as summers die
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as summers die is a 1986 drama film directed by jean - claude tramont. it was filmed in georgia as a made for hbo original movie and later released on vhs .
buffy was born to hank and joyce summers on january 19, 1981, in los angeles, california .
ya buddy readers'... : this is not a test by courtney summers - restarting november 9th 2015
as summers die was produced as an
hbo premiere
attraction. set in the segregationist south of the 1950s, the film pits the wealthy but decadent members of a landed - gentry white family against a feisty old black woman, on whose property oil has been discovered. idealistic attorney scott glenn bucks the family - - and the inbred prejudices of the community - - to protect the woman' s interests. he finds himself with two unsuspected allies in the forms of young jamie lee curtis and ancient bette davis, two
renegade
members of the very family that wants to grab the oil - rich land. as summers die had its cable - tv debut on may 17, 1986 .
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recommended: definitely for an engrossing, addictive, original read, this is not a test is the book you’re looking for. also, if you’re already a summers’ fan, you’ll like the narration and barren / harsh / hurting summers - style protag .
what i loved about this book was how sucked in i got. made an awesome reading experience. i truly love courtney summers for that .
in the film, buffy says she plans to “graduate from school, go to europe, marry christian slater, and die. ” her television counterpart achieves three out of four .
this was my first book by courtney summers, but i will definitely be checking out more of her books. i was really impressed with this one .
. nihlistic and dream - like - - summers has challenged us with a narrator clearly suffering from post - traumatic stress disorder, depression and suicidal tendencies .
“i wouldn' t have left you like that. not like she did to me .
i swallow hard .
she always said i' d die without her and she left anyway .
but you didn' t die ,
he says .
i did ,
i say .
i' m just waiting for the rest of me to catch up. ”
overall, this was a really great read and this is the first book i' ve read by courtney summers but it certainly won' t be the last .
movie. stated by joss to be
pretty much accepted as canonical
.
the courage and die - hard work ethos of bette davis shows the whole while shes' s in many scenes of this, her last tv movie. she' s the great aunt, ...
it only took me a few pages to remember how much i love summers' unique style of writing: punchy, direct, achey, intense. minimal words conveying maximum impact .
despite failing and quitting with cheerleading in the tv series, buffy is sometimes still mentioned as so. darla references her as “that cheerleader” in
dear boy
, and twilight calls her “that goofy little cheerleader” in
last gleaming
. although, this may be a reference to her past as a cheerleader in hemery high school, as explored in
the origin
.
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buffy is referred only two times over the course of the series as
buffy the vampire slayer
. the first time is in
anne
, and the last one in
help
. she’s usually referred only as
the slayer
. glory identifies her as
a vampire slayer
.
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when dawn enrolled in the recently rebuilt sunnydale high as a freshman, buffy was offered a job as guidance counselor by principal robin wood, which she gratefully accepted. [ 83 ] initially, she found it to be an unfulfilling experience, as she was unable to connect with any of the students that came to her for advice, while others had trivial reasons. she soon became concerned when a girl with psychic powers, cassie newton, came to her claiming she would soon die. buffy at first thought she was suicidal, but after learning it was an upcoming event, she saved her from being sacrificed by a group of demon - worshiping students. afterwards, buffy discovered it was actually because of a congenital heart condition that cassie would die from. cassie would be the first of numerous young women buffy wouldn’t be able to save in the following months. [ 84 ]
as the main character in the franchise, buffy has also appeared in the majority of buffy expanded universe material .
