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a_silver_storyA very brief look at "Into the Silence" and what I thought about it.
CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH THAT THIS POST IS SO SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS.
... and I think we all know how I feel about spoilers *folds arms and taps foot*
Into the Silence
I thought it was alright, but to be honest it wasn't my favourite Torchwood book. It started out really well, and I thought it was really funny (the 'eye on the ball' gag. ha.) but I felt that the idea of the plot was better than what was actually written. I felt the ending was a little overly-neat (Ryan's mum dying so no-one could stop the creature assymilating him and OMG they were so perfect for each other what a wonderful coincidence!) and I didn't particularly like the references to Ianto being a bit wimpy compared to Jack and Gwen.
I'm sorry ... but the idea of Ianto joining a Male Voice Choir had me giggling from when I first read the blurb, but there's hardly any reference to it in the book itself. It's a shame, because it's all quite dark, and some comic relief could have been gotten from that. Jack teasing him a bit for a start. That would have been funny.
I felt that the whole thing unfolded quite neatly, to be honest. Even though Torchwood and Jack apparently has no idea what they're doing half the time ... isn't it wonderful that they quite handily have a DI Cutler who is aware of the existence of aliens and willing to help? Isn't it just fantastic that a planet the universe knows so little about just so happened to be, on a fluke, in the Archives? And Gwen - Gwen! Magically becoming a computer wizard and refining the Rift prediction program to be 8 minutes better than Toshiko's - and getting them an exact, pinpoint location from the scattered information. Yeah. I'm not anti-Gwen, but I can definitely see that happening ... okay so it mentions that Ianto stayed and helped her, but nothing more is elaborated on other than "Oh ... Ianto got us pizza" and Gwen does all the talking.
It highlighted some interesting aspects of Gwen's personality though - her dark humour and disbelief of her own detachment within it. It also gave an insight to how she thinks about Jack and Ianto - like when she mentions the feeling of electricity she got down her arm when Jack touched her and wondered if Ianto felt the same or more when he touched him.
Oh ... and there's less Janto in this book than a homophobic bath rally. Which sucks.
Obviously, it wasn't too bad as a whole. Like I said: felt very neat to me. Too neat. But not the worst book I've ever read. I dunno if I'd read it again, like ... but it was alright.
I'd say about a 6/10.
Torchwood Index/Masterlist
CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH THAT THIS POST IS SO SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS.
... and I think we all know how I feel about spoilers *folds arms and taps foot*
Into the Silence
I thought it was alright, but to be honest it wasn't my favourite Torchwood book. It started out really well, and I thought it was really funny (the 'eye on the ball' gag. ha.) but I felt that the idea of the plot was better than what was actually written. I felt the ending was a little overly-neat (Ryan's mum dying so no-one could stop the creature assymilating him and OMG they were so perfect for each other what a wonderful coincidence!) and I didn't particularly like the references to Ianto being a bit wimpy compared to Jack and Gwen.
I'm sorry ... but the idea of Ianto joining a Male Voice Choir had me giggling from when I first read the blurb, but there's hardly any reference to it in the book itself. It's a shame, because it's all quite dark, and some comic relief could have been gotten from that. Jack teasing him a bit for a start. That would have been funny.
I felt that the whole thing unfolded quite neatly, to be honest. Even though Torchwood and Jack apparently has no idea what they're doing half the time ... isn't it wonderful that they quite handily have a DI Cutler who is aware of the existence of aliens and willing to help? Isn't it just fantastic that a planet the universe knows so little about just so happened to be, on a fluke, in the Archives? And Gwen - Gwen! Magically becoming a computer wizard and refining the Rift prediction program to be 8 minutes better than Toshiko's - and getting them an exact, pinpoint location from the scattered information. Yeah. I'm not anti-Gwen, but I can definitely see that happening ... okay so it mentions that Ianto stayed and helped her, but nothing more is elaborated on other than "Oh ... Ianto got us pizza" and Gwen does all the talking.
It highlighted some interesting aspects of Gwen's personality though - her dark humour and disbelief of her own detachment within it. It also gave an insight to how she thinks about Jack and Ianto - like when she mentions the feeling of electricity she got down her arm when Jack touched her and wondered if Ianto felt the same or more when he touched him.
Oh ... and there's less Janto in this book than a homophobic bath rally. Which sucks.
Obviously, it wasn't too bad as a whole. Like I said: felt very neat to me. Too neat. But not the worst book I've ever read. I dunno if I'd read it again, like ... but it was alright.
I'd say about a 6/10.
