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Class Trip
Angie Parker used to be a nobody at Oakbridge High. Then she shed a few pounds, her glasses, and her “loser” image. Now she’s become part of the hottest clique at school. When spring break rolls around, Angie can’t wait to go on a canoe trip with her new friends to isolated Shadow Island. But when one of the guys dies mysteriously, it looks like they’re camping out with a murderer! After a storm destroys their canoes, the group discovers that they’re trapped on Shadow Island. Angie and the others watch helplessly as, one by one, the kids in their group meet horrible deaths. Soon, only the murderer and the final victim will be left on Shadow Island—but will Angie survive that long?
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First published January 1, 1993
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April 18, 2017
Tee hee! I was busting a gut a while back, trying to remember what the hell this book was called, then it suddenly came to me (so I thought I'd leave a review).
I used to love this book. Of course, this was prior to me reading Agatha Christie's 'And Then There Were None' - whose plot this book heavily borrows from. As a young teen, I completely devoured this; I loved the whole 'poor little nerd girl gets her revenge' storyline and it was highly satisfying to watch all the characters get bumped off one by one.
I may have to read it again sometime soon... if I can get a copy!
I used to love this book. Of course, this was prior to me reading Agatha Christie's 'And Then There Were None' - whose plot this book heavily borrows from. As a young teen, I completely devoured this; I loved the whole 'poor little nerd girl gets her revenge' storyline and it was highly satisfying to watch all the characters get bumped off one by one.
I may have to read it again sometime soon... if I can get a copy!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 5, 2025
So much drama!
This was much darker than a Point Horror, the stakes are higher and deaths aren't pranks.
4 pulpy stars.
This was much darker than a Point Horror, the stakes are higher and deaths aren't pranks.
4 pulpy stars.
September 11, 2021
3.5 stars
Class Trip is about seven teenagers who take a trip to Shadow Island. Their hopes of a good time are soon dashed when they find out there is a serial killer in their midst and the teens are being picked off one by one!
This was a quick and fun read that scratched the itch for some 90s nostalgia. I liked the writing style and thought the characters and their dialogue were believable. I did find part of the story to be predictable but that doesn’t mean I didn’t still enjoy watching the story unfold!
Class Trip is about seven teenagers who take a trip to Shadow Island. Their hopes of a good time are soon dashed when they find out there is a serial killer in their midst and the teens are being picked off one by one!
This was a quick and fun read that scratched the itch for some 90s nostalgia. I liked the writing style and thought the characters and their dialogue were believable. I did find part of the story to be predictable but that doesn’t mean I didn’t still enjoy watching the story unfold!
March 5, 2023
decent fun, but the book's greatest fault was its painful predictability. the killer was *so* obvious, and this means a lot coming from someone who rarely ever guesses the guilty party. the biggest mystery to me here is the yellow bus on the cover. it never ever appeared in the story, since the cast (a pretty small one, too, there's no full class here) traveled by rowboats. oh well.
but: the pure slasher, stuck-on-a-rainy island vibes were lovely and i really liked the atmosphere here. the writing was okay, the characters weren't so bad, the dialogue made me laugh a bit a few times too. it had its charm, that's for sure.
but: the pure slasher, stuck-on-a-rainy island vibes were lovely and i really liked the atmosphere here. the writing was okay, the characters weren't so bad, the dialogue made me laugh a bit a few times too. it had its charm, that's for sure.
March 15, 2024
Now there is a reasoning for only giving this three stars which I will try and explain...
Bebe Faas Rice is good at building up atmosphere and promising thrills in the books which I have read so far. Out of those, this is the most YA book you typically expect.
Privileged teens that treat each other like dirt behind their backs yet put on the right face at the right time. We are given a prologue that is quite the spoiler but yet we know it is going to be the hero and the villain so interesting way to start...
Our narrator is Angie Parker, a girl who went from nerdy duckling to social swan. Lost weight, got contacts, the right clothes and is now a part of the in crowd. Nothing different but yet there is a reason for the personal makeover.
Doing it in memory of a boy named Michael and we can gather that he didn't just break Angie's heart and move away before the reveal...or is it?
Despite being cool now, Angie is obviously smart to help the girls who are more beauty than brains but still smart enough to manipulate boys and adults.
Christabel Collins is Oakbridge High's early 1990's Queen Bee. Blonde cheerleader dating a football player with her little brunette sidekick who hangs on her every word.
