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Fear Street #37
The Perfect Date
Fear Street -- Where Your Worst Nightmares Live...
After his girlfriend's gruesome death one year ago, Brady is finally ready to get on with his life. He's met Rosha and he's fallen hard.
But he's also fallen into trouble. Terrible accidents seem to happen whenever Rosha's around. And a strange figure with a scarred face is following Brady everywhere he goes.
Is Rosha really Brady's dream girl? Or has she brought his worst nightmare back to life?
The Fear is Catching.
After his girlfriend's gruesome death one year ago, Brady is finally ready to get on with his life. He's met Rosha and he's fallen hard.
But he's also fallen into trouble. Terrible accidents seem to happen whenever Rosha's around. And a strange figure with a scarred face is following Brady everywhere he goes.
Is Rosha really Brady's dream girl? Or has she brought his worst nightmare back to life?
The Fear is Catching.
160 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published April 1, 1996
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R.L. Stine
1,679 books18.6k followersRobert Lawrence Stine known as R. L. Stine and Jovial Bob Stine, is an American novelist and writer, well known for targeting younger audiences. Stine, who is often called the Stephen King of children's literature, is the author of dozens of popular horror fiction novellas, including the books in the Goosebumps, Rotten School, Mostly Ghostly, The Nightmare Room and Fear Street series.
R. L. Stine began his writing career when he was nine years old, and today he has achieved the position of the bestselling children's author in history. In the early 1990s, Stine was catapulted to fame when he wrote the unprecedented, bestselling Goosebumps® series, which sold more than 250 million copies and became a worldwide multimedia phenomenon. His other major series, Fear Street, has over 80 million copies sold.
Stine has received numerous awards of recognition, including several Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards and Disney Adventures Kids' Choice Awards, and he has been selected by kids as one of their favorite authors in the NEA's Read Across America program. He lives in New York, NY.
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R. L. Stine began his writing career when he was nine years old, and today he has achieved the position of the bestselling children's author in history. In the early 1990s, Stine was catapulted to fame when he wrote the unprecedented, bestselling Goosebumps® series, which sold more than 250 million copies and became a worldwide multimedia phenomenon. His other major series, Fear Street, has over 80 million copies sold.
Stine has received numerous awards of recognition, including several Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards and Disney Adventures Kids' Choice Awards, and he has been selected by kids as one of their favorite authors in the NEA's Read Across America program. He lives in New York, NY.
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July 11, 2022
"Sharon’s face! Her cute, button-nosed face! Nothing was left of it. No eyes, no lips. No face! Nothing. The thorns and metal sled runners had sliced it to red mush. Nothing remained but a pulpy mass of skin and crushed bone. A bright red puddle of blood on the crisp white snow."
Ah! 1996. Let’s travel back in time a bit. I was about ten years old and reading Goosebumps books. Not sure if I was old enough for Fear Street but that came a few years later. I was the one weird kid who was obsessed with all things horror. (I still am) RL Stine knew how to bring that creep factor and I’ve always been obsessed with his work.
I remember reading this book back in the day and loving it. Thought it was time for an upgraded edition and a reread. I enjoyed it back then and I really enjoyed it now. It’s so weird and bizarre that I can’t help but love it. Yes, these stories were always cheesy and far-fetched but that’s what I love about these books. Plus they are so out there that you never guess what’s going to happen.
The Perfect Date was a great way to relive my first experiences with Fear Street. RL Stine is a genius and his books will always make me feel warm and cozy.
Ah! 1996. Let’s travel back in time a bit. I was about ten years old and reading Goosebumps books. Not sure if I was old enough for Fear Street but that came a few years later. I was the one weird kid who was obsessed with all things horror. (I still am) RL Stine knew how to bring that creep factor and I’ve always been obsessed with his work.
I remember reading this book back in the day and loving it. Thought it was time for an upgraded edition and a reread. I enjoyed it back then and I really enjoyed it now. It’s so weird and bizarre that I can’t help but love it. Yes, these stories were always cheesy and far-fetched but that’s what I love about these books. Plus they are so out there that you never guess what’s going to happen.
The Perfect Date was a great way to relive my first experiences with Fear Street. RL Stine is a genius and his books will always make me feel warm and cozy.
January 9, 2012
This book was so bad/ridiculous I don't have the energy to make a decent review of it. I actually wish I could give it negative stars. I'm just going to list the major things wrong with it. It doesn't deserve anymore of my time.