scooby gang summers family hemery high school sunnydale high school watchers council class of' 99 uc sunnydale angel investigations (ally) the initiative doublemeat palace slayer organization pick me up deepscan s. f. p. d. magic council safe zone
“she always said i' d die without her and she left anyway. ” “but you didn' t die. ” “i did, ” i say. “i' m just waiting for the rest of me to catch up. ” this isn' t a typical zombie book. let me say that first. don' t write this off because of the zombie - book think, or the dystopia thing. and don' t add it because you like zombie books, either. i don' t think i' d class this as a dystopia. so why should you read this? this is going to sound weird, but i think you should read this if you like and then there
courtney summers was born in belleville, ontario, 1986. at age 14, she dropped out of high school. at age 18, she wrote her first novel. cracked up to be was published in 2008, when she was 22 and went on to win the 2009 cybil award in ya fiction. since then, she’s published four more critically acclaimed books: some girls are, fall for anything, this is not a test and all the rage, as well as an
after i read the review written by
moviola - 8 ,
i was immediately inspired to buy
as summers die
on ebay. i was hoping that this movie would show the brilliance that writer, winston groom, showed in
forrest gump ,
but i' m just not feeling it... not even close. this movie didn' t make the same impression on me that it did on the other reviewers, and i was disappointed. the story meandered along and did not bring up any feelings in me. i didn' t feel indignant, outraged or anything else. nothing. maybe something was lost in translation between the book and the screenplay (by a different writer). as long as we' re talking about old movies that are hard to find, but worth the viewing, i' d like to find
the traveling executioner
starring stacy keach, but i don' t think it exists on dvd or vhs. now that is an original and very different story - as is
forrest gump .
the gnashing of teeth. the desperate creation of mcgyver implements and traps. the fighting to survive. it' s been too long since i read a zombie novel and i' ve been missing the sense of butt - kicking hopefulness they can bring. unfortunately, while summers is stellar at character development, this isn' t the book to assuage the craving for fighting the undead and affirming life. this is holden caufield meets lord of the flies. nihlistic and dream - like - - summers has challenged us with a narrator cle
as for me: i really enjoyed the reading experience, but didn’t end up loving the book. does this make sense ?
urltoken forbidden passion and burning prejudice ignite in the heat of the deep south. emotions are riding high in a small southern town. a lawyer, willie croft (scott glenn), is trying to defend an ageing black woman against the holts clan, a powerful and greedy family. a family with a dark and sinister past, whose evil schemes and plots are safe in their incestuous past. that is until lawyer willie croft finds an unlikely ally in whitsey (jamie lee curtis), a wayward cousin of the holts. the pressure' s on and nothing' s going to stop the holts from winning, especially their own kin. as summers die is the sensational story of love and hate, power and passion .
i honestly don' t know what to review. thank to may, i' m officially courtney summers trash. this book is not about zombies, why they mutated, finding a cure, or having some badass fighting scenes with them. it just has zombies in them. this book is about survival, difficult decisions, loss and heartbreak. this is the second book i' ve read by courtney summers and i wasn' t dissapointed. her first book i read was a realisitic contemporary about rape and bullying and this book is totally different from
find all of my reviews at: urltoken 3. 5 stars
this must be what dorothy felt like, i think. maybe. if dorothy was six scared teenagers and oz was hell .
when i saw alllllll of my friends reading all the rage recently i figured i would end up reading it wrong (see exhibit a) and opted for summers’ version of zombies instead... what can i say? i’m not interested in being the oddball again this week but i enjoy brain - nomming stories. * shrug * however, being that summers
however, i was ultimately unsatisfied. i didn’t really connect to the characters. i was curious about what would go down, but not affected by any of it. i felt very disconnected to sloane, who is disconnected to herself in many ways. sloane is just as messed up (if not more) than any other of summers protagonists: abused, broken, closed - up, suicidal, distanced from other characters .
the last chapter was just as intense as the first. i was feverishly turning the pages wanting to know what was going to happen next. this chapter was action packed and seemed to fly by so quickly my head was spinning at the end. i am so happy about sloane' s personal ending
throughout most of her career as the slayer, buffy functioned as a reluctant hero. she constantly wished for nothing more than a normal life, an attitude that was particularly prevalent during her high school years. however, as time moved on, buffy slowly became more accepting of her slayer duties, particularly after kendra helped her to understand that being the slayer was part of who she was and not simply a burden forced upon her shoulders against her will. after her meeting with the first slayer and battle with dracula, buffy finally came to terms with her role as the slayer. despite her ever - present reluctance to be the slayer even in her later years, buffy has been depicted as having an incredibly strong sense of responsibility with the people she saved and the world as well. this was shown in her disagreements over faith’s impulsive and careless attitude and her self - righteous stance on many other things .
