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A review by writingwwolves
Doctor Who: Hunter's Moon by Paul Finch
2.0
Rating: 2.5 stars
There’s so much to unpack about this book. The author’s misogyny & bigotry is impossible to ignore & I just can’t believe it was published in this form; the basic plot was okay, & it could’ve been great, but the execution was near-on painful. Discriminatory language & offensive descriptions are dotted throughout & women are quite clearly seen as objects, not just by the alien race featured in the book, but also by the writer himself. The concept of trafficking was one I was excited for — a great way to raise awareness & to teach people the horrors the industry — but the second a Romanian smuggling victim named Andrei appeared it was clear that the author had no intentions of telling this story in a respectful way. My first literary adventure with the Ponds & it was a total disaster.
Unimaginative storytelling, names full of Xs, Zs & repetitive lettering, casual sexualisation of women on almost every page & inclusion of offensive stereotypes of samurai culture ruined what could’ve been an exciting & tense story, if only it had been written by one of the fantastic DW novelists that this fandom have been blessed with… instead we get this guy who, from what I can see online, only got a gig with DW because of family connections. Eeesh.
There’s so much to unpack about this book. The author’s misogyny & bigotry is impossible to ignore & I just can’t believe it was published in this form; the basic plot was okay, & it could’ve been great, but the execution was near-on painful. Discriminatory language & offensive descriptions are dotted throughout & women are quite clearly seen as objects, not just by the alien race featured in the book, but also by the writer himself. The concept of trafficking was one I was excited for — a great way to raise awareness & to teach people the horrors the industry — but the second a Romanian smuggling victim named Andrei appeared it was clear that the author had no intentions of telling this story in a respectful way. My first literary adventure with the Ponds & it was a total disaster.
Unimaginative storytelling, names full of Xs, Zs & repetitive lettering, casual sexualisation of women on almost every page & inclusion of offensive stereotypes of samurai culture ruined what could’ve been an exciting & tense story, if only it had been written by one of the fantastic DW novelists that this fandom have been blessed with… instead we get this guy who, from what I can see online, only got a gig with DW because of family connections. Eeesh.