1. We have, yet again, a guy who two-times his girlfriend. "He just doesn't know how to tell her." Give me a break!
2. The description on the back of the book somewhat spoils the plot.
3. The main character becomes ridiculously obsessed with Rosha to the point where he becomes a stalker.
4. There is NO explanation accompanying the ending.
5. The "twist" at the end was completely redundant and just added to the stupidness of this book.
6. Fear street hardly makes a cameo in this "Fear Street" book.
1. We have, yet again, a guy who two-times his girlfriend. "He just doesn't know how to tell her." Give me a break!
2. The description on the back of the book somewhat spoils the plot.
3. The main character becomes ridiculously obsessed with Rosha to the point where he becomes a stalker.
4. There is NO explanation accompanying the ending.
5. The "twist" at the end was completely redundant and just added to the stupidness of this book.
6. Fear street hardly makes a cameo in this "Fear Street" book.
July 7, 2021
Revisiting Fear Street is fun, I loved these when I was younger. However, this was written in 1996, so why they felt the need to update the text to include use of Alexa and Billie Eilish is baffling. The rest of it firmly feels like the 90's - everyone is using landlines and Brady even spends some time with the phone book. Just leave these books alone, updating some random things and leaving the rest creates some bizarre anachronisms.
August 3, 2023
This was originally published in 1996, and there’s a very era appropriate scene with a character using a phone book. But they’ve clearly updated it because in the same scene someone tells Alexa to play Billie Eilish. Very weird juxtaposition and unnecessary change.
Otherwise, it’s classic Fear Street, a snappy teen horror. Which I love in all it’s forms.
Otherwise, it’s classic Fear Street, a snappy teen horror. Which I love in all it’s forms.
May 20, 2018
Nonononono....The book opens with Brady and Sharon going sledding on a hill that's far too steep and Sharon losing control of her sled and dying in a terrible way. Spoilers ahead, beware. Brady is now dating Allie a year later but quickly becomes obsessed with a girl name Rosha he meets at a diner by chance. And that's the scariest part of the book is just how obsessed with her he gets; stalking her, only able to think of her, getting physical with a student who claims not to know her. He also keeps seeing this grotesquely scarred girl following him and Rosha around. Now, I figured out the twist as much as I logically could. It was obvious the scarred girl was Sharon and Rosha's full name was an anagram for Sharon...and in possibly the stupidest twist in any Fear Street book...apparently when Sharon died she posessed the body of a beautiful girl to extract revenge on Brady...and the beautiful girl was in Sharon's body trying to get back...and they literally rip each other's heads off. And apparently a dead Brady tries to make up with Allie? I re-read the ending multiple times and the pieces still aren't clicking together for me. Disappointed in this one.
February 19, 2022
this would have been a good book had the mc been more likeable but he was an asshole.
February 15, 2019
Blast from the past. I'm no stranger to R.L. Stine, but I haven't read many non-Goosebumps books, this one being only the second.
I struggled a little bit trying to keep track of the age of the characters.. My brain was telling me these are kids, from goosebumps, or a Sai King book. But then they're driving cars and going on dates. Again, 'll chalk it up to my lack of history with the teen-driven Stine books.
I saw the ending coming a mile a way, but it didn't ruin anything. Short, cheesy, very predictable and pretty shallow, but still a lot of fun. Nostalgia wins the day.
I struggled a little bit trying to keep track of the age of the characters.. My brain was telling me these are kids, from goosebumps, or a Sai King book. But then they're driving cars and going on dates. Again, 'll chalk it up to my lack of history with the teen-driven Stine books.
I saw the ending coming a mile a way, but it didn't ruin anything. Short, cheesy, very predictable and pretty shallow, but still a lot of fun. Nostalgia wins the day.
December 30, 2015
Posted originally on my blog:
The Writer's Inkwell
Ever since I began (re)reading R.L. Stine’s Fear Street novels, none of the older books have featured anything that was paranormal. This is the first book that I’ve found that actually features a supernatural reason for why strange things are happening and I loved it. Too often the books have featured people who have died, but weren’t really dead. Either because it was a prank or a hallucination.
