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Fear Park #3
The Last Scream
Robin Fear has waited decades for this moment. His evil plan is in place. Dierdre Bradley, her father, and Fear Par will be destroyed.
Nothing can stop Robin now.
Except one person. Who's been watching—finding out Robin's secrets—and waiting for revenge.
Nothing can stop Robin now.
Except one person. Who's been watching—finding out Robin's secrets—and waiting for revenge.
145 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 1996
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R.L. Stine
1,679 books18.7k 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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March 10, 2020
After finishing Book 2, I made the effort to find the finale book. I made frequent trips to the bookstore and even ordered it, if I remember it right.
July 15, 2012
Love the shirt under the dress, Dee! How very 90s of you.
Moral of the Story: Death by cotton candy is a completely legitimate way to die.
Gaping plot holes: Well, what the hell happens to Deirdre's father? Oh well. I'm sure Fear Park is never mentioned again after this, even though it isn't closed down, so wouldn't the kids be visiting it every weekend and mention it in later books?
Body Count: Two and 1/2 ... Deirdre's father (coma), Some random blonde kid, and Robin Fear
The Usual Suspects: Robin Fear
The Actual Suspects: See above
Plot:
Wowza trousers! As I have done previously in this trilogy, I will break the plot down by each crazy whacko event that happens in chronological order.
Even in his openings, RL Stine does not disappoint. The book opens with Jason Bradley, Deirdre's father, choking on BROWN WORMS. He is actively pulling them from his mouth. He is doing this because Robin Fear is sitting across town making it happen. It soothes him, apparently (Robin, not Mr. Bradley).
Next comes Mr. Bradley telling Deirdre why he has been so persistent in keeping the park open despite all the deaths. Apparently, they are more broke than ten college students. Jason's dad has invested every penny of his savings, and even DEIRDRE'S COLLEGE MONEY, in order to keep Fear Park alive. Deirdre acts insulted for one minute, and then she brushes it aside and enters Happy Unicorn Land where she assures him that they will make Fear Park the best it can be. I can almost hear the Degrassi theme song playing in the background.
Robin believes that Deirdre is busy telling her dad they MUST shut the park down. He enters the trailer only to find Deirdre beaming while she informs him of her change of heart. Pissed as he quickly becomes, Robin storms off to wreak havoc on the Ferris Wheel. He sees happy couples getting on and off the ride and gets increasingly sickened by this behavior. He decides to make the Ferris Wheel go as fast as it can go. He really has just decided that he must kill Deirdre and her father no matter what. When people start puking on the Ferris Wheel, he yells at someone to go fetch Jason Bradley... so he can kill him. Mr. Bradley tells him to push the lever to shut it off, but Robin feigns ignorance and claims that it is stuck. Instead, in plain view of everyone, he pushes Mr. Bradley into the Ferris Wheel, just like he did with Paul. Mr. Bradley's head hits one of the metal cages and he blacks out with blood spewing out of his head. Robin is relieved... until he sees Mr. Bradley still awake. So he goes over to strangle him and finish the job until Meghan (his 1935 lover) walks up and sees his hand around Mr. B's neck. "I was... reviving him," Robin chokes out. Meghan eyes him suspiciously and then says that she believes him, the half-wit. An ambulance is called for Mr. B, and Deirdre continuously visits him the hospital, but he never wakes up from the coma and we never find out if he's all right.
So in the last book someone was sending weird notes to Deirdre and calling her at all hours to warn her to stay away from Robin. We find out in this book that it is Gary Barth, he of the immortal red hair and gangly frame. I'm joking. I have no idea who this kid is, and neither does Robin. But he intends to find out. He begins to spy on Deirdre and Gary together. Now that Gary has told her the 411, she constantly glares at Robin with frost in her eyes. Robin's paranoia grows. He believes that Gary has to be the one who told Deirdre the truth about him. After all, Meghan is too stupid and too trusting to say anything. Robin just needs to find out if Gary is immortal or not. So Robin follows Gary and Deirdre to the Twirl N Swirl (I was envisioning the swing ride that's in most every amusement park), where he plans to kill Gary (or at least attempt to kill him). It's pretty epic, my friends. I can't tell you in as perfect detail what happens to Gary as well as RL Stine can, but the gist of it is that the purple smoke materializes once again, and both cables on Gary's swing snap in half. He is sent flying up into the air and lands in the telephone wires, where he gets shocked by a bright yellow light and starts sizzling. Then he is thrown down to the ground and his head cracks open. When Robin walks over to make sure that Gary is dead... he finds that it's not Gary at all. Gasp! He just killed some random kid he didn't even plan to kill. This is a new one, even for him. Robin is worried his powers are fading.
Another day Robin is once again spying on Deirdre, and he sees Gary outside a diner waiting on her. There is construction going on behind him, so Robin sees this as a heavensent opportunity to make sure that Gary finally dies. He conjures up the purple smoke and positions the rocks in the construction trucks to fall on Gary's head. Only... they don't fall on Gary's head! He runs to greet Deirdre right as Robin programs them to fall. He is so frustrated that he failed to kill Gary again and figure out whether he is immortal or not that he decides to just fuck it and go ahead and kill Deirdre. With her father in a coma, Deirdre is the one now in control of the park, after all.
