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Title: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Tales of the Slayer, Vol. 3 by Yvonne Navarro ISBN: 0-689-86436-1 Publisher: Simon Pulse Pub. Date: 01 November, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $9.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.25 (4 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Four stories, maybe three stars
Comment: Third in the Tales of the Slayer series,I found volume three to be lacking in comparison to the first two. This one has four longer stories (and four experienced non-TV Buffy writers) instead of many like the first two books did, that may be part of the problem in that if I didn't like a story as well it took so much longer to get through it.
#1 Dark of the Moon was interesting although I think I might've liked #2 Ch'ing Shih better, more like the Buffy TV stuff even though it is set in 1856.
I haven't gotten through #3 Voodoo Lounge yet, not sure what I think of it.
#4 The Code of the Samurai is set in Tokyo December 1993, just before Buffy. The Slayer here is an American girl whose Naval Officer father has just been stationed in Japan, she makes some friends and together they wipe out a band of centuries old Vampire Samurai. That one was written well enough but I just didn't like it.
If there is a fourth volume I hope they get back to the mini story concept and get some show writer contributions.
Rating: 3
Summary: Interesting
Comment: Originally when I purchased this book I was a little disappointed to find only four stories when the other volumes contained many more, but after reading them I found I enjoyed them being longer thus able to go into more detail and the other books seemed to lean more towards the slayers deaths while this book told more about their calling and life. That said I was still only able to give this book three stars simply because I absolutly hated the first story...I'm not sure if I could accuratly describe why I think it's just about personal preference (Yvonne Navarro who wrote this story also wrote "White Doe" which was I think in the second book, and which I also didn't enjoy). I really enjoyed the second story (about the slayer in Shanghi) although at the beginning I didn't think that I would, I liked that it had a bit of a "moral" to it and it had some interesting plot twists, the third story I enjoyed (more so perhaps because I had read Spike&Dru, which is the book in which Eleanor Bordreou(sp) was called) the fourth story was interesting because it was the slayer right before buffy, I really enjoyed the fact that the last two stories were somehow tied into other novels in the buffyverse, personally I enjoy that sense of continuity. If you are a big obsessed Buffy fan (much like I) then you of course will like these books, if you enjoyed the first two Tales of the Slayer than you will probably enjoy this volume, if you can't sit still long enough to read something longer than ten pages long or you have no interest in Buffyverse than yeah this book is definatly not for you :)
Rating: 3
Summary: Wow this was bad
Comment: This book was horrible.The only reason I gave it 3 stars was because I enjoyed only one of them. I bought this book expecting the great quality in the previous books. The other books had at least 8 stories in it, but this one had 4. 4 stories for $10.00. I must say that was the worst shopping deal EVER. I thought the stories would be far more interesting but they weren't.
The tales were set/about:
Dark of the Moon, 1229 A.D.: I am still trying to find out where this is set. But I think it is about a Native Amereican slayer, judging by the names. Which I think is rediculous because wasn't the slayer council in England?
Ching'Shih, China 1800's: A slayer named Kwan-Sook a.k.a Moon -kissed Petals.Nothing else can be said.
Voodoo Lounge, Los Angeles 1940's: Eleanor Boudreau was torn up when the council told her she was the new Slayer. Possibly the only story worth the money
The code of the Samurai, Tokyo, 1993: If you read "The Book of Fours", and enjoyed it, you will like this story as well. Again, you will see India and her acounts with lord Asano.
I only enjoyed the Voodoo Lounge, but you may be crazy enough to enjoy all 4 of them.In the future, I hope they might have a slayer in Ancient Egypt or India and the likes. And I would hope therewill be a Volume IIII, just with more stories. I hope my reveiw helped your decision with buying this book.
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Title: Cursed (Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel) by Mel Odom ISBN: 068986437X Publisher: Simon Pulse Pub. Date: 01 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Mortal Fear (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) by Scott Ciencin, Denise Ciencin ISBN: 0743427718 Publisher: Simon Pulse Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title:Buffy the Vampire Slayer - The Complete Fifth Season ASIN: B0000AQS18 Publisher: Twentieth Century Fox Home Video Pub. Date: 09 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $59.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $38.99 |
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Title: Chosen by Nancy Holder ISBN: 0689866259 Publisher: Simon Pulse Pub. Date: 01 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Blood and Fog (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) by Nancy Holder ISBN: 0743400399 Publisher: Simon Pulse Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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