Daniel Kukwa's Reviews > Doctor Who: Verdigris

Paul Magrs can be an acquired taste, but up to this point, I've found most of his unique, outrageous, bonkers novels utterly charming (hell, any many who can make a vending machine & a tanning bed sympathetic characters has my approval). However, as superbly written and planned out as this book is, it almost feels like he's trying too hard to be (1) clever and (2) dipped in 1970s nostalgia. It all feels to me like an overdose of Paul Magrs' interesting view of the Whoniverse, and he's making his points with too much of a sign flashing overhead, saying "this is all a knowing wink" at many tropes. On top of all this, Iris is a bit more annoying here than in her previous appearances. Overall, I admire greatly what this novel is communicating...I'm just not quite enamored with how it goes about this communication.