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Angel & Faith: What You Want, Not What You Need by Rebekah Isaacs, Christos Gage, Joss Whedon
shadowcay's review
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
ellabhart's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
helloandie's review
5.0
So if you literally make me sit up and go WHAT I am going to give you 5 stars.
WHAT?!?
WHAT?!?
kriff08's review
4.0
The wrap up volume to Angel and Faith season 9 made an already good season great. On the whole I'd recommend this season of Angel and Faith to any Buffy fan looking to get that Buffy fix and definitely to the Angel fans of the world. Season 10 dealt with Angel's quest to bring Giles back and had Faith dealing with troubled slayers (primarily Nadira, of whom I've grown oddly fond as she is very similar to troubled Faith of old). Angel and Faith are the perfect team, they work so well together and the writing totally brings their voices to the page. Isaacs does a phenomenal job with the artwork and as a whole everything works so good together. My only complaint is Angel's 'Twilight phase' which still makes little sense to me and even now is explained as making little sense, but I really can't pin the failings of the previous season on this at all. Sooooooo much better than Buffy season 8, I'm really looking forward to starting 10!
jaimiejaimiejaimie's review
4.0
This was basically one big fight. However, it was an interesting and beautifully drawn fight. This volume set things up to be very interesting in the future, and that was worth a whole star to me.
numinaluna's review
4.0
This chapter was hugely satisfying. The trademark one-liners are there, the humor in the face of tragedy, the angst, making fun of the angst, and of course, every single character wanting to be the one to make the 'ultimate sacrifice' in the face of certain doom. We've gotten back to our roots, and I am glad.
And GILES! It's about damned time. I'm not sure how I feel about Giles being... back to his roots. I will need to share this part of the series with a number of my Whedonverse friends who don't read the comics. The show(s) always had the most uncanny timing, and it is good to know that the books are carrying on that connection in my life, even when I read them a year or two late.
I'm not giving this chapter a fifth star, though. It cleans up a number of messes that have been needing it for years, and I am looking forward to the next chapter because of it, but it doesn't stand alone as a 5-star read. It still feels a bit too fan-fictiony for me -- albeit very good fanfiction -- and 5-star Buffy or Angel was obviously when Joss wrote and directed every line.
And GILES! It's about damned time. I'm not sure how I feel about Giles being... back to his roots. I will need to share this part of the series with a number of my Whedonverse friends who don't read the comics. The show(s) always had the most uncanny timing, and it is good to know that the books are carrying on that connection in my life, even when I read them a year or two late.
I'm not giving this chapter a fifth star, though. It cleans up a number of messes that have been needing it for years, and I am looking forward to the next chapter because of it, but it doesn't stand alone as a 5-star read. It still feels a bit too fan-fictiony for me -- albeit very good fanfiction -- and 5-star Buffy or Angel was obviously when Joss wrote and directed every line.
crystalm17's review
5.0
Sooo good! Reading Faith & Angel has me fangirling about this world allover again. Too bad I can't say the same about the Buffy series. But after what happened in this issue maybe it will get better over there?
onceandfuturelaura's review
4.0
. . . oh good god, the title sets up a pun. A TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE PUN. But you have to know a certain R.E.M. song to get it.
Good fun. A nice twist on Whedon's "give the audience what it wants, in the worst possible way." It's not the WORST possible way to bring back Giles, but it's definitely NOT what Angel and Faith were going for. Snicker.
Good fun. A nice twist on Whedon's "give the audience what it wants, in the worst possible way." It's not the WORST possible way to bring back Giles, but it's definitely NOT what Angel and Faith were going for. Snicker.