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Available
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Publication
Random House UK (2012), 320 pages
Description
It starts with a series of unexplained events. Earth tremors across the globe. People being driven out of their mind. The world needs Torchwood. Captain Jack has tracked down the problem to its source, a village in Peru, where he uncovers alien involvement.
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LibraryThing member rondoctor
Quick read of a scifi book in the Torchwood series. Plot line is rather thin. Characters are consistent with the TV series, but lightly drawn. There is enough explanation of underlying concepts so that the book stands alone.
LibraryThing member JalenV
I was never a 'Torchwood' fan, but I have enjoyed my local library's Torchwood audio books. Torchwood [:] Exodus Code is my first Torchwood novel.
I do remember Captain Jack Harkness from Doctor Who. I thought it was interesting that this novel was written by the actor who portrayed him and the
I started having problems with the novel when only [some] women were being affected by something that was driving them mad, including attacking loved ones and mutilating themselves. I had no emotional attachment to characters Gwen Cooper and Rhys Williams, but what they were put through made me wonder if Mr. Barrowman had some issues with his co-stars.
At least Rhys gets to take care of his and Gwen's daughter while Jack and (eventually) Gwen -- and others -- save the world. I'm sure it would have made a nice movie. I did like the touch of the American soldiers who had no idea that their attempt to stop serial kidnappers could prevent Jack and friends from stopping the end of the world. It's not as if there had been time to get them to understand.
Knowing who wrote the book made the singing of Captain Jack's praises hard for me to take. I kept seeing Jack as the bragging Captain Zapp Brannigan from the old show 'Futurama'.
Note: I just checked the Cambridge Dictionary website and the proper UK pronunciation of 'geyser' is indeed the same as the American 'geezer'. Yes, if you're an American, it might take a bit from the drama of the moment as the narrator talks about the enormous geysers erupting around the world.
Those reservations aside, this isn't bad.
I do remember Captain Jack Harkness from Doctor Who. I thought it was interesting that this novel was written by the actor who portrayed him and the
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actor's sister. The events from 1930 were fine. I enjoyed the adventure. Jack seeing a beautiful woman where his friend saw a black puma was intriguing.I started having problems with the novel when only [some] women were being affected by something that was driving them mad, including attacking loved ones and mutilating themselves. I had no emotional attachment to characters Gwen Cooper and Rhys Williams, but what they were put through made me wonder if Mr. Barrowman had some issues with his co-stars.
At least Rhys gets to take care of his and Gwen's daughter while Jack and (eventually) Gwen -- and others -- save the world. I'm sure it would have made a nice movie. I did like the touch of the American soldiers who had no idea that their attempt to stop serial kidnappers could prevent Jack and friends from stopping the end of the world. It's not as if there had been time to get them to understand.
Knowing who wrote the book made the singing of Captain Jack's praises hard for me to take. I kept seeing Jack as the bragging Captain Zapp Brannigan from the old show 'Futurama'.
Note: I just checked the Cambridge Dictionary website and the proper UK pronunciation of 'geyser' is indeed the same as the American 'geezer'. Yes, if you're an American, it might take a bit from the drama of the moment as the narrator talks about the enormous geysers erupting around the world.
Those reservations aside, this isn't bad.
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Original language
English
Physical description
366 p.; 6.38 inches
ISBN
1846079071 / 9781846079078