Separate from the government; outside the police, beyond the United Nations: Torchwood sets its own rules. A team of investigators, using alien tec...
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Oct 04, 2011
Kayleigh
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I'll admit, my expectations weren't high, as in my experience books based on TV shows are mediocre at best, but Border Princes still managed to fall short of them. The story moved at a snail's pace, and character development was nonexistent. In addition, the new character, James, was ridiculously Mary-Sue-like: faster, stronger, smarter than everyone else, attractive, and well-liked by everyone. And because the author was so intently focused on making his new character more awesome than everyone
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Jul 01, 2008
Joan
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Aug 04, 2008
Travis
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During a very busy week, Torchwood discovers an artifact that was given to an earlier Torchwood as an early warning system is starting to count down.
What of the many things going on is the 'Big One' that the artifact is warning them about?
Good read, with lots of clever bits, good characterization and a nice look at the day to day running of a secret agency that deals with aliens.
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What of the many things going on is the 'Big One' that the artifact is warning them about?
Good read, with lots of clever bits, good characterization and a nice look at the day to day running of a secret agency that deals with aliens.
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Dec 16, 2009
Shelley
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I'll be honest - I don't ask for much from the Torchwood books. A plot that can at least stick together while I'm reading and recognizable characters. Snark is good, funny one-liners are great, ribald comments from Jack a must.
But seriously. It is not a good thing to have your reader wondering through 3/4 of the book if the author was working from an old script where there was an extra team member. This book definitely needed a prologue. And some editing. Ugh.
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But seriously. It is not a good thing to have your reader wondering through 3/4 of the book if the author was working from an old script where there was an extra team member. This book definitely needed a prologue. And some editing. Ugh.
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Mar 02, 2009
Keri
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This isn't a novel so much as a collection of interconnected short stories, and might have worked better in that format. There are a bunch of subplots that ultimately don't really have anything to do with each other, instead serving to illustrate a "typical" week in the life of the Torchwood team; of course, if you're at all familiar with the show, you'll recognize right away that one out-of-place factor makes this week anything but typical.
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Aug 09, 2011
Rebecca
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Best of the three Torchwood books I've read. The narrative doesn't get too hung up on personal issues and reflections, other than are necessary to further the plot, which is fairly fast moving and intricate.
Torchwood Border Princes/Slow Decay/Another Life General:
I've now read three of the Torchwood books. I was most interested in how three different writers dealt with the same charater and scene confinements and also what it means to have pre-defined characters who can be watched on screen so m More...
Torchwood Border Princes/Slow Decay/Another Life General:
I've now read three of the Torchwood books. I was most interested in how three different writers dealt with the same charater and scene confinements and also what it means to have pre-defined characters who can be watched on screen so m More...
Sep 19, 2011
Kelly
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I hate to review a book I didn't finish but the fact that I didn't finish it is a sign to me. I only got about halfway through before I became disgusted with it. And when I pay nearly $10 for a book, it takes a lot for me to flat out not finish it. If I could have given it zero stars I would have. My main problem? The introduction of a brand new team member, James, who never appears series and (although he may turn into an Adam at the end, I wouldn't know since I couldn't finish it and my not ca
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Dec 23, 2009
"http://nwhyte.livejournal.com/1341870.html[return][return]This is the first Torchwood book I have read, rather than listened to, and it was a good start. Set before the end of the first season (indeed before Gwen's affair with Owen), the immediately striking thing is that the team has acquired a sixth member, James, who is rather too good a fit to be true. It's fairly obvious from the first page what the problem is; Abnett supplies us with a decent chewy and often witty tale of suspense as
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Sep 18, 2010
Mary
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May 27, 2011
Kristina
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October, 8:00 pm. Torchwood responds to an alien energy spike in the heart of Cardiff; Tosh has been tracking the energy signature for some time, but it has abruptly escalated into what team member James Mayer calls the End of the World, or a 26 on a scale of 1 to 10...
I have started reading the Torchwood books out of nostalgic feelings - I miss the series, can't wait until the next installment etc etc. One should never expect much from the books based on popular TV shows - the TV st More...
I have started reading the Torchwood books out of nostalgic feelings - I miss the series, can't wait until the next installment etc etc. One should never expect much from the books based on popular TV shows - the TV st More...
