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chicafrom3's review
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
The Seventh Doctor, Ace, and Hex investigate a murder that hasn't happened yet at a WWI military hospital. A very dark story involving brainwashing and continuing the arc of "does Hex really want to be here?" Also touches on the so-far-subtle Hex's mom arc. Nicely paced, with just enough twists to keep on the right side of convoluted, and excellent character work.
nwhyte's review
Hex and Ace can equally complain about war zones, having jumped from 1649 in Ireland to 1917 on the Western Front, in a British field hospital near the eponymous No Man's Land where mysterious things are happening and a murder has been announced. The story turns out not to involve any alien or time-travelling presence other than our regular cast, but does invoke some scientific knowledge which is probably more advanced than what the British really had at the time. There are some potentially interesting thoughts on the horrors of war, but these are weakened by the plot being a bit too clever by half, and by the implausibility of some of the behaviour the characters display. Also The Settling did the horrors of war rather better.
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