Revenge

Nightmare Hall #26

by Diane Hoh

When the students at Salem University are terrorized by a vengeful stalker, Addie Adair, a co-ed who is working on an English paper at the computer lab, fears that she will be the next victim when she discovers a strange disk. Original.

Genres: Young Adult, Horror

214 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1995

About the author

Diane Hoh is the author of fifty-seven novels for young adults. She grew up in Warren, Pennsylvania but currently resides in Austin, Texas. Reading and writing are her favorite things, alongside gardening and grandchildren.

Reviews

[Nattie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another great book in the series, but it was very faaaaar-fetched. There is no way that some of the things that happened could have happened. The thing with Shelley for instance, not nearly enough time passed. There is also no way Adair could have remembered that code. She looked at the disk two times for like five seconds before it was stolen. Am I really supposed to believe that after so much time passed, she could remember the code completely right off the top of her head, and write it down on paper? We're talking about a 64-letter code with some punctuation and spaces. Gah! I hate when I'm played for a fool.

[Alex · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've always loved this one, and I had so much fun re-reading it.

[Sarah Elizabeth · Rating 3 out of 5]

Part of this one took place at Nightmare Hall.

* Addie is a freshman at Salem University. She's queueing for the shuttle bus when someone is pushed in front of it and killed.
* She goes to the computer lab to work on an essay and sees that someone has left their floppy disk in the computer. She takes it out so that she can use her own disc and accidentally takes the wrong disc home with her.
* She returns home later to find her room trashed.
* She runs in a race and someone throws a discus at her injuring her. Her car is also trashed and her bag stolen.
* She realises she has the disc and starts trying to decode the file on it.
* She goes out on bottomless lake with a boy and someone tries to kill them by ramming a boat into theirs at high speed.
* A freshman gets run over by a lawnmower and loses most of his toes and his basketball career.
* She goes to a study sessional Nightmare Hall and her best friend Shelley ends up hung in the barn. Addie knows the suicide note is a fake because they signed the wrong name 😂
* Shelley confesses to Addie that she went to a party the previous year where 2 boys died and a third was paralysed and all the people attacked were also at the party.
* The killer turns up at the infirmary and drags Addie to the bell tower intending to knock her off the top. Addie moves at the last second and he ends up dead instead. He was the brother of one of the boys that died.

[ShaysBookNook · Rating 3 out of 5]

Would I have made a trip to the bookstore to buy this? Nope. Did I discover it on a musty old bookshelf at the cottage and enjoy reading it? Yes.

[John Adriel]

Burn it to ashes!

[Ashley Holland · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was one scary book. It started off slow, but the last few chapters will have you wanting more.

[Libby Shaw · Rating 4 out of 5]

I remember reading this book in school and enjoying it. I recall it was scary in parts. I've been trying to track down a copy so I can re-read it.