What follows is probably the best scene of any Fear Street book I've read so far. Robin storms into the trailer the next day and sees Deirdre working. She is understandably quite leery of him now that she knows the truth, but he grabs her arm and forces her out the door for a walk. Deirdre is terrified. He takes her to the scene of a crazy death in the last book: the lion's pit. They start up the deserted path when all of a sudden Deirdre turns and makes a run for it. Robin struggles to follow and keep up, suddenly feeling the 80 years that he really is. But he does catch her and pushes her against a wall. Deirdre laughs it off and pretends that they were racing. Then she lightheartedly suggests that they get some cotton candy. Very bad idea, Deirdre. Very bad. They get the cotton candy but Robin just stands there all moody. Until the purple smoke re-emerges and Deirdre should see this as a time to run, but she doesn't. Robin smacks Deirdre's cotton candy into her face, and then he sits down to chant and make it suffocate her. The cotton candy literally starts growing on her face and choking her. It's so amazing. RL Stine may be light on plot lines and generous with plot holes, but you can't deny that the man knows how to write wicked and awesome death scenes. Robin tells Deirdre he'll get help, but he really just slinks to a corner to cackle at the killer cotton candy eating her face. If this were a movie I can only imagine how that would look. Anyway, who should appear to the rescue but our fearless Gary! He throws water on Deirdre's face and it instantly melts the cotton candy. Robin is incensed. He decides he needs to do away with Meghan, Gary, and Deirdre in one fell swoop.
In between all of this, Meghan is getting more and more fed up with being 16 in the 1990s. It's just too much for her to handle. She is lonely and never had any sort of a life. She is stuck with a liar and a creep, but she thinks of him as a sweet and caring individual. Well, she never was that great at picking guys. One night, Robin storms in and she has a knock-down, drag-out fight with him. Literally. They peel each other's immortal faces off and reveal the ugliness underneath. I still want to know why their faces are rotting when they would only be 80-years-old. Is this a not-so-cleverly veiled jab at aging and old people, Mr. Stine? My grandmother is beyond 80 and her face is not rotting. Then again, I've never tried to peel it off. Ha!
So Robin sees one of his spell books lying out, and he finally finds the spell to break Meghan's and Gary's immortality while killing Deirdre in the process. All he has to do is summon dead people who knew both of them back in 1935. He can't think of anyone besides the kids that he killed in the Hatchet Massacre back in book 1. He'll just resurrect them all from the dead, he thinks. Piece of cake. And all this time we thought resurrection was difficult! Robin asks Meghan, Deirdre, and Gary to meet him at the Hatchet Show the next night. Deirdre is an idiot because she actually listens to him and doesn't show any signs of fear this time. They get there to find the hatchet show a little different this time. The actors are gone. Now, instead, rotting corpses are ready to chop up... the audience! More specifically, they are ready to chop up Meghan, Deirdre, and Gary. They start screaming until the corpses head and turn for... Robin. Whaaaa... ???
They start whacking and chopping him up, killing him good. It's satisfying after how much of a douche he's been in these past three books. To finally see him meet the fate that he caused them is sweet, sweet victory. As it turns out, it was Meghan all along who was warning Deirdre. They used Gary as a disguise to fool Robin. He really was an ex of Deirdre's who just came back to hang out with her. Once a cheater... When Meghan saw Robin choking Mr. Bradley, she finally realized he had been lying and that he was highly dangerous. Which doesn't explain how she could have started warning Deirdre in the previous book, but whatever. Who needs continuity when you've got RL Stine?? That should be his tagline. Anyway, Meghan found the spell book, conjured the spell to bring back the dead before Robin could, and then left the book in plain sight for him to find. She knew he would go through with it, but it was too late. She had resurrected them first. So she is free to go to her grave with her friends, and Deirdre and Gary are finally free of Robin. Deirdre explains everything to him and he's all, "Yeah... that makes sense... Not." But whether it does or not, the book is over, ending with the peacefulness of bodies finally getting some rest in their graves and the soft music of the calliope from the carousel.
I have a sudden chill in my room. Could it be... a chill all the way from Fear Park?
Moral of the Story: Death by cotton candy is a completely legitimate way to die.
Gaping plot holes: Well, what the hell happens to Deirdre's father? Oh well. I'm sure Fear Park is never mentioned again after this, even though it isn't closed down, so wouldn't the kids be visiting it every weekend and mention it in later books?
Body Count: Two and 1/2 ... Deirdre's father (coma), Some random blonde kid, and Robin Fear
The Usual Suspects: Robin Fear
The Actual Suspects: See above
Plot:
Wowza trousers! As I have done previously in this trilogy, I will break the plot down by each crazy whacko event that happens in chronological order.
Even in his openings, RL Stine does not disappoint. The book opens with Jason Bradley, Deirdre's father, choking on BROWN WORMS. He is actively pulling them from his mouth. He is doing this because Robin Fear is sitting across town making it happen. It soothes him, apparently (Robin, not Mr. Bradley).
