Review: Doctor Who - The Day of the Troll (Audiobook)

status:	Read from February 11 to 13, 2010
review:	David Tennant is an amazing narrator! This story pushes a lot of buttons and does it to great effect. With a creepy monster under the bridge and the freezing silence of a future Britain crippled and empty you will shiver. This audio book is fun and intense, made for those who like a good thriller. To me this Doctor Who audio book is one of the good ones, I'll definitely be giving it a re-listen in the near future. *** Oh, and before i forget! Don't listen to this when your in the...more David Tennant is an amazing narrator! This story pushes a lot of buttons and does it to great effect. With a creepy monster under the bridge and the freezing silence of a future Britain crippled and empty you will shiver. This audio book is fun and intense, made for those who like a good thriller. To me this Doctor Who audio book is one of the good ones, I'll definitely be giving it a re-listen in the near future. *** Oh, and before i forget! Don't listen to this when your in the dark (or alone) haha. I was walking home with this playing on my ipod tonight, and i swear I've never got home faster in my life. =P Stephanie xx

Review: Pure Dead Magic by Debi Gliori

status:	Read from February 15 to 21, 2010
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review:	Wow, i've read some trashy books in the last few years, and this is one of the worst. I got this book years and years ago when i was in primary school (about the age of 7) when the school book fair came passing. I liked the title back then. Thinking I'd get a story of ghosts and scary ghouls i handed over my money for it. The book was eventually forgotten the second i got it home though.. haha Almost seven years to the day i found it amongst old childhood stuff as i cleaned out s...more Wow, i've read some trashy books in the last few years, and this is one of the worst. I got this book years and years ago when i was in primary school (about the age of 7) when the school book fair came passing. I liked the title back then. Thinking I'd get a story of ghosts and scary ghouls i handed over my money for it. The book was eventually forgotten the second i got it home though.. haha Almost seven years to the day i found it amongst old childhood stuff as i cleaned out some old boxes from the loft. The book was heavily damaged but i remembered it straight away, and i also remembered that I'd yet to read it. So i sat down about three days ago to finely read this dusty battered children's novel for the first time... -&- The entire plot is in shambles, the characters are see-through and don't move the plot along. They just seem to be carelessly thrown about the place and into stupid idiotic situations. The writing has some similarities to other gothic fairytale-ish children's books that i grow up with ..ie: 'Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events' - the authors ability to tell a good story isn't even close to being up to par with Lemony Snicket, even though the narrative voice can be mistaken to be similar it's in no way cutting it close to being any good. I really had no idea what i was reading! The plot buggered off half way through. I'm going to be honest here, i just wanted all of the characters to die. Expect Damp, that silly little baby is just so joyfully ignorant ^-^ (ignorance is bliss ladies and gentlemen) Didn't like it, want to bin it and will never admit to actually reading it, Never Ever! Stephanie xx

Review: Stardust by Neil Gaiman

status:	Read in February, 2010
review:	"In the sleepy English countryside.." I love Stardust, it's so very charming. Neil Gaiman is a great author, I'm a massive fan of his books - his stories are always original and thought provoking, one after another. The way his words flow together in Stardust is lovely. The characters are all very likable here, (maybe with the exception of Victoria) and the plot is cute. I need to talk more about the plot of Stardust, i like it. It's simple and sweet, very cutesy. A perfect plot for a ...more "In the sleepy English countryside.." I love Stardust, it's so very charming. Neil Gaiman is a great author, I'm a massive fan of his books - his stories are always original and thought provoking, one after another. The way his words flow together in Stardust is lovely. The characters are all very likable here, (maybe with the exception of Victoria) and the plot is cute. I need to talk more about the plot of Stardust, i like it. It's simple and sweet, very cutesy. A perfect plot for a children's story in other words. I can't argue that Stardust 'the book' is better than stardust 'the film' since I'm a HUGE fan of the film. So basically in my eyes the book could never really live up to the film (i saw the movie first so that might be why). After seeing the movie my attention was caught i wanted badly to read this book. I wasn't really 'that' disappointed with the book in the end. My after thought once i put the book down for the last time last night was, "well i liked it, the movie was better though" - why is the movie better? Because. The villains are brutal in the film whilst in the book the villains are weak, their characters are almost limp. That's Neil Gaimans real trouble as an author for me - it's that in his books you sometimes can almost forget that the 'bad guys' are actually 'that bad', if you get what i mean. Over all it's a good quick read. Great for children and pre-teens, lovely for older teens and up I'm sure as well. Stephanie xx