Book Log 13/2014 - Joanne Harris: Dr Who: The Loneliness of the Long Distance Time Traveller

[jacey]

A short adventure for the Third Doctor as he's struggling to get 'home' to Sarah Jane after suffering a fatal radiation overdose (which will cause his regeneration into the Fourth Doctor). The Tardis dumps him into the perfect English village where, it seems, his ailments are (temporarily) cured. But all is not as it should be. Daily wellness parades and a terrified queen presents this doctor with one last problem to solve. Written by Joanne Harris (Chocolat) this is an elegant little story, but shorter than I would have liked.

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[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

It sounds fun, though.

[birdsedge.livejournal.com]

It's extremely well written - as you'd expect - but I went into it expecting a novel and it turned out to be a novella. Reading it on Kindle means you don't get to see the finished length before you start reading, of course. It only becomes apparent when after a few minutes of reading you're already 5% into the story.