Reviews

Night of the Living Rerun by Arthur Byron Cover

rebekah_ann's review

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

2.75

halcyon_rising's review against another edition

3.0

Herhaling van het Verleden is een kort, vlot lezend boek dat te maken heeft met evenementen die 300 jaar in het verleden ook al plaatsvonden in Salem, Massachusetts. Buffy, Giles en Xander beginnen te dromen over de Doder, Waker en een heks die in het verleden leefden, tesamen met nog andere figuren. Deze figuren hadden als doel de Meester proberen te bevrijden, en dat hebben ze nu ook weer.

Ik denk dat je het al ziet aankomen... Dat is zowat het hele verhaal.

Er zijn wel enkele leuke momenten in het boek ingewerkt, zoals bijvoorbeeld Buffy die achtervolgd wordt door zombies, maar in het algemeen is de rating van het boek dat het 'oké' is, maar niet veel speciaals. Halloween (Rain) was beter.

Toch veel leesgenot!

PS: Dit boek had ik al op 11 of 11 juni 2010 gelezen, maar GoodReads heeft besloten om de datum te deleten na het toevoegen van de nieuwe leesdatum. Dankjewel, GoodReads!

chucks_library's review

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

Do you like the dreams that are actually memories from a past life? Do you like zombies and Salem witch trials? This book is the perfect blend of all that plus a sprinkling of Buffy season 1 humour. These books are great easy reads and fit perfectly into the Buffyverse. It feels like we are getting some special episodes as they are written so well. Ending was quick but these books are less than 200 pages so they get to the point quickly. If you love Buffy then these books are great.

briarsreviews's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

Back to Buffy!

I read this book after Coyote Moon which was a HIT for me. This book didn't hold up as strong as Coyote Moon did but I still enjoyed it. The Salem Witch Trial angle was super interesting but did have me wondering what the lore of the Buffy universe really is. Now crazy dreams on top of vampires and werewolves? This whole paranormal universe is insane.

Regardless, this story was easy to read and engaging. I think if I knew more about the Buffy-verse by watching the television show that I would get more out of it.

Three out of five stars.

wombat_88's review

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

moonystwin's review

adventurous fast-paced

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

2.75

mollyxroses's review

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.5

laurabs's review

fast-paced

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

1.0

wyrmbergmalcolm's review

2.0

Set during season 1 of the TV show, this stand-alone story sees Buffy and the gang dream a lot. For such a small story, there are a lot of characters and a convoluted plot. There are some interesting moments, particularly, Xander's possession by the ghost of a witch (and walking as used to a different set of hips), but there's an awful lot of not much really happening. Giles is ill, Willow sits at a computer, Buffy can't kill (the baddies are possessed, not evil), Angel's off brooding somewhere and...oh wait, it's season one, that's that whole gang. Conversely, adding the Master as the main evil behind the shenanigans actually made what plot there was, nonsensical. As with Coyote Moon, the whole big evil bad thing that could threaten life as we know it is...suddenly defeated and that's it, the end.
This could almost be truncated to the sequence before the opening credits which would then lead into the real meat of the story

reannapipes's review

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

While it was a good read, at times it didn’t feel like the author correctly wrote for the Buffy characters that were already established, though other times it was fine.