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grassangelThis one has Gwen (in boots), a tiger and oversized collectible card game cards on the cover. All of which are in the book, just not in that proximity. The presence of the tiger should tell you how silly bits of this is though. Not all of it like Almost Perfect just… bits.
Not so much monster/alien of the week either, just alien tech of the week. Which is a bit weird for the novels, but not too badly.
Also, rather oddly, Tosh and Ianto get the spotlight for this novel.
A quick sum up of this would be: pre-wedding, Ianto’s invisible for a portion of the book, Tosh is her adorable self, Owen doesn’t get much of a spotlight except as a person who makes jokes and the balance between ‘ships is almost on target.
Anyway, this’ll be mostly comments… onwards!
Ianto not finding the parts to replace the brake pads and instead just making the horn louder is not-so-quietly awesome. (Yes, we can’t escape SOME mention of the SUV.)
And I’m just going assume that incident with Ianto, the slime monster, the mop and bucket that Gwen mentioned in passing is simply something messy that happened to the team and not something dodgy.
Tosh and Gwen have a smile over Jack and Ianto’s ‘date’ and the meal Ianto was going to ‘cook’. Tosh has the decency to look shocked, Gwen doesn’t as she then realises she’s supposed to have lunch cooked for her too by her partner.
There’s a small quip about Tosh’s drycleaner seeing worse things than blood and not asking questions, but considering Ianto’s her drycleaner that’s kind of moot.
And while trying to get Tosh’s GPS co-ordinates, Gwen may have tuned into a local radio station. Called Red Dragon FM. *obvious Welsh channel name is obvious*
The Torchwood taxi account is in the name of a Dr John Smith. An Ianto idea apparently, with a touch of Jack in-joke. (I giggled more over Jack using the Doctor’s pseudonym than the idea of a secret organisation having a taxi account.)
There’s an ADORABLE scene at the zoo, on Jack and Ianto’s date. They’re debating over the definition of ‘pack animal’, whether it’s beasts of burden or animals like lions and tigers. Then Jack diverts the conversation by asking what the collective noun for Weevils is. Ianto replies it’s obviously a shitload and they laugh and a nearby elderly couple shushes them for using such language. Well, the male half does anyway and then goes on to comment that they’re a bit old to be holding hands. His wife however, goes that you’re never too old to hold hands and the two walk off doing exactly that.
That old lady. She was awesome.
Sadly, on the next page, Jack complains that ‘tiger’ is spelled wrong, which Ianto corrects by saying it’s supposed to be that way as it’s the Welsh spelling. He then comments that Jack should’ve been around long enough to learn SOME Welsh, to which Jack promises to be fluent by the time he’s introduced to his family. The half-muttered response to that is “Then you have plenty of time to learn” which makes me a little bit sad. And vaguely confused because the new season introduces his sister.
How are you supposed to pronounce ‘Rhiwbina’? Like the blackcurrant drink Ribena?
And I’ve said this before, I think, that the old boardroom, which was upstairs in the Hub and was all glass and shiny, is now the hot/green house. There is confirmation here.
Also, Owen's age is inconsistent, again. Has another different birth year in this book. But apparently his birthday is February 14th.
Also is the second (well, first in chronological order) book where Ianto kisses Jack to be identified. Except we actually get a description this time. He’s invisible though. Not female.
Invisible!Ianto brings a lot of fun though. While he’s being examined for injuries, his clothes have to be removed for testing and he says it’s like, but unlike, one of his reoccurring nightmares. Jack then claims it’s a hugely unfair advantage in naked hide and seek, which just makes Tosh and Owen look at him oddly.
Odd little throw away line from Gwen in a meeting slightly later about Jack’s gaze being either confused or tender, in regards him trying to look at Ianto. The meeting is about what they’re supposed to do next and it’s decided that Ianto has to sneak into a building. Naked.
In the set up for his break in though, Tosh gets to hack the system and even figures out Ianto’s sixteen digit access code.
He does end up back in the visible spectrum though. Not in the best place though, halfway through investigating the Achenbrite building.
While Ianto’s in the building, being invisible, Tosh and Jack are in the Hub doing research and recovering from a half-bitten off leg and Jack manages to hear her recording the the last bit of her video message. The “I hope I did good” bit. It was aww inducing.
It also mentions a plush tiger on her desk, which I could swear I can remember seeing in series. *needs to rewatch more* She says in here it’s to stop Owen asking unnecessary computer questions. And it has a 80% success rate.
Jack’s knowledge of football only extends to who has the cutest backside/looks best in underwear adverts. This is sounds vaguely like what the Jack I know would say, except that he’d get yelled at for saying “soccer” instead of football.
That is not the awesome Jack quote of the book though, this is: Knowledge is when you can tell that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is when you leave it out of a fruit salad
Apparently he uses this on everyone and it’s not as profound as it first seems. (Although I think a ‘fruit’ salad of tomatoes, olives, pumpkin, beans, eggplant and capsicum would be quite tasty.)
