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Dec 10, 2011

Bryan rated it:

Well, I was never the hugest Buffy fan, but I diligently watched and enjoyed (for the most part) every season of the TV show. Now that the disclaimer is done, let me say that I think these comics get a much better rating than they deserve simply because it's Buffy and Buffy fans are just happy to have more Buffy, even if it's mediocre Buffy.

The story in Season 8 gets progressively more ridiculous, implausible, silly and downright dumb as things progress. Old characters return for no More...

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Dec 04, 2011

David rated it:

Despite the return of several long-missing characters from the TV series (Oz, Riley), I thought this was the weakest story arc in "Buffy: Season Eight" yet. Buffy decides that all of the Slayers need to "give up" their magic so that Twilight will stop being able to hunt them down. So she finds Oz in Tibet, where he has learned to control his lycanthropy. He and his Tibetan wife tell the Slayers that they need to take up an agrarian lifestyle and basically let their magic be d More...

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Nov 06, 2011

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Jun 17, 2011

Andrew Shuping rated it:

The slayers are being attacked across the world. Buffy and Willow have to take a disguise to get to the island and Giles and Faith are in hiding from demons. And Twilight and his group are going all out and the slayers barely escape to Nepal...and Oz. Oz, his wife, and their young son are going to teach the slayers how to hide their magics. But Twilight has found them again...and demons are back to destroy.

The volume ends with an issue of Buffy floating in the air saying "what More...

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Jun 02, 2011

William rated it:

I really want to make this 3 1/2 stars. I still love a lot of the dialogue and the art is, unsurprisingly, still really good. My problem is that it's still. Not. Buffy.

My reasoning is this: Season 7 of Buffy was not a good example of what most of the rest of the series was like. Maybe bits of Season 6, but not even that. The comics pretty much never let the HOLYCRAPometer drop below Season 7. A lot of the time it goes above that and pretty much loves all over the tone and style More...

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Apr 14, 2011

Aaron rated it:

The Slayer army has been fully united under the leadership of Buffy and the rest of the Scooby gang. For the most part, all has been going really well, but that seems to be about to change as their enemies are combing forces to bring them down. With the help of Amy, the former rat and current witch, is helping Twilight as he is out to crush them.

Fortunately, for Buffy, the whole Scooby gang seems to be uniting. Not only has Giles and Faith returned to the fold to help out, but Buffy's sister More...

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Apr 10, 2011

faeriemyst rated it:

Sorry, this is kinda more ranty then when I started out, and probably not very well-written. You've been warned. Also, no spoilers are revealed in my ~~rant~~ review (though that was hard not to do ;P).

Why do I keep reading this series? Why do I expect it to get any better? Or even come close to resembling what the show was about in the first place? What in the Sam Hell is wrong with me that I persist in reading this travesty? Ack!

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Mar 28, 2011

Natalie (Mindful Musings) rated it:

In a Sentence: Retreat is an action-packed, climactic installment filled with excellent character development that reminded me why I fell in love with the series in the first place.

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In Retreat, we see a reunion of almost all of the main characters. Faith and Giles, Andrew and the Italian Slayer squad, Willow, Buffy, Xander: everyone who has been off on their own little adventures joins together in an attempt to fight off the advances of Twilight—the ultimate “B More...

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Oct 07, 2010

jess rated it:

Usually Joss Whedon & Buffy can do no wrong, but this installment made me feel funny and wrong. I hate writing spoilers and spoiler warnings because I think that no one reads my reviews then (OK - not that I think anyone reads these anyway, but i write them for ME not anyone else anyway). So, I'll try not to be spoilery. There is a blossoming romance in this book that I am uncomfortable with. There, I said it. All the weird freaky things that the Whedonverse has subjected us to in S8, and this r More...

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Jul 08, 2010

Thomas rated it:

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Jul 01, 2010

Kevin rated it:

OK. LOT GOING ON, and it all happens too quickly, which if you've been following along, has been the consistent case this season. I cannot wait until I can have the whole collection and see the whole big picture from high up and see what it all means.

But anyways for this section, huge ups to Jane Espenson. Basically loved the script and there were some laughs and little scenes that were as good and classic as anything in the best Buffy episodes.

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Jun 10, 2010

Catherine rated it:

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Apr 10, 2010

Kemper rated it:

Buffy's battle against the evil forces of Twilight (hee) continues. In the last volume, an inexperienced slayer's attempt to take out a vamp on TV created public sympathy for the bloodsuckers who are now seen as poor innocent victims.

Now that Buffy and her slayers have been outed and are public enemy #1, Twilight uses his military forces with help from witch Amy and skinless Warren to mount an attack on the slayers' HQ in Scotland. They manage to escape but Buffy is convinced that t More...

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Jun 05, 2011

Christina (A Reader of Fictions) rated it:

It's time for a showdown with Twilight, although likely not the last one, given that two volumes remain. Twilight has been tracking the slayers' every move, no matter what precautions they put in place. They finally figure out how: their magic. So, off they venture to Oz in Tibet where they learn how to get rid of their magic, but hopes of living a normal life may just be dashed when the bad guys, armed with lots o' stuff find them.

First of all, let me just say something I've been mean More...

