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Fear Park #2
The Loudest Scream
Something is very wrong at Fear Park. People keep getting hurt—or killed.
Dierdre Bradley knows this is the worst time to fall in love. But she can't help herself. Robin Fear is so intense and mysterious. He always acts as if he has a big secret.
He does. Robin wants to destroy Fear Park. And he has a plan—a plan that will cost Dierdre her life!
Dierdre Bradley knows this is the worst time to fall in love. But she can't help herself. Robin Fear is so intense and mysterious. He always acts as if he has a big secret.
He does. Robin wants to destroy Fear Park. And he has a plan—a plan that will cost Dierdre her life!
149 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published September 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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March 10, 2020
Upon finishing Book 1, it took me a while to find Book 2. I remember I just found this in a local bookstore and hurriedly paid for it.
July 10, 2012
Moral of the Story: Purple smoke is bad news (Sorry, Prince).
Body Count: Quite a lot... Gunther, 12 in the Hall of Mirrors, and Jared with his three friends
The Usual Suspects: Robin Fear, Jared (framed)
The Actual Suspects: See above
Gaping Plot Holes: None, really, but it does bother me that RL Stine uses the term "immortal" when Robin Fear would have still been alive in the 1990s most likely... he just would have been 70 instead of 16. Also how when his face decays they say that it's all rotting and shit. Again, he wouldn't have been dead. Shouldn't his face just be wrinkled on one side? Or is decayed flesh the price one pays for immortality?
Plot: This book could alternatively be titled "The Consequences for Cheating Cheaters." So, to recap a tiny bit, the book opens with Deirdre Bradley and Robin Fear at Paul's funeral. Paul is Deirdre's former boyfriend. The narrator tells us that she loved him, but I call bullshit because Deirdre was cheating on Paul with Robin while Paul was still alive. In fact, Robin has gone from victim (in the first book) to murderous killer in the second. He has made himself immortal from the 1930s in order to stop Fear Park from ever being built (it was against his father's wishes). However, he isn't alone. He made sure to bring back the sole survivor of the Hatchet Massacre, Meghan, former girlfriend of Richard Bradley (whom she cheated on with Robin). In present day Meghan is still with Robin and believes herself his only one, but he is cheating on her with Deirdre. Confused yet? This is quite a bit of fuckery, to be sure. Anyway, Robin doesn't care about either of them, as his only goal is to get Fear Park shut down for good. He didn't succeed with the death of Paul, and the park still opens the next day. His only plan is to use his evil powers (involving purple smoke!) to kill as many people as possible until the town forces Mr. Bradley to shut down the park. This book is mostly comprised of each of these evil schemes he hatches in order to get his way (while still maintaining his sweet innocence to Deirdre and Meghan).
His first plan is to feed Gunther, who works with the animals, to the lions. Literally. Every morning Gunther feeds the lions meat. Robin decides to feed them Gunther instead. Jared is Paul's brother and also looking to get Fear Park closed down, as he blames Mr. Bradley for his death. I don't know why Robin doesn't use him as an ally, but he instead uses him as a pawn throughout the book. Jared and his friends are stupid enough to constantly fall in his trap. Jared gets into a scuffle with Gunther and is seeking payback. Robin suggests that Jared catch Gunther in the morning while he is feeding the lions and spook him - make him think they are going to push him over the cliff. Jared follows this plan and he and his friends corner Gunther the next morning. Just as they are about to really make him think they'll push him, purple smoke rises up from the cliff and Gunther goes into a trance. Under Robin's watchful gaze, he walks himself right off the cliff and breaks his neck on the rocks below. The lions proceed to feast on his flesh. Jared gets sick when he sees Gunther's body, and his friends have to help haul him away. They are approached by security guards on their descent, but they are not under any type of suspicion. Yet.