That would be Melaine Downes. Even if Christabel is the leader, Melaine is the extremely bitchy one and she really has it out for Angie. Despite their different looks, Angie's family is more successful than Melaine's because Angie's dad is a big time pharmacist and owns a chain of stores.
This is also an awful swelled head for Melaine and Christabel to have considering that they are juniors. It is also clear to Angie, as a former observer, that Christabel isn't all that interested in her boyfriend, Ron Johnson.
Good-looking senior football star yet smart enough to be a part of the student government and at least three other clubs. Still not enough to notice that he is just being used for his popularity until he graduates...no long distance pining romance for Christabel in the future.
We get introduced to some more characters.
Tracy Fisher is a junior who has already gotten herself a scholarship for being an advanced swimmer and attending Stanford. Eats like a Great White Shark but doesn't gain weight and Angie remarks that all of the meat on her body is all in the right places. Sounds like she could be another snob but actually she isn't...Tracy just happens to be checking of all the right boxes for being a part of the popular clique.
Chip Marshall has the pleasure of being Melanie's boyfriend. Athletic and good-looking but apparently that is all he is good at because Angie mentions that he isn't very smart to be going out with Melaine when plenty of other girls are out there. Chip is a typical high school boy full of jokes and thinking about making out in the woods.
We have one more main character but why is this group of seven teenagers out in the woods to begin with?
Technically they haven't set off yet but it is an annual Spring Break outing courtesy of Mr. Holmberg, head of the science department at Oakbridge. He takes a group of students on a trip to a place called Shadow Island in the middle of the lake for a camp out to identify flora and fauna and gives extra credit for those who go.
Christabel needs the extra points to make sure she gets into a good college to please Mommy and Daddy. It won't hurt if Angie can come along and give her some help...
Tracy already has the scholarship but she might lose it because all of the swim team practice has cut into her study time. A pretty likeable person she just wants Angie to come along too.
Ron and Chip mainly want to come because the trip involves camping, canoeing, hiking in the woods and doing the manly things that come with it like no shaving and no showering. Well maybe not because Melaine will go if Christabel goes and what red-blooded teenage boy could turn down an overnight with their girls around?
That probably won't happen since Mr. Holmberg and his wife are their chaperones but horny teens can be sneaky...
The last teen on this trip is James Sherwood.
James is coming on the trip so that he can make up his grades falling because he had to miss classes last fall. Angie thought he was visiting his sick grandmother but Christabel and Melaine set her straight.
James had been depressed so his parents pulled him out of school and he was in a hospital for treatment due to suffering an emotional breakdown.
The teens last night in town before canoeing down the river to a hunting cabin on an island in the middle of a lake is to go for pizza while the Holmbergs stay at the hostel and enjoy some hot cocoa.
It is where we learn some more about James from Angie.
He is good-looking but not athletic like a jock despite being well put together with his face and shoulders and waist. James has known Ron and Chip since childhood and is clearly the smartest one out of the three but in a way where they respect his intelligence.
When Melaine points out a guy to Christabel saying that he looks like a geek who had a crush on her, it brings a point to the surface that is a major factor in where the story goes so for anyone who has yet to read this book...I'll skip it.
On the way back, there is a police roadblock where the teens learn that a man named Amos Fletcher has escaped from a mental hospital. The police warn he isn't dangerous yet crazy but he did stab a guy once. He didn't die from the stabbing but that isn't consolation for Melaine or Christabel who have to be rude about it since Amos didn't go to jail for attacking a man in self-defense.
The next morning, Mr. and Mrs. Holmberg are sick as dogs with intestinal problems and it looks like the trip is going to be cancelled until they both feel better. The teens all make up excuses saying they can go and handle everything while the couple try and get better and they don't really get a straight answer because poor Mrs. Holmberg only comes down to tell them the bad news and rushes from the kitchen.
They take that moment to pack up everything and take the canoes rented out to the island. Once they make the way to the cabin, the teens find it to be dismal, rundown and out of a horror movie that does not seem to sit well with Melaine or Christabel.
Christabel and Melaine take their frustrations out on their boyfriends as if it were their fault while the others handle everything in stride despite the weather promising strong wind and rain.
Shadow Island in the middle of Storm Lake and things look bleak? Who would have thought?
They don't get any better when one by one the group starts to dwindle down thanks to each one meeting a death. They get even more horrible and there is no escape when the canoes and the lifejackets are destroyed...
