War of the Sons
Has anyone read this book? I've read War of the Sons, and it left me with mixed feelings.
I suppose part of the problem is that the books tend to be larger in scope, and I'm always left frustrated that we, as viewers, can't see time traveling adventures in 50's New York, huge kick-ass demon battles leaving dead littered behind them like crushed beer cans, and The Boys dressed as bellhops in an episode. So much happens off-screen (in these books), that it makes what happens in the episodes seem like they are telling a weaker story, if that makes sense. I know it's a budgetary thing, but it rankles a little.
Plus, the complete disconnect between book-verse and TV-verse can be off-putting. Dean meets the love of his life, but we never hear about her show-wise, even in passing. (Hint: it's not Lisa or Cassie.) I'm not sure whether that makes the Lisa retreat at the end of the season make more or less sense. Ruby has been rewrittten as a bad dating escapade that Sam still has wet dreams about. The Boys meet Abaddon and Lucifer's first wife Eisheth, who spent the whole book looking for her husband and who they bring back with them and dump in modern day to wander about at will, and none of that comes up?
I think reading these tie-ins frustrates me more than they are meant to, but the comics made me flip out completely (vampires?! REALLY? They didn't know they existed until late season 1!), so I'm not surprised. If I pretend I'm utterly blind to continuity or common-sense, then they aren't bad reading.
I suppose part of the problem is that the books tend to be larger in scope, and I'm always left frustrated that we, as viewers, can't see time traveling adventures in 50's New York, huge kick-ass demon battles leaving dead littered behind them like crushed beer cans, and The Boys dressed as bellhops in an episode. So much happens off-screen (in these books), that it makes what happens in the episodes seem like they are telling a weaker story, if that makes sense. I know it's a budgetary thing, but it rankles a little.
Plus, the complete disconnect between book-verse and TV-verse can be off-putting. Dean meets the love of his life, but we never hear about her show-wise, even in passing. (Hint: it's not Lisa or Cassie.) I'm not sure whether that makes the Lisa retreat at the end of the season make more or less sense. Ruby has been rewrittten as a bad dating escapade that Sam still has wet dreams about. The Boys meet Abaddon and Lucifer's first wife Eisheth, who spent the whole book looking for her husband and who they bring back with them and dump in modern day to wander about at will, and none of that comes up?
I think reading these tie-ins frustrates me more than they are meant to, but the comics made me flip out completely (vampires?! REALLY? They didn't know they existed until late season 1!), so I'm not surprised. If I pretend I'm utterly blind to continuity or common-sense, then they aren't bad reading.