The main character in this book is a bit of an ass. In the first chapter, his girlfriend begs him to not go sledding down a really steep hill. So what does he do? He pushes her down the hill and she has a terrible accident that kills her. From there, the story jumps ahead a year and he’s still an ass. He’s dating a perfectly nice girl, but when he sets his sights on a beautiful and attractive girl named Rosha, he has no qualms cheating on Allie. It’s not a surprising turn of events, as he even talks about how Allie is great but too pushy for a more serious relationship.
From the moment he meets Rosha, he’s completely obsessed. In fact, he’s so obsessed with her physical appearance that he never once questions that she may be lying to him. Not even when she wrecks his dad’s car and forces him to take the blame. And when no one seems to know her at the school she says she attends… well obviously they are lying and keeping her from him. His obsession is ridiculous and honestly I was starting to believe he was certifiably insane. What he doesn’t realize is that Rosha has dark plans for him and he’s going to pay for everything he does.. even if the price is his own life.
It’s not the best out of the series, but the paranormal factor helps to make it a more interesting read. Because honestly, it’s the only thing that saved my interest in the story. Brady was such an unlikable character that I wanted to reach into the pages of the book and kill him myself. He just reminded me of that stereotypical jerk that you went to high school. You know who I’m talking about. Every school has one. He thinks he’s hot stuff and definitely believes he’s better than everyone else. And the one time he mentions guilt over Sharon’s death, I wasn’t buying it. I have to say, Brady gets exactly what he deserves for murdering his girlfriend.
The Writer's Inkwell
Ever since I began (re)reading R.L. Stine’s Fear Street novels, none of the older books have featured anything that was paranormal. This is the first book that I’ve found that actually features a supernatural reason for why strange things are happening and I loved it. Too often the books have featured people who have died, but weren’t really dead. Either because it was a prank or a hallucination.
The main character in this book is a bit of an ass. In the first chapter, his girlfriend begs him to not go sledding down a really steep hill. So what does he do? He pushes her down the hill and she has a terrible accident that kills her. From there, the story jumps ahead a year and he’s still an ass. He’s dating a perfectly nice girl, but when he sets his sights on a beautiful and attractive girl named Rosha, he has no qualms cheating on Allie. It’s not a surprising turn of events, as he even talks about how Allie is great but too pushy for a more serious relationship.
From the moment he meets Rosha, he’s completely obsessed. In fact, he’s so obsessed with her physical appearance that he never once questions that she may be lying to him. Not even when she wrecks his dad’s car and forces him to take the blame. And when no one seems to know her at the school she says she attends… well obviously they are lying and keeping her from him. His obsession is ridiculous and honestly I was starting to believe he was certifiably insane. What he doesn’t realize is that Rosha has dark plans for him and he’s going to pay for everything he does.. even if the price is his own life.
It’s not the best out of the series, but the paranormal factor helps to make it a more interesting read. Because honestly, it’s the only thing that saved my interest in the story. Brady was such an unlikable character that I wanted to reach into the pages of the book and kill him myself. He just reminded me of that stereotypical jerk that you went to high school. You know who I’m talking about. Every school has one. He thinks he’s hot stuff and definitely believes he’s better than everyone else. And the one time he mentions guilt over Sharon’s death, I wasn’t buying it. I have to say, Brady gets exactly what he deserves for murdering his girlfriend.
October 9, 2021
i wasnt sold on this one mostly bc the mc is a stalking cheating asshole
also this appears in every way to be set in the 90s and yet inexplicably in the middle someone asks alexa to play billie eilish. what.
also this appears in every way to be set in the 90s and yet inexplicably in the middle someone asks alexa to play billie eilish. what.
October 15, 2022
One of those 'so bad it's good' situations.
January 17, 2024
"Brady Karlin squinted his brown eyes against the sun's glare and let out a long, piercing whistle."
Brady and his girlfriend Sharon Noles are out enjoying the three feet of snow dumped on Shadyside by going sledding. Sharon wants to go down the kiddie hill but Brady insists that they go down Miller Hill which is much more steep like a ski slope with trees and thorny bushes .
Brady has got the right mix of The New Girl's Cory Brooks stupidity and Double Date's Bobby Newkirk jerkiness.
As you can imagine the worst happens and Sharon's face ends up being mangled by the thorns and the metal sled runners, dying from the blood loss. That's just the prologue so we are in for a good story right?
