Daniel Kukwa's Reviews > Doctor Who: The Monsters Inside

I truly wanted to enjoy this novel. The opening 30ish pages are exciting and intriguing, the writing style is very smooth, and Mr. Cole has an excellent grasp of the 9th Doctor & Rose. But no matter how hard people try, no one has yet come close to writing a truly excellent Slitheen story. They are the "Doctor Who" monsters that irritate me the most, and they are particularly irritating & annoying in this novel. I can't say I was any more fond of the Rose-in-jail plot line: prison cliches & teenage angst meets "Orange is the New Black". Stephen Cole has lacquered a very slick coating over a story I could barely muster enough interest to follow to the final page...and that's a great pity.