other important relationships of buffy’s have included pike, parker, riley finn, and satsu. pike was her friend and love interest when she first began her journey as the slayer, but the pair broke up before she moved to sunnydale. in college, she dated riley in the hopes of having a “normal” relationship, only to discover he was an initiative soldier. satsu was buffy’s fellow slayer, as well as her first and only same - sex liaison
he’s constantly hot headed, but the only reason he’s not lashing out as much is because he still has his twin sister grace. grace, despite just
buffy then led her classmates in a climactic battle against the ascended mayor and his minions, which culminated in an explosion that destroyed the mayor as well as sunnydale high school. after the smoke cleared, angel left for los angeles so that buffy could try to have a more normal life without him. [ 45 ]
buffy became a supernatural consultant to sfpd, working alongside spike and dowling. she assisted in jean anthony ’ case, who was attacked by an incubus. this made buffy revisit spike’ attempt rape, as well as many difficulties through her life, and the couple finally talked and came to terms about their turbulent past. [ 139 ]
buffy anne summers was a slayer that was activated in the late 20th century. born on january 19 1981, she was called to be the slayer in 1996 at the age of fifteen. buffy was originally living in los angeles; but, due to an incident involving a gang of vampires at hemery high school, she moved to sunnydale with her mother. there, she acted as guardian of the hellmouth for seven years before the town’s destruction in mid - 2003. initially a reluctant hero who constantly wished for nothing more than a normal life, buffy eventually grew to embrace her destiny. buffy is unique as a slayer in many ways; she refuses to sacrifice her ordinary life for her supernatural destiny, often operates as part of a team with her friends the scooby gang, and has maintained several romantic relationships, two of which were with notorious vampires angel and spike .
as the mayor relied on faith to help him prepare for his ascension, buffy worked first to thwart his plans, then to organize a resistance. faith impeded these efforts by
buffy’s relationship with riley slowly began deteriorate as she repeatedly failed to give him the emotional intimacy he craved. riley began visiting a vampire brothel where he would allow vampires to bite him; when buffy discovered this as a result of spike’s interference, she destroyed the brothel and confronted riley, after which he left her and returned to the military. [ 64 ] buffy dealt with riley’s departure as best as she could, but remained emotionally sensitive. buffy’s pain over having had two failed relationships caused her to take an interest in ben wilkinson, a handsome medic. however, an encounter with the love - struck robot girlfriend of one of her former sunnydale high classmate warren mears made hers realize that she was overly dependent on men and decided she needed to be by herself for a while. this proved to be greatly fortunate as ben was secretly glory’s human vessel. [ 65 ]
i don' t know how i' m going to do this, move through the hours like someone who wants to still be breathing when i had so firmly made up my mind to stop. wow. this little book has completely floored me. i was not expecting something so deep, so very melancholic yet shot through with the irrepressible human need to hope. not just irrepressible, summers shows us that hope is irreducible. stripped to its basest core, hope just might be the evolutionary urge that has kept us going as a species for
if counting archive footage as an appearance, buffy, cordelia and angel are the only characters that appear in both the first and final seasons of buffy the vampire slayer and angel .
i feel as happy reading a book all day as i am happy staying all afternoon with a dear friend. i could tell you 11 / 02 was a normal day, that i went to college, talked to friends, drank coffee, studied a little, played just dance and slept. but what i will remember of today is this wonderful book .
3 - 1 / 2 stars, rounded up. but i' m really not sure how to rate this book. as everyone probably already knows, this is courtney summers' zombie book, and on the surface it' s got the familiar elements: zombie apocalypse occurs, nearly everyone is infected almost immediately, small bands of survivors hole up and hope for the best while knowing they' re probably going to meet their doom. sloane price is one of those survivors. by sheer accident, she' s fallen in with a group of five students who make it
she and her friends were able to move to a haunted building in tenderloin, with discount on their rent after exorcising the place. [ 136 ] buffy shared the apartment with willow and dawn, while neighbors to xander and spike’s, as well as giles’ apartment. both in a better place than their previous encounters, buffy and spike began a relationship. [ 137 ]
meanwhile, a younger sister, dawn, had mysteriously appeared in the summers’ household; her existence had been seamlessly integrated into the memories of all those she had ever known. [ 61 ] after casting a spell on herself in the hopes of discovering the mystical source of an illness she believed her mother was blighted by, buffy discovered that dawn was not her sister at all, but rather a ball of magical energy known as the key capable of opening interdimensional portals. a group of monks had influenced the key to take human shape in order to protect it from a mentally unstable higher power known as glorificus; they had chosen to put the key in the slayer’s care, as a sister, in the hopes that she would protect it with her life. though buffy was understandably skeptical of dawn when she learned that she had been fabricated and integrated into her life without her prior knowledge, she quickly came to accept her responsibility as dawn’s protector, not because she felt obliged to carry out the monks’ wishes, but because she slowly realized that she truly did love her sister, regardless of the circumstances of her existence. [ 62 ]
harrowing. i sincerely never thought that i could ever be so fascinated by a zombie post - apocalyptic story before, but there’s a first to everything, isn’t there? however, it’s definitely more focused on the psychological elements than the world - building, since it underlines the theme of survival and how precious and fragile life is. courtney summers, you’re writing terribly tearful stories. please don’t stop .
