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Review: WILLOW FILES VOL. 1By Yvonne Navarro (1999), based on teleplays "I, Robot . . . You, Jane" by Ashley Gable & Thomas A. Swyden, "Phases" by Rob DesHotel & Dean Batali, and "Dead Man's Party" by Marti Noxon RATING: 4/5 Stakes SETTING: Seasons One through Three CAST APPEARANCES: Willow, Oz, Xander, Buffy, Giles, Jenny Calendar, Moloch, Dave, Fritz, Larry, Cordelia, Gib Cain, Angel, Joyce, Principal Snyder, Devon, Pat, Jonathan BACK-OF-THE-BOOK SUMMARY: "When Buffy the Vampire Slayer arrived in Sunnydale, she befriended a bookish, insecure girl named Willow. As a Slayerette, Will uses her computer prowess for good, hacking into electronic government files and researching obscure rituals on the Web. But Willow's love life is severely lacking, consisting of an unfulfilled crush on her friend Xander and a short-lived fling with a deadly demon she met over the Internet. Through her often life-threatening experiences with the Slayer, Willow gains the confidence to just be herself in the peer pressure-filled world of high school. And when her first real boyfriend, Oz, turns out to be a bit . . . unsual . . . in his own right, Willow is just the girl to prove that love really is blind . . . and a little scary." REVIEW Volume One of the Willow Files is one of the best Buffy novelizations to date. The book adapts one episode from each of the first three seasons of the show, with the stories tied together with an original and very well done framing sequence that consists of Willow's journal entries. Season One episode "I, Robot . . . You, Jane" tells the story of Willow's crush on a boy named Malcolm that she met over the Internet. As can only happen in Sunnydale, the boy turns out to be an ancient demon named Moloch the Corruptor. This was the first episode of the series to center a plot around Willow, and in it we see both her insecurity and her strength. Yvonne Navarro does a good job of adopting the humor of the original script, and she adds more background into how Moloch came into being. Season Two episode "Phases" is the first revelation that Oz is actually a werewolf. It's an average episode, with the high points being the agonizingly/delightfully slow development of Oz's and Willow's relationship, the jealousy we see Willow and Xander having for each other, and some good moments between Angelus and Buffy. It's almost hard not to cheer out-loud when Willow steels her courage and kisses Oz for the first time. The final episode adapted is the Season Three episode "Dead Man's Party," which has two main plots: Buffy's return to Sunnydale after running away and a mask that raises zombies. The zombie plot is rather banal, but the tension and drama that arises from Buffy's return is worth the price of reading the story--suffice it to say, Buffy isn't welcomed with open arms. All in all, Navarro had one strong story and two average episodes to adapt. She came through with flying colors, as the adaptations retain the humor and drama of the originals. The framing sequences are far more interesting than those in other Buffy novelizations, making this book one of the better ones to pick up. (c) (...)
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Summary: A great book in the Buffy series.
Review: Willow is my favorite character so I really liked this book. It was one of my favorites from the series. All fans of Buffy should read this book! I thought it was very well written.
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Summary: Willow is the best!
Review: Willow is the best part of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She is smart and she is cute and when she loves somebody it does not matter if they are a werewolf or whatever. If I could not be Willow I would love to have her as a best friend. These stories focus on her and that is why I really like them. I wish I had all these episodes on tape. I am not happy they cancelled the DVD for the first season. I like all of the Buffy stories but I like the ones with Willow the best. She's a good witch!
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Summary: Willow is the best!
Review: Willow is the best part of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She is smart and she is cute and when she loves somebody it does not matter if they are a werewolf or whatever. If I could not be Willow I would love to have her as a best friend. These stories focus on her and that is why I really like them. I wish I had all these episodes on tape. I am not happy they cancelled the DVD for the first season. I like all of the Buffy stories but I like the ones with Willow the best. She's a good witch!
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Summary: "I do doodle. You too, you do doodle too!"
Review: Yvonne Navarro manages again to capture the character of Willow as best as anyone could, even better. Navarro took three Willow-centric episodes from Buffy's third season to show how Will has matured in her life as well as her Wiccan ways. The three episodes written in this book also show the strong bond Willow has with her Slayer-esque best friend, Buffy. In the first story, "Gingerbread", the town of Sunnydale is taken back after Joyce, Buffy's mom, discovers two dead children in the playground while uninvitedly accompying her daughter on patrol. When witches and occults are blamed for the deaths, Joyce organizes a group - MOO - that is against all things witchcraft. After Buffy, Willow, and their friend Amy are accused of being witches (2 out of the 3 are) and then captured, it's up to the rest of the gang to save their friends and figure out why Sunnydale is willing to burn 3 innocent people at the stake. In the second story, "Doppelgangland", Vamp Willow from the alternate reality shown in the episode "The Wish" is transported to Sunnydale after Anya and Willow mess up a spell that, unbeknownst to Willow, was supposed to get Anya's power-centered necklace back from that reality, to the present one. "Doppelgangland" is one of my favorite episodes, and also foretells of Willow's newfound sexuality on the show. In the final story, "Choices", Willow is captured by Faith after helping Buffy and Angel retrieve an object that is important for the Mayor (The main villian in season 3) not to have. "Choices" really shows Willow and Buffy's friendship in the end. Navarro excells at tying these stories by using a computer diary of Willow's to explain stuff that has happened in between these episodes and such. I can't wait for The Willow Files Vol. 3!
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