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Torchwood: Something in the Water (Torchwood #4)
Dr. Bob Strong's GP surgery has being seeing a lot of coughs and colds recently - far more than is normal for the time of year. Bob contacts Owen Harper, an old student friend, who reluctantly agrees to look into it. Meanwhile, Toshiko and Gwen are investigating ghostly apparitions in the marshy areas of South Wales. It's been a dull month and they're just about to pack up...more
Hardcover, 256 pages
Published
March 27th 2008
by Random House UK
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One of the first run of Torchwood novels, which I am just now getting into (just in time for Miracle Day). A fairly standard monster-of-the-week story, the monster in this case being an alien which poses as a lake creature and infects male humans with its offspring. I felt the writing style was a bit clunky at first but it seemed to get tightened up as we went on. The front cover and spine feature Burn Gorman as Owen, and he does get more expo...more
One of the first run of Torchwood novels, which I am just now getting into (just in time for Miracle Day). A fairly standard monster-of-the-week story, the monster in this case being an alien which poses as a lake creature and infects male humans with its offspring. I felt the writing style was a bit clunky at first but it seemed to get tightened up as we went on. The front cover and spine feature Burn Gorman as Owen, and he does get more expo...more
Rebecca
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Recommends it for:
Fans of "Torchwood" in general and Owen Harper in particular
Shelves:
novelisations-and-tie-ins,
science-fiction
I found this book to be fun and entertaining, a quick read and not at all challenging, which was what I was looking for when I picked it up. Not much attention is given to developing the "Torchwood" characters, but the book's original characters were better written and more likable than I often find to be the case in TV show novelisations. Baxendale avoids making much reference to the relationship between Jack and Ianto, and in fact Ianto only makes a few comparatively brief appearance...more
I have been going through serious withdrawal from Torchwood (the best Sci Fi show ever) and I had been seeing these books around but had not picked one up before.
Well the absence of Captain Jack and crew became too much for me the other day so I had to go buy one of the books. This isn't the first book in the series but it was the first one they had available, so into my hands, out the door, and into my house it came.
I was not disappointed by the story, it fe...more
Well the absence of Captain Jack and crew became too much for me the other day so I had to go buy one of the books. This isn't the first book in the series but it was the first one they had available, so into my hands, out the door, and into my house it came.
I was not disappointed by the story, it fe...more
This was a suprisingly good Torchwood novel. I greatly enjoyed the action and the "monster of the week".
It has a fast paced, medical thriller like story and all the team members get something to do, when an alien that has inspired the legends of the "water hag" infects the population of Cardiff with a deadly cough.
All the characters were captured perfectly, although there is nothing that adds to their story here. An enjoyable Torchwood story.
It has a fast paced, medical thriller like story and all the team members get something to do, when an alien that has inspired the legends of the "water hag" infects the population of Cardiff with a deadly cough.
All the characters were captured perfectly, although there is nothing that adds to their story here. An enjoyable Torchwood story.
Huh. This was surprisingly good. It lacked the character moments present in Twilight Streets and S2 in general, but was a very well plotted sci-fi medical thriller. It was clearly set between episodes 3 and 4 (one very brief mention of Tommy, but Rhys is clueless), but felt like S1. I don't think this guy read scripts - Owen and Ianto, in particular, felt very last season. Ianto had some snark, and did indirectly help with the case, but spent the entire novel in the Hub cleaning and making tea a...more
I'm afraid I found this rather disappointing. By-the-numbers creepiness, and an overwhelming sense of ordinary, same-old/same-old storytelling. An exercise in competence, and nothing more. A novel like this, coming from the author of "Prisoner of the Daleks" and "Fear of the Dark", makes this doubly disappointing. Like Mr. Baxendale's previous "Wishing Well", this novel is simply...there.
I always wondered if it is harder or easier for an author to write novelizations like these. They are handed fully developed characters and must create the story around them. Does that limit the creative process or does it open entirely new avenues? In any event, Baxendale handles it well with this adventure for the Torchwood crew facing an inhuman swamp hag.
Another Torchwood novel--must feed the fangirl within. This volume was only reasonably entertaining. Rather short on the compelling character moments, but long on the action. Also long on the blood/guts/alien goo. Not one to read during your lunch break. Recommended for die hard TW geeks only.
Entertaining, everybody gets to do something, suitably creepy monster and almost none of the angsty, emotional baggage nonsense that you have to put up with when you watch the TV show.
My main gripe about the books is they depress me when I remember the TV show isn't this good.
My main gripe about the books is they depress me when I remember the TV show isn't this good.
I generally love the Torchwood books, (any excuse to hang with the old gang is a good one in my book), but this, while being well written seemed a bit light, like one of the fluffier TV episodes. Still better than no Torchwood at all!
Sometimes you read TV tie-in books and you wonder if the author has even seen an episode of the show as characters act or speak in a very uncharacteristic fashion. Luckily this is not the case with this book. The action speeds along nicely and the character interplay rings true. Well done!
This book reads like an episode of Torchwood. I liked it a lot because I was thinking, "how the hell are they going to get out of this one?" And the fact that my office has a lot of people with coughs, sniffles, and the flu made me think "water hag!"
This was a good, light read for a fan of the television show. Needless to say, if you haven't seen the show, don't bother with the book. It really doesn't give you enough background to figure out who the characters are or what Torchwood is all about.
I loved this one. The characters I felt were spot on. It was like reading an episode.
A little slow moving, but an alright story. Not one of the better ones.
Jenny Jump
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I actually felt the phlegm in my throat as I read this.
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I'm glad BBC Books has released some supplemental stories about Torchwood characters... but I can't say as I enjoyed this one overmuch. It fits with genre and content-- they even have A plot and B plot, which intersect... but I'd never survive this storyline ever being made into an episode (ever), and the visuals weren't fun, they were unpleasant, with people puking their guts out every other page. I'd call his a "horror" genre book before I called it "science fiction" or "...more
Enjoyable, a good premise, but found the ending a little weak
Epidemics, sea hags, murder, mayhem, this book has it all! I believe this story would've been great as an episode. This book is fast paced and keeps the readers attention. Probably the best "Torchwood" book so far.
T'was awesome.
Love Torchwood books, fab & fast paced, as usual.
this was another action packed book, having to do with a sea hag and a sickness she speads to eveyone.
Once I got started, I couldn't put this one down! The plot was pacy, exciting and really original. The team were all brilliantly in-character; the humour was all there and the story line was really well thought out.
This is in my top three of the Torchwood novels.
This is in my top three of the Torchwood novels.
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Interesting and well done for a tie in book. It didn't have enough Ianto for my taste but it was mostly an Owen and Jack book. The plot was solid but this is Torchwood, you usually don't watch or read for the plot. : )
This is by far my favorite of the six books that have been put out in the Torchwood fandom. It is true to the characters and has a compelling story. Jack has some great lines in this one!
A great story, but some of the details in this one are really pretty gross.
The one with the water hag. Not bad. A little too Owen-centric for my taste, but everyone was in-character and the case was interesting.
Seriously creepy!
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