Whether you're a slayer, a browncoat, a doll, an avenger, a fan of the Bard, or anything out there in the Whedonverse, READ THIS! Heck, even if you aren't any of these things, have never heard of them or Joss, READ THIS!

Joss Whedon's work is powerful and his impact on his fan base is incredible. He is a storyteller. In my opinion, one of the best there is and Amy Pascale does a brilliant job of relaying the hard work and passion that Joss put into everything he did. His work inspires me as it has countless others and will continue to do for years and years. ( )

Truly, a must-read for fans. The author laid it out nicely, from his childhood to his early days as a script doctor in Hollywood right up to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
This is a great time for a bio to be written as, even though his story isn't over, what has happened so far gave the book a happy ending. The author sees Joss through frustration and aborted projects to triumphs and the recognition he's always deserved.
People who love his shows and movies will be excited about the number of actors the author interviewed for the book-Nathan Fillion was probably quoted the most. And wonderful tidbits from the man himself abound.
Interesting and well-written, this was one of the most enjoyable biographies I've read. ( )

Mainly I loved this book for allowing me to revisit the Buffy/Angel universe which was my golden age of television. ( )

I'd been looking for a book about Joss Whedon since December. There had been a few biographies, but then I saw this one was about to come out. It looked the most official -- even having a foreword by Nathan Fillion -- so I waited.

It becomes little more than an IMDB page after a while. I don't read many biographies, so maybe this is what they're like. I wanted to know more about his family life or his writing life, I didn't need to know what happened with "Firefly" or "The Avengers". I already follow the guy. I already knew that. Except for his early life, there wasn't much I didn't already know from Twitter, Wikipedia, and Comic-Con panels on YouTube.

I did like that it goes under the covers for how certain things happened and affected the evolution of some of my favorite shows, like the online influence on Buffy. It was one of the first shows to embrace its online presence. And how the downtime on Roseanne led him to write the script for BtVS.

I feel like this book was intended for people who don't know much about Joss Whedon. Like bigwigs in meetings who declare "who is this Joss Whedon fellow all the kids keep talking about? Go get him. The kids love him." It's more about his work than his personal life or mental life. But it's so stable, there's not much to entertain. I suppose it's better that his life isn't a National Enquirer saga, for the sake of his stability. ( )