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A review by mokey81
Slayer Slang: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Lexicon by Michael Adams
2.0
I'm not sure who the correct audience is for this book. Linguistics majors who also watched Buffy? Because I was an English major and I found myself a bit bored at the linguistics/etymological jargon.
There were parts I enjoyed, but it was also super repetitive in the first part of the book where he was breaking down the language. He talked about the same 3 or 4 words for the first half of the book.
The second half of the book was the glossary. And I didn't even enjoy that as much as I thought I would. If you weren't a part of "The Bronze" and "The Bronze Beta" message boards back in the day, like half of the words have nothing to do with your Buffy experience.
I had high hopes for this book, but...I'm just not sure who the appropriate audience is. It wasn't me. I was bored.
There were parts I enjoyed, but it was also super repetitive in the first part of the book where he was breaking down the language. He talked about the same 3 or 4 words for the first half of the book.
The second half of the book was the glossary. And I didn't even enjoy that as much as I thought I would. If you weren't a part of "The Bronze" and "The Bronze Beta" message boards back in the day, like half of the words have nothing to do with your Buffy experience.
I had high hopes for this book, but...I'm just not sure who the appropriate audience is. It wasn't me. I was bored.