Right near the end Ianto’s warned he’s sounding too much like Rhys. This is of course said by Gwen and is because Ianto commented that Jack should take some days off.
And that's it.
Not so much monster/alien of the week either, just alien tech of the week. Which is a bit weird for the novels, but not too badly.
Also, rather oddly, Tosh and Ianto get the spotlight for this novel.
A quick sum up of this would be: pre-wedding, Ianto’s invisible for a portion of the book, Tosh is her adorable self, Owen doesn’t get much of a spotlight except as a person who makes jokes and the balance between ‘ships is almost on target.
Anyway, this’ll be mostly comments… onwards!
Ianto not finding the parts to replace the brake pads and instead just making the horn louder is not-so-quietly awesome. (Yes, we can’t escape SOME mention of the SUV.)
And I’m just going assume that incident with Ianto, the slime monster, the mop and bucket that Gwen mentioned in passing is simply something messy that happened to the team and not something dodgy.
Tosh and Gwen have a smile over Jack and Ianto’s ‘date’ and the meal Ianto was going to ‘cook’. Tosh has the decency to look shocked, Gwen doesn’t as she then realises she’s supposed to have lunch cooked for her too by her partner.
There’s a small quip about Tosh’s drycleaner seeing worse things than blood and not asking questions, but considering Ianto’s her drycleaner that’s kind of moot.
And while trying to get Tosh’s GPS co-ordinates, Gwen may have tuned into a local radio station. Called Red Dragon FM. *obvious Welsh channel name is obvious*
The Torchwood taxi account is in the name of a Dr John Smith. An Ianto idea apparently, with a touch of Jack in-joke. (I giggled more over Jack using the Doctor’s pseudonym than the idea of a secret organisation having a taxi account.)
There’s an ADORABLE scene at the zoo, on Jack and Ianto’s date. They’re debating over the definition of ‘pack animal’, whether it’s beasts of burden or animals like lions and tigers. Then Jack diverts the conversation by asking what the collective noun for Weevils is. Ianto replies it’s obviously a shitload and they laugh and a nearby elderly couple shushes them for using such language. Well, the male half does anyway and then goes on to comment that they’re a bit old to be holding hands. His wife however, goes that you’re never too old to hold hands and the two walk off doing exactly that.
That old lady. She was awesome.
Sadly, on the next page, Jack complains that ‘tiger’ is spelled wrong, which Ianto corrects by saying it’s supposed to be that way as it’s the Welsh spelling. He then comments that Jack should’ve been around long enough to learn SOME Welsh, to which Jack promises to be fluent by the time he’s introduced to his family. The half-muttered response to that is “Then you have plenty of time to learn” which makes me a little bit sad. And vaguely confused because the new season introduces his sister.
How are you supposed to pronounce ‘Rhiwbina’? Like the blackcurrant drink Ribena?
And I’ve said this before, I think, that the old boardroom, which was upstairs in the Hub and was all glass and shiny, is now the hot/green house. There is confirmation here.
Also, Owen's age is inconsistent, again. Has another different birth year in this book. But apparently his birthday is February 14th.
Also is the second (well, first in chronological order) book where Ianto kisses Jack to be identified. Except we actually get a description this time. He’s invisible though. Not female.
Invisible!Ianto brings a lot of fun though. While he’s being examined for injuries, his clothes have to be removed for testing and he says it’s like, but unlike, one of his reoccurring nightmares. Jack then claims it’s a hugely unfair advantage in naked hide and seek, which just makes Tosh and Owen look at him oddly.
Odd little throw away line from Gwen in a meeting slightly later about Jack’s gaze being either confused or tender, in regards him trying to look at Ianto. The meeting is about what they’re supposed to do next and it’s decided that Ianto has to sneak into a building. Naked.
In the set up for his break in though, Tosh gets to hack the system and even figures out Ianto’s sixteen digit access code.
He does end up back in the visible spectrum though. Not in the best place though, halfway through investigating the Achenbrite building.
While Ianto’s in the building, being invisible, Tosh and Jack are in the Hub doing research and recovering from a half-bitten off leg and Jack manages to hear her recording the the last bit of her video message. The “I hope I did good” bit. It was aww inducing.
It also mentions a plush tiger on her desk, which I could swear I can remember seeing in series. *needs to rewatch more* She says in here it’s to stop Owen asking unnecessary computer questions. And it has a 80% success rate.
Jack’s knowledge of football only extends to who has the cutest backside/looks best in underwear adverts. This is sounds vaguely like what the Jack I know would say, except that he’d get yelled at for saying “soccer” instead of football.
That is not the awesome Jack quote of the book though, this is: Knowledge is when you can tell that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is when you leave it out of a fruit salad
Apparently he uses this on everyone and it’s not as profound as it first seems. (Although I think a ‘fruit’ salad of tomatoes, olives, pumpkin, beans, eggplant and capsicum would be quite tasty.)
Right near the end Ianto’s warned he’s sounding too much like Rhys. This is of course said by Gwen and is because Ianto commented that Jack should take some days off.
And that's it.