Next comes Mr. Bradley telling Deirdre why he has been so persistent in keeping the park open despite all the deaths. Apparently, they are more broke than ten college students. Jason's dad has invested every penny of his savings, and even DEIRDRE'S COLLEGE MONEY, in order to keep Fear Park alive. Deirdre acts insulted for one minute, and then she brushes it aside and enters Happy Unicorn Land where she assures him that they will make Fear Park the best it can be. I can almost hear the Degrassi theme song playing in the background.
Robin believes that Deirdre is busy telling her dad they MUST shut the park down. He enters the trailer only to find Deirdre beaming while she informs him of her change of heart. Pissed as he quickly becomes, Robin storms off to wreak havoc on the Ferris Wheel. He sees happy couples getting on and off the ride and gets increasingly sickened by this behavior. He decides to make the Ferris Wheel go as fast as it can go. He really has just decided that he must kill Deirdre and her father no matter what. When people start puking on the Ferris Wheel, he yells at someone to go fetch Jason Bradley... so he can kill him. Mr. Bradley tells him to push the lever to shut it off, but Robin feigns ignorance and claims that it is stuck. Instead, in plain view of everyone, he pushes Mr. Bradley into the Ferris Wheel, just like he did with Paul. Mr. Bradley's head hits one of the metal cages and he blacks out with blood spewing out of his head. Robin is relieved... until he sees Mr. Bradley still awake. So he goes over to strangle him and finish the job until Meghan (his 1935 lover) walks up and sees his hand around Mr. B's neck. "I was... reviving him," Robin chokes out. Meghan eyes him suspiciously and then says that she believes him, the half-wit. An ambulance is called for Mr. B, and Deirdre continuously visits him the hospital, but he never wakes up from the coma and we never find out if he's all right.
So in the last book someone was sending weird notes to Deirdre and calling her at all hours to warn her to stay away from Robin. We find out in this book that it is Gary Barth, he of the immortal red hair and gangly frame. I'm joking. I have no idea who this kid is, and neither does Robin. But he intends to find out. He begins to spy on Deirdre and Gary together. Now that Gary has told her the 411, she constantly glares at Robin with frost in her eyes. Robin's paranoia grows. He believes that Gary has to be the one who told Deirdre the truth about him. After all, Meghan is too stupid and too trusting to say anything. Robin just needs to find out if Gary is immortal or not. So Robin follows Gary and Deirdre to the Twirl N Swirl (I was envisioning the swing ride that's in most every amusement park), where he plans to kill Gary (or at least attempt to kill him). It's pretty epic, my friends. I can't tell you in as perfect detail what happens to Gary as well as RL Stine can, but the gist of it is that the purple smoke materializes once again, and both cables on Gary's swing snap in half. He is sent flying up into the air and lands in the telephone wires, where he gets shocked by a bright yellow light and starts sizzling. Then he is thrown down to the ground and his head cracks open. When Robin walks over to make sure that Gary is dead... he finds that it's not Gary at all. Gasp! He just killed some random kid he didn't even plan to kill. This is a new one, even for him. Robin is worried his powers are fading.
Another day Robin is once again spying on Deirdre, and he sees Gary outside a diner waiting on her. There is construction going on behind him, so Robin sees this as a heavensent opportunity to make sure that Gary finally dies. He conjures up the purple smoke and positions the rocks in the construction trucks to fall on Gary's head. Only... they don't fall on Gary's head! He runs to greet Deirdre right as Robin programs them to fall. He is so frustrated that he failed to kill Gary again and figure out whether he is immortal or not that he decides to just fuck it and go ahead and kill Deirdre. With her father in a coma, Deirdre is the one now in control of the park, after all.
What follows is probably the best scene of any Fear Street book I've read so far. Robin storms into the trailer the next day and sees Deirdre working. She is understandably quite leery of him now that she knows the truth, but he grabs her arm and forces her out the door for a walk. Deirdre is terrified. He takes her to the scene of a crazy death in the last book: the lion's pit. They start up the deserted path when all of a sudden Deirdre turns and makes a run for it. Robin struggles to follow and keep up, suddenly feeling the 80 years that he really is. But he does catch her and pushes her against a wall. Deirdre laughs it off and pretends that they were racing. Then she lightheartedly suggests that they get some cotton candy. Very bad idea, Deirdre. Very bad. They get the cotton candy but Robin just stands there all moody. Until the purple smoke re-emerges and Deirdre should see this as a time to run, but she doesn't. Robin smacks Deirdre's cotton candy into her face, and then he sits down to chant and make it suffocate her. The cotton candy literally starts growing on her face and choking her. It's so amazing. RL Stine may be light on plot lines and generous with plot holes, but you can't deny that the man knows how to write wicked and awesome death scenes. Robin tells Deirdre he'll get help, but he really just slinks to a corner to cackle at the killer cotton candy eating her face. If this were a movie I can only imagine how that would look. Anyway, who should appear to the rescue but our fearless Gary! He throws water on Deirdre's face and it instantly melts the cotton candy. Robin is incensed. He decides he needs to do away with Meghan, Gary, and Deirdre in one fell swoop.
