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Silent Night #2
Silent Night 2
Sure, she promised to be nicer after last year's horrors. But a rich, spoiled girl like Reva Dalby always thinks she can have anything - or anyone - she wants, and never, never pay.
But now it's payback time. Someone is out to kidnap Reva.
This year, Santa is bringing Reva a little holiday fear. And just around the corner is the biggest, most gruesome Christmas gift of all - murder. And it's all hers!
But now it's payback time. Someone is out to kidnap Reva.
This year, Santa is bringing Reva a little holiday fear. And just around the corner is the biggest, most gruesome Christmas gift of all - murder. And it's all hers!
196 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published December 1, 1993
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R.L. Stine
1,680 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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December 24, 2018
For some annoying reason the first book in the Silent Night trilogy is really difficult to find here in the U.K., so I had to skip it and move onto the sequel so that I could read it in time for Christmas.
With this book following on a year after the events of the first one, it look me a little while to get use to the characters.
There was a flashback and references to the previous story which helped.
The main plot of an attempted kidnapping of rich girl Reva was engaging enough, there were a few interesting twists that kept me guessing.
I found this to be one of the weaker ‘Superchillers’, but that might be because I’ve not read them in the right order.
With this book following on a year after the events of the first one, it look me a little while to get use to the characters.
There was a flashback and references to the previous story which helped.
The main plot of an attempted kidnapping of rich girl Reva was engaging enough, there were a few interesting twists that kept me guessing.
I found this to be one of the weaker ‘Superchillers’, but that might be because I’ve not read them in the right order.
December 22, 2024
Wow. This was light years better than the first book! Instead of “who done it” type story, this one was just a non stop thrill ride from cover to cover. A couple twists here and there but ultimately, it was just fun seeing Reva get what she deserved for 200 pages! She got away with too much in the first book.
December 13, 2018
3.5
That had some twists I didn't see coming but liked! Maybe Reva will finally learn how to be nice? One more book to find out.
That had some twists I didn't see coming but liked! Maybe Reva will finally learn how to be nice? One more book to find out.
August 7, 2012
God, what a turd of a book. Sequels do usually suck most of the time. I don't remember reading this one... maybe I read the first or third one instead. The first one HAS to be better than this hot mess.
Moral of the Story: Reva Dalby is a colder bitch than Jessica Wakefield.
The Usual Suspect(s): Santa Claus, if you believe the cover.
The Actual Suspect(s): Pres & Co.
Body Count: One, Danny.
Tagline: Jingle Bells.... Santa Kills!
Plot: I hate RL Stine for this one. Not only because it SUCKS, but because the bitch of the story doesn't die. She is ALWAYS supposed to die in a Fear Street book. That's what makes the series so satisfying. Usually.
So Reva Dalby had some trauma last year around Christmastime and blah blah. She flashes back to it in the beginning. Reva Dalby is a cold-hearted, red-headed bitch that hasn't change her ways despite being involved in previous horrors. She's rude to everyone (and I do mean rude!) who walks up to the perfume counter that she works at. She has no empathy (Jess Wakefield!) and is using her cousin Pam's crush, Victor, for shits and giggles. She's gotten him to cancel two dates with Pam in order to make out with her. For someone who claims to be in love with Pam, this guy Victor sounds like an asshole. Mr. Dalby warns Reva that she promised to be nicer this year. Reva thinks that she could be nice if only she were on a beach somewhere. Ha!
Meanwhile (YAWN), we have Paul Nichols (aka Elvis Presley look-alike or "Pres" as his friends call him) and his lame twat girlfriend Diane who are looking to make a little holiday cash. Pres recently got fired from Dalby's Department Store and is looking to exact a little revenge on the man. At first he and Diane just want to rob Dalby's mansion and steal a few pricey items. But Diane is hooked on being a criminal just like in the movies (Natural Born Killers?) and so she suggests that they kidnap Reva and ask Mr. Dalby for a ransom of a million dollars. That'll get them in the holiday spirit.
Diane and Pres are inept kidnappers and very, very dull to read about so it is no surprise when I tell you that they don't succeed in kidnapping Reva the first couple of times. Then they enlist the help of Pres's psycho brother Danny. He gets really bad headaches that make him prone to violence. He goes into the warehouse of the mall where Reva works from 3 to 5 pm and kidnaps her. Diane is about to get caught while outside in the getaway car, but they quickly gun the pedal. At this time Pres has gotten himself detained at the local detention center. Of course Diane and Danny have no money to bail him out.
