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A review by pawspagesandpurrs
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibus, Volume 3 by Tom Sniegoski, Christopher Golden, Joe Bennett, Andi Watson, Dan Brereton
4.0
4.2*, if such rating existed.
I may be a die-hard Buffy fan, and the show and fandom being my #1 fore ever and ever but I have to say this this Omnibus, Vol. 3 is completely out of whack. It's not bad at all considering this started as all individual stories but I have a feeling that nothing really follows...
I mean, what we got in every episode didn't quite follow one another but there was still a sense of time and pacing? Something... You could advance in time, for lack of better words, whereas this felt more like a jumble of stories put together just for the purpose of being put together. I didn't feel any sense of time or anything. I don't know.
I'm missing Volume 2 so I can only base from Volume 1 and even that is not giving Vol. 3 justice seeing as Vol. 1 was what happened pre-Sunnydale. Anyway.
Individually, I liked every stories from this Omnibus. I can recognize the banter between Cordy/Xander, the sweetness of Willow/Oz and they even managed to squeeze in Buffy/Angel. Giles was true to himself. I felt every story was resolved easily and most times felt too easy, even. I was left hanging, sorta, wondering if it was really it and it was. In the show, Buffy manages to always win, basically, but it never felt that easy somehow? Not sure how to explain.
I still got Omnibus 4 and 5 to read. I wish I could get my hands on 2, 6 and 7 though. So far, this one isn't my favorite at all but I am glad it exists anyway. I wouldn't be a true fan if I didn't enjoy it, huh?
I may be a die-hard Buffy fan, and the show and fandom being my #1 fore ever and ever but I have to say this this Omnibus, Vol. 3 is completely out of whack. It's not bad at all considering this started as all individual stories but I have a feeling that nothing really follows...
I mean, what we got in every episode didn't quite follow one another but there was still a sense of time and pacing? Something... You could advance in time, for lack of better words, whereas this felt more like a jumble of stories put together just for the purpose of being put together. I didn't feel any sense of time or anything. I don't know.
I'm missing Volume 2 so I can only base from Volume 1 and even that is not giving Vol. 3 justice seeing as Vol. 1 was what happened pre-Sunnydale. Anyway.
Individually, I liked every stories from this Omnibus. I can recognize the banter between Cordy/Xander, the sweetness of Willow/Oz and they even managed to squeeze in Buffy/Angel. Giles was true to himself. I felt every story was resolved easily and most times felt too easy, even. I was left hanging, sorta, wondering if it was really it and it was. In the show, Buffy manages to always win, basically, but it never felt that easy somehow? Not sure how to explain.
I still got Omnibus 4 and 5 to read. I wish I could get my hands on 2, 6 and 7 though. So far, this one isn't my favorite at all but I am glad it exists anyway. I wouldn't be a true fan if I didn't enjoy it, huh?