Visitors (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
by Laura Anne Gilman, Josepha Sherman
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Author: Josepha Sherman, Laura Anne GilmanEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1999-04-01
ISBN: 0671026283
Number of pages: 176
Reading Level: Young Adult
Publisher: Simon Spotlight Entertainment
Book Reviews of Visitors (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Book Review: And THEN What Happens? Oh, Nothing.
Summary: 2 Stars
TIMING: During Season Three. Angel is back and he's coherent, but Buffy and him aren't being overtly romantic yet; Giles is still Buffy's watcher.
STORY: The other reviews have it right. This book goes absolutely no where. It spends over one-hundred pages setting up a plot and then does nothing to pay off ANY of the side stories and resolves the main conflict (Buffy vs. a korred) with a very quick and very lame fight. The student teachers that suddenly appear at Sunnydale High, who were set-up to be mysterious, are just plot devices and largely wastes of page space. Ethan Rayne appears in this story and isn't used at ALL. There are scenes of him observing the korred and even a scene where he calls Giles to let him know that he's in town... but that's it. Why even include the character if you're not going to do anything with him? I'm really let down with how this book turned out. Nothing, absolutely nothing, that is set-up in this book has any pay-off at all.
CHARACTERS: Pretty good. None of the characters really jump out at me as being consistently written, but Gillman and Sherman definitely made a conscious effort to make the characters consistent with the show. Characterization is probably the strongest part of this novel.
CONTINUITY: No complaints at all in this area. The story could take place at any time during mid-season three without going against the story.
COVER: This is one of the older Buffy books, and uses the layout that looks like the logo is cut into a brown stone. Buffy and Giles are the characters featured here, and both of them look like they did during the time in which this episode is supposed to be set.
OVERALL: It was an interesting read, and didn't appear to be badly written from page to page, but when a book turns out to be 99% build-up and 1% lame pay-off, the overall effect isn't that good. It's not a bad read, but it will leave you frustrated and wanting way more than it gives.
4/10
Summary of Visitors (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
The paranormal forces centered in Sunnydale attract the vilest kinds of evil: vamps, demons...and student teachers? An invasion of collegians testing their teaching prowess on Buffy and her peers coincides with the arrival of a supernatural stalker. The Slayer feels the evil entity watching her every move, and she's not the only one. But researching the beast is going to be problematic with the student teachers setting up shop in Giles's home turf -- the school library. When the stalker starts to take his malicious game to the next level, Buffy finds herself face to face with a being unlike any she's ever encountered. But can she figure out its weakness before she is forced to participate in its dance of death?Other Books
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