Steve James
I don't like Doctor books particularly but was recommended this one by a friend. Rags is one of the best books I've read for ages, it is a work of great literary talent. It's different from other Doctor Who books and brings a variation that helps spice up this otherwise one-route genre. Let's hope this virtually unknown writer will write more!
Simon Catlow
The problem with Rags is that the Doctor is absent for about 60% of the book. The writer seemed to want to tell a story which would have worked better without being labelled as 'Doctor Who' book. Rags is a great horror novel, but just no good as a Doctor Who book. Nevertheless I'm glad I read it.
Colin Burden
I did not like Rags that much. The graphic mutilations went too far, leaving a nasty after taste for me.It sickened me, and maybe should be recommended to Marylin Manson fans. It should not be a Doctor Who book!
Mk Doyle
I found Rags to be very enjoyable, opening up a side of the Doctor which is not normally seen. It is well written, with a good storyline and interesting characters. Do not let people put you off buying this book by saying it is too gory. If you don't like you can put it down. Rags is well worth a look!
Campbell McGregor
Why the BBC allowed this book to be published I don't know. I tried to enjoy it but found it a struggle even to finish it. In the novel the Doctor is just a token character, Mick Lewis seems extremely reluctant to use him. The scenes are too gross and it has one of the most rushed, ridiculous endings I've ever read.
Harvey Unwin
This story fails heavily on the grounds of continuity alone. It should have been a seventh Doctor story, it would then have slotted into the series like a glove. But as it stands there is no indication as to which of the stories it is set between. It is plainly set in around 1978, when the Brigadier has given up UNIT and is a school teacher, the Doctor has regenerated and Jo Grant has left to go to South America with her husband.
Lucien Barnes
Can I just say "euw!". I really didn't enjoy it, I've tried to get into it but I just don't like it. Nothing much happens for ages (except for long, dreary, unbelievable internal monologues), then there is a succession of daft, silly and very gruesome deaths. It's unpleasant without being shocking, moving, or at all involving. Plus the Doctor, Jo and the Brigadier just aren't convincing. I hope the author was as bored writing it as I was reading it.
Richard Kalloch
To put it as simply as possible - rubbish. To add the name of Doctor Who to this book is a crime of the worst kind. This book would be better suited as kindling for a fire. I could go on, but I might sound like the author.
Simon Porter
Unpleasant. A pointlessly violent mish-mash, which misuses the third Doctor and Jo completely.
The Doctor barely features, and when he does it is to little or no effect. Mick Lewis fails to capture the character of Jon Pertwee's interpretation at all, this could have featured any Doctor.
The main burden of the story is carried by Jo Grant, who is turned from the dippy-hippy chick of the TV series into a sad punk wannabe, while a troupe of re-animated corpse-crusties create pointless mayhem.
This is without a doubt the worst Doctor Who novel I have read, and one to be avoided at all costs. 0/10
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