A review by historyofjess
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8: Omnibus, Volume 2 by Scott Allie, Doug Petrie, Steven S. DeKnight, Jeph Loeb, Drew Goddard, Drew Z. Greenberg, Jane Espenson, Joss Whedon, Brad Meltzer, Jim Krueger

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This is a re-read along with the Buffering the Vampire Slayer podcast. There are some fun things in this omnibus, particularly towards the beginning and amongst some of the one-shots. However, when it gets into the latter, concluding volumes of season eight things go quite awry. I recall thinking, when I first read it, that sometimes the limitations of television (budget, casting, timing, etc.) actually do make for good storytelling, because being able to do absolutely anything that can be drawn, doesn't necessarily lead to good storytelling. The overarching Twilight story is just not great and the conclusion of it is quite awful. And, quite frankly, with the exception of maybe Faith, these characters just don't feel like the ones I spent years watching and falling in love with on the show.