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Doctor Who: The Ruby's Curse
- River Song Novel
- Narrated by: Alex Kingston
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Alex Kingston reads her brand-new novel featuring River Song, from the worlds of Doctor Who.
1939, New York. Private-eye Melody Malone is hired to find a stolen ruby, the Eye of Horus. The ruby might hold the secret to the location of Cleopatra's tomb - but everyone who comes into contact with it dies.
Can Melody escape the ruby's curse?
1939, New York. River Song, author of the Melody Malone mysteries, is forced to find a reality-altering weapon, the Eye of Horus - but everyone who comes into contact with it dies. River doesn't believe in curses - but is she wrong?
From the top-security confines of Stormcage to the barbarism of first-century Egypt, River battles to find the Eye of Horus before its powers are used to transform the universe. To succeed, she must team up with a most unlikely ally - her own fictional alter ego, Melody. And together they must solve another mystery: is fiction changing into fact - or is fact changing into fiction?
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- Mark M.
- 05-22-21
Timey-Wimey Whirlwind of Fun
What a joy this is, made more so by Alex Kingston’s performance! The plot is complex to no end, juggling a main story, as well as a story-within-a-story, skipping wildly through time, doubling back on itself, encountering new and familiar faces along the way, and eventually blurring which is the main story and which is the story-within-a-story. It’s a wonder that with so many plot threads, taking us farther and farther from any sign of a conclusion, it is able to neatly and satisfyingly tie it all up in the end.
I will say that at a few points some of the minor characters are hard to keep track of. But otherwise this is a heck of a tale. It’s as if someone said “No one writes a more timey-wimey tale than Stephen Moffat”, and then Alex Kingston replied, “Hold my beer!” And her reading isn’t just your standard narration. This is a performance!
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- Anonymous User
- 06-25-21
this one took me across the country
was listening to this during the latter half of a cross country drive. this book is so beautifully written and narrated, I enjoyed it very much, also if you're a fan of doctor who at all this does not disappoint!
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- Allison Ruiter
- 12-16-21
Please Write More Stories Alex ❤
this was so delightful, immersive, and sassy, I would love to see Alex Kingston write more books, not just as River Song, but any type of new story she can bring up ❤
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- Matt Wheeler
- 11-03-21
If you love River, this is essential
I loved this. The story is fabulous, jumping into a few different times and places. Alex does a great job of narrating, as you would expect, but I found even the non River/Melody characters were distinguishable enough. Thank you Alex, proving how fantastic you are at writing on top of acting/voicing. I look forward to listening to it again and hope that she continues to write. 👏🏻💜
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- Acea
- 12-12-21
Hello Sweetie
An amazing book read and written by an author that knows her characters inside and out. I have long enjoyed the works of both Alex Kingston and River Song (the best companion hands down, by far, forever, the end). I loved the lot of this book, the stories the wove themselves into a single creation (that mayhaps held the power to destroy all) was both interesting and entertaining.
Spoilers, just kidding, this is the best Doctor Who book I have read and I hope Ms. Kingston makes more. I knew she was an amazing actor and now I know she is an extremely talented writer as well.
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- fitnessgoals
- 08-25-21
Fast and confusing
I love Doctor Who universe and Alex is just a pure delight, but this book was a bit out of my depth. Too many plot lines running simultaneously and it was hard to keep up with the story. Performance was amazing, but the story it self, quite confusing.
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-16-22
Fantastic Story
Loved this book as well as the narration. I'm a sucker for River Song and Alex Kingston did a phenomenal job with this tale.
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- Sharon Michael
- 08-09-22
Amazing
Loved it. A tad bit confusing if you stop listening and start again, but other than that very interesting.
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- Sha
- 08-09-22
absolutely loved the book!
Absolutely loved this book! The performance was awesome and drew me in start to finish!
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- Joseph M. Sergiej-Cottrell
- 08-05-22
Hello sweetie.
Written and read by River Song (Alex Kingston) herself. I'm in love with this story. I want to meet Alex Kingston so bad. 10 million stars.
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- Laura from Edinburgh
- 05-27-21
River Song/Melody Malone fantastic
I loved this story so much that I missed out on sleep to finish it.
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- KatieB
- 06-15-21
Amazing
Alex Kingston has really written a great book. I was hooked from chapter 2. 100% recommend
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- Anonymous User
- 05-20-21
so enjoyable.
I really loved this book. river is my favourite character. a few inconsistencies but well worth the read/listen. and it was easy to follow even with all the timey wimey stuff (lol).
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- duncan e c mcleod
- 08-05-21
Doctor Who: The Ruby’s Curse Review
I loved this audio book and I want more like this in the future.
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- Dawn Martin
- 07-03-21
Exuberant, smart, engaging.
All the things you'd expect from the redoubtable River Song, and then some! A genuinely gripping tale, woven with smooth, dark chocolate wit, intrigue and as full of sparkle as the Galerie des Glase. Encore!
