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(More customer reviews)Recently I bought the third season (or series if you're a Brit) of the New "Doctor Who" so I was ready to enjoy more adventures featuring the Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones.
However, I will admit that I was a bit leery since lately I've been disappointed by several Science Fiction/Fantasy books that I've bought and have failed to finished some of them due to boredom. I also was leery because the "Doctor Who" books are tie-in books assigned to various authors who could be viewed as "hired guns" simply brought on board to meet a certain quota of books to earn BBC Books a good profit. The danger with this is that "hired gun" authors can be rushed due to insanely short deadlines so their work can read like "hack jobs" at times.
Fortunately though "Forever Autumn" neither reads nor feels like a rushed "hack job." Now granted it's no Shakespeare or Charles Dickens but Mark Morris does a good job of writing an entertaining "Doctor Who" book.
"Forever Autumn" has a good balance of atmosphere, pacing, plot, and character perspective that makes the story both engaging and fun to read.
I really liked how he gave just enough description from different characters' points-of-view to establish a good sense of mystery and creepiness. The secondary characters, who many times can be dull in tie-in stories, were not dull in this novel. They were mostly interesting and seeing how the creepy Green Mist affected each one of them in the small town was very interesting too. I also must emphasize that I really like how he paced this book. Within certain chapters, Morris intercutted between different characters' perspectives as they encountered strange things caused by the Green Mist. This technique (which reminded more of television writing in a way) helped to keep the suspense going.
Morris also did a good job of capturing the voices of David Tennant's Doctor and Freema Agyeman's Martha. I felt like I could actually hear these actors performing while I was reading the story. They both said and did things that I expected the Doctor and Martha to say and do. It's too bad that this storyline wasn't used in the television series because it would have been a good creepy episode.
Also, I must add that I like the cover design of this book as I do for basically all of the New "Doctor Who" books. Turning photographs of the current actors into creative illustrations is a brillant idea and it especially looks good on hard back covers.
Having now read "Forever Autumn," I'm willing to read another "Doctor Who" book. I really like Mark Morris' style of writing but until I can find another book written by him, I'm willing to give some of the other authors a try.
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It is almost Halloween in the sleepy New England town of Blackwood Falls. Autumn leaves litter lawns and sidewalks, paper skeletons hang in windows and carved pumpkins leer from stoops and front porches. The Doctor and Martha soon discover that something long-dormant has awoken in the town, and this will be no ordinary Halloween. What is the secret of the ancient chestnut tree and the mysterious books discovered tangled in its roots? What rises from the local churchyard in the dead of night, sealing up the lips of the only witness? And why are the harmless trappings of Halloween suddenly taking on a creepy new life of their own? As nightmarish creatures prowl the streets, the Doctor and Martha must battle to prevent both the townspeople and themselves from suffering a grisly fate...
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