Robin's next scheme is once again aided by Jared's pea-size brain. They figure one way to spook Mr. Bradley into giving up on the park is to plant firecrackers in the House of Mirrors. Now, if death hasn't already scared him off, I don't know why firecrackers would, but I am not Jared. Robin sees the boys planting the firecrackers in the Hall of Mirrors, natch. He tries to get Deirdre to go inside so he can kill her in his next plan. She is busy and refuses, but Robin thinks it would be a shame to waste this perfect opportunity for death (how very Margo Black of him!). He summons the purple smoke and chants out a spell that will detonate the firecrackers into a bomb. The ensuing explosion kills 12 people and injures 20-some others. Robin is delighted. He thinks his work is finally done.
Wrong. That STILL doesn't work, because Mr. Bradley insists he is a man with a dream (MLK reincarnated, perhaps?), and that he has worked tirelessly for this and will not give up no matter what. Robin thinks this is a shame because he will have to continue his attempts on Deirdre's life. He also now wants to find out a way to get rid of the similarly immortal Meghan (who gave up her life for this clown). Meanwhile, Jared and Co. are terrified for their lives. Instead of helping to clear their names, Robin has given the police descriptions of Jared and his three friends as the ones who set off the bomb in the Hall of Mirrors. When Jared comes back to beg Robin to help them, since he's the only witness who can, Robin suggests that they wait in a shed in Fear Park and then claim a kidnap victim in order to get the police and the television to listen to them. Yeah, that's smart. But of course Jared buys it! Robin lures Deirdre into the shed and then Jared pretends to knock Robin out so that Deirdre won't suspect anything. The clever minx breaks free though, and just as Robin wakes up and she signals to him that she's escaping through the window, the purple smoke comes back. Seems that Robin has changed tactics. Instead of waiting for the police he plans to kill Jared and Co. right there. The smoke engulfs each of them and stretches at their skin until it pops and their eyeballs fall out and all sorts of other gruesome shit. It starts to climb up Deirdre until it stops and she wonders if she is dead (the first sign that you aren't). She sees the body parts everywhere and starts to freak out until Robin comes over and promises her it's all right and that he will take "very good care" of her. I'll bet. A real charmer, that one.
Meanwhile, towards the end of the book Deirdre starts getting weird information. Someone slips a picture under her door of Robin Fear at the Hatchet Massacre in 1935. She thinks immediately it must be him, but when she confronts him about it he insists that it is his grandfather. Then Deirdre gets a strange call from a person who tells her to stay away from Robin Fear, and that they have to talk before she is in any more danger. She also talks to Robin about this, but his eyes start to glaze over (too bad - he should be concerned). Robin thinks that it has to be Meghan - she's the only one who knows. That's the thing about immortality, Rob - you can never be sure WHO really knows the truth. Some people want it so bad they would know right away.
To be continued.... DUN DUN DUN!!!!
Body Count: Quite a lot... Gunther, 12 in the Hall of Mirrors, and Jared with his three friends
The Usual Suspects: Robin Fear, Jared (framed)
The Actual Suspects: See above
Gaping Plot Holes: None, really, but it does bother me that RL Stine uses the term "immortal" when Robin Fear would have still been alive in the 1990s most likely... he just would have been 70 instead of 16. Also how when his face decays they say that it's all rotting and shit. Again, he wouldn't have been dead. Shouldn't his face just be wrinkled on one side? Or is decayed flesh the price one pays for immortality?
Plot: This book could alternatively be titled "The Consequences for Cheating Cheaters." So, to recap a tiny bit, the book opens with Deirdre Bradley and Robin Fear at Paul's funeral. Paul is Deirdre's former boyfriend. The narrator tells us that she loved him, but I call bullshit because Deirdre was cheating on Paul with Robin while Paul was still alive. In fact, Robin has gone from victim (in the first book) to murderous killer in the second. He has made himself immortal from the 1930s in order to stop Fear Park from ever being built (it was against his father's wishes). However, he isn't alone. He made sure to bring back the sole survivor of the Hatchet Massacre, Meghan, former girlfriend of Richard Bradley (whom she cheated on with Robin). In present day Meghan is still with Robin and believes herself his only one, but he is cheating on her with Deirdre. Confused yet? This is quite a bit of fuckery, to be sure. Anyway, Robin doesn't care about either of them, as his only goal is to get Fear Park shut down for good. He didn't succeed with the death of Paul, and the park still opens the next day. His only plan is to use his evil powers (involving purple smoke!) to kill as many people as possible until the town forces Mr. Bradley to shut down the park. This book is mostly comprised of each of these evil schemes he hatches in order to get his way (while still maintaining his sweet innocence to Deirdre and Meghan).
