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Summary: Disappointing
Review: Nancy Holder has co-written both of the excellent "Watcher's Guides" as well as the wonderful "Immortal", but "The Evil That Men Do" falls far short of those benchmarks. Why?1. Everyone, especially Xander, is FAR too glib under the most extreme of circumstances. BTVS is reknowned for its wit and snappy dialogue, but the show doesn't have its characters making unrealistically wry quips right in the middle of life-or-death situations as Holder does. 2. Helen and Julian - beautiful insane vampire is infatuated with Angel, much to the dismay of her handsome, devoted British vampire boyfriend. Sound familiar? Could they BE bigger ripoffs of Spike and Dru? Jeez. It's so painfully obvious, it seems almost intentional. 3. Many of the Scoobs, especially Willow, act out of character, even before and after the insanity spell is in effect. There were many times during this book where I just put it down and thought, "I don't think this is in line with what the character would do. Did Joss approve of this?" On the plus side, it's always good to see a little Slayer history, especially as far back as this story goes. Actually, Helen's and Julian's origins are the best part of the book. In all, this is nowhere near as good as her "Immortal" or Gatekeeper trilogy (both collaborations with Christopher Golden). Save your money for those books instead.
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Summary: Solo work is best
Review: Nancy Holder has done another excellent piece of solo work. This has convinced me that Christopher Golden and Nancy Holder do better work on their own. Nancy has come up with a story which takes two ordinary vampires; and turns it into a great story. The vampires themselves are not actually ordinary; one was a Slayer, and the other was heavily involved in Roman times. The novel itself actually uses Angel's past, and does it effectively, which only adds to the story.
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Summary: Nancy Holder's finest
Review: Once again, Nancy Holder proves that she knows the characters in "The Evil that Men Do." The witty banter and insider references (there's even a little part about Four Star Mary, the band behind Dingoes Ate my Baby) make this book seem as if it could be an episode. The main plot is simple: the residents of Sunnydale are becoming unpredictable and dangerous after a killing spree at the high school, to the point where there is a mob looking to kill the shooter's younger brother, Mark. Although parts of the book were gory, and there wasn't an adequate explaination as to why Buffy never became infected, this book still ranks among the best.
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Summary: GRITTY BUFFY STORY
Review: Seizing on headlines that are all to familiar in this day and age, a popular Sunnydale Student goes on a shooting spree at Sunnydale high after killing his parents. Willow is among the wounded and Oz and Cordelia are missing in action. Buffy, who was away with Angel returns to find Sunnydale more on edge than its ever been and the town seems to have degenerated into blind madness.
Buffy and Giles suspect there's much more to the towns carzed attitude than just being upset over the School shootings and find that a couple of vampires have cooked up a malicious plot in Sunnydale. As Buffy novels go this is one of the darker ones, especially considering the destruction of Sunnydale high episode was delayed due to the Columbine shootings. This certainly gives this story a grimmer tone than many of the other original novels and I would hazzard to guess that they'd never try to do a story like this on TV.
A good but decidedly downbeat and dark Buffy story.
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Summary: The Evil That Men Do lives after them...
Review: the good is oft interred with their bone... This book is fairly good, but I think that the mob parts were slightly overdone. Also, I didn't think Helen's supposed history with Angel worked. It's not something that I see as believable. What I did like a lot were the flashbacks... It was very interesting how like a slayer and how like Buffy Helen's attitude was as a gladiator. I can see how she was seduced by Julian. But one thing really bothered me the entire time... Helen and Julian are total Spike and Dru rip-offs. And a lot less cool. (I mean really, the blond "englishman" completely devoted to the dark haired insane vampire that fancies herself in love with Angel. It's all very blatant.)
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Summary: One of the best books I ever read.
Review: This book is actually the best Buffy book that I have ever read. In this book, OZ gets captured, and Willow blames Buffy for it. Along with that, half of Sunnydale is going insane, and Buffy doesn't have any idea why. Eventually Buffy finds out that the disaster is linked to 2 1600 year old vampires. One of which has killed very many slayers. Then, in a madness at the local bronze, Cordelia gets kidnapped by the same people who captured. It turns out that Oz and Cordelia are stuck in some kind of gladitorial arena, where they have to fight dogs, demons, anong other things. Buffy then discovers that the madness is linked to a 14 year old boy who through a madness potion into the water. When the Boy is traveling with Giles, Xander, and Willow, the boy knocks out Xander and Giles and kidnapps Willow for a short time. Eventually, Buffy and the gang are all captured and Buffy is forced to fight one demon at a time, one right after another. This book does have kind of a Bizzare ending, but it still is very good. Read it!
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Summary: Starts Off Good, Gets Incredibly Cheesy, & Ends Off Okay
Review: This book started off magnificentally and for the first 100 pages it was very good. Yet, their are a lot of flashbacks dealing with the two lead vampires that are incredibly cheesy. The dialouge in many places is weak and this book just didn't seem to fit in with the events of season three, even though it is up to date. The characterization was good, but I think it would of worked tremendously better if Christopher Golden would of co-written it with Nancy Holder. There are parts when it is very, very bad, but keep reading because while the ending is anticlimatic (as most Buffy books are), it's still much better than the middle of the book. All in all, an average read.
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Summary: Enjoyable...but not Buffy
Review: This book was not at all boring, but it definitely was not Buffy. I agree with another reviewer when he brought up the similarities between Spike and Dru and this book's big baddies Helen and Julian. The quips weren't as witty as the tv show's, in fact many were out of character. The author depended way too much on references to the show--for example Willow's many references to her resolve face. The book covered a few more serious topics, most notably the shooting at the high school.
The JIST: All of Sunnydale seems to have a really short fuse as of late, coincidentally right after her scary dreams. A classmate of Buffy's, under an "influence", shot his parents and then killed his fellow schoolmates. Buffy and the slayerettes must battle against humans, demons and vampires in a battle with odds way against our slayer. In the end, Buffy and the group have to fight against century old evils (one of which is Angel's old girlfriend pre-soul) and each other to save the world from Meter (the mother of alll evil, yadayadayada who will be called to earth and cause yet another apocalypse).
CONCLUSION: Despite not being like the show, the book was really enjoyable. I especially liked how action-packed it was. The flashbacks were very interesting, and I personally enjoyed it more than Immortal (which I found a little slow).
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Summary: Wow!
Review: This is a great book! For a while there the buffy series of books were going down hill but this book turned everything right around! If your a buffy fan or you just like reading a good book this is the book for you!
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Summary: brilliant
Review: This was the best book i have ever read it had enough drama in it to last me a life time, i just could not put the book down.I think anyone who buys this book will really enjoy it.
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