The following winter, we join Brady at Pete's Pizza with his best friend, Jon Davis. The other boy is anxious to know what Brady found about a girl named Lisa that he likes and of course, Lisa likes Brady instead. They never mention the girl's last name but if it's the only Lisa I know of from these Fear Street books then it may be Cory Brooks' ex Lisa Blume and she must have a thing for curly-haired boys.
Brady tries to convince Jon that maybe he should hook up with the girl at the pizza counter but when Jon says she's not his type, Brady says he'll totally go out with her. Jon can't believe Brady would want any other girl when he already has a girlfriend, Allie. It's pretty clear that Jon is jealous of all the attention Brady seems to get from other girls and of course, he's a better guy than Brady because the jerky guy always needs a friend who is more noble.
When a girl enters the pizza joint and sits down, Brady most certainly falls head over heels for her. Jon admits the blonde girl is nice looking but Brady insists that she's perfect and goes over to talk to her despite Jon's doubts and of course, mentioning Allie.
Brady sits down and introduces himself and the girl tells him her name is Rosha Nelson. Brady is a complete smitten mess and Rosha goes on about how it has to be fate with them meeting and everything seems to go well until Rosha spills her scalding hot coffee on Brady's hand! Brady plays it off as nothing and agrees to go out with Rosha on Saturday...totally gone and I have to say that I love when we have teenage boys as the main character in these Fear Street books.
Brady blows off Allie the next day at school with lame excuses about having to babysit a non-existent cousin on Saturday instead of going with her to the basketball game and having to study just so he can think about Rosha...wow...he's just so obsessed with her to some rather jerky levels.
So Saturday arrives and Brady meets Rosha at the mall but then they go to Waynesbridge to see a movie so Brady won't run into any of Allie's friends (that sounds more realistic for the boys I knew in high school...cowards). While heading to the car, Brady sees a girl with a horribly scarred face watching him and Rosha, which creeps him out, and can't imagine why she's staring at him so intently.
What scares a teenage boy more is having his date ask if she can drive his father's car.
Brady borrowed his dad's car to impress Rosha but knows his father would kill him if anything happens to it but Brady, being a dumb and stupid boy in love, lets her. Rosha is a speed demon behind the wheel and in the winter weather, she hits a patch of ice and crashes the car into a parked car, smashing the windshield and knocking Brady out.
When he comes to, Rosha is begging him to switch places as she doesn't have a driver's license and Brady well...what do you think he does? When the police show up, Rosha is gone and they take Brady to the emergency room.
The next day, Brady heads over to Allie's with Jon so that the group can study together as planned and of course, Allie is concerned with a dozen questions. Brady can't stand lying to Allie but still can't get up the nerve to just break things off with her as he is still on Rosha mode and has Jon try to distract Allie but then just ends up bailing.
When Brady gets home, the police officer who came upon his accident arrives with the purse Rosha was carrying the night of the date, wedged up under the seat of the wrecked car. Brady lies saying it was his girlfriend's and tries to use it to find Rosha but the purse is completely empty! So Brady decides to call EVERYONE NAMED NELSON in the phone book to try and find Rosha as Allie calls to check up on him and then another girl calls telling Brady to stay away from Rosha!
This strange call doesn't stop Brady from going to stakeout St. Ann's, the private school Rosha said she went to trying to find her where he almost beats up a boy when he tells Brady he doesn't know any Rosha and Brady thinks he's lying!
When Brady does come across Rosha and admits all the stuff he's done to try and find her at first she angrily tells Brady he's weird but then she acts like it's the sweetest thing and asks him to take her dancing this upcoming Saturday and they make out in his car.
So Brady again has to break off another date with Allie and then tells Jon about the girl with the scarred face who he saw at St. Ann's after receiving another call from her and then believing he sees her outside the weight room at school after he almost chokes to death dropping the weights on himself.
Jon says it probably unnerves him because of what happened to Sharon and Brady finally puts those pieces together but can't help but still be all about Rosha. Too bad he's not putting all the pieces together fast enough because what happens next is going to cause Brady's world to crumble down beyond repair...
The Perfect Date is one of those Fear Streets that have a plot that seems very mundane when you think about it and read it for awhile. When it gets to the last few chapters, however, it gets absolutely bonkers!
The first time I read it, I could almost tell where it was going but then it went even beyond that at the actual epilogue! We don't get a sitcom ending or even a sad, bittersweet end but an ending worthy of something right out of The Twilight Zone or even Tales From The Crypt. It's slow at first but worth the reading...a Top 10 recommendation!