His first plan is to feed Gunther, who works with the animals, to the lions. Literally. Every morning Gunther feeds the lions meat. Robin decides to feed them Gunther instead. Jared is Paul's brother and also looking to get Fear Park closed down, as he blames Mr. Bradley for his death. I don't know why Robin doesn't use him as an ally, but he instead uses him as a pawn throughout the book. Jared and his friends are stupid enough to constantly fall in his trap. Jared gets into a scuffle with Gunther and is seeking payback. Robin suggests that Jared catch Gunther in the morning while he is feeding the lions and spook him - make him think they are going to push him over the cliff. Jared follows this plan and he and his friends corner Gunther the next morning. Just as they are about to really make him think they'll push him, purple smoke rises up from the cliff and Gunther goes into a trance. Under Robin's watchful gaze, he walks himself right off the cliff and breaks his neck on the rocks below. The lions proceed to feast on his flesh. Jared gets sick when he sees Gunther's body, and his friends have to help haul him away. They are approached by security guards on their descent, but they are not under any type of suspicion. Yet.
Robin's next scheme is once again aided by Jared's pea-size brain. They figure one way to spook Mr. Bradley into giving up on the park is to plant firecrackers in the House of Mirrors. Now, if death hasn't already scared him off, I don't know why firecrackers would, but I am not Jared. Robin sees the boys planting the firecrackers in the Hall of Mirrors, natch. He tries to get Deirdre to go inside so he can kill her in his next plan. She is busy and refuses, but Robin thinks it would be a shame to waste this perfect opportunity for death (how very Margo Black of him!). He summons the purple smoke and chants out a spell that will detonate the firecrackers into a bomb. The ensuing explosion kills 12 people and injures 20-some others. Robin is delighted. He thinks his work is finally done.
Wrong. That STILL doesn't work, because Mr. Bradley insists he is a man with a dream (MLK reincarnated, perhaps?), and that he has worked tirelessly for this and will not give up no matter what. Robin thinks this is a shame because he will have to continue his attempts on Deirdre's life. He also now wants to find out a way to get rid of the similarly immortal Meghan (who gave up her life for this clown). Meanwhile, Jared and Co. are terrified for their lives. Instead of helping to clear their names, Robin has given the police descriptions of Jared and his three friends as the ones who set off the bomb in the Hall of Mirrors. When Jared comes back to beg Robin to help them, since he's the only witness who can, Robin suggests that they wait in a shed in Fear Park and then claim a kidnap victim in order to get the police and the television to listen to them. Yeah, that's smart. But of course Jared buys it! Robin lures Deirdre into the shed and then Jared pretends to knock Robin out so that Deirdre won't suspect anything. The clever minx breaks free though, and just as Robin wakes up and she signals to him that she's escaping through the window, the purple smoke comes back. Seems that Robin has changed tactics. Instead of waiting for the police he plans to kill Jared and Co. right there. The smoke engulfs each of them and stretches at their skin until it pops and their eyeballs fall out and all sorts of other gruesome shit. It starts to climb up Deirdre until it stops and she wonders if she is dead (the first sign that you aren't). She sees the body parts everywhere and starts to freak out until Robin comes over and promises her it's all right and that he will take "very good care" of her. I'll bet. A real charmer, that one.
Meanwhile, towards the end of the book Deirdre starts getting weird information. Someone slips a picture under her door of Robin Fear at the Hatchet Massacre in 1935. She thinks immediately it must be him, but when she confronts him about it he insists that it is his grandfather. Then Deirdre gets a strange call from a person who tells her to stay away from Robin Fear, and that they have to talk before she is in any more danger. She also talks to Robin about this, but his eyes start to glaze over (too bad - he should be concerned). Robin thinks that it has to be Meghan - she's the only one who knows. That's the thing about immortality, Rob - you can never be sure WHO really knows the truth. Some people want it so bad they would know right away.
