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Summary: Great read!
Review: This was the first Buffy the Vampire Slayer book I ever read. And let me tell you, it did not dissapoint! This book got me started on my obsession with Buffy books. I just really liked the story and I thought the ending was really good too! Anyway, give some hours of your time and pick up Blood and Fog. And I agree with that other reviewer. "He's Evil. I want him." Was one of my fave lines!
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Summary: A good read
Review: Well its nice to finally have a book thats somewhat up to date with the series and has Buffy and Spike on the cover and not the ancient Buffy and Angel duo. Spike's characterization is one-note and out of date with his characterization in seasons 5-7 of the show, but Spike fans have to take what they can get I suppose.
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Summary: Can I give this book a minus???
Review: When I heard there was going to be a book about Buffy and Spike going after Jack the Ripper, I was so excited. I went to Barnes and Noble almost everyday to see if the book came in. I was really looking forward to reading this. Man, this was such a let down. I'm sure at one time, Nancy Holder watched Buffy to learn the characters, but it's obvious that she hasn't watched it in a while. She often called Spike a "white" haired vampire. White hair? My tv's colors must be off, b/c it looks like he has blonde hair to me.There was also the issure of Spike making plans with the Doc to kill Buffy and Dawn. He'd *never* try to kill Dawn, it's been proven time and time again that Spike has gone out of his way to protect Dawn. He loves her like a sister. Spike would never hurt dawn. Another problem I had was at one point Willow was thinking about druggin Dawn. Willow is like an Aunt to her, and would never hurt her. I know that Willow caused a car accident and Dawn was hurt, but that's it. No drugging or anything like that. What also annoyed me with this book is that there were like 4 stories going on at the same time, and it was hard to keep all the stories straight. If you are a Buffy fan, then skip this book at all costs. I wouldn't even suggest you get this at a used book shop or at the library. It's not worth your time. There are some wonderful Buffy books out there....this just isn't one of them.
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Summary: The Good, The BIG BAD, and The Ugly
Review: When I saw this book contained Spike and Jack the Ripper I knew I had to own it. Overall, I was very pleased with the book. I figured I could break up the highlights the following way: the good, the bad, and the ugly. The Good:
* The story moves quite well and is engaging, after all it does involve Jack the Ripper :>
* The characters for the most part stay very true to the television series.
* It's got very cool sequences with Spike, Drusilla, Angelus and Darla that take place in London a hundred years ago. Those alone are worth the price of admission. The Bad:
* There are lots of typos and wrong page headings. They're really distracting.
* This book should not be in the 'young readers' section of the store! With the amount and variety of sex in this book, it's not appropriate for anyone under 15. The Ugly:
* The relationship between Buffy and Spike is so messed up that it's painful (for them and the readers). So if you need a Buffy fix now that the show is cancelled, and you're looking for a book that stays pretty true to the show, then grab this book. After all, it's has Spike! :>
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Summary: Jack Is Back, In Basic Black
Review: Whitechapel was a bloody mess, back in 1888. Jack the Ripper cut-up a number of prostitutes, and the world is still talking about it. Jack was never found, his identity undiscovered. Of course, in Sunnydale, the chances of finding a witness from that time are pretty good - Spike, for instance, who with mad Drusilla, evil Angelus and dreadful Darla, constituted a quartet of the world's most traveled and maliciously accomplished vampires. The Fearsome Four met the madman, only to discover that he may have been mad, but he was no man. Jack was a twisted, near-immortal half-breed of the Fomoire - the demonic rival race to Ireland's fairy-folk, the Tuatha de Danaan - who in 1888 nearly succeeded in opening a dimensional gateway to the two ancient, warring races, in order that they might conclude their unfinished business...and along the way, rid the world of all the pesky interlopers it had since picked up, such as humans and vampires. This knowledge has become of some importance, since Sunnydale has suddenly become fogbound, and terror-stricken. It seems Jack is back in town, carving a new swathe of victims in ritual sacrifice to the primal gateway. Spike claims he helped London's Slayer defeat Jack, in 1888. Can Buffy believe him? Or trust him to do it again? This is Nancy Holder's best solo Buffy novel. It isn't perfect - the ending, as in much of her work, is a bit hurried and abrupt - but it's slick and clever. She tinkers a bit with accepted Celtic myth and the history of the Ripper, but suitably within the suspension of disbelief. The plot would have made a wonderful entire season of Buffy, being more or less the counterpoint to Season Five - Jack is essentially the demon-god Glory would have been opening her infamous world-destroying portal to engage in combat with. Holder has always understood and written the Buffy characters very well, and here she does better than ever. More remarkably, she manages to breathe life into them as they were in Season Six with appreciable wit and humor, which is no small feat since both they and the show in general were at a serious low at that time. I don't know why this book has garnered so many negative reviews. It's quite entertaining, even if not as fully fleshed-out as it might have been.
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Summary: Will the real Spike please stand up?
Review: Whoa, what is this? I read this book hoping to gain some insight into one of the best characters I've encountered on popular television. The redemption arc of Spike: the big, bad master vamp turned anti-hero, has been a very compelling story. It seems to have been sacrificed here for some unknown reason...perhaps to further the heroine? I really don't understand the writer's choice here. I cannot express how disappointed I am by the character assassination in 'Blood and Fog.' I guarantee I won't be buying anymore until I'm shown the Spike I've come to love. Or, at the very least, a Spike that is consistent with what's been portrayed on the show. This book just left me scratching my head.
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Summary: A Twist on the Butcher of Whitechapel...Definate 5 Stars!!!!
Review: Wow...a unique and I mean unique twist on an old legend. I am talking about the infamous Jack the Ripper. Nancy Holder does a fantastic job of capturing the essence of the characters in true form and the shaky season(6) the story takes place in. One of the BEST writers of this series in my opinion... Buffy takes in the help of Spike to track down a killer who appears to be a demon in Sunnydale. But this is no 'ordinary' demon, remember, this is Sunnydale, the Hellmouth, lol. Anyways, this demon appears in fog and cold fog. So cold and dreary that it bufuddles the mind into uncontrollable fear. The strongest magick ever made is somewhere in Sunnydale and the deadliest butcher ever to roam the streets of London is not far behind. What are the connections?
Glimpsing a horrific time in England's past, two times and worlds collide as Spike remembers a time when a killer walked the streets of London and got a little too close to he, Drusilla, Angelus and Darla.
Taking up with the Slayer of 1888, Spike and his twisted little 'family' of vampires find themselves desperate to help the Slayer bring down this menace threatening them all.
Buffy sticks by Spike's side needing his help with this new enemy or is it old? Older than anyone thought... We get an inside look into Spike's mind of that time and his uneasy alliance with the Slayer Elizabeth. Why he helped her and how he felt about her.
We also get a small glimpse into the mind of the present-day Slayer Buffy and her feelings about all that's happened since she became the chosen one and her feelings for the badboy vamp Spike.
Very detailed and fascinating. I couldn't put this one down to save my life. A sure read for those of us who are Buffy fanatics :) Well worth the time and money. And oh, did I mention Spike is in it? he he he he..... ;)
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