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- Zedd
- 06-15-21
Excellent
I got this because I love the character but fell in love with the story and the epic narration by Alex Kingston I definitely recommend.
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- Simon Haine
- 08-12-22
Slip and Slide
Overall, a well-read story that fits in with the River Song storyline. Fans of Doctor Who and River Song will love this.
The Ruby's Curse continues the story of Melody Malone; a character invented by River Song to help The Doctor in the TV episode Angels Take Manhatten. This story flows nicely between the Melody Malone part as it's being written by River, and the River Song part, as being lived by River whilst locked up in the Stormcage prison; giving us two stories in one.
While the story does read well and it's great having it narrated by River Song herself, I did wonder if there were elements from the TV series that were just shoe-horned in to try to appeal to the fans of the show: The escape from Stormcage very similar to how River escapes in The Time of Angels (season 5), the character with body parts taken from the Raxacoricofallapatorian Slitheen family to name a couple. The former I found annoying because it's too familiar - although it was changed slightly, the effect was the same. I also saw no need within the plot to mention the Slitheen, other than to repeat the ridiculously long planet/race name.
However, the story is a good one, and takes us back and forward through time, in both reality and fiction. It's not a long read/listen, and for fans, it's well worth picking up. I'd be more than open to reading/listening to a book focussing solely on Melody, or River, in the future - without the added Doctor Who references - and I'm a huge Doctor Who fan.
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- Fiona
- 06-17-22
fantastic
I love this book so much I keep listening to it, just excellent 👌
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- JMD
- 02-02-22
Shocked by how good this was
Narration excellent as expected. Fun time-travel plot, River Song quips, Whovian references. Will listen again.
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- Mr. Stuart M. Reeves
- 01-23-22
A truly riveting story....
I would highly recommend this book & audiobook, it is amazing, fun, interesting & very original. Can't wait for Kingston to do more adventures.
Having played the part, Kingstons knows this character inside out & I think is the best person to write more adventures. I hope that this book is just the beginning of a whole new series about the extraordinary adventures of everybodys favorite mystery time lady, no not Missy.
One of the many perks of having Kingston reading this book is that she knows how to tell the story in a way that gives the story more life.
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-07-21
Outstanding reading of a great book
I was surprised, delighted and satisfied!
Perfect amount of whoness, great story with lovely layers.
Better than cake!
Alex reads her story with such skill that the characters instantly coalesce! So impressed at that level of skill I’ll now search out any book Alex has written OR read for.
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- Amy Rose
- 07-03-22
Alex Kingston is amazing
I listened to this book because it was by Alex Kingston and I was not disappointed. Excellent voice acting and great story. Very ‘doctor who’ in that I felt it was predictable but then at the last second it all got turned on it’s head. Great story.
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- Mari
- 03-01-22
Fantastic
This is such fun. I could visualise the entire story such is the strength of the narration and how in character the story is. Fingers crossed another book is in the works.
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- Anonymous User
- 02-26-22
the ruby's curse
absolutely awesome, Alex Kingston has an amazing range of narrative voices. will definitely goanna get a hard copy.
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- Anonymous User
- 02-17-22
Nostalgic and brilliant
This book was an emotional roller coaster. I’m not much for a reader but reading the hard copy alongside Alex was a thrill. Genuinely if you love River as much as I do this book is well worth your time.
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- Katherine Braysmith
- 01-14-22
I LOVED IT!!!!!! 😍
Amazing story writing! Performance was fantastic! Probably one of the best books I have listened to on audible. Definitely recommend listening to it.
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- Rebecca
- 10-14-21
Truly fun
Great job Alex! So much fun. Fan fiction from within the Doctor Who family. The joy you had writing and performing this us self-evident and a joy to witness.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-06-21
Not great Doctor Who story
I love River Song so of course when I saw this I had to get it a listen straight away. But I detective stores are not my scene so didn't love this story. Also I assumed this story takes place sometime before she dies but it seems it doesn't?
it has some minor Dortor Who story line mistakes like River drawing pictures of the Silance or being rescued before sending a message to the Doctor to rescue her. The Dortor isn't in it which is completely fine and expected.
I liked the way Alex played with time and the mystical Eye. I absolutely agree River should come back. I don't see why she can't since she was saved to the computer and all the other people who where saved came back well the ones who got transmitted into the computer anyway. But she couldn't come back with the currany Jodie because River would steal all the scenes.
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- Anonymous User
- 07-23-21
Very enjoyable
Very enjoyable River Song and Melody Malone novel. Both characters are interesting and well developed and both their storyline’s are fun to follow. I really liked Alex Kingston’s voices for both characters and you could really feel her passion for the story and characters. Hope you like it too.
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- Helen
- 06-25-21
Love!
Wow. This was thoroughly enjoyable. Very in theme with Doctor Who but at the same time incredibly individual. You could listen to it without any prior knowledge of the Doctor Who universe or River Song. A few pop ups from some beloved characters too! Spoilers! Alex Kingston, please write more novels!
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