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33rd out of 113 books
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Coyote Moon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 1 #3)
"Of Shapeshifters and Skinwalkers....""As long as there have been vampires, there has been the Slayer. one girl in all the world, to find them where they gather and to stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their numbers."
The seedy carnival looks like just the thing to give Buffy and her best buds, Xander and Willow, a break from staking bloodsuckers. Some greasy f...more
The seedy carnival looks like just the thing to give Buffy and her best buds, Xander and Willow, a break from staking bloodsuckers. Some greasy f...more
Mass Market Paperback, 164 pages
Published
January 1st 1998
by Simon Pulse
(first published January 1st 1997)
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I was a bit confused when I found out that this was the third book in the series since it was the first book in the volume 1 book. It was a pretty simple story. Basically Buffy, her friends Willow and Xander go to a carnival that has just opened up in their small town. They have a lot of fun and Willow and Xander both find romantic interests, 2 carnival workers.
Happening at the same time there is a pack of coyotes hunting around the town, too close for comfort for the residents of the town. Bu...more
Happening at the same time there is a pack of coyotes hunting around the town, too close for comfort for the residents of the town. Bu...more
3.5 stars
A carnival full of odd workers comes to Sunnydale, Buffy's friends are preoccupied dating a couple of these workers, and a pack of strange coyotes are running amok in the streets. Buffy suspects all of these events are related but has no proof. What's a slayer to do?
Set in the summer between the first and second seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Coyote Moon is a short and concise story that conveys the spirit of the show without too many noticeable inaccuracies. The major anachronis...more
A carnival full of odd workers comes to Sunnydale, Buffy's friends are preoccupied dating a couple of these workers, and a pack of strange coyotes are running amok in the streets. Buffy suspects all of these events are related but has no proof. What's a slayer to do?
Set in the summer between the first and second seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Coyote Moon is a short and concise story that conveys the spirit of the show without too many noticeable inaccuracies. The major anachronis...more
May 27, 2012
Mariel
rated it
1 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
carnies who murder my cat and then blame it on owls
Recommended to Mariel by:
the coyotes and the crickets
Menstrual cramps are the worst! Wait, I'm not properly dressed for this. I need to wear beige slacks and some kind of appropriately colored sweater (maybe off-white?) to discuss the finer points of PMS. So if my cramps were any good at all they would be good for telling me that when not your usual coyotes are prowling around Sunnydale, California. (What kind of stupid shit is this when Xander and Willow feel the need to fill Buffy in on coyotes? It was told in a for-the-reader's-benefit expositi...more
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This was a pretty good Buffy story. I say Buffy specifically because I've read the first slayer collection as well. So this was the first book in a Buffy the vampire Slayer collection. It's obviously written for teenagers so the writing itself isn't great and I'm not really a fan of that style. Having said that, the story is really well thought out and it makes for a good "episode" of the show. I would also highly recommend it to any fans of early Buffy, as this is straight mystery with butt ki...more
It is the end of the summer. For everyone, except Willow, this means the boredom and hum drum of school. Lucky for them they can end the summer with excitement as a new carnival is in town. However, they find that this particular Carnival might just be a bit too much excitement for them. Right away Buffy notices that not only is the Carnival strange but so are the carny folk who run it. However, not able to put her finger on it she tends to focus more on the fact that two carny folk take special...more
4 stars.
Coyote Moon is a very good Buffy novel. It's set during the summer of Season 1. Buffy never left Sunnydale to visit her father in this novel though.
I really enjoyed the shifter aspect and I wish they did something with that on the show.
The relationship between Xander & Buffy is strained, which is a nice continuation of what happened in the finale of season 1.
There were a couple things here and there that I either didn't catch or it wasn't there for me to catch. Why the shifters w...more
Coyote Moon is a very good Buffy novel. It's set during the summer of Season 1. Buffy never left Sunnydale to visit her father in this novel though.
I really enjoyed the shifter aspect and I wish they did something with that on the show.
The relationship between Xander & Buffy is strained, which is a nice continuation of what happened in the finale of season 1.
