Reviews

In the Hunt: Unauthorized Essays on Supernatural by

obscuredbyclouds's review

1.0

As a big Supernatural fan, this was such a chore to read! I enjoyed 2-3 of the essays, and found the other ones either boring or strongly disagreed with them - mostly both. Of course, this book was written after season 3 of a show that has 15 seasons, but that's not its main problem. Instead you get to read about how John Winchester is a great father because, um, well, a lot of fathers mistreat their children. Was that the point? I'm not sure. Because the structure of most of these essays was horrible. I want to gift the authors a book on how to write essays.

There's a lot of great SPN Meta out there on the internet, and I'm grateful for it. I can appreciate it even more now.

elisam's review

informative inspiring slow-paced

3.5

brittaniethekid's review

1.0

It's basically a book of meta which I really have no interest for. I thought it was going to be more academic.

stephgraves's review

3.0

I'd really give this a 3 1/2 if I could... I did like it, but some of the essays were just... eh, not so great. But then others were quite well done. One thing is for sure, though; it is definitely not a book of critical academic essays.

Basically, this is a book for Supernatural nerds.

itsamess's review

3.0

Supernatural is a show close to my heart and I love collection of essays on nerdy topics. I especially enjoyed the ones about John Winchester A++ parenting and the fanfiction world, while others were redundant and/or confusing.

Overall it was nice, but kinda amateurish: only some of the ideas expressed here were original and thought provoking, and the book would need to be updated with discussions about the other twelve seasons that came out.

bethifer's review

3.0

This book is fantastic - Aside from how it only covers the first three seasons, which, while terrific, don't TOUCH how amazing the show becomes once angels are introduced. Badly in need of a sequel.