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A review by beth_books_123
Doctor Who: Autonomy by Daniel Blythe
3.0
Ranked #15 (out of 18) of my holiday reads
Clever ideas but a shame about the 'monsters' - 3.5*
The 10th Doctor's adventures are usually brilliant (and vibrant) but this adventure was a little disappointing.
The reason for this is the 'monsters': the Autons and the Nestene Consciousness. The most memorable appearance of this creature is the first episode of New Who. (Please don't ask me the season number...) However, even in this episode, the Nestene Consciousness was secondary to the relationship of the 9th Doctor and Rose. They are not strong enough as a character to have a whole book written about them, even if the book is only 200ish pages...
Yes, I will admit the idea of 'autonomy' was absolute genius (which made the whole book) but still it missed the ingenuity and the sheer confidence of a 10th Doctor adventure.
Some of the supporting characters were interesting but some of them lacked the depth that is need to be memorable. I think the main reason for this is that there were too many characters to focus on and so each character could not get the focus that they deserved.
I didn't expect much from this story and I didn't get much in return.
Disappointing.
Clever ideas but a shame about the 'monsters' - 3.5*
The 10th Doctor's adventures are usually brilliant (and vibrant) but this adventure was a little disappointing.
The reason for this is the 'monsters': the Autons and the Nestene Consciousness. The most memorable appearance of this creature is the first episode of New Who. (Please don't ask me the season number...) However, even in this episode, the Nestene Consciousness was secondary to the relationship of the 9th Doctor and Rose. They are not strong enough as a character to have a whole book written about them, even if the book is only 200ish pages...
Yes, I will admit the idea of 'autonomy' was absolute genius (which made the whole book) but still it missed the ingenuity and the sheer confidence of a 10th Doctor adventure.
Some of the supporting characters were interesting but some of them lacked the depth that is need to be memorable. I think the main reason for this is that there were too many characters to focus on and so each character could not get the focus that they deserved.
I didn't expect much from this story and I didn't get much in return.
Disappointing.