I loved the behind the scenes/'making of' material, but a good bulk of the book is spent on episode summaries. I just finished the series about a week ago and while the recap was nice, it would have been even nice to have more interviews with cast and crew, show pages from the original pilot script, maybe shown how some of the sets are laid out (like the beach and Danielle's camp in the jungle). But hey, it came with a DVD! And there's pictures of Terry O'Quinn playing guitar!

Edit: This is for people who are wondering what the free DVD that came bundled with the book is about! It opens with an ABC promo of season one's DVD release. The actual DVD's contests are divided into three sections: "Inside Lost", "Lost: The Complete First Season", "Lost Season 2".

"Inside Lost" is naturally a lot of behind the scenes stuff, including interviews with cast and crew, plus some deleted scenes (although maybe it's my DVD, but the footage of the deleted scenes seems slower, a bit wonky?). "Lost: The Complete First Season" is another bloody promo for the DVD set. "Lost Season 2" is a really vague promo for the second season, teasing viewers about Linus' camp but not really (and not a SINGLE mention of Desmond!). Really, it's all a big teaser so people will buy the first season on DVD - although now, I'm sure most people already own it! Not me. Boo.

So the DVD is pretty much a throwaway on top of the book. Better extras will be on the actual DVD set for season one. Although the DVD indicated that some of the 'unaired scenes' were exclusive to this DVD, so there's that. ( )

Picked this up at the Hummelstown library book sale for 50 cents. Kind of fun to look back at the first season of LOST now nearly 12 years removed. Nothing super new or informative (probably was at the time), but a fun little easy read and nice to look back at one of my all-time favorite shows. ( )

I am little further ahead in the series then this book discusses, but it is a good read for any Lost Fan! ( )

There was nothing new to me in this book. Parts of it were interesting, as it chronicled events we've already seen in the televised series. ( )

Inside look at the first season and creation of the show. Episode synopses don't add anything if you've watched the episodes.