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having moved back in with dawn and xander, she realized that she had recognized this strong vampire that had bested her but could not remember where she had seen her before. buffy hangs out with dowling and billy as well as xander and dawn, seeming to be somewhat happy that she had finally managed some semblance of an average night. however, she was ripped away from it just as quickly and teleported to the magic council, courtesy of none other than the old one, illyria. she abruptly forced her to join this council, much to buffy’s great confusion and indignation. [ 125 ]
find all of my reviews at: urltoken 3. 5 stars
this must be what dorothy felt like, i think. maybe. if dorothy was six scared teenagers and oz was hell .
when i saw alllllll of my friends reading all the rage recently i figured i would end up reading it wrong (see exhibit a) and opted for summers’ version of zombies instead... what can i say? i’m not interested in being the oddball again this week but i enjoy brain - nomming stories. * shrug * however, being that summers is summers, this book had a lot less of this... with a lot more of this... the premise seemed familiar – the zombie apocalypse began a week ago, leaving a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, and a criminal six students no choice but to work together in hopes of surviving the danger that potentially lurks around every corner of their former high school where they are holed up... the only thing that separates them from the undead is a chain link fence... * dun dun dunnnnnnnnn * okay, so while the basic concept has been done a time or twelve before the delivery was 100% unique. if lord of the flies and the walking dead had a baby you might end up with something along the lines of this is not a test. if you like your zombies with a lot of gore and a high body count you should probably look elsewhere. on the other hand, if you’re looking for a “zombie” book that deals more with questions of mortality and morality, this is the book for you. summers is quickly becoming a ya fave .
the gnashing of teeth. the desperate creation of mcgyver implements and traps. the fighting to survive. it' s been too long since i read a zombie novel and i' ve been missing the sense of butt - kicking hopefulness they can bring. unfortunately, while summers is stellar at character development, this isn' t the book to assuage the craving for fighting the undead and affirming life. this is holden caufield meets
buffy has been accused of being violent following her calling as a slayer. buffy denied that she was but when questioning xander of this, he said
the important thing is, you believe that .
[ 154 ] faith had also once harshly mentioned to her that buffy was
all about control .
[ 55 ] she was also somewhat short - tempered in nature, as it never took very much to irritate her. buffy once described herself as
i am capable of awesome. i’m usually super reliable and conscientious and according to popular report, a little tightly wound .
[ 112 ]
buffy and dawn were then devastated by the death of their mother shortly after. joyce had been experiencing health problems for months, and only recently received surgery for a brain tumor when she died unexpectedly from an aneurysm. [ 67 ] in order to fully take up her role as dawn’s legal guardian, buffy was forced to drop out of college, though she faced difficulties as a result of dawn’s increasingly rebellious behavior. [ 68 ]
as she grew up, she came to idolize olympic ice skater dorothy hamill, and practiced the sport herself. [ 14 ] her father took her for trick - or - treating until she was twelve. [ 15 ]
currently there is also'' please remain calm'' which is marked as'' this is not a test 1. 5'' and only has 96 pages. it is the continuity of book one, …more
i think it was interesting to read about a zombie apocalypse through the eyes of someone who wants to die. this book is written so beautifully and at times it made me want to cry. i love how each of the five teenagers all had their own stories and their own things to contribute to the story. i liked the brother and sister relationship between grace and trace, and seeing how that affected their decisions. i also absolutely adore rhys, and i totally ship him and sloane so hard. they had some really cute scenes in this book that made me smile .
