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The Harvest
A novelization by Richie Tankersley Cusick - $4.50

Summary---

Buffy Summers has just moved to a new town, Sunnydale. One that she hopes is, well, of the non-demon persuasion. Turns out, its the homebase of everything that goes bump in the night. Now, the Harvest is coming, and if the Master rises---it could be the end of the world. (Its a novelization of Welcome to the Hellmouth Pts 1 & 2)

My thoughts---

Well, I've got to say that I wasn't very impressed by the writing. Cusick's style wasn't bad, persay, but it lacked a certain something that’s been in the other Buffy books I've read. His observations of the character's feelings, actions, and thoughts were rather blase. When compared to Nancy Holder's novelizations in The Angel Chronicles Vol. 1, she's the one that gets my thumbs up=)

The one big plus that I noticed in The Harvest, is that it doesn't follow the TV version to the letter. Some actions and scenes that occur may have been in the TV script but were thrown out, changed or just misunderstood. (As far as I remember, there wasn't any mention of the fact that the Master's lair was an old church that got buried underground.) Finally, the one good thing I can always say about novelizations, is the character nuances that may not have been totally clear are explained.

Altogether, The Harvest isn't totally a lost cause. It didn't really captivate or intrigue me, but if its a rainy day and you have nothing to do, read away=) --- Cara --- Cara821@aol.com

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