In between all of this, Meghan is getting more and more fed up with being 16 in the 1990s. It's just too much for her to handle. She is lonely and never had any sort of a life. She is stuck with a liar and a creep, but she thinks of him as a sweet and caring individual. Well, she never was that great at picking guys. One night, Robin storms in and she has a knock-down, drag-out fight with him. Literally. They peel each other's immortal faces off and reveal the ugliness underneath. I still want to know why their faces are rotting when they would only be 80-years-old. Is this a not-so-cleverly veiled jab at aging and old people, Mr. Stine? My grandmother is beyond 80 and her face is not rotting. Then again, I've never tried to peel it off. Ha!
So Robin sees one of his spell books lying out, and he finally finds the spell to break Meghan's and Gary's immortality while killing Deirdre in the process. All he has to do is summon dead people who knew both of them back in 1935. He can't think of anyone besides the kids that he killed in the Hatchet Massacre back in book 1. He'll just resurrect them all from the dead, he thinks. Piece of cake. And all this time we thought resurrection was difficult! Robin asks Meghan, Deirdre, and Gary to meet him at the Hatchet Show the next night. Deirdre is an idiot because she actually listens to him and doesn't show any signs of fear this time. They get there to find the hatchet show a little different this time. The actors are gone. Now, instead, rotting corpses are ready to chop up... the audience! More specifically, they are ready to chop up Meghan, Deirdre, and Gary. They start screaming until the corpses head and turn for... Robin. Whaaaa... ???
They start whacking and chopping him up, killing him good. It's satisfying after how much of a douche he's been in these past three books. To finally see him meet the fate that he caused them is sweet, sweet victory. As it turns out, it was Meghan all along who was warning Deirdre. They used Gary as a disguise to fool Robin. He really was an ex of Deirdre's who just came back to hang out with her. Once a cheater... When Meghan saw Robin choking Mr. Bradley, she finally realized he had been lying and that he was highly dangerous. Which doesn't explain how she could have started warning Deirdre in the previous book, but whatever. Who needs continuity when you've got RL Stine?? That should be his tagline. Anyway, Meghan found the spell book, conjured the spell to bring back the dead before Robin could, and then left the book in plain sight for him to find. She knew he would go through with it, but it was too late. She had resurrected them first. So she is free to go to her grave with her friends, and Deirdre and Gary are finally free of Robin. Deirdre explains everything to him and he's all, "Yeah... that makes sense... Not." But whether it does or not, the book is over, ending with the peacefulness of bodies finally getting some rest in their graves and the soft music of the calliope from the carousel.
I have a sudden chill in my room. Could it be... a chill all the way from Fear Park?
July 3, 2023
A cotton candy attack, more hatchets, WORMS, and some grl pwr in this squicky, satisfying conclusion.
How this park is still open is beyond me. Long live Fear Park.
How this park is still open is beyond me. Long live Fear Park.
July 7, 2025
An okay conclusion to the series. This one is the least gory of the trilogy. A couple of gross out scenes one involving worms caught in a guys throat was pretty disgusting. The whole plot of the immortal from the 30’s trying to stop the park was way too drawn out and the whole last minute conclusion that took like ten pages was pretty lame. Could have easily been edited dowb to one super chiller. The amusement park was a great setting but most of it took place in the trailer or involving the ferris wheel so I felt like a missed opportunity.
September 16, 2024
A bloody end to an already blood-soaked series!
Heads crack open on moving Ferris wheels. Kids get flung off the swings and get electrocuted. Faces get ripped apart in arguments.
So what if the ending is a little head-scratching in terms of plotholes and feasibility, the body count and blood makes up for it 😅💀💀
Heads crack open on moving Ferris wheels. Kids get flung off the swings and get electrocuted. Faces get ripped apart in arguments.
So what if the ending is a little head-scratching in terms of plotholes and feasibility, the body count and blood makes up for it 😅💀💀
July 24, 2023
The final part of this trilogy so spoilers ahead...
Robin Fear has killed enough people that you think Jason Bradley would have closed down Fear Park by now but it still continues to be open. Getting close to Bradley's daughter Deirdre has been easy and he finally believes she can help him tell her father that this land is truly cursed.
Using the dark arts he learned from his father Nicholas, Robin had Deirdre witness the death of Paul Malone's brother Jared and his friends by having the purple smoke literally tear them into pieces just as it made a bunch of teenagers chop themselves into bits back in 1935.
That being enough to convince her, Deirdre tries to get her dad on her side but Jason is stubborn. The man isn't even convinced when Robin casts a spell from far away that literally has him pulling foot long worms from his throat and mouth.
The reason is soon revealed by Jason to Deirdre just why he can't have Fear Park shut down and remain closed. He put every single penny of their money into the park to pay sponsors and vendors which will cause them to lose everything if it goes under. All the money includes money from his late wife after her death and Deirdre's entire college fund...wow.
Robin is not too thrilled about this sudden change and believes Deirdre has to be punished for being a traitor once she agreed to help him, the fact that they will be broke doesn't even matter to Robin, and the only way is by killing her or her father.