The foundations begin to crack amongst the group and every person comes up with a reason for who might be responsible. Some theories are outright dumb and you can come up with your own ideas but everything is pretty obvious if you put pieces together like the seasoned reader of many a YA novels that most of us are...
All of the reveals toward the end are nothing different and the way it ends...I guess I just expected more. So I like Class Trip but I didn't love it or find it all that mind-blowing to call it amazing yet it had all the teen drama and bitchiness and red herrings that you could want.
That is more than enough to earn a recommendation.
Bebe Faas Rice is good at building up atmosphere and promising thrills in the books which I have read so far. Out of those, this is the most YA book you typically expect.
Privileged teens that treat each other like dirt behind their backs yet put on the right face at the right time. We are given a prologue that is quite the spoiler but yet we know it is going to be the hero and the villain so interesting way to start...
Our narrator is Angie Parker, a girl who went from nerdy duckling to social swan. Lost weight, got contacts, the right clothes and is now a part of the in crowd. Nothing different but yet there is a reason for the personal makeover.
Doing it in memory of a boy named Michael and we can gather that he didn't just break Angie's heart and move away before the reveal...or is it?
Despite being cool now, Angie is obviously smart to help the girls who are more beauty than brains but still smart enough to manipulate boys and adults.
Christabel Collins is Oakbridge High's early 1990's Queen Bee. Blonde cheerleader dating a football player with her little brunette sidekick who hangs on her every word.
That would be Melaine Downes. Even if Christabel is the leader, Melaine is the extremely bitchy one and she really has it out for Angie. Despite their different looks, Angie's family is more successful than Melaine's because Angie's dad is a big time pharmacist and owns a chain of stores.
This is also an awful swelled head for Melaine and Christabel to have considering that they are juniors. It is also clear to Angie, as a former observer, that Christabel isn't all that interested in her boyfriend, Ron Johnson.
Good-looking senior football star yet smart enough to be a part of the student government and at least three other clubs. Still not enough to notice that he is just being used for his popularity until he graduates...no long distance pining romance for Christabel in the future.
We get introduced to some more characters.
Tracy Fisher is a junior who has already gotten herself a scholarship for being an advanced swimmer and attending Stanford. Eats like a Great White Shark but doesn't gain weight and Angie remarks that all of the meat on her body is all in the right places. Sounds like she could be another snob but actually she isn't...Tracy just happens to be checking of all the right boxes for being a part of the popular clique.
Chip Marshall has the pleasure of being Melanie's boyfriend. Athletic and good-looking but apparently that is all he is good at because Angie mentions that he isn't very smart to be going out with Melaine when plenty of other girls are out there. Chip is a typical high school boy full of jokes and thinking about making out in the woods.
We have one more main character but why is this group of seven teenagers out in the woods to begin with?
Technically they haven't set off yet but it is an annual Spring Break outing courtesy of Mr. Holmberg, head of the science department at Oakbridge. He takes a group of students on a trip to a place called Shadow Island in the middle of the lake for a camp out to identify flora and fauna and gives extra credit for those who go.
Christabel needs the extra points to make sure she gets into a good college to please Mommy and Daddy. It won't hurt if Angie can come along and give her some help...
Tracy already has the scholarship but she might lose it because all of the swim team practice has cut into her study time. A pretty likeable person she just wants Angie to come along too.
Ron and Chip mainly want to come because the trip involves camping, canoeing, hiking in the woods and doing the manly things that come with it like no shaving and no showering. Well maybe not because Melaine will go if Christabel goes and what red-blooded teenage boy could turn down an overnight with their girls around?
That probably won't happen since Mr. Holmberg and his wife are their chaperones but horny teens can be sneaky...
The last teen on this trip is James Sherwood.
James is coming on the trip so that he can make up his grades falling because he had to miss classes last fall. Angie thought he was visiting his sick grandmother but Christabel and Melaine set her straight.
James had been depressed so his parents pulled him out of school and he was in a hospital for treatment due to suffering an emotional breakdown.
The teens last night in town before canoeing down the river to a hunting cabin on an island in the middle of a lake is to go for pizza while the Holmbergs stay at the hostel and enjoy some hot cocoa.
It is where we learn some more about James from Angie.
He is good-looking but not athletic like a jock despite being well put together with his face and shoulders and waist. James has known Ron and Chip since childhood and is clearly the smartest one out of the three but in a way where they respect his intelligence.
When Melaine points out a guy to Christabel saying that he looks like a geek who had a crush on her, it brings a point to the surface that is a major factor in where the story goes so for anyone who has yet to read this book...I'll skip it.
