Thank you for sharing! I agree with a lot of what you said, but I guess something about thr book really clicked with me in a way it didn’t with you. Hopefully the next one will be better for you!
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Put my Saturday to good use and read ‘The Janus Conjunction’. This would be such a good episode on TV! I am a big giant spider enjoyer. But, on God, Sam is 100% back to being a bland companion with almost no personality and very little agency. ‘Lost Sam’ arc Samantha Jones, my daughter, my darling, come back to me, I’m begging you.
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You like Giants Spiders, eh? 
Well then I just know just the right Eighth Doctor Story 
(after doing at least three other Seasons of work to get to it-)
Great Review! I think I do agree with most Points here, I remember reading it as my first Book for Sam, which sadly didn’t give me the best Impression of her 
Poor sam 
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Giant Spiders? Yes please! 
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Finished ‘Beltempest’ and, uh, I have thoughts and also opinions that I need to unpack… The C-section scene changed me somehow. Like, in my soul I think. A spiritual moment in a book that has literal a sick and twisted Holy Supper thing going on.
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Beltempest is… wild.
I personally love it (except for some characterisation of Sam) but it absolutely an experience…
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The Crooked World was my introduction to the EDAs, and it’s super fun but such a strange place to jump into the series
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The Crooked World is amazing! Very much looking forward to rereading it.
An place to start though I’m sure.
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Finished the Face Eater. I did not enjoy that one. I hate it when they introduce a bajillion pointless side characters at the start just to kill them all off like I don’t careeeeeee… bland, generic, the Doctor and Sam were like, barely relevant and hardly anyone even got their faces ate. What. Ever.
Up next: The Taint! Which I’ve only ever heard people say kind of sucks as a book but I am happy to finally meet Fitz
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I enjoyed The Taint and it does give us the wonder that is Fitz.
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Just finished Option Lock and very much enjoyed it. Better than some of the other EDA’s up to this point and I read it quite quickly.
I think the EDA’s are my favourite Who book range. I just find aomething so comforting, fun and adventurous about them. Need to find a copy of The Longest Day now so I can continue.
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Started ‘Face Eater’ yesterday! About 20% through it, yet to be impressed.
I’m also so so so excited for ‘The Taint’! The TARDIS team really needs a shake up.
Actually, the first DW book I ever read was ‘The Taking of Planet 5’ when I was in college, aaages ago (a friend of mine magically had a physical copy that I failed to steal). I don’t remember much, but I do remember I loved Fitz so much his name was my password in many websites for years afterwards 
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Good luck. It was like, fine. You’ll probably overtake me now - I read a DW book every other book so if you’re just blasting through you’ll speed ahead
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Adore Planet 5! Love EDA weirdness!
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Curious what the longest EDA book is in pages?
I’m reading Alien Bodies and it’s like 458 pages, so pretty long-ish!
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Interference books 1 and 2 are explicitly a two-parter, so I’m tempted to say that, but that feels like cheating
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Oh, funny! My copy only comes to about 312 pages. Maybe the ebook version is different!
Most EDAS come to about 250-300 pages in print but some are longer than they seem. The Adventuress of Henrietta Street has much smaller text compared to the others, for example!
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I have often wondered about that! I think the eBook pages are generally higher due to formatting… I’d say the print copy is reality.
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And some are physically only 250 pages but spiritually seem to last forever…
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The Eight Doctors has entered the chat
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