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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780743427364
ISBN number: 074342736X
Label: Simon Spotlight Entertainment
Manufacturer: Simon Spotlight Entertainment
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 208
Printing Date: August 01, 2002
Publishing house: Simon Spotlight Entertainment
Age index: Young Adult
Sale Popularity Level: 472655
Studio: Simon Spotlight Entertainment
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THE BIG BAD
Since her mother's death, Buffy Summers has had a hard time keeping her chin up. Suddenly finding herself alone and in charge of Dawn is certainly daunting, and being responsible, at the same time, for saving the world...well, it's pressure. And lately the Slayer is feeling bogged down by the little things.
Buffy has a toothache, but no dental insurance...as if her financial problems weren't overwhelming enough already. And Anya and Xander are being held hostage in their own home by a plague of ants. Everyone is determined not to sweat the small stuff -- until Spike discovers economy-sized evil wreaking havoc in Weatherly Park. Mini-monsters are perfectly capable of mega-trouble, and in order to stop them, the Slayer's going to have to think...small!
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The plot of this book was much better in theory than it was in practice. This could have easily been a 5 star PG-13 book with imagination & better writing skills. In fact, the whole concept of fairy vampires, would have made an excellent TV episode ranking up there with Season Five BTVS "Buffy vs. Dracula". The prologue itself was GREAT! It was CLASSIC Buffy. The essence of the show was captured in the perfect light in this chapter. The bad part was, none of the main characters were in it. I won't give away too much about the prologue so as not to spoil it for future readers. Sadly, the book itself, was written at a reading level & pace best suited for middle school students. I wouldn't recommend this to any adult who is easily bored.
The author did a reasonable job of bringing some of the characters to life, while failing to bring out the essence in others. For example, in Chapter 2, Xander & Buffy were fighting a Tyrloch demon. Xander said "So...now we know what it would look like if the Incredible Hulk and the Statue of Liberty ever had kids". Given the description of the demon, this was absolutely hilarious and had me laughing into the subsequent page. My laughter was cut short when Buffy made a stupid out of character comment to the same demon "are you evil or do we have a failure to commnuicate?", Gimme a break. This went on throughout the whole book.... a great one-liner followed by a stupid one-liner. Similarly, there were some good monents, and bad ones with Anya. Anya was portrayed a bit too ditzy in this story. The Scooby gang had several meetings about the fairies and Anya kept it quiet for too long that she had very first hand info on them... it didn't make any sense. Even Anya is not that dumb. In a normal episode she would have immediately come forth with her knowledge. For any media-tie in book to work, the author must have the essence of all the characters down pat or it just won't fly with the fans.
As the old saying goes, I try not to judge books by their covers. I did find this cover mis-leading. If you are looking for a book featuring Spike, this is NOT for you. Spike had a few good scenes, but nothing to get excited about. A cover with the whole group would have been more fitting. I would have also liked to have seen more sparks between Buffy and Spike. Featuring Spike on the front cover was done to help sell more books. Period.
It kills me to give this book 2 stars. If it weren't for the concept of the fairy vampires I doubt it would earn any. I can't help but think some of the people who are rating this a 4 & 5 star book are either very young studnts who don't know any better OR they are adults who are rating it high because Spike on the cover! If you are going to read this, be warned, it is short at 200 pages. This would be an OK book to take along on a long car or plane ride.
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Awesome book! Entertaining from front to back. A good book for anyone that loves Buffy, fairies, and/or both!
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TIMING: During Season Five, definitely after "Forever." By the way the characters interact, it seems that this story would fit right between "Forever" and "Intervention."
STORY: Not bad. It's an unique idea to say the least. Sunnydale is invaded by fairies, but not the lives-in-a-flower kind of fairy. Nope, these fairies have been cursed so that they carry the demonic essence of a vampire, which pretty much makes them angry. They have a vendetta against one of the Scoobies, though that avenue wasn't explored enough in the actual story. A few subplots deal with the characters coping with "little problems" in their lives, like Buffy's toothache (which takes up a large amount of page space and never really goes anywhere interesting), the ant infestation at Anya and Xander's house, and Giles's parking ticket. I thought it was interesting that their problems, both the supernatural and mundane, were 'little' in nature, but some of it seemed a bit contrived. The researching scenes were cool and very true to the show, but the climax was a bit of a letdown.
CHARACTERS: Some characterization is good, some not so much. Giles and Willow felt very off, and made writer Rebecca Moesta look like she was trying way too hard to pull of the voices; especially with Willow, who comes off as more stupid than lightly humorous. Anya's voice is perfect, Xander's is good, Buffy's is good, Dawn's is good, and Spike's is okay. Overall, Moesta did better than most writers when it comes to capturing the characters.
CONTINUITY: Some major errors. This was written before Anya began to refer to herself as "Anya Jenkins," but this book has her last name as "Emerson." Also, Xander still retains his 'military personality' in some scenes, but he lost that aspect of himself in Season Four. Also, most disturbingly, Moesta refers to Tara as Willow's 'friend.' No. Was Angel Buffy's "friend?" Was Oz Willow's "friend?" No. Call her Willow's "girlfriend" because that's what she is. Period.
COVER: Misleading. Spike is featured prominently on the cover, though Anya, Xander, or even Buffy herself would have been more appropriate. In no way is this a Spike-centric book.
OVERALL: Good. Not as good as the series or the canonical comics, but who was expecting that? It's worth buying, because it's still 'Buffy.' Some parts are great, others... not so much.
6/10
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Vampire fairies. Cue many bad jokes of the so bad you can appreciate them variety. How do you kill a vampire fairy? Toothpicks. Buffy has a toothache on top of all the other annoyances, so is not on top of her game.
Xander, after a desperate stand outside a donut shop that destroyed many jam filled delicacies is captured and given the Lilliput treatment.
The gang go to save him, with many toothpicks, his Slayomatic, and some fairicide.
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I really enjoyed this Buffy novel even though it was on the pretty silly side. However it was well-written and the characters seemed to be written as they appeared on the show. For once Spike wasn't acting like a lovelorn puppy-vampire (dog)so I was happy about that. Sometimes he comes off truly pathetic. The premise was fun and it was easy, quick reading. I would recommened it if you want to wile away a few hours.
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