The Book of Fours - Nancy Holder Book Review

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"This book is based on the TV series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." An ancient, mythical being called The Gatherer is attacking Sunnydale with a barrage of natural disasters - fires, floods, storms, and earthquakes. Buffy and Faith must enlist the help of Kendra and India (from beyond the grave) and friends and family on Earth to defeat it. The entire world is in danger, but Buffy and friends are there to fight it with a mixture of magic, intelligence, and physical combat. "
Ava Bartlett, Resident Nancy Holder Scholar

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Plot

Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 40%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 10%

Tone of book - sensitive (sigh....)
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - fantasy story on current Earth
Mental/magical powers focus Yes
magical powers: - clash between evenly matched magical power(s) (fantasy)
If an invasion, from Earth/human POV: - fighting overt invasion (attacking aliens)
War or Invasion Yes
Major kinds of combat: - hand to hand
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status: - student
Age: - a teen
Has magical/special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character: - super strength - is very quick
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - magical being
Age: - long-lived adults
Has magical powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - fire/thunder/weather cntrl - mind control - super strength - can cast all sorts of spells
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - throughout most of the book.
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged

Setting
Terrain - Desert - Forests
Earth setting: - 19th century - general past - current (early 21st century)
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only) - none/very little science jargon needed
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references only - descript of kissing
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog

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