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Doctor Whom: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Parodication by Adam Roberts

niseag's review

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adventurous funny medium-paced
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0


i think i have a lot to say about this book, if it hadnt scrambled my brain so much. it has an interesting premise, what with the grammar of time and all that, and some of the jokes and puns are actually funny. i get that this is a parody of doctor who, and it might even have been a good one, if it wasn't for the needless shambling of the chapters. it breaks all tension and makes me have to reinvest every single chapter, it doesnt help the "Dr" "re-un-degenerates" in chapter 7.
Prose Tailor is an interesting character, who is done no service by the whole thing. linn is there too but i am not sure who the F linn is.
I want to like this book, i really do, but for the love of everything why does it need to be this way. i get its supposed to be part of the twist at the end but it doesnt really work.
There was the base of something interesting in there, that was then destroyed by the way the book was build up. Prose Tailor is an interesting character that i couldnt help but like, but the Dr is an ass. i can't tell if the author actually hates the origional series or not. the occasional joke was actually funny, but sometimes things were straight up blund and uncalled for for the sake of so called comedy and i'm not feeling it. the description of the "moronic screwdriver" actually bugged me. 

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spinescens's review

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adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.5

jesswilliamson's review

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adventurous funny medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

lordofthemoon's review

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1.0

Subtitled E. T. Shoots and Leaves, can you guess what this is cashing in on? I'm not a huge fan of parody and this combined DW/Lynn Truss parody didn't do much for me. At least it was short.
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