Brady and his girlfriend Sharon Noles are out enjoying the three feet of snow dumped on Shadyside by going sledding. Sharon wants to go down the kiddie hill but Brady insists that they go down Miller Hill which is much more steep like a ski slope with trees and thorny bushes .
Brady has got the right mix of The New Girl's Cory Brooks stupidity and Double Date's Bobby Newkirk jerkiness.
As you can imagine the worst happens and Sharon's face ends up being mangled by the thorns and the metal sled runners, dying from the blood loss. That's just the prologue so we are in for a good story right?
The following winter, we join Brady at Pete's Pizza with his best friend, Jon Davis. The other boy is anxious to know what Brady found about a girl named Lisa that he likes and of course, Lisa likes Brady instead. They never mention the girl's last name but if it's the only Lisa I know of from these Fear Street books then it may be Cory Brooks' ex Lisa Blume and she must have a thing for curly-haired boys.
Brady tries to convince Jon that maybe he should hook up with the girl at the pizza counter but when Jon says she's not his type, Brady says he'll totally go out with her. Jon can't believe Brady would want any other girl when he already has a girlfriend, Allie. It's pretty clear that Jon is jealous of all the attention Brady seems to get from other girls and of course, he's a better guy than Brady because the jerky guy always needs a friend who is more noble.
When a girl enters the pizza joint and sits down, Brady most certainly falls head over heels for her. Jon admits the blonde girl is nice looking but Brady insists that she's perfect and goes over to talk to her despite Jon's doubts and of course, mentioning Allie.
Brady sits down and introduces himself and the girl tells him her name is Rosha Nelson. Brady is a complete smitten mess and Rosha goes on about how it has to be fate with them meeting and everything seems to go well until Rosha spills her scalding hot coffee on Brady's hand! Brady plays it off as nothing and agrees to go out with Rosha on Saturday...totally gone and I have to say that I love when we have teenage boys as the main character in these Fear Street books.
Brady blows off Allie the next day at school with lame excuses about having to babysit a non-existent cousin on Saturday instead of going with her to the basketball game and having to study just so he can think about Rosha...wow...he's just so obsessed with her to some rather jerky levels.
So Saturday arrives and Brady meets Rosha at the mall but then they go to Waynesbridge to see a movie so Brady won't run into any of Allie's friends (that sounds more realistic for the boys I knew in high school...cowards). While heading to the car, Brady sees a girl with a horribly scarred face watching him and Rosha, which creeps him out, and can't imagine why she's staring at him so intently.
What scares a teenage boy more is having his date ask if she can drive his father's car.
Brady borrowed his dad's car to impress Rosha but knows his father would kill him if anything happens to it but Brady, being a dumb and stupid boy in love, lets her. Rosha is a speed demon behind the wheel and in the winter weather, she hits a patch of ice and crashes the car into a parked car, smashing the windshield and knocking Brady out.
When he comes to, Rosha is begging him to switch places as she doesn't have a driver's license and Brady well...what do you think he does? When the police show up, Rosha is gone and they take Brady to the emergency room.
The next day, Brady heads over to Allie's with Jon so that the group can study together as planned and of course, Allie is concerned with a dozen questions. Brady can't stand lying to Allie but still can't get up the nerve to just break things off with her as he is still on Rosha mode and has Jon try to distract Allie but then just ends up bailing.
When Brady gets home, the police officer who came upon his accident arrives with the purse Rosha was carrying the night of the date, wedged up under the seat of the wrecked car. Brady lies saying it was his girlfriend's and tries to use it to find Rosha but the purse is completely empty! So Brady decides to call EVERYONE NAMED NELSON in the phone book to try and find Rosha as Allie calls to check up on him and then another girl calls telling Brady to stay away from Rosha!
This strange call doesn't stop Brady from going to stakeout St. Ann's, the private school Rosha said she went to trying to find her where he almost beats up a boy when he tells Brady he doesn't know any Rosha and Brady thinks he's lying!
When Brady does come across Rosha and admits all the stuff he's done to try and find her at first she angrily tells Brady he's weird but then she acts like it's the sweetest thing and asks him to take her dancing this upcoming Saturday and they make out in his car.
So Brady again has to break off another date with Allie and then tells Jon about the girl with the scarred face who he saw at St. Ann's after receiving another call from her and then believing he sees her outside the weight room at school after he almost chokes to death dropping the weights on himself.
