Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Into Every Generation A Slayer Is Born: How Buffy Staked Our Hearts by Evan Ross Katz

8 reviews

ohisthatluke's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse

cait's review

challenging emotional funny informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Classism, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Alcohol, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Grief, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abortion, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Drug use, Fatphobia, Mass/school shootings, Sexual harassment, Sexism, and Sexual assault

quasinaut's review against another edition

hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

Informative and thorough, if sometimes repetitive. I think this could have benefited from a different structure -- earlier chapters recapped each season one by one, while later chapters delved into specific topics like sexuality and race and language. I liked how interviews and quotations were threaded throughout, but I think it would have worked well to also interweave the plot summaries and commentary together rather than go through them separately. 

It was interesting to see which characters and elements were given more attention while others were barely mentioned (like, I'm not saying we need to spend a lot of time on, say, Wesley, but I think he was mentioned maybe once, in passing?). It felt like we were at the whims of the author and his interests -- which is fine! It's his book! -- but I was looking for something a little different. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

kayrenee521's review

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Bullying, and Sexism

acoffeeandagoodbook's review against another edition

funny informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.0

 I'm a huge Buffy fan. I love this show, and I know it inside out. That said, I'm not blind to its flaws, especially after recent allegations against Joss Whedon towards his cast and crew. This retrospective did an excellent job of balancing both of these feelings.

Like me, Katz is clearly a huge fan, struggling to work out what that means in 2022. Buffy was ground-breaking...in 1997. It had some of the best queer representation on TV for that time and told stories that made outsiders feel included. However, its Girl Power brand of feminism wasn't perfect, and it's important to recognize that, as well as the show's huge problems with race.

The book is a great mix of cast and crew interviews, anecdotes of what Buffy meant and means to the fans, and an exploration of both the good and bad elements of the show. Love for the show shines through, but there's also plenty of interesting, and valid critique.

Part way through the writing of this book, Charisma Carpenter spoke out about her terrible experience on Angel, and Katz found himself with a very different book on his hands. Katz does his best to explore the allegations, and what it means for those of us who still adore this show. To quote Buffy herself, "Where do we go from here?" 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Racism, Pregnancy, and Bullying

Minor: Alcoholism and Terminal illness

toze's review

funny informative reflective fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse

ekmook's review

adventurous challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Mental illness, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Racism

caitlinww's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Physical abuse

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Racism, Sexual harassment, and Gaslighting

Minor: Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, and Terminal illness