They get back to their trashy house and call Mr. Dalby for the ransom money. He laughs heartily and tells them that his daughter is right there beside him. They accidentally kidnapped Pam instead!! Really, the plot twist was not at all exciting. So Danny and Diane deliberate and blah blah BLAH with Danny constantly saying they should just kill her. I wish they would, because then something interesting would finally happen in this book. No... they drop her off in Reva's driveway instead. Reva cares for about two seconds and then she reverts back to her old self.
Reva soon heads out to buy tacky Christmas presents for everyone she knows. While at the mall she notices a guy with an Elvis Presley sneer following her. She is creeped out and heads to Pam's house on Fear Street for a party Pam is throwing. She doesn't make it very far, because she and Pam are promptly kidnapped by Pres, Diane, and Danny. As you will see in my notes below, I am unsure as to how nobody noticed this commotion at all. Things must be really DEAD on Fear Street. Ha.
Reva and Pam are taken to closets in Dalby's Department Store and tied up. Danny manages to slap the breath out of Pam and break Reva's arm. It is revealed (lamely) that Pam used Reva in order to get the kidnappers to let her go the first time around. That is literally the only big plot twist in this book. I am appalled. Well they eventually kiss and make up and realize they have to get out of this by helping each other. Pam's arms are tied together very loosely, so she breaks free and then unties Reva. They both make a break for it, and then an insanely boring 20-page chase through Dalby's Department Store takes place for the rest of the book. Danny tries to use a broken elevator to catch them and plunges to his death. That was interesting, but hardly warrants a marking on the RL Stine List of Best and Most Hideously Awesome Death Scenes. The FBI run in and save the day, and Reva hears Silent Night playing. Of course.
God, what a snore. This is not up to your usual hijinx, RL. I wanted some sort of big reveal! Geez.
Gaping Plot Holes: How did Pres & Co kidnap Reva and Pam from Pam's house with no other guests or neighbors seeing this commotion or hearing their cries for help?! Also, I just read a previous review that states that Pam robbed Dalby's Dept. Store in the previous book and yet she is working there in this one. Well, that's a gaping plot hole. It's also a minus 1000 point deduction for breach in continuity, Mr. Stine.
Moral of the Story: Reva Dalby is a colder bitch than Jessica Wakefield.
The Usual Suspect(s): Santa Claus, if you believe the cover.
The Actual Suspect(s): Pres & Co.
Body Count: One, Danny.
Tagline: Jingle Bells.... Santa Kills!
Plot: I hate RL Stine for this one. Not only because it SUCKS, but because the bitch of the story doesn't die. She is ALWAYS supposed to die in a Fear Street book. That's what makes the series so satisfying. Usually.
So Reva Dalby had some trauma last year around Christmastime and blah blah. She flashes back to it in the beginning. Reva Dalby is a cold-hearted, red-headed bitch that hasn't change her ways despite being involved in previous horrors. She's rude to everyone (and I do mean rude!) who walks up to the perfume counter that she works at. She has no empathy (Jess Wakefield!) and is using her cousin Pam's crush, Victor, for shits and giggles. She's gotten him to cancel two dates with Pam in order to make out with her. For someone who claims to be in love with Pam, this guy Victor sounds like an asshole. Mr. Dalby warns Reva that she promised to be nicer this year. Reva thinks that she could be nice if only she were on a beach somewhere. Ha!
Meanwhile (YAWN), we have Paul Nichols (aka Elvis Presley look-alike or "Pres" as his friends call him) and his lame twat girlfriend Diane who are looking to make a little holiday cash. Pres recently got fired from Dalby's Department Store and is looking to exact a little revenge on the man. At first he and Diane just want to rob Dalby's mansion and steal a few pricey items. But Diane is hooked on being a criminal just like in the movies (Natural Born Killers?) and so she suggests that they kidnap Reva and ask Mr. Dalby for a ransom of a million dollars. That'll get them in the holiday spirit.
