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Prom Night
Kim was one of the committee members who planned Prom night, but now she's not sure she'll still be alive to attend since she is being stalked.
- GenresHorror
160 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1995
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January 22, 2022
Ohh good Lord. This is a book about a murder of a teenage girl in the small creepy town of New Testament, Oklahoma, full of characters I give zero $hits about. They all stand around and talk about the murder, pontificating about who the murderer could be and nothing really happens.
The writing is full of extraneous, mundane details like, didja know that Aaron is Luke's cousin and just moved to New Testament from New Orleans in January and he has to renew his subscription to the newspaper?? Or that the Jr. class rented the banquet hall but wont be able to use it til Thursday noon and then they have to have it decorated by Friday at 2pm so the dance can start at 8pm?? WHO. THE. FU€K. CARES. 😫😫😫
The excitement doesn't kick off til the 2nd to last chapter, but by then you don't really care if they all fall off a bridge. Kudos to the method of escape used by the protag at the end, but even the fairly dramatic ending couldn't make up for this tepid little trashcan fire of a book.
Random notes and observations- spoiler free:
-"Buddy don't mean no harm! Do you think he's handsome?" If you ever hear an old lady ask you this about her mongo son, RUN.
-The protag's brother Tim wears a striped shirt and a paisley tie to a funeral. A STRIPED SHIRT WITH A PAISLEY TIE. The horror!!
-Meanwhile at the funeral, "the organist was playing a somber hymn, one of Kim's favorites." Yeah that's MY FAVORITE JAM!! I LOVE those somber hymns, they're such dance party anthems!! 💃🎶
2 out of 5 whacks on the head for the poor murder victim, which is the most exciting thing ever to have happened in the town of New Testament. Too bad there is nothing nearly as exciting happening in this book. 💀
The writing is full of extraneous, mundane details like, didja know that Aaron is Luke's cousin and just moved to New Testament from New Orleans in January and he has to renew his subscription to the newspaper?? Or that the Jr. class rented the banquet hall but wont be able to use it til Thursday noon and then they have to have it decorated by Friday at 2pm so the dance can start at 8pm?? WHO. THE. FU€K. CARES. 😫😫😫
The excitement doesn't kick off til the 2nd to last chapter, but by then you don't really care if they all fall off a bridge. Kudos to the method of escape used by the protag at the end, but even the fairly dramatic ending couldn't make up for this tepid little trashcan fire of a book.
Random notes and observations- spoiler free:
-"Buddy don't mean no harm! Do you think he's handsome?" If you ever hear an old lady ask you this about her mongo son, RUN.
-The protag's brother Tim wears a striped shirt and a paisley tie to a funeral. A STRIPED SHIRT WITH A PAISLEY TIE. The horror!!
-Meanwhile at the funeral, "the organist was playing a somber hymn, one of Kim's favorites." Yeah that's MY FAVORITE JAM!! I LOVE those somber hymns, they're such dance party anthems!! 💃🎶
2 out of 5 whacks on the head for the poor murder victim, which is the most exciting thing ever to have happened in the town of New Testament. Too bad there is nothing nearly as exciting happening in this book. 💀
January 9, 2013
I would have given 3 stars, but as it progressed, only 2 would do. The cover and the back cover summary are misleading. You think it's about bad things happening at the prom, but the prom never even takes place.
The story features most of the same characters from The Last Lullaby by the author. It's set in Oklahoma, and the town sorta has a hokey old-fashioned Sweet Valley vibe to it, which I would normally love.
Things were going pretty good, and then it pretty much turned into a circus. It's really hard to say without giving away the story. Some body is going around stalking girls after a young woman named Diana is murdered. Kim, Debra, and Melanie and Lisa are all stalked. When you realize who it is, you can't help wondering how this person would know work phone numbers as well as home numbers for some of his subjects. It's a small town, so I guess it's not too hard once you know their name, but still.
The book has somewhat of a sexist tone. Tim, Kim's twin brother, is allowed to do whatever, while Kim is more hovered over. With a girl-killing nut on the loose, you might understand this, but this seems to be a problem overall. In the last book, Kim was always the one helping her mother with the younger sisters and getting dinner ready, in this book, Kim can't leave the house unless Tim agrees to watch his sisters, which Tim seems to have a choice in doing. Why does Tim have a choice and Kim doesn't? They are both at home on a weekend, and neither has actually agreed to sister-sit. It should not be taken for granted that Kim is stuck there and Tim can go do as he pleases when the parents are out.