Jon says it probably unnerves him because of what happened to Sharon and Brady finally puts those pieces together but can't help but still be all about Rosha. Too bad he's not putting all the pieces together fast enough because what happens next is going to cause Brady's world to crumble down beyond repair...
The Perfect Date is one of those Fear Streets that have a plot that seems very mundane when you think about it and read it for awhile. When it gets to the last few chapters, however, it gets absolutely bonkers!
The first time I read it, I could almost tell where it was going but then it went even beyond that at the actual epilogue! We don't get a sitcom ending or even a sad, bittersweet end but an ending worthy of something right out of The Twilight Zone or even Tales From The Crypt. It's slow at first but worth the reading...a Top 10 recommendation!
June 13, 2025
That was a total wild ride and unexpected ending.
Anagrams aren't the only thing getting switched here.
Good ol' Bob, giving us unhinged characters and death sequences.
This edition does what most reprints/reissues do and tries updating technology, music or movies to match what's in at the time. The Billie Eillish addition to a story published in 1996 and mention of a cell phone but then switching back to landline phones and phone books was an odd choice and definitely threw the immersion when discrepancies appeared.
Anagrams aren't the only thing getting switched here.
Good ol' Bob, giving us unhinged characters and death sequences.
This edition does what most reprints/reissues do and tries updating technology, music or movies to match what's in at the time. The Billie Eillish addition to a story published in 1996 and mention of a cell phone but then switching back to landline phones and phone books was an odd choice and definitely threw the immersion when discrepancies appeared.
November 26, 2025
Read a few duds recently, finally a fun one!! Some teenage obsession mixed with grody body horror from Uncle Bob Stine? Yes please!!
November 15, 2022
This book was great until the last chapters.
It held my attention, and plot points which were clearly red herrings were still fun to read. However...
(And that's a big however)
The last scene on the hill was not only ridiculous but so cringe it was actually just plain bad.
"Give me back my beautiful body!"
Oh please... As though someone who was murdered would only care that she no longer had her beautiful body, and not that she no longer had her LIFE. Were there no female editors to go, "Women don't fight over who is more beautiful. That's a male fantasy."?
It was just so...I don't know... Meh! I guess.
Why would you end a book about a jerk getting his karma with two women fighting on a hill, and jerk just dies peacefully?
It was silly.
Also, the updating only one section of the book to have modern technology while the rest of the book is still stuck in the 90s was bizarre. Just leave books written in the past, in the past. We can all just pretend alexa doesn't exist for 5 minutes, it won't kill us.
All in all, good book, bad ending.
It held my attention, and plot points which were clearly red herrings were still fun to read. However...
(And that's a big however)
The last scene on the hill was not only ridiculous but so cringe it was actually just plain bad.
"Give me back my beautiful body!"
Oh please... As though someone who was murdered would only care that she no longer had her beautiful body, and not that she no longer had her LIFE. Were there no female editors to go, "Women don't fight over who is more beautiful. That's a male fantasy."?
It was just so...I don't know... Meh! I guess.
Why would you end a book about a jerk getting his karma with two women fighting on a hill, and jerk just dies peacefully?
It was silly.
Also, the updating only one section of the book to have modern technology while the rest of the book is still stuck in the 90s was bizarre. Just leave books written in the past, in the past. We can all just pretend alexa doesn't exist for 5 minutes, it won't kill us.
All in all, good book, bad ending.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 12, 2014
I read this book a while back, so I decided to review it. While the book was overall pretty good, there were some flaws I found in it. I'll explain those later on.
The basic plot is that teenager Brady, still reeling from the grisly death of his girlfriend, Sharon, meets a beautiful girl named Rosha that he falls for hard. She seems perfect. But something isn't right. Terrible things happen when Rosha is around. And there's also a girl with a scarred face who Brady keeps seeing everywhere!
The main problem I have with this book is the main character, Brady: He is not incredibly likeable. He isn't a complete train wreck of a character, but he is close to it. He lies to Allie to hang out with Rosha, a girl he barely knows, doesn't clue into the fact that something isn't right about Rosha even after the dozens of red flags, and he acts like a psychotic stalker throughout the entire book. It almost seems like HE'S going to be the villian!
The ending, like most Fear Street books, is pretty good, even if this one doesn't really make much sense.
