Book Review: Those Left Behind

Those Left Behind by Joss Whedon

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


Those Left Behind fills a gap between the end of Firefly and the movie Serenity. Firefly ended with Inara deciding the ship and the film opened with both Inara and the Shepherd gone.

It's great to see the crew of the Serenity in action in any form. That said, I think this book is okay. There's a reason that this wasn't part of the movie because the story isn't all that interesting particularly in terms of the job they go on. Mal is probably is at his bitterest and least likable. At three issues, the story had little room to breathe with a character call back that's not all that interesting.

The best part of the book is the Shepherd's struggle with his relation to the crew and how having spent so much time with him might be drawing him away from living a proper Christian life. Yet, this element is given short shrift.

Again, it's okay, it fills in a gap, but beyond that, it's nothing special



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