Not only does Deirdre flip-flop but her attitude toward Robin soon turns cold. She was receiving calls and letters telling her not to trust Robin but didn't believe them until now it seems. Robin is wondering if this could be Meghan Fairwood, the girl he loved back in 1935 and shared the gift of immortality with to keep her with him, turning traitor against him as well.
Meghan saw Robin kissing Deirdre and wasn't too happy even when told by Robin that she was a Bradley he was just getting close to in an effort to protect the family from his father's curse. She seems completely fooled that Robin is behind all of the horror since the hatchet massacre that killed her boyfriend, Richard Bradley. When Meghan starts whining to Robin that she hates not being able to die after almost sixty years and is left almost always alone in the big Fear mansion, he becomes disgusted with her.
In desperation, Robin finally goes after Jason Bradley and is able to have him fall back into the out of control Ferris Wheel, spinning super fast. He hits his head and gets hurt bad enough that he falls into a coma. Robin could have strangled him to make sure he was dead but Meghan came across him and Robin told her he was just trying to revive him when his hands were about his neck. As they leave, Meghan points out a young man with red hair that she feels is staring at the the two of them...with a familiar face but the name just out of reach in her memory.
When Robin soon finds the same boy in Deirdre's company about the park, a new icy expression on her face and in her eyes towards him, Robin wonders if perhaps he really could know the truth about himself and Meghan because he knew them back in 1935...and he has now told Deirdre the truth.
A relative seeking revenge for the death of one of the Shadyside teens Robin murdered back in 1935 with his dark magic? Robin isn't sure but one thing for him is certainly 100% clear as crystal...he must find a way to get rid of Deirdre, Meghan and this young man Deirdre calls Gary and make sure that Fear Park is closed permanently.
The gore gets turned down a little bit yet there is still some grisly imagery and a few creepy scenes that will have you looking differently at worms and carnival concession stands in a whole new light.
After being so naive and trusting of Robin, both Deirdre and Meghan get some real character development even if they still can be annoying at times. There are twists and reveals that take place at the climax of the third and final act to lead to a sort bittersweet ending. It could have been a really good and happy ending but it is still left open enough towards quite a bleak conclusion.
Fear Park isn't the best of R.L. Stine's Fear Street trilogies but it has enough horror and suspense to provide a truly creepy atmosphere.
If it is one you have not read and you get a chance to find it, give Fear Park a shot. It is still one hell of a ride...
Robin Fear has killed enough people that you think Jason Bradley would have closed down Fear Park by now but it still continues to be open. Getting close to Bradley's daughter Deirdre has been easy and he finally believes she can help him tell her father that this land is truly cursed.
Using the dark arts he learned from his father Nicholas, Robin had Deirdre witness the death of Paul Malone's brother Jared and his friends by having the purple smoke literally tear them into pieces just as it made a bunch of teenagers chop themselves into bits back in 1935.
That being enough to convince her, Deirdre tries to get her dad on her side but Jason is stubborn. The man isn't even convinced when Robin casts a spell from far away that literally has him pulling foot long worms from his throat and mouth.
The reason is soon revealed by Jason to Deirdre just why he can't have Fear Park shut down and remain closed. He put every single penny of their money into the park to pay sponsors and vendors which will cause them to lose everything if it goes under. All the money includes money from his late wife after her death and Deirdre's entire college fund...wow.
Robin is not too thrilled about this sudden change and believes Deirdre has to be punished for being a traitor once she agreed to help him, the fact that they will be broke doesn't even matter to Robin, and the only way is by killing her or her father.
Not only does Deirdre flip-flop but her attitude toward Robin soon turns cold. She was receiving calls and letters telling her not to trust Robin but didn't believe them until now it seems. Robin is wondering if this could be Meghan Fairwood, the girl he loved back in 1935 and shared the gift of immortality with to keep her with him, turning traitor against him as well.
Meghan saw Robin kissing Deirdre and wasn't too happy even when told by Robin that she was a Bradley he was just getting close to in an effort to protect the family from his father's curse. She seems completely fooled that Robin is behind all of the horror since the hatchet massacre that killed her boyfriend, Richard Bradley. When Meghan starts whining to Robin that she hates not being able to die after almost sixty years and is left almost always alone in the big Fear mansion, he becomes disgusted with her.
In desperation, Robin finally goes after Jason Bradley and is able to have him fall back into the out of control Ferris Wheel, spinning super fast. He hits his head and gets hurt bad enough that he falls into a coma. Robin could have strangled him to make sure he was dead but Meghan came across him and Robin told her he was just trying to revive him when his hands were about his neck. As they leave, Meghan points out a young man with red hair that she feels is staring at the the two of them...with a familiar face but the name just out of reach in her memory.
When Robin soon finds the same boy in Deirdre's company about the park, a new icy expression on her face and in her eyes towards him, Robin wonders if perhaps he really could know the truth about himself and Meghan because he knew them back in 1935...and he has now told Deirdre the truth.
A relative seeking revenge for the death of one of the Shadyside teens Robin murdered back in 1935 with his dark magic? Robin isn't sure but one thing for him is certainly 100% clear as crystal...he must find a way to get rid of Deirdre, Meghan and this young man Deirdre calls Gary and make sure that Fear Park is closed permanently.