To be continued.... DUN DUN DUN!!!!
August 25, 2024
The Fear Park series is gnarlyyyy. It's RL at his amped up, gross out best, TBH. Let's be honest, there are some editions of Fear Street where not a whole lot excitement happens, but I feel like with the Fear Park series, you're bound to get some action.
Some grody spoilers:
Anyway, Robin Fear will stop at nothing to get Fear Park closed down for good, body count be damned. Can't wait to see how this all ends in part 3!
Some grody spoilers:
Anyway, Robin Fear will stop at nothing to get Fear Park closed down for good, body count be damned. Can't wait to see how this all ends in part 3!
June 30, 2023
Truly a never-ending roller coaster of skin-popping, bone-crunching, limb-chopping fun.
Like, who even cares about the plot at this point.
“Deliciously gruesome”, as Rob would say.
Like, who even cares about the plot at this point.
“Deliciously gruesome”, as Rob would say.
July 17, 2023
Spoilers ahead because you know trilogy...
In 1935, Robin Fear learned the dark arts from his father Nicholas to make sure that the plan to build an amusement park on land belonging to their family would never happen. His father killing the main person in charge, Jack Bradley, didn't hinder the project but Robin having the teenage workers on the crew to cut down stumps of the cleared trees hacking each other to death delayed the process for at least six decades.
Jack Bradley was Deirdre Bradley's grandfather and now her father, Jason, plans to finally open Fear Park after all these years.
Deirdre is trying to keep positive for dad putting all of his time and hard work in realizing their family's dream but it's at a terrible cost because she just lost her boyfriend, Paul Malone, in a terrible accident involving the Ferris Wheel decapitating him and crushing his body.
Or maybe Deirdre is just feeling guilty because she wasn't being faithful to Paul, sneaking around and kissing another boy named Rob. A shoulder to cry on after her devastating loss, Deirdre doesn't know that she is in real danger.
Rob has taken over Paul's job on the Ferris Wheel and in being hired, learns that his name is Robin...Robin Fear. Not junior or the Third but Robin Fear who was a seventeen year old in 1935 and has remained that way through the dark arts of the Fear family. His father may be gone but Robin plans on carrying on Nicholas Fear's vendetta to make sure the amusement park never opens.
Dierdre and her father don't believe in all the rumors about the Fear family curse and couldn't care less that "Rob" is a Fear. Working at the park allows Robin to be close so he can find a way that will convince Jason Bradley to close down Fear Park and learning everything he can from a very trusting and naive Deirdre.
Robin also has a perfect scapegoat to help along his plans: Paul's younger brother Jared and his dumb friends. Jared isn't happy that the park is still open after his brother's death, that Jason Bradley could care less about Paul since he found a replacement not even a minute after he was dead. Jared is steamed when he can't even get a job at the park to earn some cash and his anger is going to be key in Robin's plans.
Grisly incidents at Fear Park involve bloody fatalities soon after and Jared and his pals can't help but be in the wrong places at the wrong time when Robin uses his dark magic. When those don't seem to hinder Jason Bradley from shutting the place down permanently, Robin knows that going through Deirdre in outright killing her might just be the only way.
How many more lives will have to be lost before Fear Park closes its doors forever? Will it take the death of his daughter to make Jason Bradley shut it down and allow Robin Fear to finally win after sixty years and finish his father's work?
The gore ups the ante in this second installment to keep you interested and dismiss most of the teen angst drama. There are a lot of deaths in this one so if you are extremely squeamish just be warned! I didn't block them out but once certain details popped up...I mentally prepared myself and my stomach.
Going to keep the five stars because since this was the last trilogy in the original Fear Street run, it goes hard to deliver.
Anything else to say would spoil a few of the surprises in The Loudest Scream and it is by far the best one...so far.
