As always with a set of stories this is a mixed bag, but there's a love of the stories of Sherlock Holmes that comes across from all of the stories. Little details like the Persian Slipper become stories. There's mashups from other stories (H G Wells War of the Worlds for example) and they often t...
George Mann and thirteen other writers provide new mystery-solving fodder for the famous duo of Holmes and Watson. I say well done over all. A couple of the stories were a bit dry (and I fell asleep reading those), but I enjoyed most of the stories. I liked how unique each one read, yet Holmes and W...
An interesting story about a young boy, Simon, who lives with his grandparents after the death of his parents. His grandmother and he share a love for books which is grandfather doesn't understand. He really doesn't understand their excitment for a new bookshop, the Great Big Book Exchange. What ...
This is a very mixed bag of stories, some are very interesting and draw you in while some felt, to me at least, as if they were trying too hard to be edgy and hip. These are all stories about Gender and Gender appearance and dealing with alternative ways of looking at and dealing with gender. It r...
I enjoyed it but none of the stories stuck with me or stood out.
One of the better ones in this season.
Doctor Who: Sick Building [Abridged] by Paul Magrs (Audiobook) My rating: 3 of 5 stars I listened to this book as an audiobook. The story is about the Doctor trying to help people on a planet about to be eaten by a sort of space monster. It reminded me of how the Doctor and the monsters are neve...
Such a fantastic concept. I wasn't too impressed by the main protagonist at first, but I read this book when it first came out and I'm still thinking of it now, so it must be good.
Not bad, though I figured out the twist fairly early. Is it me, or are there quite a few BFAs which focus on a villain who goes nuts in some way? Almost makes me wish for a standard 'alien invades' storyline. There was quite quite a lot of pontificating, but I suppose that's standard in a Who script...
Very average story. Monster coming to almost deserted planet. Eats every piece of nature: plants, animal, humans in sight. The humans are bizarre and a bit crazy. In the end, the planet is saved by some very childish trick. This is very forgettable and average. Even for a Doctor Who book.
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