Diane and Pres are inept kidnappers and very, very dull to read about so it is no surprise when I tell you that they don't succeed in kidnapping Reva the first couple of times. Then they enlist the help of Pres's psycho brother Danny. He gets really bad headaches that make him prone to violence. He goes into the warehouse of the mall where Reva works from 3 to 5 pm and kidnaps her. Diane is about to get caught while outside in the getaway car, but they quickly gun the pedal. At this time Pres has gotten himself detained at the local detention center. Of course Diane and Danny have no money to bail him out.
They get back to their trashy house and call Mr. Dalby for the ransom money. He laughs heartily and tells them that his daughter is right there beside him. They accidentally kidnapped Pam instead!! Really, the plot twist was not at all exciting. So Danny and Diane deliberate and blah blah BLAH with Danny constantly saying they should just kill her. I wish they would, because then something interesting would finally happen in this book. No... they drop her off in Reva's driveway instead. Reva cares for about two seconds and then she reverts back to her old self.
Reva soon heads out to buy tacky Christmas presents for everyone she knows. While at the mall she notices a guy with an Elvis Presley sneer following her. She is creeped out and heads to Pam's house on Fear Street for a party Pam is throwing. She doesn't make it very far, because she and Pam are promptly kidnapped by Pres, Diane, and Danny. As you will see in my notes below, I am unsure as to how nobody noticed this commotion at all. Things must be really DEAD on Fear Street. Ha.
Reva and Pam are taken to closets in Dalby's Department Store and tied up. Danny manages to slap the breath out of Pam and break Reva's arm. It is revealed (lamely) that Pam used Reva in order to get the kidnappers to let her go the first time around. That is literally the only big plot twist in this book. I am appalled. Well they eventually kiss and make up and realize they have to get out of this by helping each other. Pam's arms are tied together very loosely, so she breaks free and then unties Reva. They both make a break for it, and then an insanely boring 20-page chase through Dalby's Department Store takes place for the rest of the book. Danny tries to use a broken elevator to catch them and plunges to his death. That was interesting, but hardly warrants a marking on the RL Stine List of Best and Most Hideously Awesome Death Scenes. The FBI run in and save the day, and Reva hears Silent Night playing. Of course.
God, what a snore. This is not up to your usual hijinx, RL. I wanted some sort of big reveal! Geez.
Gaping Plot Holes: How did Pres & Co kidnap Reva and Pam from Pam's house with no other guests or neighbors seeing this commotion or hearing their cries for help?! Also, I just read a previous review that states that Pam robbed Dalby's Dept. Store in the previous book and yet she is working there in this one. Well, that's a gaping plot hole. It's also a minus 1000 point deduction for breach in continuity, Mr. Stine.
December 20, 2021
**Maybe a few spoilerly things included***
Queen Bitch Reva is BACK!! She went from naughty to nice at the end of SN 1...and she TRIED TO CHANGE, she really did....but once a bitch, always a bitch!!
While Reva's a$$hole antics are always amusing, the plot on this sequel wears a bit thin. A kidnapping gone wrong, then right, then wrong again. Dumb ass teens kidnapping other dumb ass teens. What could go wrong?
Random observations:
- Reva wears blue Doc Martens and reads Sassy magazine. The most 1993 thing, ever. The only thing missing is the Cranberries and Nirvana soundtrack, but I digress.
- A BUNCH OF PEOPLE HAVE DIED AT DALBY'S DEPARTMENT STORE. HOW ARE THEY STILL IN BUSINESS??!
- When the elevator door opens, maybe check to see if the elevator car is actually in the shaft? Instead of just blindly running in and falling to your death? I mean, isn't this common sense? 🥴
- There is a fake letter opener with a retractable blade gag in the book. WHO THE HELL HAS A FAKE LETTER OPENER. RL Stine always has the silly jokes and gags on tap!
3 out of 5 knots to tie up that rich bitch and demand 1 million in ransom money. Think of all the Doc Martens you could buy!! 😜😜
Queen Bitch Reva is BACK!! She went from naughty to nice at the end of SN 1...and she TRIED TO CHANGE, she really did....but once a bitch, always a bitch!!
While Reva's a$$hole antics are always amusing, the plot on this sequel wears a bit thin. A kidnapping gone wrong, then right, then wrong again. Dumb ass teens kidnapping other dumb ass teens. What could go wrong?