The gore gets turned down a little bit yet there is still some grisly imagery and a few creepy scenes that will have you looking differently at worms and carnival concession stands in a whole new light.
After being so naive and trusting of Robin, both Deirdre and Meghan get some real character development even if they still can be annoying at times. There are twists and reveals that take place at the climax of the third and final act to lead to a sort bittersweet ending. It could have been a really good and happy ending but it is still left open enough towards quite a bleak conclusion.
Fear Park isn't the best of R.L. Stine's Fear Street trilogies but it has enough horror and suspense to provide a truly creepy atmosphere.
If it is one you have not read and you get a chance to find it, give Fear Park a shot. It is still one hell of a ride...
October 31, 2019
Reviewed on Lili Lost in a Book
I think I started my review of the last book in this series by saying:
This book was literally just more of that. All these “accidents” keep happening and that idiot still wont shut down the park! It’s insane! We get a reason as to why Dierdre’s dad wont close the park down, but still!
And speaking of the “accidents,” Robin keeps doing these little things—little kills here and there to shut down the park, and dude! It’s not working! He keeps doing his stupid little pranks and Robin is being kind of a dick, but it’s kinda funny, but that’s not the point! Just do the thing! Do the killing! It’s not until this book that he realizes that in order to really shut down the park he’s gonna have to kill the Bradleys. No duh , Robin! 🙄 Why didn’t he just do that in the first place?! All this was just so dragged out. I was definitely getting impatient.
Speaking of the Bradleys, I kind of wish that instead of the Bradley’s it would’ve been the Goodes. I feel like it would've been more interesting since they have a long standing feud with the Fears.
In the last two books I actually liked Robin and felt for him, but the more time I spend with him, the less I like him. I also still don’t like Dierdre, but now she’s frightened of Robin and suspects him, yet she still hangs out with him then wonders why she’s doing it if she’s doubting him. Yes, why? Get out of there you idiot! Stop being so dumb! And Meghan, I just felt bad for the girl.
This entire series was mediocre at best. The characters were dumb, the entire story was so dragged out I got impatient, and this book in particular had less kills than the other two. I admit here was one kill that was pretty cool and creative and then an attempted kill with cotton candy that was as insane as it sounds but it was also kinda cool. Lol. And the plot twist at the end there I did not see coming though! It was crazy... BUT...
I think I started my review of the last book in this series by saying:
“Robin Fear is still trying to stop Fear Park from opening. And Dierdre’s dad is still an idiot for not closing down the park even though people keep dying!”
This book was literally just more of that. All these “accidents” keep happening and that idiot still wont shut down the park! It’s insane! We get a reason as to why Dierdre’s dad wont close the park down, but still!
And speaking of the “accidents,” Robin keeps doing these little things—little kills here and there to shut down the park, and dude! It’s not working! He keeps doing his stupid little pranks and Robin is being kind of a dick, but it’s kinda funny, but that’s not the point! Just do the thing! Do the killing! It’s not until this book that he realizes that in order to really shut down the park he’s gonna have to kill the Bradleys. No duh , Robin! 🙄 Why didn’t he just do that in the first place?! All this was just so dragged out. I was definitely getting impatient.
Speaking of the Bradleys, I kind of wish that instead of the Bradley’s it would’ve been the Goodes. I feel like it would've been more interesting since they have a long standing feud with the Fears.
In the last two books I actually liked Robin and felt for him, but the more time I spend with him, the less I like him. I also still don’t like Dierdre, but now she’s frightened of Robin and suspects him, yet she still hangs out with him then wonders why she’s doing it if she’s doubting him. Yes, why? Get out of there you idiot! Stop being so dumb! And Meghan, I just felt bad for the girl.
This entire series was mediocre at best. The characters were dumb, the entire story was so dragged out I got impatient, and this book in particular had less kills than the other two. I admit here was one kill that was pretty cool and creative and then an attempted kill with cotton candy that was as insane as it sounds but it was also kinda cool. Lol. And the plot twist at the end there I did not see coming though! It was crazy... BUT...
December 27, 2025
/3.5
Minus 0.5 for an unsatisfactory ending. You never know with RL Stine but I was really hoping there would be a twist at the end where Fear Park is shut down, it would’ve been all the more satisfying.
How do several mass murders NOT shut down a park permanently? That’s a cause for concern in itself. Though not for lack of trying, Robin could’ve been a lot more subtle and smart with his planning.
First of all, why the heck did you bring your old flame with you? She was just a burden the whole time. I would’ve taken her out the minute she started to be a problem. Second, I get why he was stringing Deirdre along but really when she once again interfered with his plans and stating getting nosy I would’ve ended her. I was honestly ready for him to be done with her she was getting too whiny.
For someone who’s supposed to be unfeeling and cruel, Robin only seemed to use half his villain brain cells at a time. This dude should really have schemed to destroy the park as a whole rather than targeting people.
The ending was not amazing. While Robin was only smart half the time he definitely should’ve connected all the weird coincidences to Meghan and Deirdre’s scheming. Deirdre and a whole bunch of other people literally saw you trying to murder Daddy Bradley. Not the mention he was always lurking around/connected to every bad incident that happened.
