Chaos Bleeds

by James A. Moore

Book Overview

As the lines between the past and present, as well as between this and other dimensions, are becoming less distinct, Buffy's only hope is Ethan Rayne, her sworn enemy and worshipper of Chaos. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 074342767X
• ISBN13: 9780743427678
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Simon Pulse
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.2" x 7.3"
• Age Range: 15 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 10 to 12

Customer Reviews

I applaude James A. Moore!

I have to say that I can not understand why this book has gotten so many bad reviews. It's based on a video game for crying out loud! If you expected something as epic as the Lord of the Rings then you should have picked up Tolkien instead. Yes, this book is fight intensive, but that's because the game is also fight intensive. Give James Moore some credit here people, he *IS* working with the storyline of video game. I think he did an excellent job of elaborating on the basic storyline of the game. He managed to capture the essence of every character and the descriptions of the carnage and demons were just fantastic. I was not disappointed in the least in this book. It felt like I was reading a lost episode of Buffy and I loved it!

An entertaining book.

I have read many "Buffy," books, and is deffinatly one of the best, along with the books by Chris Golden. I think a 6th star is needed for writing up a video game. Which is somthing I know I couldn't do without having to ramble."Chaos Bleeds," fits in well with the show, and characters. It's a delight to read each characters point of veiw because they're surprisingly accurate.

Come on, give Mr Moore some credit!

I have no idea why everyone is saying the book is bad because it's made up of fighting. It's based on a video game, and if an author is writing a novel based on something, he has to stand true to it. 'Chaos Bleeds' the video game, is a fight heavy game, and the fight scenes, even though there are many of them, are handled well, and are not as dull as you would imagine. James Moore shows great understanding of the Buffy characters, and show, and wrote each characters perspective very well. With some very funny and Memorable lines. A very entertaining book.

Spuffers, how I loathe thee.

Why is it that Spike fans feel the need to defend their precious Spikey Wikey and completely skew the reviews for a good book? Especially when they haven't even read a tenth of it! It boggles the mind.'Chaos Bleeds' is the novelization of the new console game by the same name. Billed as an 'untold episode' of BtVS during Season 6, the premise involves the different planes of reality bleeding into one another, while some old friends (and enemies) return to 'Dale (FAITH!!). Saying anything more would spoil the plot. This isn't the best Buffy book, but it's definately entertaining. Any fan should give it a read.Apparantly, there's some controversy about how Spike's portrayed here. I honestly don't see the problem. This book takes place during Season 6, when Spike was a SOULLESS DEMON. He was EVIL!Am I the only one that remembers Spike's betrayal in Season 4? He teamed up with Adam and tried to turn the Scoobies against each other, so he could have the chip removed. The only reason he helped them in the final battle was because Adam turned on him! Why can't people see Season 5 Spike for what he was, as well? He was a stalker! He was never in love with Buffy, he was obsessed with her. Spike snuck into the Summers' house and stole Buffy's panties. Spike had a sex robot built that looked like Buffy. He tried to present himself as a good guy in order to get in her pants, people. Love and lust are two entirely different things, and what Spike had was an unhealthy obsession based on lust.Season 6 was a very dark season, and the Spike/Buffy "relationship" was never meant to be viewed as a romance. Spike played the role of the abusive boyfriend, and that was shown time and time again through every metaphor possible. Buffy had just been ripped out of Heaven by her friends when they brought her back to life. She was horribly depressed, and was desperate to FEEL again. That's why she kissed Spike after the musical, and began having sex with him. The "relationship" was mutually abusive, but most of it came from Spike, not Buffy. He goaded her into violence, tried to make her believe that she "came back wrong", distanced her from her friends, and told her that she "belonged in the dark with [him]". Once Spike realized he could hit Buffy, the first thing he tried to do was attack an innocent girl, and was only thwarted by the still operational chip. When Buffy finally broke it off with him, even taking responsibility for her own actions, he attempted to rape her. Tried to "make her feel it", he claimed. And I don't know about you, dear reader, but Spike didn't sound very traumatized when he spouted he'd "give the [] what she deserved".So yeah, describing Spike as a "vicious murderer" and "blond-haired, punked out creep" is accurate at this point. Season 7 has NOTHING to do with this book, since the video game was in production before Season 7 even premiered.