A review by saoki
Doctor Who: Goth Opera by Paul Cornell, Peter Darvill-Evans
4.0
Goth Opera is an urban fantasy vampire novel as seen through a Doctor Who lens. It's got an interesting plot, some nice creepy moments, great dialogue and the characterization is very much on point. I specially liked that the author knew how to write Tegan (too many writers make her a useless complaining machine) and cared to show her relationship to Nyssa. The writing is tight and compelling, while still being emotional, fun and thrilling. I was not surprised to learn that the author is indeed the same Paul Cornell of The Witches of Lychford fame.
I picked up this book after reading some recent Doctor Who novels, expecting it to be like those: an entertaining adventure that felt like an episode of the show but did things with setting and imagery that would have been too hard to accomplish in a tv show. And it is that, but it's also a great adventure and far more daring in prose and plot than those modern Who novels. Absolutely recommended.
I picked up this book after reading some recent Doctor Who novels, expecting it to be like those: an entertaining adventure that felt like an episode of the show but did things with setting and imagery that would have been too hard to accomplish in a tv show. And it is that, but it's also a great adventure and far more daring in prose and plot than those modern Who novels. Absolutely recommended.