Fray by Joss Whedon Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Fray
Book Review: Really great read for Joss Whedon and Comic Book fans alike
Summary: 4 Stars
Joss Whedon really is a wonderful writer and Fray just proves it further. It's the story of a slayer being called a few hundred years in the future. It's a great futuristic story and has all of the elements and strengths of Buffy but in a such a new way that it is definitely its own story, so you definitely don't have to know a single thing about the Buffy universe to follow and love this graphic novel. I highly recommend it, I could not put it down until I had finished it.Book Review: Shiny
Summary: 4 Stars
I enjoyed Fray. It's not a towering epic, but it's a good story and fun to read. Since it's Joss Whedon, there's snappy dialogue, teenage girls with superpowers, and flying cars. Also a hellmouth, abyssal sidekicks, and a legendary weapon that looks like the angry love child of a spear and a battleaxe.
One thing I love about the way this man writes science fiction is, he doesn't get caught up in the technology. Other writers focus on the complexity of their gadgets; Whedon focuses on the complexity of his characters. Not that they're terribly complex, but they certainly clear the bar for the genre by a great deal. Fray is a graphic novel about people, and it happens to contain glittery space things that incinerate worlds. Scratch that-- there's a huge insecty demon, but no glittery world incineration.
Anyway, I liked it. It didn't blow up my mind real good, but it was very cool. I'm pretty sure that was the idea.
Book Review: Solid new story from the creator of Buffy.
Summary: 4 Stars
A great story written in the future of the Buffy-verse. What makes it so great, is that you don't even have to be a Buffy or Angel fan to pick up this book & like it. Buffy fans well still be happy with the obscure references through out the story but non fans of the show won't miss out on anything if they don't pick up on them. The characters & their development through out the story were very good. The story itself was a solid read as well as a good ending that leaves you wanting more.Book Review: The Slayer comic I waited for.
Summary: 5 Stars
I am a big fan of Buffy and Angel. I was getting the monthly installments for a long time, then I saw the ad for this. A nonBuffy-Buffy comic? I had to have it.
I was not disappointed. I found a solid story about a world in which the Slayer line was not moving forward. The evils they had fought and kept at bay, had become parts of the greater future society.
Then Fray comes into play. With a demon watcher and a desire to steal things more than to kill things, it was something I looked forward to reading each month. I found I had a great story from Whedon that was not starring Sarah or David on my TV. I enjoy the artwork and keeping coming back to read this title.
Book Review: This Just Goes To Prove Joss's Genius
Summary: 5 Stars
With big success with big-buget movie scripts, and the critically acclaimed "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," and "Angel," Joss Whedon brings us one of the most beautiful graphic novels I've ever seen. Something about it makes it so beautiful. The artwork, the writing, all of it down to the last pencil outline was awe-dropping. "Fray" is set in the far future where Manhattan has become a mutant disease in which no one notcies the monsters that roam the streets of Manhattan. Then comes along Fray. A street girl, not so different than Buffy, discovered the power to slay the vampires. And with her trusty demon watcher, Urkon, together they begin training and getting ready until the battle begins. The future never looked so good. Fans of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel" must obtain this graphic novel for their collection. I know I did.