In 1935, Robin Fear learned the dark arts from his father Nicholas to make sure that the plan to build an amusement park on land belonging to their family would never happen. His father killing the main person in charge, Jack Bradley, didn't hinder the project but Robin having the teenage workers on the crew to cut down stumps of the cleared trees hacking each other to death delayed the process for at least six decades.
Jack Bradley was Deirdre Bradley's grandfather and now her father, Jason, plans to finally open Fear Park after all these years.
Deirdre is trying to keep positive for dad putting all of his time and hard work in realizing their family's dream but it's at a terrible cost because she just lost her boyfriend, Paul Malone, in a terrible accident involving the Ferris Wheel decapitating him and crushing his body.
Or maybe Deirdre is just feeling guilty because she wasn't being faithful to Paul, sneaking around and kissing another boy named Rob. A shoulder to cry on after her devastating loss, Deirdre doesn't know that she is in real danger.
Rob has taken over Paul's job on the Ferris Wheel and in being hired, learns that his name is Robin...Robin Fear. Not junior or the Third but Robin Fear who was a seventeen year old in 1935 and has remained that way through the dark arts of the Fear family. His father may be gone but Robin plans on carrying on Nicholas Fear's vendetta to make sure the amusement park never opens.
Dierdre and her father don't believe in all the rumors about the Fear family curse and couldn't care less that "Rob" is a Fear. Working at the park allows Robin to be close so he can find a way that will convince Jason Bradley to close down Fear Park and learning everything he can from a very trusting and naive Deirdre.
Robin also has a perfect scapegoat to help along his plans: Paul's younger brother Jared and his dumb friends. Jared isn't happy that the park is still open after his brother's death, that Jason Bradley could care less about Paul since he found a replacement not even a minute after he was dead. Jared is steamed when he can't even get a job at the park to earn some cash and his anger is going to be key in Robin's plans.
Grisly incidents at Fear Park involve bloody fatalities soon after and Jared and his pals can't help but be in the wrong places at the wrong time when Robin uses his dark magic. When those don't seem to hinder Jason Bradley from shutting the place down permanently, Robin knows that going through Deirdre in outright killing her might just be the only way.
How many more lives will have to be lost before Fear Park closes its doors forever? Will it take the death of his daughter to make Jason Bradley shut it down and allow Robin Fear to finally win after sixty years and finish his father's work?
The gore ups the ante in this second installment to keep you interested and dismiss most of the teen angst drama. There are a lot of deaths in this one so if you are extremely squeamish just be warned! I didn't block them out but once certain details popped up...I mentally prepared myself and my stomach.
Going to keep the five stars because since this was the last trilogy in the original Fear Street run, it goes hard to deliver.
Anything else to say would spoil a few of the surprises in The Loudest Scream and it is by far the best one...so far.
March 30, 2020
Heavens to Betsy, did Stine ever let his imagination run wild with the deaths in this book! If you're looking for traditional slasher-film-esque gore, THIS is the Fear Street you're looking for.
June 6, 2025
3.5 rounded up to 4! Lots of Robin scheming and succeeding at killing people, but failing at getting the park closed. His little fits and sassy inner dialogue made me laugh. He really is the worst though 😆 Really crazy, off the wall UNHINGED deaths in this series.
November 23, 2014
How did we end up here
I have a need for cheese that requires regular feeding. Plus there’s something about these old school YA horror novels that really tickle my fancy and I can’t get enough of them. And I collect them. So . . .
Okay, book. You've got 50 pages. Go!
Fifty pages is nearly half the book in this case so I would be in it to win it regardless. Thankfully it’s not a total book of torture and fits nicely into Stine’s cheesy repertoire. What the blurb above doesn’t tell you is WHY it’s a bad time for Dierdre to fall in love. It’s not finals week or anything. It’s because she’s doing it at the funeral for her last boyfriend that got squished under a collapsed Ferris wheel. Yeah. May want to elaborate on that “bad time,” don’t you think? One simply does not read RL Stine cheese for a realistic romance. So tuck that aside right now.
