Review of 'Stone Rose'
So I went and picked up my book from books-a-million and got home around 1... and am now done reading it... so here's my review of it.
Setting: 120 AD in ANcient Rome
Great book. Not as good as Only Human, but good nonetheless... and plenty amusing. Though the most amusing line in the book, IMO was:
The Doctor came to think of his four catty cell mates as John, Paul, George, and Ringo."
And from then on, any time the four cellmates were referred to, they were referred to as such. Such as this one moment while the Doctor was still stuck in the dungeon, and bare in mind The Ancient-Four and the Doctor are in anticipation of being put out as amusement in the Greek Arena:
John chipped in with his own ancedote. 'There was this time when they'd got a couple of blind men,' he said. 'Gave them both swords and set them at it. They're swinging away, no idea what's going on, occasionally getting a bit of ear or something by luck. That was hilarious.' He paused. 'Doesn't seem so funny now.'
'It doesn't, does it?' Paul concurred.
George and Ringo muttered their agreement too.
And it goes on for like three chapters. Each of them having their moment to shine.
Anyways. It's a tale of much confusion and amusement. Paradoxes galore that ended up sorting themselves out in the end. So no harm done, everyone back in home in time for tea.
The poor little GENIE was cute though. A villian, sort of, but an unintentional villian. The 'real villian' Ursus, was your normal, run of the mill psychopath. The GENIE was just confused and stuff though. Though, I kinda wanted to smack Vanessa in the head in the end, rght when I thought perhaps she had learnt her lesson, she goes and acts like dumbass wishing her dad could make her another GENIE.
The banter and stuff between the Doctor and Rose was ♥ . I also liked the fact Rose got to see first hand (or is it second hand, considering the situation?) how upset the Doctor gets when her wandering off alone gets her into trouble.
'... Humans, never satisfied, vindictive, always putting the pleasure of the moment above the needs of the future.'
'You still like us though, don't you?' Rose asked.
'Love ya,' said the Doctor, giving her a grin.
That line there can be interpreted in so many ways and fashions that a Doctor/Rose shipper could easily get lost in the debate of what he meant by that comment. They could maybe even argue, in a way, it was the moment they had been awaiting... the one they say they were denied in Doomsday.
And, you know... I have always wondered if the Doctor ever pulled a stunt like he did in this one... In the middle of all the drama and the mystery solving... the Doctor pops into another time and place and learns a new skill before getting back to everything... or as the case in this one...
He popped in to learn sculpting from Michelangelo before getting back to fixing all the things done wrong by Ursus and his 'turns all things to stone' hands. rather amusing if I can say so myself when the Doctor later informed Rose that '...you wouldn't believe what a slave-driver Michelangelo is. Everything has to be perfect.'
I mean, how often, in the midsts of peril has the Doctor larked off on a mini-vacation and then eventually went 'oh well... let's go save the world from [insert name of random Who villian].' and then popping back in like five minutes after he left.
Over all rating of book: four stars out of five.
Why: It got a bit to confusing and the plot wasn't as spell binding as Only Human... But it was spellbinding in it's own way. The shippiness between the Doctor and Rose more than made up for it though. For the most part, the most interesting parts were very shippy. May have been five stars is Vanessa hadn't gone daft in the last chapter.
Setting: 120 AD in ANcient Rome
Great book. Not as good as Only Human, but good nonetheless... and plenty amusing. Though the most amusing line in the book, IMO was:
The Doctor came to think of his four catty cell mates as John, Paul, George, and Ringo."
And from then on, any time the four cellmates were referred to, they were referred to as such. Such as this one moment while the Doctor was still stuck in the dungeon, and bare in mind The Ancient-Four and the Doctor are in anticipation of being put out as amusement in the Greek Arena:
John chipped in with his own ancedote. 'There was this time when they'd got a couple of blind men,' he said. 'Gave them both swords and set them at it. They're swinging away, no idea what's going on, occasionally getting a bit of ear or something by luck. That was hilarious.' He paused. 'Doesn't seem so funny now.'
'It doesn't, does it?' Paul concurred.
George and Ringo muttered their agreement too.
And it goes on for like three chapters. Each of them having their moment to shine.
Anyways. It's a tale of much confusion and amusement. Paradoxes galore that ended up sorting themselves out in the end. So no harm done, everyone back in home in time for tea.
The poor little GENIE was cute though. A villian, sort of, but an unintentional villian. The 'real villian' Ursus, was your normal, run of the mill psychopath. The GENIE was just confused and stuff though. Though, I kinda wanted to smack Vanessa in the head in the end, rght when I thought perhaps she had learnt her lesson, she goes and acts like dumbass wishing her dad could make her another GENIE.
The banter and stuff between the Doctor and Rose was ♥ . I also liked the fact Rose got to see first hand (or is it second hand, considering the situation?) how upset the Doctor gets when her wandering off alone gets her into trouble.
'... Humans, never satisfied, vindictive, always putting the pleasure of the moment above the needs of the future.'
'You still like us though, don't you?' Rose asked.
'Love ya,' said the Doctor, giving her a grin.
That line there can be interpreted in so many ways and fashions that a Doctor/Rose shipper could easily get lost in the debate of what he meant by that comment. They could maybe even argue, in a way, it was the moment they had been awaiting... the one they say they were denied in Doomsday.
And, you know... I have always wondered if the Doctor ever pulled a stunt like he did in this one... In the middle of all the drama and the mystery solving... the Doctor pops into another time and place and learns a new skill before getting back to everything... or as the case in this one...
He popped in to learn sculpting from Michelangelo before getting back to fixing all the things done wrong by Ursus and his 'turns all things to stone' hands. rather amusing if I can say so myself when the Doctor later informed Rose that '...you wouldn't believe what a slave-driver Michelangelo is. Everything has to be perfect.'
I mean, how often, in the midsts of peril has the Doctor larked off on a mini-vacation and then eventually went 'oh well... let's go save the world from [insert name of random Who villian].' and then popping back in like five minutes after he left.
Over all rating of book: four stars out of five.
Why: It got a bit to confusing and the plot wasn't as spell binding as Only Human... But it was spellbinding in it's own way. The shippiness between the Doctor and Rose more than made up for it though. For the most part, the most interesting parts were very shippy. May have been five stars is Vanessa hadn't gone daft in the last chapter.