The basic plot is that teenager Brady, still reeling from the grisly death of his girlfriend, Sharon, meets a beautiful girl named Rosha that he falls for hard. She seems perfect. But something isn't right. Terrible things happen when Rosha is around. And there's also a girl with a scarred face who Brady keeps seeing everywhere!
The main problem I have with this book is the main character, Brady: He is not incredibly likeable. He isn't a complete train wreck of a character, but he is close to it. He lies to Allie to hang out with Rosha, a girl he barely knows, doesn't clue into the fact that something isn't right about Rosha even after the dozens of red flags, and he acts like a psychotic stalker throughout the entire book. It almost seems like HE'S going to be the villian!
The ending, like most Fear Street books, is pretty good, even if this one doesn't really make much sense.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
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August 10, 2024
Re-read : 06/12/24
Brady is disgusting, and Sharon is nuts.
Brady is disgusting, and Sharon is nuts.
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June 15, 2021
A wonderful incoherent little story. The ending is batshit crazy and makes no sense, just the way I like my Stines.
September 6, 2025
I turn to RL Stine when I want an easy to read thriller and he didn’t disappoint. The Perfect Date didn’t blow me out of the water and I had some questions about the setting of the book (talking about job postings in the newspaper and phone books yet listening to Billie Eilish) but it did its job.
Edit: I’m removing a star only because this is an updated version of the original and they very lazily tried to modernize the book which is why I was confused about the Billie Eilish thing. Just leave the 90s thrillers as is, I thought this was a newer book in the series until I read other reviews and saw that tidbit
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Edit: I’m removing a star only because this is an updated version of the original and they very lazily tried to modernize the book which is why I was confused about the Billie Eilish thing. Just leave the 90s thrillers as is, I thought this was a newer book in the series until I read other reviews and saw that tidbit
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July 29, 2023
Wtf was this? I’ve read a lot fear street books and this by far the worst one yet.
The only good thing about it was the mystery aspect.
But starting off like wtf was that main character? Literally unbearable and his actions sucked more and more.
Then let me say I read the rereleased version and it is like literally so bad. They squeezed stuff like Alexa and Billie Eilish into the plot but the main character didn’t even think of using the internet or some social media to find that girl??
Another good thing is that the main character died at the end because everything else would’ve been just wrong.
The only good thing about it was the mystery aspect.
But starting off like wtf was that main character? Literally unbearable and his actions sucked more and more.
Then let me say I read the rereleased version and it is like literally so bad. They squeezed stuff like Alexa and Billie Eilish into the plot but the main character didn’t even think of using the internet or some social media to find that girl??
Another good thing is that the main character died at the end because everything else would’ve been just wrong.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 16, 2022
Honestly this ending was top-notch. Reminds me a bit of Tales from the Crypt honestly. I was not expecting it and I thought it was cleverly done. Sometimes i forget that R.L. Stine besides doing tons of teen horror, liked to play around with twist endings. Some of his Fear Street books did not end on a "happy" note. I liked the characters in this one and I was wrong about who the mysterious girl was and how she came about.
May 18, 2022
I was loving this book when reading it but then near the end I felt like r.l.stine could have come up with something much better instead I feel like the ending ruins the rest of this book so I am giving 2.5 stars
November 30, 2017
They all can't be perfect but I found this story to be pretty weak. Just a tale about a ghost pulling the ole body switch routine to get revenge. I did enjoy the epilogue though!
April 14, 2024
I had to dnf this book for some reason. I just couldn't get into it. I don't think R.L. Stine is for me
October 5, 2023
Pure 90s nostalgia although the Alexa Billie Eilish reference took me out for a minute.
September 24, 2023
I think this is my favorite Fear Street book so far!
