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_ceecee's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
kilcannon's review against another edition
2.0
I was going to give it three stars only because the other Torchwood book I read was so terrible that anything would look good next to it, but it really only warrants two. Harmless and not actively annoying, as "Pack Animals" was.
Also the little Victorian-era adventure was kind of neat.
Also the little Victorian-era adventure was kind of neat.
biffhooper007's review against another edition
dark
sad
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
2.5
It’s very depressing. And, at least in this rendition, the characters aren’t nearly as interesting as they are on screen.
Overall, I’d recommend any Torchwood fan pass on this book.
Overall, I’d recommend any Torchwood fan pass on this book.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse and Suicide
iphigenie72's review against another edition
4.0
I am biased because I love Torchwood so not liking this book would have been a huge surprise... I wasn't surprised, I really enjoyed the read. The book is composed of 5 short-stories. My favorite was Virus by James Moran, Ianto is in full action mode in this one and that's how I like my favorite character to be. I liked how the stories involved more than one combination of Torchwood's operatives. It was really interesting to see every short-story having repercussions in the ones following it and how they tied all the stories together like they used to do in the short-story books by Big Finish starring The Doctor. This book is for TW fans only, but it you are one than you'll like the time spent reading Consequences.
nwhyte's review against another edition
4.0
http://nwhyte.livejournal.com/2007827.html[return][return]This was the first, and I think only, book of short stories about Torchwood, and a fine collection it is too. We start with "The Baby Farmers" by David Llewellyn, set in the Victorian Torchwood era which generated so much fanfic from just a few mentions on screen, a lovely canonification of this setting; and then there's what will presumably be the last ever Tosh/Owen story, "Kaleidoscope" by Sarah Pinborough, set in the Jack-less interval between Seasons 1 and 2, where I can partly interpret the alien tech of the title as fannish gaze on the characters.[return][return]There are then two linked stories set after Season 2, "The Wrong Hands" by none other than long-ago Who script editor Andrew Cartmel, an excellent creepy tale about an evil alien baby, and "Virus" by James Moran, where the baby's father turns up and which I'm afraid I found by some way the weakest in the book.[return][return]And we finish with the title story, "Consequences" by Joe Lidster, which brings up front the experiences of a woman who has been a briefly glimpsed background character in several of the previous Torchwood novels, and how her life has been turned into a story written by someone else. I thought it was rather clever.
anotsowickedwhich's review
4.0
Consequences actually is a group of short stories (five to be exact) written by different authors. It's easier to see who is comfortable with certain characters and who is not to the point where there are minor discrepancies about characterization. (For example Virus by James Moran has Ianto kicking ass and taking names which, while fun, doesn't seem to be a common feature in the Torchwood universe). Still it is one of the best of the Torchwood novels.
justanothermark's review
3.0
Nice enough collection of short stories. The 'consequences' of the title are a little predictable but each story is well written and a good way to pass the time.
khakipantsofsex's review
5.0
The Baby Farmers by David Llewellyn
It's not very common to find a Torchwood story set from before the TV show without it somehow being intricately connected to the present, even with Captain Jack.
The idea was good and well executed too, and Llewellyn slyly incorporated a lesbian couple just to balance out the lack of Janto.
Kaleidoscope by Sarah Pinborough
Up until Danny went missing, this was my favourite Torchwood story so far, possibly ever! A lonely, abused kid gets hold of an object that reminds him of his mother, and discovers its alien qualities that give him the father he always wanted. It was so nice and they were both so happy. But then Torchwood took it, and the side affects took hold of him, stronger than they did with Owen and Gwen. The last we see of Danny Dillard is him injecting himself with drugs in a disused warehouse while his father grips a radiator to keep himself upright at home as he cries over the loss of him son.
Damn you, Pinborough.
The Wrong Hands by Andrew Cartmel
While reading this story, I may have been slightly distracted by Sims 2, and I paused reading more than I paused playing. So this story wasn't as gripping as the last two. I was more curious than enthralled. It didn't seem like a complete story,because there were a few loose ends by the conclusion. It didn't have such a satisfying conclusion and I have a few questions, the prefix of the majority being 'why'.
Virus by James Moran
I'm too sick to really be coherent now, so I'll just put down the spoiler-free reaction notes I wrote while I read this story.
Leads quite neatly from The Wrong Hands. Inventive immobilisation of Jack. Ianto you go! Flying solo. Ties up a few loose ends from the previous story. Alix-with-an-I. Sassy Ianto. Genius Ianto. THAT'S MY BOY. "Makes big boom-boom." Aww Rhys such cute. C'MON JACK. NAWWW JANTO. TELL ME THE THING.
All in all, I quite liked this story.
Consequences by Joseph Lidster
This story is currently just below Kaleidoscope as a favourtie, but I am still too sick to make much sense, so I'll again just put down my reaction notes.
DAMN WHAT. NO WAY. CAPTAIN CHEESE. Aww the "lost little Welsh boy". This is a mindfuck. Typo. I'm so confused. "Jack gets off on anything." I can feel a Doctor-like speech coming on... "Just one of those mysteries that the universe likes to throw at us... Like love. And death. And Nando's." Ooh SkyPoint. Goodbye SkyPoint. Plot twist!! Confound you, Lidster!
It's not very common to find a Torchwood story set from before the TV show without it somehow being intricately connected to the present, even with Captain Jack.
The idea was good and well executed too, and Llewellyn slyly incorporated a lesbian couple just to balance out the lack of Janto.
Kaleidoscope by Sarah Pinborough
Damn you, Pinborough.
The Wrong Hands by Andrew Cartmel
While reading this story, I may have been slightly distracted by Sims 2, and I paused reading more than I paused playing. So this story wasn't as gripping as the last two. I was more curious than enthralled. It didn't seem like a complete story,because there were a few loose ends by the conclusion. It didn't have such a satisfying conclusion and I have a few questions, the prefix of the majority being 'why'.
Virus by James Moran
I'm too sick to really be coherent now, so I'll just put down the spoiler-free reaction notes I wrote while I read this story.
Leads quite neatly from The Wrong Hands. Inventive immobilisation of Jack. Ianto you go! Flying solo. Ties up a few loose ends from the previous story. Alix-with-an-I. Sassy Ianto. Genius Ianto. THAT'S MY BOY. "Makes big boom-boom." Aww Rhys such cute. C'MON JACK. NAWWW JANTO. TELL ME THE THING.
All in all, I quite liked this story.
Consequences by Joseph Lidster
This story is currently just below Kaleidoscope as a favourtie, but I am still too sick to make much sense, so I'll again just put down my reaction notes.
DAMN WHAT. NO WAY. CAPTAIN CHEESE. Aww the "lost little Welsh boy". This is a mindfuck. Typo. I'm so confused. "Jack gets off on anything." I can feel a Doctor-like speech coming on... "Just one of those mysteries that the universe likes to throw at us... Like love. And death. And Nando's." Ooh SkyPoint. Goodbye SkyPoint. Plot twist!! Confound you, Lidster!
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