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eightfitz's review
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
whosname's review
4.0
Ya sabemos de donde vienen los bichos de plástico de embalar de The Ark in Space.
nwhyte's review
2.0
http://nwhyte.livejournal.com/1583791.html
Another Eighth Doctor novel, with the Foamasi and Wirrrn (Russell adopts the Ian Marter spelling) competing for attention in subverting a future interplanetary Olympic Games. Russell's depiction of the Foamasi is competent and his Wirrrn are memorably awful and nearly invincible. But the book is somewhat spoiled by a half-hearted enquiry into the nature of religious belief, which is territory usually left unexplored in the Whoniverse, and I think wisely so
Another Eighth Doctor novel, with the Foamasi and Wirrrn (Russell adopts the Ian Marter spelling) competing for attention in subverting a future interplanetary Olympic Games. Russell's depiction of the Foamasi is competent and his Wirrrn are memorably awful and nearly invincible. But the book is somewhat spoiled by a half-hearted enquiry into the nature of religious belief, which is territory usually left unexplored in the Whoniverse, and I think wisely so
julis's review
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
1.0
This is…a bad book. Gary Russell has script editing ability, but I’m not sure who turned him loose on writing. There are too many plots and too much happens a) off screen b) to characters I was never made to care about or c) in the last quarter of the book. There was nothing memorable about it.
coffee_deer's review
2.0
It wasn't that it was bad - just sort of... chaotic, with too many POVs here and too long dialogues there (and I do love dialogues as a general rule). All and all, this book seems a bit undercooked.
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