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A review by shereadytoread
Slayers, Every One of Us: How One Girl in All the World Showed Us How to Hold On by Jenny Owen Youngs, Kristin Russo
emotional
reflective
5.0
This is a rare book that I would rate the audiobook and the traditional print/digital book differently. This is a book that I heavily recommend be read in the audio format over the print or digital. One hallmark of the podcast that the two authors host (one who is a musician) is that they created original music to go along with the episodes. Each chapter features that music in the audiobook throughout. The inclusion of the music really set the audio apart and punctuated the focus of the Buffy episodes discussed as well as the author's life periods discussed. It honestly pushed past all the small issues I had with the book for this to be a 5 star read!
The only audiobook specific drawback is that it is narrated by authors and while they may be great podcasters in discussion, professional voice actors or narrators, they are not and it is apparent. But it is their story and it's not a deal breaker.
The book focuses on the creation and ongoing run of the authors podcast against the backdrop of the highs and lows of their life. The introduction does give significant "spoilers" (if you an call someone's actual life events spoilers) which I did think did lessen some of the impact of those events and portions when you read them later in the book.
Having never listened to their podcast or hearing of the authors before this book, but being a pretty moderate Buffy fan (I haven't seen every episode, but know the major plot points of the show/characters), I still very much enjoyed this book. As they offer synopsis of each episode discussed, you don't need to have seen Buffy to enjoy this book. If you do want to watch Buffy and don't want spoilers, then you may want to skip until you watch.
Disclosure: I received a free eARC and ALC from Netgalley.
The only audiobook specific drawback is that it is narrated by authors and while they may be great podcasters in discussion, professional voice actors or narrators, they are not and it is apparent. But it is their story and it's not a deal breaker.
The book focuses on the creation and ongoing run of the authors podcast against the backdrop of the highs and lows of their life. The introduction does give significant "spoilers" (if you an call someone's actual life events spoilers) which I did think did lessen some of the impact of those events and portions when you read them later in the book.
Having never listened to their podcast or hearing of the authors before this book, but being a pretty moderate Buffy fan (I haven't seen every episode, but know the major plot points of the show/characters), I still very much enjoyed this book. As they offer synopsis of each episode discussed, you don't need to have seen Buffy to enjoy this book. If you do want to watch Buffy and don't want spoilers, then you may want to skip until you watch.
Disclosure: I received a free eARC and ALC from Netgalley.