A review by whiterosereader
Remembrance of the Daleks by Ben Aaronovitch

2.0

Probably one of the worst Doctor Who book I've read. The supporting cast are just introduced without any explanation or hint as to whether they've met the Doctor and Ace before, they seem incredibly comfortable with each other if they have just met each other for the first time. I found the whole thing like watching a film or episode of a TV series, where you've fallen asleep partway through, and woken up again and missed something important. It feels like there's some backstory there, not mentioned or discussed. It doesn't help by the fact that there was no introduction, introducing the characters like there is in the Target/BBC books reprint editions. Another problem with the book, was my paperback copy (at least) was littered with mistakes, like commas being missing and the text being simply incorrect, an example being 'Aced' rather than Ace. The ending redeemed it somewhat, resulting in two stars rather than one, and I did like finding out more about Ace's background, which hitherto I'd not known about before.

All in all, one definitely to send to the charity shop!