There were a couple things here and there that I either didn't catch or it wasn't there for me to catch. Why the shifters w...more
Best Advice: Buy the seasons instead.
Alright, I used to be a HUGE Buffy the Vampire Slayer fan. I mean I loved it. Back in the day (at the time) it came on Tuesday nights and no matter what, I was there to see it. Then I starting getting these books from Waldenbooks (when there was one) and read those too.
But the books are detailed in a far-unimportant kind of way. I mean the show is able to portray a kick to the face and stake to the heart in two minutes rather than two paragraphs. Therefore, y...more
Alright, I used to be a HUGE Buffy the Vampire Slayer fan. I mean I loved it. Back in the day (at the time) it came on Tuesday nights and no matter what, I was there to see it. Then I starting getting these books from Waldenbooks (when there was one) and read those too.
But the books are detailed in a far-unimportant kind of way. I mean the show is able to portray a kick to the face and stake to the heart in two minutes rather than two paragraphs. Therefore, y...more
This is the first of the Buffy books I've read and I was pleasantly surprised by it. It captures the tone of the show well and while the plot is a little lacking at times, it's satisfying enough. This book is also incredibly short, almost like it was a TV episode. Still, it's enjoyable enough if you like the show and would like to read more of the characters
Getting to escape into the Buffy-verse is one of my guilty pleasures. Loved the movie and tv show and I enjoy occasionally reading the novels and comic books too. This one did not disappoint. Good story about the Scooby Gang's encounter with a pack of shape-shifting coyotes.
Cool book. I read this before I watched the tv series so I didn't fully understand the story, and who Buffy was and what her relationship with the other people in this book was, but I still liked it, and it made me want to watch the tv series.
I was extremely disappointed with this book. I found that the characterizations were completely off, the plot half developed, and the writing awkward. Frankly, I've read better Buffy fanfic.
As dorky as it might be, I enjoy reading books based off my favorite TV series/movies. They are never that "great" in the writing and what-not, but I do like them.
Used to be obsessed with Buffy books and I believe I still have this one out in my garage. What can I say, I'm still a sucker for vampires. :)
this is one of the better buffy books. even though its s very short book there was just something about it n i think most people feel the same way here. id say a must read buffy book. put it on yohr list high up, its so worth it!
Read it when I was a kid and a huge Buffy fan (I'm still one of course). But I don't remember much of it actually.
I read this a while ago, likely the summer between season 1 and season 2. It was good for youth reading.
Not bad, as far as official fanfic goes. The ending was fairly anticlimactic though.
the only good part was Giles tbh
A quick, fun read for any Buffy fan!
Again, read a long time ago
my sis collection at home
*3.4*
Apr 22, 2009
Slayermel
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
any Buffy Fan
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Coyote Moon was a pretty interesting story, but something about it didn't quite grip me like some of the other books in this series did. I just didn't really care about the Carnival people and I found the story way to predictable. Also Xander & Willow kind of irritated me a bit in this book.
Oh well they can't all be gold.
It's definitely worth a read for any Buffy Fan though. :0)
Oh well they can't all be gold.
It's definitely worth a read for any Buffy Fan though. :0)
Sept 4, 2003
I savored this book a little longer than the previous 2. I loved the scene where Willow was playing poker. This book is Tony Hillerman lite. If you've read any of his mysteries, you'll know what I mean.
I savored this book a little longer than the previous 2. I loved the scene where Willow was playing poker. This book is Tony Hillerman lite. If you've read any of his mysteries, you'll know what I mean.
Better than most of the Buffy novels I've read in the past, yet another one I could see as an early episode. But not something I would read again, nor necessarily recommend to one of my friends.
Full of action, suspense, and witty lines, reading Coyote Moon was like experiencing a Buffy episode!
Jun 19, 2013
Yasmin Mohammadzadeh
marked it as to-read
Jun 19, 2013
Iqra
marked it as to-read
Jun 18, 2013
Kendra
marked it as to-read
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