Rate 'Feast of the Drowned'

[Dominic Smith]

Here you can discuss the tenth Doctor novel 'Feast of the Drowned'

[Eryx]

Finished reading this one about a week ago, and its a good read. Unlike a couple of the more recent stories it wasn't predictable at all and the story really dragged me in. Worth checking this one out.

[Dominic Smith]

With a bit of luck I'll start reading this today, I'm looking forward to it, out of the three novels released recently, this one sounds the most exciting both because of the blurb and the reviews it's been getting.

[Ice Warrior]

When a naval cruiser sinks in mysterious circumstances in the North Sea, all aboard are lost. Rose is saddened to learn that the brother of her friend, Keisha, was among the dead. And yet he appears to them as a ghostly apparition, begging to be saved from the coming feast... the feast of the drowned.
As the dead crew haunt loved ones all over London, the Doctor and Rose are drawn into a chilling mystery. What sank the ship, and why? When the cruiser’s wreckage was towed up the Thames, what sinister force came with it?
The river’s dark waters are hiding an even darker secret, as preparations for the feast near their conclusion...

Bought this book today, sounds very spooky

[Eryx]

Of the latest bunch, this was my favourite.

[Dominic Smith]

I finished reading this yesterday (took me a long time I know ) and I thought it was brilliant, wonderfully spooky and better I'd say than 'The Stone Rose', now onto 'The Resurrection Casket'

[Nytik]

I agree with you, Dominicsmith. I have read both Feast Of The Drowned and The Stone Rose lately, and the latter was a bit slow paced for me really.
I broke the tie, going for Good.

[matthewsee]

The Feast of the Drowned begins with the sinking of a naval cruiser in mysterious circumstances with all those aboard lost.
Among the dead just happens to be Jay, the brother of one of Rose’s friends Keisha. This enables the Doctor and Rose along with Jackie and Mickey to be part of this story because all the dead crew came back as ghosts to haunt their loved ones.
In the case of Jay it was with his sister Keisha.
It was quite intriguing the Doctor and Rose investigating the so-called ghosts.
The character of Keisha never appeared in the TV series, Cole having created her for this novel and him presenting Keisha’s friendship and history with Rose was very well done.
It was especially well done when Cole wrote about what impact Rose’s absence from the Powell Estate for 12 months relative to this time period whilst she was travelling with the Doctor as explained in Aliens of London, had on Keisha especially since Keisha hasn’t been seen in the TV series.
Overall quite good intrigue surrounding the titular feast and the drowned.

[matthewsee]

In one scene Mickey found that the only record of a John Anthony Crayshaw (the villain of this book) was one who went down with his ship in 1759 at the age of 55.
Vida responded by saying, “That’s crazy I mean he looks old, but getting on his 250th birthday?”
As The Feast of the Drowned took place during season 32 meant it took place in 2007. So it meant that it was 248 years since 1759.
Vida saying 250th birthday was obviously her rounding Crayshaw’s age to nearest tenth number. However she was far off in stating Crayshaw’s age because 1759 was when he supposedly drowned when his ship went down . As he was 55 in 1759 that meant in 2007 he was at the age of 303.
Rounding 303 to the nearest tenth number makes it 300 and surely being at the age of 300is way more impressive than being at the age of 250.