Doomsday Deck [Import] [Unbound]

Diana G. Gallagher (Author)

Product Details

• Unbound
• Publisher: Pocket Pulse (December 2000)
• ISBN-10: 0743431286
• ISBN-13: 978-0743431286
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Different..., July 19, 2001

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Hannibal (New Zealand) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Doomsday Deck (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) (Mass Market Paperback)

Doomsday Deck is a good book. The Tarot is intelligent and the author seems to know alot about this subject. However, I rejected this book a 4 or 5-star rating because it doesn't explain clearly enough about Justine's paintings, the characters just aren't the same and the subject of Tarot doesn't really match slaying vampires excellently. I like stories about witchcraft and psychic people, and although this book's psychic story is interesting, the idea of people who touch Justine's Tarot cards and then become one of her paintings is totally laughable. It's hard to see Buffy taking this idea seriously in the TV show. There is a descriptive, intriguing and overall cracking conclusion that almost forgives all the film's faultS but when you look back, you remember the times when you sighed at the silliness. This is definitely a different idea, but I don't think it matches well with in the Buffy saga. Maybe as a book on it's own, Doomsday Deck would've been worthy of a higher rating.

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another excellant Buffy novel by Diana Gallagher., December 4, 2000

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Rebecca Herman (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Doomsday Deck (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) (Mass Market Paperback)

Buffy and her friends have got their hands full with helping Buffy's mother out with the annual Sunnydale Sidewalk Art Festival and patrolling to make sure vampires don't prey on the unsuspecting artists. Xander is especially eager to help out - a young artist named Justine has attracted his attention. Justine tells Xander she senses psychic powers surrounding his aura. Xander thinks that means he's psychic, and he allows Justine to do a Tarot card reading for him. After that, Xander begins to act more than a little strange. At first, Buffy thinks he's just infatuated with Justine, but he's not the only one acting weird - after Oz gets a Tarot reading, he begins to act like Xander. So Buffy and Willow go to investigate Justine, who acts pretty weird herself. When Willow is next to fall victim, Buffy learns that Justine struck a deal with the evil demon Kali. Justine plans to hand the world to Kali in exchange for becoming a famous artist. What Justine fails to realize is that the only way Kali can be satisfied is if the entire universe comes to an end. And not only that, but Justine's method of handing the world to Kali involves killing twenty-two people by trapping their souls in paintings of the Tarot cards - and Willow, Oz, and Xander are doomed to be her latest victims. But if Buffy doesn't find a way to stop Justine, it won't be just her friends who will be dead - but everyone in the entire world as well. This was another great Buffy novel by Diana G. Gallagher, who also wrote the excellent Prime Evil, which came out earlier this year.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Xander's Luck With Ladies, October 29, 2007

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Joshua Koppel (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Doomsday Deck (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) (Mass Market Paperback)

The only female that Xander has ever fallen for who did not turn out to be evil or become evil is Buffy. This book is not an exception. Buffy's mom is in charge of the Sunnydale Sidewalk Art Festival. She asks Buffy to help keep peace at the fair and make sure no artists wind up on someone's dinner menu. The rest of the gang also helps out with festival details. Xander falls for an attractive young artist who specializes in fantasy images (wizards, unicorns, fairies, etc.). Doing what he can to remain near the artist he allows her to perform a Tarot reading on him. The strangeness begins. Soon the oddness is noticed by others and they try to figure out what is going on and who is responsible. But it just gets worse and worse as they discover that not only are the lives of friends in danger, but the fate of the entire universe as well. Can Buffy and the gang put a stop to things before it is too late?

This is a pretty good story that makes good use of the full cast. The characters are properly portrayed so you can hear their lines as if watching an episode. The villain, and the escalation of danger, are well handled. There are a few times when it seems the characters don't get suspicious quickly enough, the same has happened on the show so its no big deal. So if you want to see Buffy and company save the world again then this is one to check out.