On the way back, there is a police roadblock where the teens learn that a man named Amos Fletcher has escaped from a mental hospital. The police warn he isn't dangerous yet crazy but he did stab a guy once. He didn't die from the stabbing but that isn't consolation for Melaine or Christabel who have to be rude about it since Amos didn't go to jail for attacking a man in self-defense.
The next morning, Mr. and Mrs. Holmberg are sick as dogs with intestinal problems and it looks like the trip is going to be cancelled until they both feel better. The teens all make up excuses saying they can go and handle everything while the couple try and get better and they don't really get a straight answer because poor Mrs. Holmberg only comes down to tell them the bad news and rushes from the kitchen.
They take that moment to pack up everything and take the canoes rented out to the island. Once they make the way to the cabin, the teens find it to be dismal, rundown and out of a horror movie that does not seem to sit well with Melaine or Christabel.
Christabel and Melaine take their frustrations out on their boyfriends as if it were their fault while the others handle everything in stride despite the weather promising strong wind and rain.
Shadow Island in the middle of Storm Lake and things look bleak? Who would have thought?
They don't get any better when one by one the group starts to dwindle down thanks to each one meeting a death. They get even more horrible and there is no escape when the canoes and the lifejackets are destroyed...
The foundations begin to crack amongst the group and every person comes up with a reason for who might be responsible. Some theories are outright dumb and you can come up with your own ideas but everything is pretty obvious if you put pieces together like the seasoned reader of many a YA novels that most of us are...
All of the reveals toward the end are nothing different and the way it ends...I guess I just expected more. So I like Class Trip but I didn't love it or find it all that mind-blowing to call it amazing yet it had all the teen drama and bitchiness and red herrings that you could want.
That is more than enough to earn a recommendation.
August 12, 2021
I loved it! A very good throwback horror story. I didn't see the end coming at all. I definitely wasn't expecting that. Can't wait to read the second one now.
February 11, 2024
Die Nightmares-Reihe war wohl als Einstiegsdroge für junge Leserinnen in die Welt der Horror Literatur konzipiert. Slasher und Psychopathen treiben im Lebensumfeld von Teenagern ihr Unwesen, ohne dass es allzu explizit und blutig wird.
Während CLASS TRIP von Bebe Faas Rice mit einer fast klassischen Story aufwartet, die am Ende einen Plottwist hat, ist Joseph Locks THE TEACHER einfach zu absurd, was das Verhalten seiner Fifuren angeht.
Während CLASS TRIP von Bebe Faas Rice mit einer fast klassischen Story aufwartet, die am Ende einen Plottwist hat, ist Joseph Locks THE TEACHER einfach zu absurd, was das Verhalten seiner Fifuren angeht.
October 26, 2020
Perfect book to sit next to the fire and read on a Autumns Eve. This book will make you feel like you can't trust anyone but in the end you won't be able to put it down.
April 3, 2022
This book had me on edge the entire time I was reading it. The killer was completely unpredictable, but seeing as though it turned out to be the main character, I was a bit confused. If the author showed you how the killer managed to murder everyone, it would have been more believable in my opinion. It was quite a plot twist though and I haven't read anything like it before.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 6, 2021
Angie and her friends sneak away to a spooky island for some fun. They get more than what they bargained for one when one by one each end up dead. This was a fun one. I liked how the dialogue was realistic and the tension was heavy. Very atmospheric.
July 30, 2025
3.5 stars
Whoa. Maybe I should have seen that ending coming but I did not. I'll have to reread this again sometime and see how I view things with the knowledge I now have.
Some scenes were quite graphic and disturbing. A few uses of b****. No spice.
Whoa. Maybe I should have seen that ending coming but I did not. I'll have to reread this again sometime and see how I view things with the knowledge I now have.
Some scenes were quite graphic and disturbing. A few uses of b****. No spice.
July 23, 2022
I really liked this one. Actual, grisly deaths and lots of teen angst and rivalry. Pacy, well written, and good fun.
January 21, 2024
Fun little retro YA thriller. One thing that cinches it is the rather funny, sarcastic and mean dialogue.
October 13, 2025
Ending was not great but the author blew my mind with this 90s thriller! 🤯🤯🤯😱😱😱Well done!!🤩
May 4, 2021
This one was ok-a-a-ay. I had the ending figured out from the very beginning though, and it was so obvious I reckon I’d have guessed when I was a kid and thus the target audience for this book, too.
