Torchwood: The Undertaker's Gift
4 journalers for this copy...
Hardcover, like new.
Trevor Baxendale is very good in writing for Torchwood and Who. His stories usually feature something disgusting, but are captivating nevertheless.
Trevor Baxendale is very good in writing for Torchwood and Who. His stories usually feature something disgusting, but are captivating nevertheless.
reserved for HGG
Sent today as a late HGG present.
To the receiver: happy holidays! I reckon Jack is your fav. character (I share this point of view! He's awesome), so I'm sending you two things with him. Hopefully they will arrive safe and sound
To the receiver: happy holidays! I reckon Jack is your fav. character (I share this point of view! He's awesome), so I'm sending you two things with him. Hopefully they will arrive safe and sound
Thank you thank you thank you! Delayed holiday gift, maybe, but something I'm happy to get any time. Thank you so much for thinking of me! This is one I haven't read yet, and I'm looking forward to another adventure with Torchwood :-)
I never felt like I really got a good sense of what was going on in the book overall. This is partly because the characters don't know things for the longest time either. And we've got new characters popping up and in danger who know even less than our favorite Torchwood team. What we do know is that Jack is being targeted and the world is in serious jeopardy. People are dying. Threats and getting through. And, in the midst of all this, Gwen goes missing and Ianto gets ill.
Okay, so the hurt/comfort lover in me rather liked the Ianto storyline. And I liked Gwen's adventure all right as well. I even liked the blogging civilians who get pulled into the whole situation and try to figure out what's going on by dropping names (like Torchwood) and seeing what happens.
The ending wasn't a convenient reset or giant explosion, which I like. But I never felt like I really understand everything that seemed to be going on. I felt like I was fighting with the story, wanting more than the author was willing to reveal at any given moment. So it felt more like a struggle than a fun adventure with the team. I suspect that fight for answers is what the author wanted me to feel (success, buddy). There are definitely some great moments in the book I'm glad I read :-)
Okay, so the hurt/comfort lover in me rather liked the Ianto storyline. And I liked Gwen's adventure all right as well. I even liked the blogging civilians who get pulled into the whole situation and try to figure out what's going on by dropping names (like Torchwood) and seeing what happens.
The ending wasn't a convenient reset or giant explosion, which I like. But I never felt like I really understand everything that seemed to be going on. I felt like I was fighting with the story, wanting more than the author was willing to reveal at any given moment. So it felt more like a struggle than a fun adventure with the team. I suspect that fight for answers is what the author wanted me to feel (success, buddy). There are definitely some great moments in the book I'm glad I read :-)
I finished reading this on the Metro on the way to a kite flying event with my Harry Potter group on the National Mall in D.C. I handed it to my friend, melydia, because I know she liked Torchwood and might enjoy the book.
I'll certainly find a good fandom-loving home for it if I get it back, but there's no rush. I hope you enjoy it, melydia. Take all the time you want with it!
I'll certainly find a good fandom-loving home for it if I get it back, but there's no rush. I hope you enjoy it, melydia. Take all the time you want with it!
KateKintail passed this along to me last weekend. I'm looking forward to revisiting the Torchwood folks. Thanks!
This takes place between Series 2 and Children of Earth. I had a little trouble following the story, especially as the main baddies were written in such a way that I felt like I was supposed to already know who they were. And yet somehow I still spotted the secret weapon/solution to all problems a mile away. Basically, these aliens have decided that Jack and his team will screw up the 21st century, so they send some Big Bad to destroy the earth. Meanwhile, some college kids come upon a funeral procession made up of beasties described a bit like The Silence (but that might have just been the cover art influencing my mental picture). I suspect I would have enjoyed this more had I binge-watched the first two seasons immediately prior to reading it, so I had all the in-show history and characters and nuance fresh in my mind. This was a decent step back into the world of Torchwood, but not my favorite of the novels.
Picked up at the BCinDC meetup at Tysons Corner today, and will join the other Torchwood novel that I picked up at Christmas. This could be interesting, since I've never watched the TV show.