My book review:
http://ganimede.dreamwidth.org/22788.... ( )

My boyfriend at the time got me a hard copy of this book for christmas (along with a sonic screwdriver, hee).

Reading a book is a totally different experience from listening to it, and I like this book just as much both ways. I especially like how important and active a role Rose plays in the plot, just like she often did in the tv show. ( )

I enjoyed this one, I liked the Ancient Roman setting and the way it didn't shy away from the more ugly aspects of Roman life. I enjoyed the villain as well - good idea. ( )

http://nhw.livejournal.com/1085704.ht...

This is the most owned Doctor Who book on LibraryThing, for some reason; I guess it was the first Tenth Doctor book to come out. Team Tardis (Doctor and Rose, with Mickey and Jackie visible too) find a statue of Rose dating from Roman times in the British Museum. Solving the mystery takes a certain amount of timewarping, mostly during the reign of Hadrian, and dealing with an advanced technology indistinguishable from magic. The characterisation of Ten is nice enough, though not yet developed to the heights of Tennant's recent performance. The plot was a bit handwavey and the writing a bit flat. (I found the same problem with Rayner's introductory Six/Evelyn audio, The Marian Conspiracy; though Doctor Who and the Pirates is a different matter.) My classically-inclined Whovian friends will need to get this to complete the set of The Romans/The Fires of Pompeii etc, but others can probably give it a miss. Passes the Bechdel test though with Rose and a girl from the future sorting things out in the Doctor's absence.
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I really like this book - and just about the time that I thought it was wrapping up, I looked and it turned out it was only halfway done!

Rose has a bigger part in this than she (or any companion) has in any of the Doctor Who audiobooks I've listened to. I was not surprised to learn it was written by a woman. ( )