I liked the very very end, but I hated Angie so much (which I guess was kinda the point) and I imagine her relationship with Michael was a lot like Nora and her bf in The Wilds.
I didn’t love the writing but it got better towards the end, and I appreciated the bits of gore and plenty of deaths.
I liked the very very end, but I hated Angie so much (which I guess was kinda the point) and I imagine her relationship with Michael was a lot like Nora and her bf in The Wilds.
I didn’t love the writing but it got better towards the end, and I appreciated the bits of gore and plenty of deaths.
December 31, 2022
Literally guessed the killer on the first page.
July 29, 2021
True rating, 3.5
This wasn't bad. Not excellent, either, but there were some legitimately great dialogue exchanges & all of the characters felt relatively believable. I have to commend Rice for going for something really brave & quite difficult to do with the final twist- she didn't totally stick the landing in my humble opinion, but it was definitely a solid attempt. It was also nice to see for me, as someone who hopes to pull off something like it in my own work but had never seen it done in a YA novel. I don't know that everything totally adds up logistically & frankly can't be bothered to go double check the entire book to make certain, so I'll just say that it wasn't a huge issue all things considered.
The dialogue, plot, & pretty much everything else gets sillier the longer the story goes on. Towards the end I was fighting the need to cringe at virtually everything that came out of anyone's mouth. The first half was, again, really solid though- there wasn't any time wasted in establishing each personality in the mix, & the narrative moved right along at a breezy pace. It only hit a wall once the murders started & that's mostly because I had a super hard time believing that a bunch of stressed out teenagers would handle this entire scenario the way that they did. Still, Rice did a good job of keeping the guessing game alive to make up for the plot being iffy. I was worried for a while that things would take a very...er..."dated" turn for the worst with the killer reveal, but thankfully that didn't happen. Granted, the killer's motive in the end was still kinda lame, but it was also grimly believable. The ending felt just a bit sudden to me.
Overall, not the best & not the worst. I will say it's stronger than RL Stine's New Girl, which I blew through last week, albeit not by a huge margin. If you like horror, YA novels, & YA horror novels- specifically those of a 90's vintage- this will pass the time okay. I think I'll actually pick up the sequel if I can find it.
Note: "Christabel" is among the greatest preppy bitch girl names I've ever seen & I'll probably be using it someday down the road. So thank you for that, Bebe, if by some chance you see this.
This wasn't bad. Not excellent, either, but there were some legitimately great dialogue exchanges & all of the characters felt relatively believable. I have to commend Rice for going for something really brave & quite difficult to do with the final twist- she didn't totally stick the landing in my humble opinion, but it was definitely a solid attempt. It was also nice to see for me, as someone who hopes to pull off something like it in my own work but had never seen it done in a YA novel. I don't know that everything totally adds up logistically & frankly can't be bothered to go double check the entire book to make certain, so I'll just say that it wasn't a huge issue all things considered.
The dialogue, plot, & pretty much everything else gets sillier the longer the story goes on. Towards the end I was fighting the need to cringe at virtually everything that came out of anyone's mouth. The first half was, again, really solid though- there wasn't any time wasted in establishing each personality in the mix, & the narrative moved right along at a breezy pace. It only hit a wall once the murders started & that's mostly because I had a super hard time believing that a bunch of stressed out teenagers would handle this entire scenario the way that they did. Still, Rice did a good job of keeping the guessing game alive to make up for the plot being iffy. I was worried for a while that things would take a very...er..."dated" turn for the worst with the killer reveal, but thankfully that didn't happen. Granted, the killer's motive in the end was still kinda lame, but it was also grimly believable. The ending felt just a bit sudden to me.
Overall, not the best & not the worst. I will say it's stronger than RL Stine's New Girl, which I blew through last week, albeit not by a huge margin. If you like horror, YA novels, & YA horror novels- specifically those of a 90's vintage- this will pass the time okay. I think I'll actually pick up the sequel if I can find it.
Note: "Christabel" is among the greatest preppy bitch girl names I've ever seen & I'll probably be using it someday down the road. So thank you for that, Bebe, if by some chance you see this.