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Mar 26, 2010

Rachel rated it:

I enjoyed this volume, as I enjoyed all the others, but not quite as much. It was still worth reading, of course, and there were some parts I loved. There were two very short stories at the end, one featuring Stephen Colbert and one featuring some old friends/foes, that weren't even necessarily good, but they were really fun. And there were some great parts of the main storyline as well, but I just didn't like it as much as I'd hoped.

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Jan 15, 2012

Harmonybites rated it:

I consider Buffy and Angel two of the best television series that ever aired, so it's disappointing that I haven't read an issue in the comics Season 8 equal to them in quality.

It probably doesn't help that I'm less than thrilled with the artistry of Georges Jeanty. People have complained in reviews that were it not for the cover with Oz on it (drawn by another artist) they wouldn't know it was Oz who showed up. I had no trouble knowing who it was from the context. Because of the cove More...

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Mar 25, 2010

Loren rated it:

Oh my bloody hell that was great.
The first thing you'll notice is that that was not a coherent sentence, maybe that'll back up the sentiment. Maybe.

There's too much content to really discuss so I'll talk about the issues surrounding this now-concluding series. Whedon finally confirmed Season-Eight to be a forty-issue run. While this made most fans scream and ultimately throw up (myself included), there is a caveat that definitely makes up for it:
Season 9. Oh yes.

Sur More...

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Aug 07, 2010

Caroline rated it:

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Jul 14, 2010

Meghan rated it:

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Jun 05, 2011

Dwhren rated it:

I received e-book copies of these books through NetGalley. These books are are collections of comics that continue the story of Buffy the Vampire Slayer after the end of the television show in season 7. The books do an excellent job of keeping the tone of the show, and most of the drawings are really good likenesses of the characters translated from screen to page. In season 8 Buffy, the new slayers, and the scooby gang are fighting a big bad named Twilight. Apparently the name was totally coinc More...

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Oct 02, 2011

Jenn rated it:

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Feb 13, 2011

Richard rated it:

If I hadn't bought the first six volumes of Buffy season eight in one go, I would never have read this after the last book. I wish that had been the case. With the world now anti-slayer (thanks to a vapid vampire with a reality show), and an army out to slaughter them, Buffy and her slayerettes make the only sensible decision. Run away, give up their powers and responsibility, and become just like everyone else. Then, of course, the bad guy's army find them anyway, and they realise what a resoun More...

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Mar 29, 2010

Sammy rated it:

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Oct 11, 2011

Sarah Pi rated it:

While I'm still pretty sure it was Jane Espenson's script that made the last volume so much better than those that had preceded it, she wasn't enough to save this one. I think the fault lay more in the artwork than in her writing. It's very hard to tell some of the characters apart. Moments that on a TV show would have been big "Whoa!" were instead big "Wait. Who? What?" The excellent Jo Chen covers and the short story in the back only reinforced this. Of course, my favorite More...

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Oct 18, 2011

Mckayla rated it:

Yay Oz made an appearance! I loved Oz. He was so laid back and went with the flow of most things. He was cool. And I am glad to see two characters finally get along. Nice to know since they need each other. And Riley! I loved Riley for Buffy. At least he knew about the demons and monsters without being one himself. He should have looked out that helicopter when he was taking off. Then he would have seen Buffy coming for him...but no, he had to be all stubborn. The most interesting par More...

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Dec 18, 2011

frankenbrary rated it:

Sort of confusing, the snappy dialogue can grate after a while, but still an enjoyable advancement of the plot. I especially like the tangential storylines contained in the back of the issue, always the fun part of Buffy, the irreverence.

Personally, I'm a little tired of the war storyline, it’s been done. Loved Dawn and Xander kissing, and Willow's reaction was also on point. Never saw it coming, but it did make sense and Buffy's take on it was also great. The medium might have chan More...

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Jun 06, 2011

Jennifer rated it:

Retreat, the 6th volume in Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8, returns the series to what it always should have been. The last book, Predators and Prey, mainly consisted of side stories that did nothing to further the overall story line. The writers seem to have gotten that completely out of their systems now as Retreat is all plot progression all the time. And it's perfect.

Many old favorites return in Retreat. Andrew, Faith and Giles remain prominent in the story. Warren and Amy get More...

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Mar 12, 2011

Nikki Faith rated it:

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Jul 11, 2010

Carllee rated it:

I'm confused. So let me get this straight - Twilight wants to end magic but is tracking the slayers through magic so the slayers & Willow get RID of their magics so they can fight Twilight & prevent him from ending magic ... Thus the slayers have give Twilight exactly what he wants? Aaaannnddd now there are Tibetan Goddesses stomping everything in sight? Ugh, the cyclical logical hurts my brain - that's worse than time travel (& do not get me started on THAT arc). I'll, of course, course keep re More...

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Mar 24, 2010

Andy rated it:

The story continues though it seems a little disjointed from the previous collection. The scope continues to be huge and an old character reappears but something about this didn't sit right. Waiting for the big reveal of Twilight's identity is becoming a little annoying 30 issues in and the art varies between highly detailed and extremely sparse. Some panels have vague outlines only and it's a little distracting. Still, I've stuck with Buffy for such a long time that I'll chalk this up as a More...

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