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Torchwood: SkyPoint: Skypoint (Torchwood) | 
| Author: Phil Ford
Publisher: Random House UK
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 2313
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
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Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 1846075750
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781846075759
ASIN: 1846075750
Publication Date: November 20, 2008 (New: This Week)
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 The Tosh & Owen Story November 5, 2008
I have now read 8 of the 9 Torchwood novels and to my mind, this is one of the better ones. Author Phil Ford writes some very descriptive text, putting you in the story. Tosh and Owen feature heavily for a fair bit of the story and it was good to read the interaction between them away from the Torchwood hub. Tension is built up quite quickly although, as with other Torchwood novels there is some 'wasted' narrative. The ending as said by a previous reviewer is quite a surprise and very neatly done. Well worth a read, recommended.
honey, I'm home October 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
an original novel featuring an all new story based on the tv show torchwood. I would assume that all those who read this review will be familiar with the show so I won't go into details about. If you aren't, look up torchwood on dvd for full details.
The book runs for 250 pages [slightly shorter than previous ones in the range] of relatively large print and rather short chapters. and a few adult moments and situations do mean this is not something for the kids.
the plot is set somewhere in the last third of the second season of he tv show, and involves a new apartment block in cardiff which is a luxury and exclusive residence, where people are disappearing as a result of something that's coming out of the walls. the place is owned and run by an east european mobster. could he know what's going on? the only solution is for tosh and owen to go undercover in the building, posing as a newly married couple.
the relative brevity of the book may leave you not expecting too much, but this does manage to be quite a decent read, because of a good depth of character to the writing. every one of the main characters is given good motivation, and the same depth applies to the supporting ones. the tosh owen relationship does get some detail, although this goes to one side once certain plot developments kick in, but it was well characterised enough to make me care about it more than I did on tv.
and the ultimate solution is something that is kept in the dark till near the end, and is a decent little plot development I didn't see coming.
Not great literature, but if you want a new torchwood story, it's a more than adequate read
 Not as good as I had hoped October 23, 2008
As a fan of poor Tosh and Owen (how could they?) I was really looking forward to this book. But was a bit dissapointed really, I was hoping for some good interplay between Tosh and Owen but there wasn't a lot. Story was ok, but could have been better.
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