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Torchwood First Born
Apr. 30th, 2023 06:21 pmAnother Torchwood book, this time one I haven't read before.
ETA after searching my journal: https://beccaelizabeth.dreamwidth.org/2956277.html
I had in fact read it before, so, you know, that tells you what an impact it made. I just didnt buy it then. /ETA
It is set after CoE and after Jack leaves, which seemed to me likely to be just a bit sad.
Also Gwen is not my favourite, mostly for the times she is the show's favourite.
But, this was quite good.
Depressing of course, Torchwood being Torchwood, but quite good.
It's mostly set after Gwen's baby arrives, with Rhys and Gwen at the end of their tether as new parents, and it's like the author stirred up a cocktail of worry about screwing up your kids and or losing yourself when the baby arrives and suddenly you realise you've left all your old life behind, but then added Torchwood.
( Read more... )
So many layers of failure to parent.
The ending was striking but also really depressing.
Torchwood turns a mirror on the world from a very particular angle, but now I'm going to feel a bit grim until I find something entirely unlike this to read.
So, effective Torchwood story.
ETA after searching my journal: https://beccaelizabeth.dreamwidth.org/2956277.html
I had in fact read it before, so, you know, that tells you what an impact it made. I just didnt buy it then. /ETA
It is set after CoE and after Jack leaves, which seemed to me likely to be just a bit sad.
Also Gwen is not my favourite, mostly for the times she is the show's favourite.
But, this was quite good.
Depressing of course, Torchwood being Torchwood, but quite good.
It's mostly set after Gwen's baby arrives, with Rhys and Gwen at the end of their tether as new parents, and it's like the author stirred up a cocktail of worry about screwing up your kids and or losing yourself when the baby arrives and suddenly you realise you've left all your old life behind, but then added Torchwood.
( Read more... )
So many layers of failure to parent.
The ending was striking but also really depressing.
Torchwood turns a mirror on the world from a very particular angle, but now I'm going to feel a bit grim until I find something entirely unlike this to read.
So, effective Torchwood story.