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Merchandise: Go Ask Malice 
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- Added on: June 20, 2006
- Last Edited on: July 28, 2006
- Filed under: Books
The Box Says:
Faith has always been a loner. Growing up in a broken home in South Boston, shuffled from relative to relative, her only companion was an imaginary friend named Alex, who helped her escape into a fantasy world of monsters and the supernatural, far from the real-life horrors of the waking world.
Now, taken away from her mother by social services and shipped off to a foster home, Faith learns that some nightmares are all too real, that the inventions of her childhood really do haunt the night, hungry for blood. Enter Diana Dormer, a Harvard professor and representative of the Watchers Council who has come to tell Faith of her destiny, to train her, to prepare her for what is to come: Faith is the Chosen One. She alone will stand against the vampires, the demons, and the forces of darkness.
But she’s not alone. When Alex, her childhood companion, returns in her dreams, she warns Faith that someone else is coming for her, a force so deadly and unforgiving that it has inspired fear in the underworld for a thousand generations. Its name is Malice.
As memory and fantasy begin to merge, Faith’s two worlds collide, with cataclysmic results. A violent battle for the Slayer’s soul is staged, winner take all.
This is her story. . . .
We think:
Robert Joseph Levy has Faith down! The book is awesome from start to finish. It follows Faith in her normal life, with strange things happening to her, meeting her Watcher, being called, and how she finally ends up in Sunnydale. The story itself is just perfect. Everything he describes about Faith's past, her upbringing, her friends, it all fits perfectly. We meet some of the old friends she has mentioned in Buffy episodes (Steve the klepto, Kenny the drummer), and I could not find a single continuity error. I was also very impressed with the written dialogue. It all feels so Faithy - it could have come straight off the show instead of just being a tie-in novel.
The book is pretty dark, I must warn you. If you know anything about Faith, you'll know that it has been hinted in Buffy that she did not have a particuarly happy childhood, and that is not glossed over in Go Ask Malice. Personally, I love darkness and gritty stuff, so it was right up my alley...but just a warning for those who don't appreciate that as much. If this was a Buffy episode, it'd definitely be rated 18, along the lines of Five By Five.
If you're a Faith fan it's a must have! :D
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