buffy was aided in the battle against hus by angel, who had returned to sunnydale without her knowledge. when xander accidentally revealed that angel had reappeared, buffy immediately traveled to los angeles to confront him as she was hurt that he had spoken to everyone but her. buffy and angel agreed to remain apart; just as she was about to leave, they were attacked by a mohra demon. they tracked the demon down into the sewers and succeeded in wounding it before it escaped. the demon’s blood had mixed with angel’s during the confrontation, causing him to become human again. buffy and angel reveled in finally being able to be together, but angel soon discovered that the powers that be had not yet offered him redemption. when angel was almost killed by the regenerated mohra demon, buffy managed to slay it. after angel discovered that buffy would die much sooner if he remained human, angel had the the oracles rewind time to reverse his transformation into a human. buffy was left with no memory of the incident. [ 50 ]
buffy briefly joined forces with the initiative, but her relentless questioning of the organization’s motives, as well as her relationship with riley, began to unsettle professor maggie walsh, who tried to have her killed in action. [ 52 ] walsh was subsequently murdered by a creature of her own creation, the monstrous half - human / half - demon cyborg, adam, who then escaped and began his plan to create an army of super soldiers like him. [ 53 ]
this story has a lot going on for how short it is, but it never feels cluttered. we know that sloane was abandoned by her sister, lily, but the details of what was supposed to happen and how that has affected her come out slowly throughout the book. the main focus of this book is each person' s will to live. lily was all sloane had left so once she left her she has none. sloane wants desperately to just die. i thought the author wrote this very well. we can feel sloane' s desperation and hopelessness, but she never seems emo .
set in a sleepy southern louisiana town in 1959, a lawyer, searches for justice as he volunteers to help a black woman whose property is being threatened by the holts, the first family of the town, after she refuses to sell her valuable land. nobody thinks willie can win the case, but behind its polite facade, the town is waiting to explode, as willie enlists the aid of eccentric hannah loftin and her niece, whitsey, relatives of the holts .
buffy and the others went to santa rosita to deal with the last zompires, and was assisted by vicki and a group of a new breed of vampires, discovering the consequence from the return of magic. as soon as the zompires were extinguished, the vampires turned against the slayer. the scooby gang then counted on the sudden assistance of deepscan, with kennedy, faith, leah, holly, and giles, who revealed himself resurrected in an emotional reunion. [ 134 ]
there comes a time in everyone' s life when we finally
wake up
and figure out that we don' t need to be a product of our screwed up past. for some, it takes months, for other' s it takes years (i should know). if you don' t come to this realization, there are consequences... for some drugs, for others. . suicide, or other forms of escape. sloane wants to die. not because of the zombies. before there were zombies, there was a scarier monster in sloane' s life. she was being abused by her dad, and was abandoned by her sister. sloane lives through the initial zombie attack but still wants to die. this story is about sloane, and the journey she takes, and the decisions she makes. she has the perfect weapon to kill herself, just walk outside and she' ll be bitten. so why doesn' t she do it? or does she? some people don' t ever wake up, maybe this is sloane and maybe not. very emotional read for me, maybe because i can relate but i think even without it being personal to me, it was a great story .
to give summers credit, this is one of the more remarkable first - person stories i' ve read in awhile. traumatized for years, forced into a controlled shell of a person by her survival strategies, sloan is conflicted between acknowledging her emotions and staying safe in her fatalistic landscape. and what an idea - - take a zombie / apocalypse story with a narrator who doesn' t want to survive, but has just enough conscientiousness that she doesn' t want to pull anyone into her death with her .