The story features most of the same characters from The Last Lullaby by the author. It's set in Oklahoma, and the town sorta has a hokey old-fashioned Sweet Valley vibe to it, which I would normally love.
Things were going pretty good, and then it pretty much turned into a circus. It's really hard to say without giving away the story. Some body is going around stalking girls after a young woman named Diana is murdered. Kim, Debra, and Melanie and Lisa are all stalked. When you realize who it is, you can't help wondering how this person would know work phone numbers as well as home numbers for some of his subjects. It's a small town, so I guess it's not too hard once you know their name, but still.
The book has somewhat of a sexist tone. Tim, Kim's twin brother, is allowed to do whatever, while Kim is more hovered over. With a girl-killing nut on the loose, you might understand this, but this seems to be a problem overall. In the last book, Kim was always the one helping her mother with the younger sisters and getting dinner ready, in this book, Kim can't leave the house unless Tim agrees to watch his sisters, which Tim seems to have a choice in doing. Why does Tim have a choice and Kim doesn't? They are both at home on a weekend, and neither has actually agreed to sister-sit. It should not be taken for granted that Kim is stuck there and Tim can go do as he pleases when the parents are out.
January 22, 2022
Hi, I hated this.
The good:
- The cover! Look at it! Such a great cover. The colors, the composition, all of it.
- The outfits and some of the character descriptions and settings. Mostly fugly, yes, but colorful and imaginative nonetheless.
- Ending not too bad! Concept was unusual and creepy.
The bad:
Everything else. 💀
- I could NOT get over this small town and the weird religious overtones of everything inside of it. All the street names and landmarks made it sound like a biblical themed Disneyland.
- Terrible character names. Such terrible fake sounding names that sound like off-brand family friendly superheroes. A small sampling:
Dare Delaney
Melanie Modine
Adeline Weeks
Boot Johnson
- Aside from the annoying details, the writing is such a drag and the plot moves so slowly.
- Too much filler and excessive, useless details that have nothing to do with the story. We don’t need to know how everyone knows each other or what their plans are for the day or where they work. Nobody cares.
- Way too much exposition and nothing really happens until the last 15pgs or so.
- v abrupt ending. We get a couple of Bad Guy monologues and then it ends two pages later.
Sigh. So unsatisfying.
The good:
- The cover! Look at it! Such a great cover. The colors, the composition, all of it.
- The outfits and some of the character descriptions and settings. Mostly fugly, yes, but colorful and imaginative nonetheless.
- Ending not too bad! Concept was unusual and creepy.
The bad:
Everything else. 💀
- I could NOT get over this small town and the weird religious overtones of everything inside of it. All the street names and landmarks made it sound like a biblical themed Disneyland.
- Terrible character names. Such terrible fake sounding names that sound like off-brand family friendly superheroes. A small sampling:
Dare Delaney
Melanie Modine
Adeline Weeks
Boot Johnson
- Aside from the annoying details, the writing is such a drag and the plot moves so slowly.
- Too much filler and excessive, useless details that have nothing to do with the story. We don’t need to know how everyone knows each other or what their plans are for the day or where they work. Nobody cares.
- Way too much exposition and nothing really happens until the last 15pgs or so.
- v abrupt ending. We get a couple of Bad Guy monologues and then it ends two pages later.
Sigh. So unsatisfying.
February 28, 2017
Yet again another book I read as a teenager and reread to see if it was something my son would enjoy. Unfortunately it's not going to cut the mustard.
The ending last 20 pages or so were the best part of the whole book. Who doesn't love crazy people!!!
Lastly a good book for girls because the females portrayed in the story are very typical stereotypical boy crazy morons however like I stated earlier not for boys they would find it like my son says boring.
The ending last 20 pages or so were the best part of the whole book. Who doesn't love crazy people!!!
Lastly a good book for girls because the females portrayed in the story are very typical stereotypical boy crazy morons however like I stated earlier not for boys they would find it like my son says boring.
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