Reviews

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight: Omnibus, Volume 1 by Jeph Loeb, Brian K. Vaughan, Drew Goddard, Joss Whedon

cajunliterarybelle's review

5.0

I absolutely loved diving back into the Buffyverse with new adventures. A few of the stories are a little “out there”, but the original feel of the show and essences of the characters are poured into the writing and artwork wonderfully for my taste. Old favorites are back along with some easily hated enemies. Finding out what happened once all those slayers were awoken after season 7 fed right into my thirst for Buffy and the rest of the Scooby Gang.

geofroggatt's review

4.0

A decent comic book continuation of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer television show. I enjoyed the storyline and some of the ideas introduced here, and the art style fit well with the story. Ultimately, I do feel like it didn’t live up to the television show’s magic, but it is tough to follow Season 7’s excellent send-off to the story and its characters.

historyofjess's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

wizard_of_uhhh's review

5.0

The best possible continuation of Buffy The Vampire Slayer after the TV series. I could not have asked for more. Plus I've watched the TV series so often I could literally hear the actors' voices as I read the dialogue. So, so much fun, especially for a long-time fan! Omnibus volume 2 hurry the fuck up.

jenzun's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious fast-paced

3.0

barbaragorgon's review

3.0

It's so hard for me to review this. As anyone who knows me can attest, I'm an enormous BTVS fan, which is why I've always put off reading the comics. I will say that it's awesome that so many of the original writers are involved, because the dialogue is completely on point. That being said, the explosion of plot and time-jumping otherworldliness made for a convoluted story, which made me miss the early days of Buffy.

zoey_reads's review

5.0

this book was really good one part of the book was sad

monalyisha's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.0

I was happy to revisit Buffy’s world and get some new (to me) content in the process! Some of these comics, like “No Future For You”, starring Faith & Giles & written by Brian K. Vaughan, were a *delight.* Some, like “Wolves at the Gate”, starring Dracula and his racism (used for comedic effect?!) & written by Drew Goddard, were truly terrible. It’s still racist even if you point it out to scoff at it, if you, as a white man, are using it for your benefit. 

stephgrani's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

catchme_ridingnerdy's review against another edition

3.5

Since this comic version of Buffy is considered canon (season 8), I had a lot of reservations about it. I was scared it was going to ruin everything I liked about the TV show, but now that there is a book being released next week in the Buffyverse and they are revamping the comic again and taking the show back to the beginning, I felt like it was time to get this thing done. I enjoyed the story as a whole, but I did find myself getting a bit lost as I read. It was sometimes difficult to keep the story straight. It could be because this omnibus included all the side stories mixed into the actual story therefore taking me out of the main story.

My favorite bits:
Badass women working together
Happy to see Faith again even if it was just for a little bit.
I did miss seeing:

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Giles

as this person was not really in the story.
The characters did keep the essence of themselves when it came to their personality... most of the time anyways.
There was some comedy! I'm a sucker for something funny.

What I had a bit of an issue with:
Again, the story just seemed a bit discombobulated. 
They brought back characters from the TV show...

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that were, well... no way still alive? And yet... they are here in the story?

And finally:

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what the time travel to the future, Batman!?

Now to find Volume 2 of this omnibus which is proving to be really difficult.