Sky Pirates wasn't that great but I still enjoyed many parts. I enjoyed seeing parts of this book that probably influenced the show and other doctor who media. I remember a mention of a time war and a reality bomb on the same page somewhere at the beginning of the book; I'd find it hard to believe that Russell T Davies didn't read this book. The last couple of chapters have a lot to do with timelords and how they treated the rest of the universe which I found interesting. Also, the premise of a weird and silly galaxy was really fun and the explanation for it was pretty cool. My biggest issue with this book was its pacing and info-dumping. Initially, the first 50 or so pages failed to hook my interest and I felt like I was reading page after page of words. Then some things started coming together and I was interested enough to continue reading. Unfortunately, every page after that started to feel like word vomit. There's lots to appreciate in this book and I knew there was stuff I was missing while reading it, but there was so much over-explanation that I wasn't able to appreciate the world-building. I'm also failing to recall a lot of the book because even when I tried to reread things to understand what was going on, it would seem like nothing was actually happening. Then later I'd feel like there's something I'm missing. The book isn't confusing by any means, the plot seemed pretty simple and things came together pretty well in the last chapter, it's just the over-explanation that took me out of the story. Also, Chris and Roz are basically taken out of the plot and given their own little side plot where they get captured and spend the whole book either captured or escaping capture. Even now, I'm still struggling to recall everything I read, even my favorite part, which was how progressive this book is. Solan is a trans man. He's a villain but that's still pretty cool to see a trans man in a Doctor Who book from the 90s. Also, while this is probably for world-building purposes and not political reasons, the sloaths go by it/hir which made me much more interested in them. Benny also directly commented on how primitive homophobia and racism are.