In the resolution, I was hoping Fear Park would be taken out after all the whole plot of the series was devoted to that sole event. Robins murder was anticlimactic and low motivation. It didn’t do this series justice with the epic ending it deserved.
It’s just a Fear Street, why so many expectations you might be thinking? Well after 50+ of these you can only little else with your time and energy.
Minus 0.5 for an unsatisfactory ending. You never know with RL Stine but I was really hoping there would be a twist at the end where Fear Park is shut down, it would’ve been all the more satisfying.
How do several mass murders NOT shut down a park permanently? That’s a cause for concern in itself. Though not for lack of trying, Robin could’ve been a lot more subtle and smart with his planning.
First of all, why the heck did you bring your old flame with you? She was just a burden the whole time. I would’ve taken her out the minute she started to be a problem. Second, I get why he was stringing Deirdre along but really when she once again interfered with his plans and stating getting nosy I would’ve ended her. I was honestly ready for him to be done with her she was getting too whiny.
For someone who’s supposed to be unfeeling and cruel, Robin only seemed to use half his villain brain cells at a time. This dude should really have schemed to destroy the park as a whole rather than targeting people.
The ending was not amazing. While Robin was only smart half the time he definitely should’ve connected all the weird coincidences to Meghan and Deirdre’s scheming. Deirdre and a whole bunch of other people literally saw you trying to murder Daddy Bradley. Not the mention he was always lurking around/connected to every bad incident that happened.
In the resolution, I was hoping Fear Park would be taken out after all the whole plot of the series was devoted to that sole event. Robins murder was anticlimactic and low motivation. It didn’t do this series justice with the epic ending it deserved.
It’s just a Fear Street, why so many expectations you might be thinking? Well after 50+ of these you can only little else with your time and energy.
April 9, 2019
At least it's over. This series had the makings of something cool but never quite reached it's potential. There was just...something missing. So in this book Robin continues his quest for revenge against the Bradleys and hopes to FINALLY bring down Fear Park. He's of course unsuccessful which doesn't make sense as there's no other mention of it anywhere else in canon... but I digress.
Meghan is getting on his nerves as she's so over being immortal and stuck in a teenager's body. She attacks him and peels off chunks of his youthful flesh. So Robin decides to get rid of her...and Deidre who he discovers is all over some other guy...a guy he thinks may have followed him from the past.
The ending was super predictable and definitely was a rush job of just finish it already that it held little impact on the trilogy as a whole. Deidre's father was in a coma the entirety of this book and teenage Deidre just decides she's gonna run the park. He put their entire savings into it so they have to keep it open or they have zero money. You know, despite the crazy deaths that keep happening.
This was a disappointing re-read for sure but I can finally say I read all the Fear Street books!
Meghan is getting on his nerves as she's so over being immortal and stuck in a teenager's body. She attacks him and peels off chunks of his youthful flesh. So Robin decides to get rid of her...and Deidre who he discovers is all over some other guy...a guy he thinks may have followed him from the past.
The ending was super predictable and definitely was a rush job of just finish it already that it held little impact on the trilogy as a whole. Deidre's father was in a coma the entirety of this book and teenage Deidre just decides she's gonna run the park. He put their entire savings into it so they have to keep it open or they have zero money. You know, despite the crazy deaths that keep happening.
This was a disappointing re-read for sure but I can finally say I read all the Fear Street books!
March 7, 2024
This is the final book in the Fear Park Trilogy and I absolutely loved it.
This reminded me of why I love R L Stines writing. I would highly this, this is one of the best Fear Street Series I have read.
We are back with family that people fear. A family known to practice evil magic.
In Fear Park, you are not going to see ghosts, but you will notice something strange, something overpowering, something deadly.
Robin Fear thinks he is going to win
Robin Fear thinks he has everybody fooled
Until
His magic is not working
Someone has followed him back from the past
The dead are back
The dead are hungry
The dead are out to deliver justice
Robin Fear should be scared
His evil reign is about to be destroyed
The plot twist was great.
This reminded me of why I love R L Stines writing. I would highly this, this is one of the best Fear Street Series I have read.
We are back with family that people fear. A family known to practice evil magic.
In Fear Park, you are not going to see ghosts, but you will notice something strange, something overpowering, something deadly.
Robin Fear thinks he is going to win
Robin Fear thinks he has everybody fooled
Until
His magic is not working
Someone has followed him back from the past
The dead are back
The dead are hungry
The dead are out to deliver justice
Robin Fear should be scared
His evil reign is about to be destroyed
The plot twist was great.
October 28, 2023
This was a stupid unfulfilling way to end this three part series. You’re going to tell me these two girls suddenly are able to out smart (I mean I get the outsmarting man has a big ego) and perfect a spell when the dude they are up against is from the 1930s and has had 70 years to perfect his craft. Sometimes we don’t need the ending to be good and hopeful. Personally I wanted it to be bleak it would have fit everything else better. Also major plot hole is why is robin immortal and not his father like what happened there???
