To be honest, this was one I was most looking forward to, because the premise sounded quite brilliant - but that may be because I'm a singer, and I love singing and I have a fetish for suited, booted, warbling Welsh teaboys who have a stopwatch and...sorry, what was I saying?
Oh yes. The book.
Well, a lot of it just didn't stick with me. For example - Ianto, the disposer of bodies and great cleaner up-er of Torchwood, who saw Canary Wharf fall and his girlfriend cybernised, was portrayed as squeamish. Whilst Gwen was peering curiously into the opened throat of the corpse, we have Ianto standing back, and we lovingly learn of his dislike of blood. Of course, dear.
Add to that the fact that the only interaction between Jack and Ianto that we see is through Gwen's point of view - i.e. the only mention of a relationship properly is when Gwen wonders how differently he would touch her to how he touched Ianto - not an image I had in my mind or ever wanted thankee very kindly. Plus Pinborough's almost fetish-like obsession with Gwen's "dark hair", which she constantly "shakes" throughout the novel likes she's in a L'Oreal advert - I honestly kept expecting to have Gwen turn to the camera and whisper "Because you're worth it".
It was a good premise, but it failed. I didn't understand the ending, it was just far too fairy tale for me. And the fact that Jack ran away when Gwen the Computer Genius' modified programme (who needs Tosh when you have a Gwen?) lets them know that the creature isn't coming for Ianto - and he runs away leaving Ianto singing on his lonesome. Logic and every characterisation thus far would probably suggest that Jack would say "damn, not working" and he and Ianto would barrel off together to beat the bad guy.
*sighs*
It could have been soooooo good! But...it was too OOC for me to even contemplate - Gwen was a computer genius, Ianto ordered pizza whilst Gwen saved the day, and Jack just...well...sacrificed another child? I'm beginning to think that Torchwood writers in general have a "sacrificing children" fetish, or just a lack originilaity in general.
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Date: 2010-02-10 11:00 am (UTC)Oh yes. The book.
Well, a lot of it just didn't stick with me. For example - Ianto, the disposer of bodies and great cleaner up-er of Torchwood, who saw Canary Wharf fall and his girlfriend cybernised, was portrayed as squeamish. Whilst Gwen was peering curiously into the opened throat of the corpse, we have Ianto standing back, and we lovingly learn of his dislike of blood. Of course, dear.
Add to that the fact that the only interaction between Jack and Ianto that we see is through Gwen's point of view - i.e. the only mention of a relationship properly is when Gwen wonders how differently he would touch her to how he touched Ianto - not an image I had in my mind or ever wanted thankee very kindly. Plus Pinborough's almost fetish-like obsession with Gwen's "dark hair", which she constantly "shakes" throughout the novel likes she's in a L'Oreal advert - I honestly kept expecting to have Gwen turn to the camera and whisper "Because you're worth it".
It was a good premise, but it failed. I didn't understand the ending, it was just far too fairy tale for me. And the fact that Jack ran away when Gwen the Computer Genius' modified programme (who needs Tosh when you have a Gwen?) lets them know that the creature isn't coming for Ianto - and he runs away leaving Ianto singing on his lonesome. Logic and every characterisation thus far would probably suggest that Jack would say "damn, not working" and he and Ianto would barrel off together to beat the bad guy.
*sighs*
It could have been soooooo good! But...it was too OOC for me to even contemplate - Gwen was a computer genius, Ianto ordered pizza whilst Gwen saved the day, and Jack just...well...sacrificed another child? I'm beginning to think that Torchwood writers in general have a "sacrificing children" fetish, or just a lack originilaity in general.