Add to it the evil villain, mustache-twirling plotting and hints of supernatural elements and I’d be doing the YA horror world a disservice if I didn’t keep reading. Here’s an author that’s so incredibly unapologetic for the blatant evillry he writes that I can’t help but admire him. No punches pulled or shrubbery beaten. Shit happens, people die, get used, murdered by cotton candy, whatever. It is what it is and that makes it awesome.
What worked . . .
The ridiculous deaths. Stine loves those so hard he keeps upping himself. From the purple smoke that jerkies people to the killer carnival rides to the firecrackers that make people’s limbs blow off, they’re all glorious. This is horror, bitch! Body parts are supposed to fly!
What didn't work . . .
Like I said above, the romance, but that’s not what I read Stine for so I wouldn’t make it a mark against him for this.
Character development, on the other hand, isn’t his strong suit. Characters are very flat, pigeon-holed and molded to fit the plot. But I’m okay with that because it’s what I expect reading this stuff. It’s the paper version of a B-Movie and it makes me all sorts of happy despite its cheesiness.
And in the end . . .
Since this is Fear Park #2 I really need to get my hands on 1 and 3 to properly round out this sub-series because I am completely out on a limb here. HOW DOES THIS END? I must know. For my own mental well-being I must have closure. Does Dierdre die and Robin get his revenge? Or does Robin somehow get flipped inside out like that pig thing in that Tim Allen Stark Trek convention spoof movie and everyone breathes a big sigh of relief? I DON’T KNOW. I am currently incomplete.
I have a need for cheese that requires regular feeding. Plus there’s something about these old school YA horror novels that really tickle my fancy and I can’t get enough of them. And I collect them. So . . .
Okay, book. You've got 50 pages. Go!
Fifty pages is nearly half the book in this case so I would be in it to win it regardless. Thankfully it’s not a total book of torture and fits nicely into Stine’s cheesy repertoire. What the blurb above doesn’t tell you is WHY it’s a bad time for Dierdre to fall in love. It’s not finals week or anything. It’s because she’s doing it at the funeral for her last boyfriend that got squished under a collapsed Ferris wheel. Yeah. May want to elaborate on that “bad time,” don’t you think? One simply does not read RL Stine cheese for a realistic romance. So tuck that aside right now.
Add to it the evil villain, mustache-twirling plotting and hints of supernatural elements and I’d be doing the YA horror world a disservice if I didn’t keep reading. Here’s an author that’s so incredibly unapologetic for the blatant evillry he writes that I can’t help but admire him. No punches pulled or shrubbery beaten. Shit happens, people die, get used, murdered by cotton candy, whatever. It is what it is and that makes it awesome.
What worked . . .
The ridiculous deaths. Stine loves those so hard he keeps upping himself. From the purple smoke that jerkies people to the killer carnival rides to the firecrackers that make people’s limbs blow off, they’re all glorious. This is horror, bitch! Body parts are supposed to fly!
What didn't work . . .
Like I said above, the romance, but that’s not what I read Stine for so I wouldn’t make it a mark against him for this.
Character development, on the other hand, isn’t his strong suit. Characters are very flat, pigeon-holed and molded to fit the plot. But I’m okay with that because it’s what I expect reading this stuff. It’s the paper version of a B-Movie and it makes me all sorts of happy despite its cheesiness.
And in the end . . .
Since this is Fear Park #2 I really need to get my hands on 1 and 3 to properly round out this sub-series because I am completely out on a limb here. HOW DOES THIS END? I must know. For my own mental well-being I must have closure. Does Dierdre die and Robin get his revenge? Or does Robin somehow get flipped inside out like that pig thing in that Tim Allen Stark Trek convention spoof movie and everyone breathes a big sigh of relief? I DON’T KNOW. I am currently incomplete.
January 24, 2012
Middle books in trilogies have a big job to do. They have to keep the action going and the reader interested enough to read the final book. This book does a good job of that. The reader has some questions answered that were left over from the first book and there's a good deal more violence. It also introduces a mystery person. I have to say, though, having a wildlife park with the amusement park is really weird.
