Buffy The Vampire Slayer: The Watcher's Guide, Volume 1 (1998) - Plot & Excerpts
I shouldn't like to use the word "worthless". But this book is pretty much everything I DON'T want from an episode guide: Lengthy plot recaps, pages and pages and pages and PAGES of quotes, script excerpts copied verbatim - because, y'know, it's not like I haven't already watched the show, right? How about some NEW information?The only part of the book that you couldn't have gleaned just from watching the series itself is the "Behind the Scenes" section in the last third, particularly the interviews. (Although even there, the authors have some bizarre obsession with asking each subject about their scars.) But that doesn't make up for the fact that 3/4 of the book feels like padding and filler. Which, I suppose, is not without reason when the show you're writing about has only had 1.5 seasons.If you want an episode guide filled with impressively obsessive detail, pick up Keith Topping's The Complete Slayer. If you want a well-written one filled with fantastic insights, track down a copy of Dusted by Miles, Peason & Dickson. This one though? It's just not worth the time.
I don't know why but I find myself once again being interested in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer tv show thus my interest in this book "The Watchers Guide". This book was not what I thought it was going to be. (Clearly, I didn't read the book description)I was expecting something along the lines of various accounts from various watchers telling the accounts of their slayers and the vamps and demons they faced. While this book is something altogether different from that it was still nice. For those interested it basically focuses on the first two seasons of the tv show and also includes character quotes, cast & crew bios and pics and info about the featured vamps and demons. This would be good for those who like to write fanfics and thats not really my cup of tea although I do love reading them.
What do You think about Buffy The Vampire Slayer: The Watcher's Guide, Volume 1 (1998)?
So having just finished Julie and Julia, I've rediscovered my love for Buffy, the one girl in all the world...(If you have no clue what I'm talking about, stop reading, and go out and get two things: Buffy season I, and Julie and Julia. Both are very funny, although only one involves a hot cast and gratuitous violence.)I actually managed to get through all of this in a day. (I was in bed, nursing arthritic hips I still hate to admit having. Damn you, JRA! I smite thee!) Anyway, there's nothing like the classics, and Buffy's the bomb.
—Tara Lynn
