DW: Wishing Well

Next batch of DW books. First is Wishing Well by Trevor Baxendale. (Damn you Terrance Trent D'Arby!)


The best thing that Trevor does in this book is: NO DAMN KIDS!!! Too many of these books have inserted a kid, because, well, these are the books for the kiddies after all. But not so here, Trevor gets it, it can appeal to children without needing children.

And the book is simple, with just six main characters aside from the Doctor and Marsha (and one other, but not for long), and they are written well. It's easy to keep track of who is who, and that has been a tricky thing with some of these books. Not to say that these are deep characters, because they aren't. Motivations are basic, which means we aren't bogged down in overextended arguments passing for exposition.

The plot is also fairly straightforward, this being similar to the other books, all of which do tend to rocket along. The overall arc is pretty clear, bad things happen and build up to a big fight, but then what story isn't like that? The story is an easy read, and enjoyable, and doesn't overtax the mind.

Certainly not the deep books we got from Baxendale in the EDA books, but this is a good read for this series.


Order: whatever, before Utopia is fine.

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