buffy’s individualistic and rebellious tendencies culminated into developing an extreme distaste of being manipulated and
losing control
, [ 148 ] particularly when it revolved around her life. this was made most apparent in her initial request to have the monks erase her false memories of dawn, [ 62 ] her forced destiny as the slayer, her brief loss of her abilities through giles’ betrayal, [ 40 ] her rejection of twilight, [ 149 ] anger over angel ’s decision to keep his presence hidden while in sunnydale, [ 49 ] as well as deciding to turn himself into a vampire again without her knowledge. [ 50 ] kendra, who had been trained as a slayer from early childhood, told buffy that a slayer did not have the luxury of emotions. buffy responded that her emotions gave her power and she considered them
total assets
. [ 30 ] spike once stated that buffy’s improvisational fighting style was much like that of nikki wood, the second slayer he killed. [ 150 ]
were originally in the running for the role of buffy in 1996. holmes was joss’s first choice for buffy but she was turned down as she was deemed too young for the role. many others who auditioned for buffy instead got other roles, including
as the senior prom was closing in, buffy expressed excitement in having her prefect high school experience with angel as her date. however, realizing he could never give her a normal life, angel broke up with buffy the day before. despite being extremely saddened, buffy still made it her duty that she and her friends enjoy themselves at the event. she went forth and killed a group of mind - controlled hellhounds released by a dateless nerd before attending prom dressed in formal wear. to her surprise, she was presented with an award, acknowledging the countless times she saved the student body. just as it couldn’t get better, angel arrived in a tuxedo, not wanting to take her back but give her the slow dance she desired. [ 43 ]
after the explosive events of her high school graduation, buffy experienced difficulties adjusting to life as a college freshman at u. c. sunnydale. she was injured during an encounter with a group of on - campus vampires, [ 46 ] and came off as unstable to her friends when she suspected her overly compulsive roommate to be demon (which she was eventually proven correct in her assumption) and she began rooming with willow after kathy’s departure. [ 47 ] her troubles were only worsened by angel ’s recent departure. she sought comfort with fellow student parker abrams, and slept with him only a few weeks after meeting him. he then brushed her off as a one - night stand despite making her believe that this was the start of a new relationship .
) because that' s the reason i have read this one. i loved it with all my heart and i never read a book like this one. it is sad and heartbreaking but mesmerizing and captivating as well. i recommend this a lot !
there comes a time in everyone' s life when we finally
wake up
and figure out that we don' t need to be a product of our screwed up past. for some, it takes months, for other' s it takes years (i should know). if you don' t come to this realization, there are consequences... for some drugs, for others. . suicide, or other forms of escape. sloane wants to die. not because of the zombies. before there were zombies, there was a scarier monster in sloane' s life. she was being abused by her dad, and was
now is not about gathering courage, it' s about staying one step ahead of my fear .
oh my goodness gracious! what did i just read? ?? i have this basic concept about how any story that has to do with zombies is old and funny. sorry i don’t watch walking dead. but i am now completely eradicating that concept from my mind because of this dark but masterfully written prose. this is my first courtney summers read and i am instantly and immediately captivated by the unique writing style via her use of
i get the hype. this is not a test reminded me of lord of the flies meets the walking dead - - the first season when you' re actually cheering for the humans and not the zombies - - with a dash of the breakfast club. not only was this my first courtney summers book, this was also my first zombie book. verdict? i' d like more of both please. sloane, a physically and emotionally abused girl, finds herself barricaded inside her high school along with five other students. while they know each other, they
“you should use it, ” my roommate tells me. she’s an astute, outspoken woman in her early 30s who works as a journalist for one of mexico’s most well - known liberal magazines. “it’s meant to get rid of or prevent infections, ” she said .
currently there is also'' please remain calm'' which is marked as'' this is not a test 1. 5'' and only has 96 pages. it is the continuity of book one, but from rhys' perspective this time. (less )
upon learning that if she were to continue being invisible her molecule structure would break down, buffy sought to stop the trio and made herself visible, not wanting to die despite her current grime state of life. the trio’s scheme’s finally reached breaking point when their leader, warren mears, accidentally killed his ex - girlfriend katrina after a mystical date - rape attempt. with the use of jonathan levinson ’s magicks and andrew wells ’s demon summoning, he manipulated events to make buffy think she killed katrina. convinced, buffy was ready to confess to the police, although this was thwarted when spike dumped the body to save her. in an encounter of grief and denial in her relationship with spike, buffy beat him severely. luckily for her, buffy discovered that she wasn’t actually the perpetrator of the crime and the death was ruled as a suicide; nonetheless, buffy realized that the trio were becoming too dangerous for her to ignore and resolved to bring them to justice. [ 75 ]
in the ensuing fight, severin told buffy that he had to kill all those vampires because buffy destroyed the seed and that she didn’t deserve her power. eventually, severin overpowered buffy and began to drain her powers, as well as spike’s when he arrived to help her, but just before he could drain the two completely, detective dowling, having been anonymously tipped off, arrived and made the save by shooting severin four times in the chest. having discovered that severin was the real culprit, buffy was subsequently cleared of all charges. [ 115 ]
it only took me a few pages to remember how much i love summers' unique style of writing: punchy, direct, achey, intense. minimal words conveying maximum impact. it took me only one chapter to be hooked. by the end of chapter one, i needed to read chapter two. by the end of chapter two, i needed to read chapter three. by the end of … and so on. this is not a test is compulsively readable. tightly plotted. intense. addictive. the drama in the pages never seems melodramatic, in spite of the premise .
