The Suicide King

by Robert Joseph Levy

Book Overview

As a series of student suicides jolts Sunnydale High, Buffy Summers and her gang begin to suspect that there is something supernatural behind the deaths and race against time to uncover the truth and to defeat an ancient evil known as the Suicide King before one of their own falls prey, in the first volume in an all-new series.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689869576
• ISBN13: 9780689869570
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: Simon Spotlight Entertainment
• Length: 149 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.1" x 7.0"
• Age Range: 16 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 11 and higher

Customer Reviews

Good old-fashioned fun

As a big Buffy fanatic, I have to recommend The Suicide King just for the characterizations alone-- you really do feel like you're inside the world Joss created. The book takes place when the gang is still in high school (Jenny Calendar is still alive) and are after a mysterious demon that is causing people to kill themselves. This is a choose-your-own-adventure type book, so if you're not into that then you probably won't like this, but I really enjoyed it (especially all the different endings). Spike and Dru cameo alert!

Lighten up, people!

Based on some of the other reviews, I can't believe how seriously some of you are taking these choose your own adventure books-- and I'm a huge Buffy fan. It's supposed to be fun read, and, guess what, mission accomplished-- the characters are dead-on, the writing is smart, and if you read through the whole book, the entire plot is expertly revealed. Enjoy it for what it is-- a clever and new format for Buffy books.

choose THIS adventure

At first I wasn't sure that the "choose your own adventure" genre would be a good fit for Buffy. But then I read this book and it was non-stop fun, from start to finish(es). Clearly the author knows the ins and outs of the characters while spinning a compelling plot. This book should not be limited to the bangels-all should enjoy!

I am Buffy! I slay Vampires!

This book is awesome! It's totally like being in a lost of episode of Buffy back in the High School days. You get to make all the decisions, as she (I mean... you) tries to stop the Suicide King before he decimates Sunnydale. The plot and the characters feel just like the show, and you REALLY feel like you're in it. It was so good that I had to bust out my Season 2 DVDs after finishing it. Favorite line (Cordy, of course): "WHY OH WHY DO DEMONS ALWAYS HAVE TO TALK IN ALL CAPS!" A *must* for any Buffy fan.

One of the better Buffy books...

This book was so much fun! It's like one of those old Choose Your Own Adventures, and you get to "play" Buffy. The story is really compelling, and unfolds like a classic whodunnit. The writer really nails the characters (especially in the dialogue, which could have come straight from the show-- it's like a lost Season Two pre-Angelus episode). Watch out for those Serpentines...