A review by alexampersand
Resurrecting Ravana by Ray Garton
3.5
A pretty solid book, although by the last quarter I was starting to lose interest.
So many of the novelisations seem to be written by someone who has a very specific interest, so a lot of the book seems to be full of educating the reader (and the Scooby Gang) about a certain area of knowledge - in this case, Hindu gods. Which is interesting, but also makes it kind of jarring against the standard Buffy fare.
I will also say that this one seemed a lot darker than most of the other novelisations (and the show) - there was a pretty graphic description of a human skeleton having had all the flesh eaten off of it... Also Buffy says 'shit' which was unexpected.
So many of the novelisations seem to be written by someone who has a very specific interest, so a lot of the book seems to be full of educating the reader (and the Scooby Gang) about a certain area of knowledge - in this case, Hindu gods. Which is interesting, but also makes it kind of jarring against the standard Buffy fare.
I will also say that this one seemed a lot darker than most of the other novelisations (and the show) - there was a pretty graphic description of a human skeleton having had all the flesh eaten off of it... Also Buffy says 'shit' which was unexpected.