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The Lost
Slayer: Volume 1 - Prophecies -Written
by Christopher Golden
-134 Pages
- August 2001
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Summary: As Buffy is starting out
her freshman year at UC Sunnydale she decides to take
charge and do everything herself. How else can she hope
to have a normal life without mastering everything she
does? But unfortunately it results in isolation from her
friends and angering Willow, who tries to understand but
to no avail. When a particularly nasty group of vampires
with bats tattooed across their faces and who's eyes glow
with a surreal orange fire arrive in Sunnydale, Buffy
tries her best to keep them at bay. Giles researches to
find out that this particular breed of vampires are part
of a gang with the demon Camazotz. Of course things start
to look even worse when the past Slayer Lucy Hanover
visits Buffy in her sleep. After a run in with Camazotz
where Giles gets captured and most of the Scooby Gang
ends up injured Buffy decides to call on Lucy Hanover to
help them out. Lucy then calls on the Prophet who tells
Buffy that her mistake has already been made. As the
Prophet touches Buffy she is thrown 5 years into the
future where she's been locked in a cage for the past
five years... |
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Rating: 4/5 |
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Review: Well first off, it's a
REALLY short novel. So you're going to fly through this
novel in no time flat. The story is a little bizarre with
Buffy continually trying to isolate herself from her
friends because she feels she needs to get everything
done on her own. And while it's annoying at first, it is
understandable. It's no different than any other teen who
wants to accomplish many tasks (such as school,
extracurricular activities, sports, family life, etc.).
The storyline is engaging though and we immediately find
ourselves thrown into the novel. Though the back of the
book gives away far too much and the whole time we're
sitting here reading this novel, we're wondering when on
earth Buffy is going to be catapulted into the future.
True to Christopher Golden style, that event is saved
until the end. In which case you're stuck waiting another
couple of months until the following volume is released.
(A bad plan in my opinion, but it will encourage readers
to buy even more.) The story is well written and I'll
enjoy seeing where this storyline will take us in the
future. An older Buffy is certainly intriguing as are the
vampires with the bats tattooed on their faces. The only
issues I had was that the Scooby Gang is used very little
throughout the novel, this may help in focusing our
attention directly on Buffy, but for me it seemed only to
isolate me from her. She is a part of her friends, and
without them, she doesn't seem as complete, which led to
my isolation from her (you following me?). I did enjoy
the ending with the next Slayer being thrown into the
cell with Buffy. And learning about Faith's death... I
like speculation and hopefully the following volumes will
intrigue me as much as this one has. |
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