I loved this book, I have from time to time noticed faces in different patterns on different surfaces. It mad how much this story brings back them memories. I also love the fact that clowns ( )

November 1963. JFK has been assassinated. A planet mourns. Not only JFK is being mourned; everyone is being reminded of their dead relatives, friends, and partners. A malevolent creature that feasts on grief is tapping into the worldwide sorrow and planning to eat the whole human race. But can the Doctor and Clara save the day?

I liked the setting of this story; Doctor Who stories that run concurrently to famous historical events are interesting to me. The Shroud reminded me a bit of the creatures in “Flatline”, but of course with Eleven at the controls of the Tardis instead of Twelve.

I found Clara more annoying than usual in this book, and that’s saying something because I always find Clara annoying :) The writing was OK but not great; definitely more of a borrow than a buy for me. ( )

Even though I haven’t read that many Doctor Who books, out of the four or five that I have read, I think this one might be my favorite.

I couldn’t put it down and read it in one sitting. There were just so many funny moments. Out of the few Doctor Who books I’ve read, the Doctor always seems a little off to me, but in this book, to me at least, he seemed to be a lot like he was on the show.

The only reason I didn’t give this one five stars, was the fact that at times when the American characters were talking or thinking, they would say or think things that just didn’t seem right. At least I didn’t think they sounded right. I mean I don’t live in America, I live in Canada and I wasn’t alive in the 60’s so maybe I’m wrong. Like at one point Warren is backing up and it says that “He felt the back of his legs bump against something hard. The front bumper of the ambulance. He reached back to feel around on the vehicle’s bonnet with his fingertips, trying to work out which door he was closet to.” Bonnet? Am I wrong about this? Do some Americans say bonnet? Maybe I just read it all wrong. Maybe I’m completely clueless.

Overall it was a great read. However, I am now out of Doctor Who books. I must get more. ( )

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As you all might know, I am a big fan of Doctor Who. It is my favourite TV show, and I also like (most) of the books that have been written based on this show. I haven’t read a lot, only about six or seven, but I have never actually written a review about either one of them. So I decided to write a review about the one of the recent ones that I’ve finished. I might go and write reviews about my two all-time favourites (Touched by an Angel and the Stone Rose). Okay, I have given my opinion about this book a while ago, but this is a proper review. Oh, it might contain some minor spoilers.

Shroud of Sorrow is the first DW book that has Clara as companion. And since I loved Clara from the beginning, I needed to have this book. A couple of pages into the book, I already liked it so much, that I couldn’t wait to finish it, and to re-read it again. As the Doctor goes to change into dry clothes, he comes back into the main control room to find both Clara and the TARDIS crying. He then asks Clara if she called the TARDIS ‘fat’.

Later in the book, they end up on an ice-cold planet where the houses are built into the hill, like hobbit holes, Clara says. The Doctor and Mae then meet two clowns called ‘Flip Flop’ and (here it comes) ‘Wobblebottom’! I don’t like clowns at all, but I think I will like Wobblebottom when I meet him.

At the end of the story, it gets a bit sad, because the Doctor has to relive several of ‘sad’ moments in his life. Including saying goodbye to ‘his’ Ponds, in ‘The Angels Take Manhattan’.

In total, I absolutely loved this story; I liked the plot, I liked the writing, and I just loved reading more about Clara, who is on her way of becoming one of my favourite companions (okay I love all of them, but Rose and Amy have a special place in my heart, and Clara is starting to get there too). I would recommend this book to everyone who has watched Doctor Who, and just anyone who loves to read a Sci-Fi story (though you probably would be a bit confused if you haven’t seen the show). ( )

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