May 9, 2018
Don't judge this book off of my rating. This is the only book in the trilogy my library had so I can't really say if it is good or bad. Three stars are my rating on most of R.L. Stine's books so I figured that was a safe amount.
August 21, 2015
I really wish that it was explained better why
June 9, 2010
it was a good book but not as good as some of other R.L Stine books!
November 15, 2010
Dierdre is soo innocent/navie!!
February 17, 2011
this book is really scary. I seriously don't recommend this for kids unless they have read books where someone good has gotten their head slashed off when they didn't do anything wrong.
December 31, 2017
I read this book while in middle school. I was a HUGE R.L. Stine fan and like most of his other books, I couldn't put it down.
June 30, 2013
Good sequel! Thrilled what happens in the next part...
November 15, 2013
this book was very intence at some times. it was a good thriller/mysterey book. i would recamend this book to someone a little younger then my self because of the suspence!
July 20, 2015
This Fear Street is one of my kind full of twists and turns. I'm unable to get the first and last part of this trilogy. So someone please give me the remaining parts at least The last part.
July 29, 2017
Just plain amazing! R. L Stine's best work, along with Fear Hall. If you're still into Young Adult (which I'm not anymore) I highly recommend it!
June 4, 2017
Fear park and Cataluna were my top 2 favorite series from R.L. Stine I just loved them ............. soooooooo good :)
October 26, 2019
Reviewed on Lili Lost in a Book
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! Wtf, bro! Shut it down! He’s gonna get so many lawsuits. Lol.
One of the ways Robin tries to get the park shut down is by using this guy, Jared as a pawn for all his murders. It was kinda fun, but also, why not just get to the point and kill everyone immediately? He has all this magic at his disposal, so why not end it quick? This book was pretty much just Robin pranking Jared and his friends in the worst way possible. Lol. And I just could not believe how dumb those guys were. It was incredible. Lol.
This was another okay book. I liked the setting at an amusement park, but the story was kinda meh. It just felt very dragged out. The kills were pretty cool though—nice and gory. I still don’t like Dierdre and am kinda rooting for Robin, tbh. But I guess we’ll see how things turn out in the last book of the series.
The Fear Street connection: Robin Fear and the Fear Park in the Fear Street Woods!
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! Wtf, bro! Shut it down! He’s gonna get so many lawsuits. Lol.
One of the ways Robin tries to get the park shut down is by using this guy, Jared as a pawn for all his murders. It was kinda fun, but also, why not just get to the point and kill everyone immediately? He has all this magic at his disposal, so why not end it quick? This book was pretty much just Robin pranking Jared and his friends in the worst way possible. Lol. And I just could not believe how dumb those guys were. It was incredible. Lol.
This was another okay book. I liked the setting at an amusement park, but the story was kinda meh. It just felt very dragged out. The kills were pretty cool though—nice and gory. I still don’t like Dierdre and am kinda rooting for Robin, tbh. But I guess we’ll see how things turn out in the last book of the series.
The Fear Street connection: Robin Fear and the Fear Park in the Fear Street Woods!
April 7, 2019
The second book in the Fear Park Trilogy. Robin has used dark magic to make himself immortal, but he also magicked Meghan cause he was in love with her. So they're eternally 17 and hidden away in their Fear home. Robin convinces her he's trying to save the park and protect the Bradley's from his father's curse when in actuality he's continuing the legacy of terror and trying to shut down the park for good. He's dating Deidre now that he killed her boyfriend in a ferris wheel accident. Paul's brother Jared vows revenge on Jason Bradley for not honoring his brother more...and Robin uses them as pawns to continue his revenge. More deaths occur and they're gruesome and graphic...all trailing after some purple smoke. After witnessing Jared and his friends get pulled apart, Deidre agrees to confront her father about closing the park and ending the evil.
The elements were all there for a decent story but I just am feeling really underwhelmed by this trilogy. Like, there's no suspense maybe? Things are just happening without the build up. Even Meghan discovering Robin making out with Deidre was lackluster. There feels like pieces missing here. Only one left though!