mystical protection — after becoming leader to the activated slayers, xander commented that buffy had some degree of mystical protection over her now, at least while she slept. to that end, her protection meant even daggers split apart so as not to pierce her skin. [ 191 ]
though she was normally quite aware socially, buffy had proven to have a few lapses in judgment that cost her and others as well. her destructive relationship with spike, for example, was attributed to her own feelings of vulnerability, self - loathing, and unworthiness after the death of her mother as well as her abrupt descent from heaven. despite her powerful sense of responsibility, when in a state of depression or ill humor, she had been shown to procrastinate and put off or otherwise ignore things she should be dealing with. this was most prominently seen in her exile out of heaven, ignoring her role as guardian of dawn and forcing giles to both take care of her [ 158 ] and pay the bills she couldn’t afford. [ 159 ] another example was when she had smashed the seed of wonder and remained indifferent over willow’s pleas of returning magic, hardly thinking of the consequences of the action because she did what she had to do; in this case, she was finally forced to face the negative consequences of the seed’s destruction when she discovered that without magic, dawn was fading away. [ 160 ]
there are' breakfast club' moments where the teens bond as they linger in the school, hoping for rescue, but the infighting is wearing them down. one of the underlying themes is the loss of family, their coping, and whether or not the survivors create their own .
i honestly don' t know what to review. thank to may, i' m officially courtney summers trash. this book is not about zombies, why they mutated, finding a cure, or having some badass fighting scenes with them. it just has zombies in them. this book is about survival, difficult decisions, loss and heartbreak. this is the second book i' ve read by courtney summers and i wasn' t dissapointed. her first book i read was a realisitic contemporary about rape and bullying and this book is totally different from that. whenever i think of reading some zombie novel, i' m always like
oh there' s going to be some fucking zombies, people are going to fight them and they will survive! yay ,
but this book was nothing like that. i was able to feel emotion while reading this. i was able to feel the panic. i was able to feel their loss. i was able to feel their fear. i was able to feel their need to make it out alive. i was able to feel what they felt. and that says a lot because i' m a heartless bitch. take all the goddamn stars .
4 1 / 2 stars because i’m a fancy creative post writer, i thought i’d start this off with a quote from someone whose opinion i really trust: “ can you imagine what she' s going to do with zombie survival? !! i bet it' s going to be gruesome. : d ” you know what? i really do love the sound of my own voice. you are so, so right, me of approximately five months ago. of course, this is courtney summers so the “gruesome” part of this book doesn’t arrive with the zombie apocalypse; it takes place within the grasp
4. 5 i owe a huge thanks to courtney summers for giving me a second chance to read and review this after my netgalley rejection. it made my day and i' m so glad this is not a test was all that i' d hoped it would be. i' m going to say what i said at the start of my reviews or before i started reading: feed, the forest of hands and teeth, the other life and even the one i was sure would be the exception to the rule - the reapers are the angels, and that is that zombie novels have never been my thing .
that' s the best description of sloane. but while grace admires her (as noted in the quote above), sloane admires grace, harrison admires trace and it goes on and on. they are just trying to survive the best way they can. they are in a supposedly safe place
buffy’s parents, who had been experiencing marital troubles for years, finally divorced, and buffy moved with her mother to 1630 revello drive in sunnydale, a small town in california. little did they know that the town was located on a hellmouth, and that buffy’s presence there was predestined. buffy enrolled at sunnydale high where she became friends with xander harris and willow rosenberg as well as meeting her new watcher, rupert giles. she also met cordelia chase, a superficial cheerleader reminiscent of buffy before she became the slayer, and angel, a mysterious and handsome stranger who aided buffy with cryptic advice. [ 22 ] buffy at first rejected her slayer duties in favor of a normal life, but was forced into action to stop the vampire ritual known as the harvest by the order of aurelius, a vampire cult under the rule of ancient and power vampire the master, who was trapped underground in sunnydale .
