It's a very odd experience, reading this. As a novelisation it's extremely slight, however as a long-time fan of Buffy I can hear every line as I read in the exact tones of the actors. The adaptation is a barely fleshed-out transcript, and so it ends up being less a reading experience than it is a recollection of the episode that the adaptation's based on. It was a fantastic episode, to be fair, but as much as I enjoyed the memories this book inspires it does make me wonder what the point of the novel is. Why bother turning a great, fun episode into an average read? I don't know. I suspect money. 

It does make me want to go back and rewatch the series, though.