterward, I am glad I stuck with it.
Dalek I Loved You is the story of a person who comes to appreciate and then nearly obsess over Doctor Who (classic). But, the book is more like a semi-biography of this man's life as well. He details his experiences growing up (which some were quite hilarious). Some of the experiences I related to, others, obviously not.
However, as he goes on telling his tale, the story gets better and better. And there are those little anecdotes he writes about here and there that I found myself laughing about or reminiscing about my own adventures (even though I am probably only half as old as the author of this book.
So in the end, this book wasn't as much about Doctor Who as it was about this person's life and what role Doctor Who played in it.
Still an interesting reading, but not for you if you are expecting in depth history of Who lore and/or in depth episode synopsis (or anything in that category).
Dalek I Loved You is the story of a person who comes to appreciate and then nearly obsess over Doctor Who (classic). But, the book is more like a semi-biography of this man's life as well. He details his experiences growing up (which some were quite hilarious). Some of the experiences I related to, others, obviously not.
However, as he goes on telling his tale, the story gets better and better. And there are those little anecdotes he writes about here and there that I found myself laughing about or reminiscing about my own adventures (even though I am probably only half as old as the author of this book.
So in the end, this book wasn't as much about Doctor Who as it was about this person's life and what role Doctor Who played in it.
Still an interesting reading, but not for you if you are expecting in depth history of Who lore and/or in depth episode synopsis (or anything in that category).
nwhyte's review against another edition
"http://nwhyte.livejournal.com/1269884.html[return][return]I enjoyed tremendously Griffiths' more recent book, Who Goes There?, so thought I should read his earlier memoir about growing up as a Doctor Who fan. It's amusing enough. Griffiths had a slightly but not very unusual childhood (much older parents, few close friends), and since then has had his fair share of career setbacks and failed relationships; he writes about it all with self-deprecating humour which could perhaps have been spiced up with a bit more passion. I imagine that people who like me and Griffiths were children in the UK in the mid-70s will enjoy this, but I think his other book has wider appeal."
sonshinelibrarian's review
1.0
For the small percentage of the book where Griffiths unabashedly loves and talks about Doctor Who, I mostly enjoyed it. Unfortunately, he spends far too much of the book acting like being a Doctor Who fan is too big an embarrassment to be borne, diminishing his own love, and looking down his nose at hard core fans while admitting he has an attic full of memorabilia. Add to that the odd stream-of-consciousness writing that goes in and out of completely irrelevant side stories and far, far, far, far too many references to male genitalia for no purpose whatsoever and I honestly just don't understand how this book got an updated printing. Obviously other people do not agree with my take on it, but I really feel like I wasted my time reading this book.
jazzab1971's review
4.0
I liked this book, I liked it a lot. But...
My main problem with it is the way how the author, Nick, seems to want to disassociate himself from his love of "Doctor Who" - note the title is "Dalek I Loved You" (past tense) and not "love you". When the book starts he is at pains to state he isn't an uber-nerd fan, rating himself low on a scale of 1 to 10 (and then as if to prove he isn't a complete uber-fan he says he has to look up the details about one story he is mentioning)...and yet we then find out that in his adult life he has spent a lot of money on Doctor Who related items (including props from the TV show itself).
Come on Nick, less of the past-tense - let yourself be free, give in to the inner nerd!
My main problem with it is the way how the author, Nick, seems to want to disassociate himself from his love of "Doctor Who" - note the title is "Dalek I Loved You" (past tense) and not "love you". When the book starts he is at pains to state he isn't an uber-nerd fan, rating himself low on a scale of 1 to 10 (and then as if to prove he isn't a complete uber-fan he says he has to look up the details about one story he is mentioning)...and yet we then find out that in his adult life he has spent a lot of money on Doctor Who related items (including props from the TV show itself).
Come on Nick, less of the past-tense - let yourself be free, give in to the inner nerd!
otherryn's review
3.0
Not bad. Nice view into how Doctor Who is somewhat pervasive in the British psyche.
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