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I loved Kingsolver for her quirky earlier books, and started this one expecting the same. It couldn't have been more different. And was so good it made my literary heart swoon.
Meh, the writing needs some work. Doesn't tell you who the wolf is though. I hope the movie is better.
Enjoyed the atmosphere of 80's Russia, having been there in 1985 and the main character was well written, but the story meandered a bit for me, not entirely working as a thriller or a sci-fi book for my tastes. But more irritating for me was that the blurb on the back gave away far too much of the plot, including events relevant to the last chapter. It deprives you of some of the drama, when you know who will be alive on the last page. Bit annoying
Seventh Doctor and Ace get mixed up in future fascist leader's plans to take over Britain. Jacqueline Pearce (aka Servalan in Blake's 7) is excellent as the fascist leader herself. There is some interesting business with Ace's perceptions of herself and of the Doctor, being shaped by the Fearmonger creature (which itself had certain resonances with the Timewyrm of the New Adventures). But there were some definite plot implausibilities, and Sophie Aldred's husband, Vince Henderson, playing the shock-jock radio presenter, really didn't seem to have much of a clue what was going on, using accent rather than acting to establish the character.