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February 25, 2024
While this trilogy was not 100% what I was searching for with theme park thrillers - it was a very entertaining story, and there's a reason R.L. Stine has remained such a staple in Middle Grade and YA Horror despite their age. The balance of horror with minimal graphicness works well for its age range, while creating a thoroughly creepy atmosphere.
If netflix is smart they will continue to adapt from the Fear Street universe since they have access to this I.P. it is filled with fantastic horror content.
If netflix is smart they will continue to adapt from the Fear Street universe since they have access to this I.P. it is filled with fantastic horror content.
April 11, 2024
A most truly great diabolical read! I really enjoyed reading this trilogy. So far the 2nd best fear trilogy I’ve read next to fear saga which is my #1 fave fear street trilogy that I have read so far. Villain is awesomely diabolical. Book 3 has a great twist too.
May 29, 2025
Somehow I felt that Meghan wasn't as stupid as Robin thought she was and I knew that she would factor into his downfall in some way. I figured that she would help Deirdre in some way.
Overall, Robin Fear was a fun character to get as a focaliser and I enjoyed his perspective more than Deirdre.
Overall, Robin Fear was a fun character to get as a focaliser and I enjoyed his perspective more than Deirdre.
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September 29, 2025
The final book gives Robin Fear one last chance to execute his plan and bring Fear Park down for good, but has someone else followed him from the past? Great ending to the Fear Park miniseries. Nice for a Fear Street book to have a happy ending. :)
June 4, 2017
Fear park and Cataluna were my top 2 favorite series from R.L. Stine I just loved them ............. soooooooo good :)
October 5, 2021
The ending left a lot to be desired... rather disappointing since this little series started out very promising
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September 9, 2023
I have never read R.L Stine books and I picked up two books- Fear street ( The cheater ) and Fear park ( The last scream ). I should say both of them were good and fun to read!!
December 3, 2023
Lega di buku ini akhirnya kelakuan robin mulai keungkap dan endingnya cukup menjawab rasa penasaran how mereka ngehadapin kutukan itu :)
February 25, 2025
u know what i can see how his writing gets repetitive but this was still so nostalgic
May 16, 2025
While a bit anticlimactic and rushed at the end, it was a good-enough conclusion that served up some solid poetic horror. Really hope Dierdre's life turned around.
June 3, 2025
Ok, hear me out: an attempted supernatural murder involving cotton candy 😂 that is all.
June 26, 2025
the most unbelievable part was they could take down robin when he’s an evil witch and that’s saying something
August 13, 2016
This book was a quick read that left you with some questions you would like answered.For example, we didn't get to figure out how Robin became evil. As the title states the book is about an amusement park which is Fear park. Fear park was cursed long ago by the Fear family. The Bradley family later bought fear park. They knew about the curse but did not think much of it. Robin played tricks on Meghan and he acted like he was trying to help the park stay open but he was really trying to close it down.The book would have been better if they told more sides of the story. I recommend this book to horror fans and people who think that their families are bad. I am not going to tell you about the whole book because I want you to want to read it instead of me telling you what the whole story is about. Hope you enjoy reading this.
December 13, 2013
The thing I didn't like about the book is that we didn't get to figure out how Robin became evil. As the title states the book is about an amusement park which is Fear park. Fear park was cursed long long ago by the Fear family. Later in life the Bradly family bought fear park. They knew about the curse but did not think much of it. Robin played tricks on Meghan and he acted like he was trying to help the park stay open but he was really trying to close it down.The book would have been better if they told more sides of the story. I recommend this book because it was a quick read. I am not going to tell you about the whole book because I want you to want to figure out if Robin helped or hurt Meghan.
January 27, 2012
I'd say it's a fitting ending to the series. I did like the misdirection and I was glad that . I was disappinted that we still didn't learn what made Robin turn evil. He says that it was a promise to his father and that he wasn't really evil. The book would have been much better had Robin actually showed remorse for the murders and if more of a focus on Robin's want of approval from his father had been apparent. As it is, it just reinforces the idea that Fear's are evil and they can't escape it.
August 21, 2015
This was a great ending to a very fun trilogy.
However, why is Fear Park never mentioned again? I know continuity is not Fear Street's strong suit, but come on - a big amusement park exists right next to Simon Fear's burned out mansion and no one ever visits it again? I'd think the teenagers in this series would be there constantly!
However, why is Fear Park never mentioned again? I know continuity is not Fear Street's strong suit, but come on - a big amusement park exists right next to Simon Fear's burned out mansion and no one ever visits it again? I'd think the teenagers in this series would be there constantly!
July 30, 2018
This saga dragged on for a book-and-a-half longer than it should have. While the idea of a theme park built on cursed land with a cursed 17-year-old committing heinous acts is thrilling, Robin Fear's plight lasts far too long and becomes predictable. Additionally, the bit about him using some special cream to make him immortal feels childishly thrown in to explain the loose ends.
March 23, 2007
I would recommend Fear Street to kids who've matured past the Goosebump Series. It is the same author with a bit more maturity added to the content. Interesting read. I remember enjoying it when I was younger.
December 10, 2013
I feel like these books were way more entertaining when I was a kid, but I guess that makes sense since they're written for kids. It's still fun to revisit them once in a while, and I don't think I ever read this particular one when I was younger.
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