February 27, 2009
Final assignment
The book that I am reviewing is the perfect date by R.L Stine from the fear street series. The author wrote this book to show how bad grief is and how you should believe things your eyes see. The author is intending to draw in the teens to this series. The author choose this age group because of the vocabulary and context in the books. This book is written in 3rd person limited omitted view. The 3rd person but I don’t know the name of the person who is telling the story. It’s important that this 3rd person is telling this story to get all the characters view of what happens. The author made it so it was in a tragedy and then scary in a way. I don’t believe it is, but it could be. Yes, because the main characters girlfriend dies and she ends up coming back as a real person. I don’t see people who died walking around telling me to beware of someone or something. I could connect with Rosha, because I am clumsy and I have a lot of things that happen to me in my life. I believe that the author has a success at his goals in this book. Yes I did learn what the author wanted me to learn in this reading. An example would be the car crash that the main character gets into and the police ask the main character if he is all right after the crash. This book would be compared to the book called the secret bedroom by the same author R.L Stine. In the secret bedroom this girl moves to this new house on Fear Street ave. the house has an upstairs bedroom and the bedroom has someone in the room, but she is dead and living. You don’t expect something bad to happen and the “Hooking up can be murder.” I would recommend this book to any teens who love horror and scary books, maybe a little mystery. I love the book so much that I have read it maybe over five times. Yes this book keeps your reading and thinking about what is going to happened. I did agree with this message that the author is trying to get across. I was surprised about this ending; it’s something that you wouldn’t want to put it down the closer you get to the ending. I would rate this book a 5. I would give this book a 5 because I loved it and it was so easy to read. I would think the book is something that a teen would love to read.
The book that I am reviewing is the perfect date by R.L Stine from the fear street series. The author wrote this book to show how bad grief is and how you should believe things your eyes see. The author is intending to draw in the teens to this series. The author choose this age group because of the vocabulary and context in the books. This book is written in 3rd person limited omitted view. The 3rd person but I don’t know the name of the person who is telling the story. It’s important that this 3rd person is telling this story to get all the characters view of what happens. The author made it so it was in a tragedy and then scary in a way. I don’t believe it is, but it could be. Yes, because the main characters girlfriend dies and she ends up coming back as a real person. I don’t see people who died walking around telling me to beware of someone or something. I could connect with Rosha, because I am clumsy and I have a lot of things that happen to me in my life. I believe that the author has a success at his goals in this book. Yes I did learn what the author wanted me to learn in this reading. An example would be the car crash that the main character gets into and the police ask the main character if he is all right after the crash. This book would be compared to the book called the secret bedroom by the same author R.L Stine. In the secret bedroom this girl moves to this new house on Fear Street ave. the house has an upstairs bedroom and the bedroom has someone in the room, but she is dead and living. You don’t expect something bad to happen and the “Hooking up can be murder.” I would recommend this book to any teens who love horror and scary books, maybe a little mystery. I love the book so much that I have read it maybe over five times. Yes this book keeps your reading and thinking about what is going to happened. I did agree with this message that the author is trying to get across. I was surprised about this ending; it’s something that you wouldn’t want to put it down the closer you get to the ending. I would rate this book a 5. I would give this book a 5 because I loved it and it was so easy to read. I would think the book is something that a teen would love to read.
February 14, 2021
This book was absolutely perfect. (pun intended). Very graphic, some parts were predictible, but not really. It was super fun. loved it !
November 8, 2009
What I learned about this book is that it is VERY SCARY! It is about a boy who is in high school, his name is Brady. When it is Winter break, Brady and his girlfriend, Sharon are going sledding. They go sledding and Brady wants to go on Miller Hill (a very steep hill). Sharon does not,bu finally he convinces Sharon to ride with him. So they go down the hill and Sharon is out of control!She crashes into THORN BUSHES! Brady rushes down to see if she is okay. Sharon's face, it has no eyes, no nose, no mouth! Sharon is dead!
Next year Brady has a new girlfriend, but he doesn't really want to be with her anymore. While Brady and his best friend, Jon, were hanging out he meets this girl, Rosha, so he asks her out on a date and she accepts, but there is something weird about Rosha, she is very strange. What is it?
I did not like this book because everything about it was fake. I rated this book a 2 stars out of 5 because a lot of times you could guess what was going to happen next. Also this book is artificially gruesome. I want to know why the author thought they should make a good plot but all the background things terrible!The genre of this book is horror because it has deaths, a lot of blood, and fear.
Next year Brady has a new girlfriend, but he doesn't really want to be with her anymore. While Brady and his best friend, Jon, were hanging out he meets this girl, Rosha, so he asks her out on a date and she accepts, but there is something weird about Rosha, she is very strange. What is it?
I did not like this book because everything about it was fake. I rated this book a 2 stars out of 5 because a lot of times you could guess what was going to happen next. Also this book is artificially gruesome. I want to know why the author thought they should make a good plot but all the background things terrible!The genre of this book is horror because it has deaths, a lot of blood, and fear.
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