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Slow Decay (Torchwood)

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If you havent watched the show, dont even bother. You have to know the characters to even begin to understand this complex read. Thought provoking and well written with many different storylines that come together at the end. Well worth the purchase.

We Torchwood fans are a picky lot, so when we say its good its good. Andy Lane has created something very closely resembling a full on Torchwood episode. Thats all we can ask for yeah?

It is one of the horror/suspence stories that is just riveting to read. I personally read over one hundred pages in one sitting. Gwen and Rhys are amazing, Jack is just as witty and devil may care as usual, and Ianto makes snide remarks which have almost the same amount of bite as his coffee. I positively loved the characters and while I figured out the plot on page sixty I was still fascinated to see what was happening next.

One reason this is not the best yet published is the writing. It isnt as tight as Another Life. it has a lot of redundant moments and some needlessly long and drawn out paragraphs that say mostly te same thing.

All in all I hope Andy Lane returns to the series as an author.

I don't wish to give away anything but I will say that there is a lot of blood. Lots of gore. The novel is about alien techonolgy, diets and something eating the Weevils. On top of that Gwen wants to spice up her relationship with Rhys while he wishes to lose some weight. Things get weird, twisted and blood soaked. Faces eaten, eyeballs sucked out and flesh pulled off the bones. I love vampire stories and movies and I felt uneasy when reading some of the scenes in this book. But I can't take away any points because in the end it is STILL a great story.
Just don't eat anything while reading.

Gwen Cooper relishes investigating the bizarre and the unexplained with the Torchwood team. Unfortunately, the secret nature of her work and the unpredictable hours place a strain on her relationship with boyfriend Rhys. To spice up their sagging sex life, Gwen sneaks a piece of alien technology out of Torchwood. Rhys, also concerned about their relationship, decides to shed a few pounds to make himself more attractive to Gwen and, on the advice of a friend, visits Dr Scotus' weight loss clinic.

I really enjoyed this book. The story, with its several plot threads, is interesting and really moves along. Author Andy Lane does a good job capturing the essence of the characters and the general tone of the show.

While this book isn't for everyone--you need to be familiar with series--any Torchwood fan would probably find reading it a pleasant way to spend an evening.

To be honest this was the last from the first three Torchwood books I got. But by far, it was also the best one.
The action and the suspence was one thing. But the amazing characterisation was what really caught my heart.

It's very difficult to write a character readers may already know from their TV screen. But Andy Lane did a great job and I couldn't stop reading. The way Andy's words painted the scenery and the characters made me fel as if I was not reading a novel but watching yet another episode of Torchwood.

5 stars!

This is a great book! The story is great, even for a picky fan like me. I'd definitely recommend it.

I won't write more as it would give too much away, but it is a book worth reading :-)

Fantastic! The charactars were spot on, the plot was complicated, intriguing, and quick. It is, in a word, Torchwood. Buy it, read it, you won't regret it! Don't want to say more, because it's too good, to give away!

Slow Decay is a fantastic Torchwood novel. Andy Lane has developed a fascinating (and rather gruesome) story of our favourite Torchwood heroes. The characters are very well written (So often I could vividly imagine each of the characters mannerisms and actions). The conflicts and plot developments are engaging making Slow Decay a great read. The only real warning I could note is that there really are some quite grotesque moments- not for the faint of heart.
5 stars.

Slow Decay by Andy Lane concerns a mysterious new weight loss clinic ran by a Doctor Scotus, whose methods work almost instantaneously but whose side-effects are quite (prepare to deploy pun: 3, 2, 1:) monstrous. This was one of the first Torchwood books released, so all the characters are present but Gwen and Rhys' relationship is central to the book's plot and Lane does a great job describing some of the challenges, difficulties, and anxieties couples in their early thirties can face. The novel is paced well, and the combat scenes are suitably gory. There's also an interesting explanation for why Owen became a doctor (in order to keep himself from dying from the same disease that killed his father), an intriguing description of the Torchwood archives, a mysterious reference to an Operation: Goldenrod, and some really nice, dark humor (usually involving Jack ribbing Owen) like the scene where the group has had to capture and bind a monster-possessed girl:

"I hope we're not stopped by the police on the way back to the Hub," Ianto said. "Explaining why we've got a young girl tied up in the back could be tricky."
Jack smiled. "We'll let Owen talk us out of it. I'm sure he's had lots of practice."

Another solid entry in the Torchwood novel line, which, now that I've read eight books, I continue to be impressed by--it's far above Buffy and what I remember of Star Trek novels, and right up there with Star Wars (though the lack of internal continuity is unfortunate).