imakandiway's review against another edition
4.0
Dinossauros e The Doctor. O que posso pedir mais? :D Claro que não é a narrativa whoviana mais complexa e algumas das noções sobre dinossauros são antiquadas, porém, entrega o prometido em todas estas novelizações: bom ritmo narrativo, a quantidade ideal de twists, quilos de charme whoviano e o incentivo certo para questionar o mundo em que vivemos. Hulke não esquece um dos pilares do género: levantar questões morais, sem ser moralista.
callen_charlemagne's review against another edition
4.0
Not as funny as the Douglas Adams stories, but still good, with excellent portrayal of Sarah Jane Smith.
ekgow's review against another edition
3.0
With dinosaurs in central London, time travel, fake space ships, and Doctor Who, this book is ridiculous, but also lots of fun.
frogetteno1's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
grace_lola14's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
nwhyte's review
http://nhw.livejournal.com/1038662.html#cutid2[return][return]I am not sure if this is the best of the Season 11 novels, as Doctor Who and the Planet of the Spiders clearly takes that trophy, but it is certainly the most interesting. It starts with a lovely vignette of a Scot in London for the football who becomes a victim of the dinosaurs; there are other little bits of depth added as well, Professor Whitaker becoming very camp, and a couple of odd extra details - the Doctor is described as having "a mop of curly hair" (shurely shome mishtake?) and he talks about the Mary Celeste again as he did in Doctor Who and the Sea Devils. Also, of course, the book loses the appalling visual effects of the original programme - these dinosaurs are flesh and blood, not rubber![return][return]Yet at the same time it is a bit too over-earnest, not quite as mature as Hulke's better novels (Doctor Who and the Cave Monsters and Doctor Who and the Green Death), so it doesn't quite get its fourth star from me.[return][return]It is interesting that both this and the previous story are about the bad guys shunting people (and in this case dinosaurs) between the present and the past.
susurrus's review against another edition
2.0
From the 6-year-old's perspective, a book entitled "Dinosaur Invasion" should have more dinosaurs, which I think is a valid point. Otherwise this book was fine. Not great. Not intriguing. Just fine.
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