Apr 17, 2008
Alesia
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If you're like me, and wanting more Torchwood than they can broadcast, I highly recommend this. The characterisations are spot on, and the story is quite interesting.
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Dec 21, 2009
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Apr 27, 2008
E.B.
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ONLY 5 TYPOS! Better then the 13 I counted in the first book "Another Life". Perhaps the editor enjoyed this one as much as I did.
This book was really great. Yes, it's for Torchwood fans. It will most likely not get any new fans from it, as strangers to the Torchwood series wouldn't care to even look twice at the book.
At any rate, I have few issues with this book. The story is very VERY similar to an actual chapter of series 2 of Torchwood, so if you've seen it, More...
This book was really great. Yes, it's for Torchwood fans. It will most likely not get any new fans from it, as strangers to the Torchwood series wouldn't care to even look twice at the book.
At any rate, I have few issues with this book. The story is very VERY similar to an actual chapter of series 2 of Torchwood, so if you've seen it, More...
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Jan 24, 2008
Amy
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The storyline was a good one when all the pieces finally came together in the end. However, a book should be good all over and not just at the end. The author didn't really let the reader inside the characters' heads. And, to me, that's what makes Torchwood good. In fact, the characters were barely recognizable as Torchwood characters other than names and basic facts (Ianto makes coffee, Owen is a doctor, etc.) Also, there was an awful lot of bantering dialogue that tried to incorporate inside-j
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Dec 11, 2011
Ena
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I've read two books from Torchwood series previous to Border Princes and I was not much happy with them. This book, on the other hand, is way better than I expected. Very good dose of humor, adequate dose of action. It almost catches the atmosphere of a good tv episode, except Jack is not glamorously under the spotlight as often as he usually was. But it is quite forgivable because of the new member of the Team Torchwood. I'm almost tempted to give 4 stars and if I could give half stars, then th
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Nov 14, 2009
Craig
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This second Torchwood adventure follows the team through a week of more oddness in Cardiff. The characters didn't strike me as being completely true to canon, but then again they were under alien influence and that may have been part of it. A fun read for die hard fans of the show, but I don't think the casual reader would get much out of it.
Nov 23, 2010
Burt
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I recently began to watch Torchwood on TV and my friend Ben mentioned that there were a series of hardbound paperbacks (yes, yes, I know) available. So I bought this one. And nobody can say that I don't take time to digest a book. Having started it in 2007, I finished it in November, 2010. Dan Abnet has catapulted into "favorite author" status. I've read quite a bit of his Warhammer 40K stuff and a friend gifted me with Triumff last Christmas. It just so happens that Abnett wrote this
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Jun 21, 2011
Denise
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More like 1.5/5. Entertaining enough to make me read the whole thing, but the story was sort of jumbled, the characters felt off and the whole "mysterious unexplained OC is suddenly part of the team"-storyline was already used in the TV show. Hopefully the next Torchwood book is better.
Jun 26, 2009
Amy
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This one was pretty confusing. And strikingly similar to the episode "Adam" in Series 2. I liked it because I listened to it on audio book read by Eve Myles.
Nov 20, 2011
Del
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Took a little while to enjoy this book, mainly because the character James annoyed me. I knew he didn't belong in the team and I suspected the truth early on in the book.
All in all a very good read.
All in all a very good read.
Aug 09, 2011
Fantastic fun, action, suspense, twists, well written, fast paced adventure
I kept wondering, who is James?
I kept wondering, who is James?
Jun 23, 2009
the golden witch.
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The best of the 2007/Season 1 Torchwood trilogy by far. I didn't expect THAT ending at all. Very rereadable, a good comfort book.
Aug 31, 2010
Diana
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I loved this book. It's got the whole spirt of Torchwood and it takes a turn I never thought it would.
Jun 11, 2009
Hepzibah
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Torchwood in book form! What's not to like? (Apart from the inexplicable lack of PC Andy, obviously)
Dec 16, 2009
Writerlibrarian
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This one is much, much better than the first novel based on the series. The writer captured Jack's voice and Owen's nagging, annoying self pride. Gwen is as annoying or fun depends on your liking of the character. Toshiko and Ianto are just scenery in this one as with the first book except for one tiny part for Ianto which is kinda of a replay of a scene late in the series involving Owen. I liked the plot of this one, the banter between the team. Made me want to pull out my disk and watch some T
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