January 25, 2018
Okay ... this isn’t the best book in the world . By far .. really far ! But I absolutely loved it . As I have a love for VHS and terrible old slasher movies , this was like all that but in book . A very easy read and everything you’d want from a nightmares paperback . Cabin on an island . Shadow Island in fact , group of friends , all with a slight back story , chaperones bail , madman on the loose who has escaped from an asylum , stolen canoes , trapped on Island . In a storm .....the class trip to Shadow Island which starts with six friends and ends up just two . But who is the killer ?! Read it and find out .. it’ll probably take you ten minutes to guess but if you’re a fan of things that are a little bit rubbish like low budget movies , 80s slashers and want something that’s not too taxing , this book is for you !
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 9, 2022
“Two is not a magical number. When one of the two is a murderer.”
“If anyone here on this camping trip could pull off a murder, it’s you!”
“Darkness, I thought. Always darkness. No wonder they named this place Shadow Island. Darkness and shadows and death.”
I really enjoyed this 90’s teen horror/thriller/mystery book. It had a little slasher vibe along with a whodunnit mystery. A little reminiscent of Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None. A nice twist at the end. I liked the different teenage personalities and while a lot of their actions and dialogue rang true, there were some moments that could have been tightened up a bit for realism. Also in the big reveal, it would have been nice to hear an explanation of how each character was murdered and how the killer did it without being caught. But a very enjoyable read of a genre that started my love of reading.
“If anyone here on this camping trip could pull off a murder, it’s you!”
“Darkness, I thought. Always darkness. No wonder they named this place Shadow Island. Darkness and shadows and death.”
I really enjoyed this 90’s teen horror/thriller/mystery book. It had a little slasher vibe along with a whodunnit mystery. A little reminiscent of Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None. A nice twist at the end. I liked the different teenage personalities and while a lot of their actions and dialogue rang true, there were some moments that could have been tightened up a bit for realism. Also in the big reveal, it would have been nice to hear an explanation of how each character was murdered and how the killer did it without being caught. But a very enjoyable read of a genre that started my love of reading.
December 31, 2024
My final read of 2024, falling one book short of my goal of 50. Oh well. It was a pretty entertaining read. Rice's writing style veers back and forth from "hacky and uninspired" to "well-observed" and even verges on poignancy at times. The twist at the end is either clever or infuriating, depending on your tolerance for these kinds of things. Rice does a good job escalating the tension and weariness of the unsupervised teenagers as the days roll by and the body count increases. The dynamics of the characters' relationships are well defined and authentic. I appreciated that everyone was relatively smart--even the jock and the mean girls are reasonable, to some extent, and nobody feels like an outright caricature.
October 6, 2017
The author of Babysitter's Nightmare offers a tale of suspense on a class outing. After a storm destroys their canoes, Angie Parker and her classmates discover they're stranded on isolated Shadow Island. One by one, the kids meet horrible deaths. And soon, only the murderer and the final victim will be left on the island.
March 17, 2023
This book was a nostalgic 80s or 90s slasher about 7 teenagers picked off one by one in a deserted island. I enjoyed it. It was a quick read. Very well written but ended abruptly without too much of a struggle which is why I have it 4 stars instead of five. I am a huge fan of slashers and I will be reading more by this author.
June 12, 2022
3.5 stars
I was about 10/11 the first time I read this, and it was my first thriller ever. I remember my mind being blown by the ending. As an adult, I still think this is a pretty solid thriller for kids that are just transitioning out of middle grade and into YA
I was about 10/11 the first time I read this, and it was my first thriller ever. I remember my mind being blown by the ending. As an adult, I still think this is a pretty solid thriller for kids that are just transitioning out of middle grade and into YA
November 30, 2022
Bonkers and bloody.
If there’s anything you need to know about this book, it’s these four words:
Death. By. Nasal. Spray.
Not much of a plot and the Bad Guy is pretty obvious, but it’s still a fun read with a wild ending.
If there’s anything you need to know about this book, it’s these four words:
Death. By. Nasal. Spray.
Not much of a plot and the Bad Guy is pretty obvious, but it’s still a fun read with a wild ending.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 25, 2018
Really liked this when I read it waaaay back in 1996, but I have zero intention of rereading it. In hindsight, I think the twist ending was pinched from Agatha Christie.
July 21, 2019
My 11-year-old mind was blown by this book. My almost-40 mind, not so much. A great first horror or mystery for any weird preteen on your Christmas list.
January 19, 2020
Predictable right from the start.
October 14, 2020
The killer's monologue at the end is exactly the kind of shit I live for.
January 10, 2022
Easy, quick read. For the genre and age group, I found it fun.
January 19, 2022
This book blew my mind when I was a teenager. I was shook.
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