buffy gradually developed an attraction to angel, and was horrified when she came to realize that he was a vampire. though initially reluctant to slay him, she ultimately decided to do so when it appeared that angel had attacked her mother. she relented upon discovering that he had a human soul as a result of being cursed by a gypsy clan as punishment for his vicious crimes. additionally, she found out that angel had in fact been set up by the vampire darla of the order of aurelius, angel’s sire and joyce’s true attacker, who was staked by angel in the ensuing confrontation. [ 25 ]
what an outstanding... . odd book. to be honest, i' m not even sure how to rate it. on the one hand, i just want to praise it, recommend it, tell you it' s amazing and give it 5 stars. on the other hand, the aspect i didn' t like is so macroscopic that i can' t give it what it theoretically deserves. this is the first book by courtney summers that i have read but rest assured i will soon get my hands on her other ones - one i actually already own, cracked up to be. there' s something really powerful in
if i could give this book more than 5 stars, i would. when my brother asked me what i did today, i told him i started this amazing book at 4 p. m and finished it 10 minutes ago and that today was a perfect day. i feel as happy reading a book all day as i am happy staying all afternoon with a dear friend. i could tell you 11 / 02 was a normal day, that i went to college, talked to friends, drank coffee, studied a little, played just dance and slept. but what i will remember of today is this wonderfu
returning to san francisco, the scoobies discovered the new magic of this world was still undefined, with buffy’s allies learning that they could write new rules for magic in the vampyr book, such as preventing the vampires from using their new powers in daylight, or clem making unicorns real for harmony. [ 135 ]
buffy returned home, only to discover that xander and dawn were at the hospital. arriving there, illyria noted that mystical energy was leaving dawn’s body, continuing on to explain that mystical energy was used to hold the body together and without it, she would die. later at andrew’s, xander admitted he blamed buffy for this. she explained that she had to destroy the seed, but then he blamed her for sleeping with angel and creating all of this. despite her attempts to explain, xander didn’t listen. guilty and miserable, buffy insisted that dawn was still her sister and she would do anything she could to help her. [ 128 ] willow then reappeared in san francisco, and, for much of her relief, buffy realized that the witch had managed to regain her magic. [ 110 ]
“i use it because i’m afraid of getting an infection or some kind of disease, because i’m dating a few different people right now, ” says daniela. two friends told me they use it just because they like the “clean feeling. ” which made me curious as to what, exactly, that feeling was .
set in a sleepy southern louisiana town in 1959, a lawyer, searches for justice as he volunteers to help a black woman whose property is being threatened by the holts, the first family of the town, after she refuses to sell her valuable land. nobody thinks willie can win the case, but behind its po
when someone sees a zombie book there are two reactions: 1) oh zombies, scary and gory! awesomesauce! or 2) ewww zombies! icky! - pass. so this is a warning: as far as zombie books go, this is not a test has to be one of the tamest. it' s not gory, nor is it an adrenaline filled story. yes there are zombies and it can get intense at times, but funnily enough, it is not about the zombies. it' s about a girl who doesn' t want to live in this world anymore. she can' t keep going with a dad that beats h
as summers die is a 1986 american made-for-television drama film starring scott glenn , jamie lee curtis , bette davis and beah richards , directed by jean-claude tramont . the film is loosely based on winston groom 's 1980 novel of the same name about greed , bigotry and justice in late 1950s segregationist southern louisiana . it was filmed in valdosta , georgia and premiered on hbo on may 18 , 1986 . it was later released on vhs . 
as summers die is a 1986 american made-for-television drama film starring scott glenn, jamie lee curtis, bette davis and beah richards, directed by jean-claude tramont. the film is loosely based on winston groom's 1980 novel of the same name about greed, bigotry and justice in late 1950s segregationist southern louisiana. it was filmed in valdosta, georgia and premiered on hbo on may 18, 1986. it was later released on vhs.
as summers die is a 1986 american made-for-television drama film starring scott glenn, jamie lee curtis, bette davis and beah richards, directed by jean-claude tramont. the film is loosely based on winston groom's 1980 novel of the same name about greed, bigotry and justice in late 1950s segregationist southern louisiana. it was filmed in valdosta, georgia and premiered on hbo on may 18, 1986. it was later released on vhs.