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gasoline_allie's review
3.0
This jumped the shark—badly—with the I will say The ending redeemed it some and is a good setup for Season 9.
It’s just not great when Xander, Dawn, and Andrew become the least annoying characters.
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Buffy and Angel fuck a new dimension into existence/seed of magic thing.It’s just not great when Xander, Dawn, and Andrew become the least annoying characters.
historyofjess's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
This is a re-read along with the Buffering the Vampire Slayer podcast. There are some fun things in this omnibus, particularly towards the beginning and amongst some of the one-shots. However, when it gets into the latter, concluding volumes of season eight things go quite awry. I recall thinking, when I first read it, that sometimes the limitations of television (budget, casting, timing, etc.) actually do make for good storytelling, because being able to do absolutely anything that can be drawn, doesn't necessarily lead to good storytelling. The overarching Twilight story is just not great and the conclusion of it is quite awful. And, quite frankly, with the exception of maybe Faith, these characters just don't feel like the ones I spent years watching and falling in love with on the show.
creolelitbelle's review
5.0
This second half of Buffy season 8 was truly epic with hints at bringing the Buffyverse back to some aspects of its roots in future comics.
mjfmjfmjf's review
4.0
That was a big book with lots of bits to it. The book itself was good, as big as it was, it wasn't quite too big. Part of that was probably being paperback versus hardback. The paper quality was fine though - so it should have been even heavier. Readable throughout and with good art. The plot was the weakest point. The goal was clearly to do stuff you would never have paid to do in live action, but in the comic world it is just art. But I would have preferred though focus on the extended cast and not on changing the world completely - and presumably simplifying the world at the same time. Still all in all a good re-read.
barbaragorgon's review
3.0
I know this half of the season is polarizing, and I definitely found myself losing the thread of the many plots as I went, but I didn't hate it any more than I disliked the first half of Season 8.
stephgrani's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
madisonb's review
3.0
I know this half of the season is polarizing, and I definitely found myself losing the thread of the many plots as I went, but I didn't hate it any more than I disliked the first half of Season 8.
torts's review
2.0
Reeeally seemed like they wrote themselves into a corner with the time travel and the fate stuff, and they ended up leaning really hard into the "fate" part of it and taking away everyone's agency to make Twilight and Buffy just do nonsense to drive the plot toward...nothing? ...Like, none of the plot points were actually pointing toward the conclusion. Weird and disappointing. AND HOW DARE THEY DO THAT TO GILES. I've read enough spoilery summaries of the comics to know they bring him back (kind of), but it was still like the final straw of violent shocking twists that don't actually make sense. Definitely way less fun than the first half of Season 8, and the blood and (censored) cursing and (mostly censored) sex seemed even more gratuitous. :/