Review of Gatecrashers by DontBlink
18 November 2024
This review contains spoilers
The Target Storybook kicks off in style with Gatecrashers, a Thirteenth Doctor tale by Joy Wilkinson, of The Witchfinders fame.
This short story is different in many ways to Wilkinson’s television episode, but it is just as good.
Gatecrashers is a very fun adventure with a very interesting concept.
The description in the story makes you feel immersed, and when I finished it, it felt like I had read a whole novel. There is a large amount of detail, which works in the story’s favour.
However, the part of the story that interested me the most, the mystery of Iz’s death, is resolved poorly and underwhelmingly.
Thankfully, that didn’t let Gatecrashers down.
A good story has been chosen to kick off the collection. Hopefully, the other stories will continue with this quality, perhaps even be better!