My Review of "The Blood Cell"

James Goss is no stranger to Doctor Whonovelizations. So I was excited to give The Blood Cell a read.

The third in recent Twelfth Doctor novels, this one is more like the Doctor Who lite stories of the First Doctor. The focus here is on The Governor of The Prison, a story told from his perspective.

And Prisoner 428 -- the Doctor -- gives him enough to worry about. He's impatient, intimidating, prone to arguing, and heroic. In short, he's everything we're getting accustomed to seeing in Peter Capaldi. With his frequent attempts to escape, Prisoner 428 keeps gathering information as only the Doctor can do.

And the novel slowly builds its plot. We're introduced to a story that has readers asking all sorts of questions -- reminiscent to me of Ten's Blink. Which makes it a good story. Not great, but good.

Because, in following the plot line out, it gets convoluted.

The Blood Cell is a fun read. But in the whole canon of Doctor stories, it could be better.

I received this book free, from the Blogging for Books program, in exchange for my honest review.

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