Terrible. The author is a hack and it's as if he took snippets of interviews he found on the internet and in magazines and spoke to a few feminists who never actually watched Buffy and assorted hacks and stitched together a random Buffy book. You'll find out better things about Buffy from IMDB.

A great book for fans of Buffy and Angel. The book goes through all seasons by way of a series of quotes and anecdotes from the actors, directors, producers, etc . An easy book to dip in and out of. An enjoyable read.

As a Buffy geek, this is the ultimate collection of behind the scenes tales and a deep insight into how Josh Whedon saw Buffy and the characters that surrounded her. Its is amazing to read of the impact that the series has had on the media and wider world.

Buffy the vampire slayer and Angel were huge shows to me growing up and I loved each episode of both series's for a long time, so coming across this book was a great dive further into the world of Buffy and the gang.

With the show having ended this is a nice refresher into the story reminding you of the show you once loved and the cast that grabbed your attention every week.

The book isn't focused solely on the one subject and strays a lot while talking to many people that can sometimes contradict the flow, it feels a little like there isn't much of a goal with it other than to just show you many experiences with no underlying narrative or goal to the book that keeps everything moving in the right direction.

It is nice and easy for reading and brings you back to the show you will have loved but I feel with a strong name bringing big promises, some of those promises fall short of expectation.

TV experts Edward Gross and Mark Altman talked to almost 100 writers, producers, directors, filmmakers, sociologists and stars from Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Angel in new and vintage interviews from their personal archives
Edward Gross and Mark A Altman have lovingly put together a very detailed book consisting of interviews from Joss Whedon, Guillermo del Toro, Felicia Day, Anthony Stewart Head, Charisma Carpenter, James Marsters, David Boreanaz, Amy Acker, J. August Richards, Eliza Dushku, Christian Kane, Julie Benz just to name a few.

If you are a fan of the two series, then you certainly can not go wrong with this extremely in depth but this does create a difficulty with its overall style. The book feels like a panel show at Comic-Con and though this is not necessarily a bad thing, it just tends to jump from scenario to scenario and sometimes the thread gets lost within the text.

This is not a bad thing but if you are a casual fan of Buffy and Angel, this may not be the book for you as there is a lot lost within the detail. If you are a massive fan and love everything Buffy and Angel then you will relish this book and its many nuances.

There is a lot of history on Joss Whedon himself which does make sense as he is the God of the Buffy universe and it is the product of his brain that we were given this gift. I think it is important to note that Buffy did change the face of television as we know it that merged soap opera and episodic television that had a season story arch with individual storylines that kept the characters and their relationships changing. These story arcs would carry through the entirety of the series. Using this format, many shows would adopt this structure and this has now become the template for television shows today.

The book is excellent though as stated it does get bogged down with detail and other information that sometimes doesn’t fit in with the overall context of the book. Recommended for the die hard fans.

Twenty years after the first episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer aired on TV, this collection of interview snippets is celebrating every season of Buffy, Angel and some bits in-between.

The structure of the book is mainly linear. Each chapter starts with a little write-up about the conception of Buffy, Buffy the movie, Buffy the TV-show, Angel, etc., followed by plenty and I really mean PLENTY of quotes from the actors, writers, producers and hangers-on.
Predictably, the actors think everything was brilliant and everyone is incredibly talented, the writers sometimes give a more nuanced view about some of the challenges, like problematic story arcs, budget cuts and teams not gelling.

Although there aren’t any groundbreaking new revelations, with over 500 pages you get a lot of book for your bucks and a lovely trip down memory lane.

3.5* Not as revealing as I'd have hoped, and not that many interviews with 'major' characters. Joss Whedon didn't participate.

This features interviews with former cast members, people on the production team and people who worked on other Joss Whedon creations. JW himself and the Kazuis refused to be interviewed, as well as one other character whose name I can't recall, so their 'participation' is via interviews given to other publications.

It's not too 'warts and all', but there were parts where some were cussing others quite blatantly and I wondered if that didn't class as slander or fighting talk and if there wouldn't be repercussions - maybe I'm an easily-shockable Brit?

Not sure that I learned a ton of insider info about this, but it was good to hear stuff from the horses' mouth and to reminisce over the romantic episodes. And nope, you don't learn for sure what happens at the end of Angel, bummer.

Great for a Buffyverse fanatic like me, plenty of thought provoking and nostalgic essays in here.

The ideal gift for any Scooby. Interviews with the cast are a must read.

The premise behind this book is interesting. It's a collection of interviews and behind-the-scenes stories about the to shows Buffy The Vampire Slayer and its spin off show Angel. I grew up with Buffy, she was a huge inspiration to me as a young teen, and as such the show has a very special place in my heart. I owned all the box sets for both shows, and had posters of Seth Green up all over my walls. Anything Buffy related and I'm all over it.

I gained some insight from this book, and found that it appeared to be well researched, but I found it often contradictory and repetitive. It was essentially a collection of interviews from the cast, directors, producers etc. that had been sort of sorted into loose categories, but the categories themselves didn't really have any cohesiveness to them. One minute various people would be singing the praises of David Boreanez, and then the next minute someone who be slating him. It was a little bit confusing and all over the place. A bit more editing, and perhaps telling an actual story instead of leaving it as interviews would have helped bring the information together a bit better.

That said, I still read this in a couple of sittings. It was very easy to dip in and out of, and I liked the background given into Joss Whedon. All this time, and I never knew he was involved with Toy Story.