The elements were all there for a decent story but I just am feeling really underwhelmed by this trilogy. Like, there's no suspense maybe? Things are just happening without the build up. Even Meghan discovering Robin making out with Deidre was lackluster. There feels like pieces missing here. Only one left though!
July 3, 2025
I always feel like the middle entry of a trilogy kind of lags. Not that there aren’t some gruesome deaths. We follow Deidre and her father as he continues to open the amusement park, all while Robin Fear does anything he can to stop it. A lot of filler with extra characters that don’t add much to the story except to add to the body count. Spoilers the deaths were pretty good a man eaten by a lion, a house of mirrors exploding killing a bunch and hurting even more and finally more of the purple smoke making peoples bodies pop apart. Pretty cool. But even with all the tragedy Mr Bradley still wants the park open. Such a dumbass.
March 12, 2020
Okay, maybe I'm stupid for reading this one first, but I don't think I can get The First Scream in my hands any time soon. Anyways, I have to say that I don't give it one star because I absolutely hated it, but because I didn't like it enough to make it to the second star.
The main characters are the worst.
Dierdre has close to no common sense, ignores all the hints and is just a headache.
Robin? Don't get me started, he's way too twisted to even be human, yet he's so predictable, he never managed to shock me with his ways, and they were too over the top for them not to be shocking.
The main characters are the worst.
Dierdre has close to no common sense, ignores all the hints and is just a headache.
Robin? Don't get me started, he's way too twisted to even be human, yet he's so predictable, he never managed to shock me with his ways, and they were too over the top for them not to be shocking.
May 16, 2025
Felt a bit like a classic Fear Street story, what with characters being abducted later on. However, this is another set-piecey entry with lots of death and gore. Lions eat someone after they're compelled to throw themselves over a cliff and die on the way down; a house of mirrors explodes and the shards maim or kill bystanders; finally, more characters pretty much combust via magic spell. There's really no mystery going on here, as you're privy to the mastermind's identity and thoughts all along. Still and all, it's a wickedly delicious journey.
June 16, 2020
Tidak 'semenegangkan' buku pertama, walaupun jumlah korban dan cara meninggalnya tetap wow. Nggak ada twist berarti. Tapi mungkin di buku ketiga bakal ada kejutan. Seseorang dari masa lalu, mungkin? Atau akhir yang tak terduga bagi Robin Fear?
Yang manapun, saya setuju dengan keluarga Fear yang menolak taman hiburan Fear Park. Apalagi sampai mengambil paksa lahan orang dengan dalih demi kesejahteraan kota.
Yang manapun, saya setuju dengan keluarga Fear yang menolak taman hiburan Fear Park. Apalagi sampai mengambil paksa lahan orang dengan dalih demi kesejahteraan kota.
July 2, 2022
While the concept of the Fear Street amusement park is excellent, this book definitely was written in the phase of Stine's career where he seemed to run out of ideas and just put some nonsense on a page. Moreover, I have no idea why this is a trilogy and wasn't just combined into a single book!
September 15, 2023
Lets return to Fear Park or should we call it Scream Park.
Imagine the curse continuing on.
Imagine the method of horror extreme.
Imagine blood streaming.
Remember
No Fear wants that park.
They will do anything to stop it.
Anything
Imagine the curse continuing on.
Imagine the method of horror extreme.
Imagine blood streaming.
Remember
No Fear wants that park.
They will do anything to stop it.
Anything
August 17, 2025
None of the characters were likeable and most of them were utterly naive. its beyond me how the characters were so easily manipulated by the lousiest lie. My first book featuring a villain as main character but it was a good ride. Story was so dumb that it was funny
September 26, 2025
Set in the present day, Robin Fear has found a way to keep both him and Meghan young. 60 years after the original Fear Park was slated to open, Robin is still working diligently to make sure the latest attempt to open it is unsuccessful as he dates Deirdre, the daughter of the owner. This is a fun one with some jealous girlfriend angles and some creative death scenes.
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