Random observations:
- Reva wears blue Doc Martens and reads Sassy magazine. The most 1993 thing, ever. The only thing missing is the Cranberries and Nirvana soundtrack, but I digress.
- A BUNCH OF PEOPLE HAVE DIED AT DALBY'S DEPARTMENT STORE. HOW ARE THEY STILL IN BUSINESS??!
- When the elevator door opens, maybe check to see if the elevator car is actually in the shaft? Instead of just blindly running in and falling to your death? I mean, isn't this common sense? 🥴
- There is a fake letter opener with a retractable blade gag in the book. WHO THE HELL HAS A FAKE LETTER OPENER. RL Stine always has the silly jokes and gags on tap!
3 out of 5 knots to tie up that rich bitch and demand 1 million in ransom money. Think of all the Doc Martens you could buy!! 😜😜
December 29, 2020
I was a fan of the first Silent Night, but the sequel was a bit of a letdown. I was annoyed that Reva simply went back to being terrible. It would have been more compelling if she tried really hard to be a better person, had it blow up in her face, and then said “fuck it, why bother?” Instead, Reva’s character just felt like more of the same. I did enjoy the comedic angle of the delusional and incompetent kidnappers. It was the most believable part of this story. I thought the dynamic of Diane’s “just like in the movies” mantra matched with Pres and Danny’s poor planning skills played out really well. Unfortunately, the overall plot was a bit anti-climatic and predictable. So far as sequels go, Silent Night 2 was a solid enough effort. I like that it kept things fun and never took itself too seriously, but it needed an additional twist to pull off something as satisfying as the first book. I guess I just wanted more for the second outing of the Regina George of Shadyside High.
Score: 3
My full recapped review with memes, gifs, and spoilers can be found on my blog:
https://www.danstalter.com/silent-nig...
Score: 3
My full recapped review with memes, gifs, and spoilers can be found on my blog:
https://www.danstalter.com/silent-nig...
December 18, 2018
I read a TON of R.L. Stine in my younger years, it's probably where my love of horror came from. This one's less horror though and more a bad comedy of errors with an excuse for an unlikable protagonist, not his best work, but a super-fast read anyway.
February 16, 2019
3.5
So much messed up stuff in this and of course, Reva is being Reva... again! I can't wait to see if the plot is remotely different in book 3. No more taking back character development, R. L. Stine!
So much messed up stuff in this and of course, Reva is being Reva... again! I can't wait to see if the plot is remotely different in book 3. No more taking back character development, R. L. Stine!
September 24, 2023
Don’t know how this fits into the Fear Street series. There was nothing paranormal or scary about it. Reva had an interesting character.
December 21, 2023
Reva is back and sassier than EVER! This plot is just bananas. People wanna kidnap Reva and hold her hostage for her daddy's department store ransom money. And it goes horribly HORRIBLY wrong from beginning to end. It's unhinged and I loved it.
You all saw Scream 4, right? And the whole thing is this unspoken and unknown jealousy and animosity between Sidney Prescott and her cousin, Jill Roberts? Well, I mean, it's a one way feeling BUT... it's there. Ok, with that said. LORD, I just know Wes Craven read this in the 90s because Reva and her cousin, Pam, LOOOOL! I gasped and laughed until I cried at parts. Poooooooor Pam!
Anyway. Great follow-up and I am going to be singing Silent Night all the way through the day again!
You all saw Scream 4, right? And the whole thing is this unspoken and unknown jealousy and animosity between Sidney Prescott and her cousin, Jill Roberts? Well, I mean, it's a one way feeling BUT... it's there. Ok, with that said. LORD, I just know Wes Craven read this in the 90s because Reva and her cousin, Pam, LOOOOL! I gasped and laughed until I cried at parts. Poooooooor Pam!
Anyway. Great follow-up and I am going to be singing Silent Night all the way through the day again!
December 16, 2025
Reva is THAT bitch. Also Victor showing up at the end? Like who invited you, slimeball.
If it's one thing we all can count on, Miss Stine, good ol' Bob, will write an unhinged male character (or a few) into every Fear Street story. If I were a straight girl in Shadyside, I'd stay away from ALL the men of Shadyside.
If it's one thing we all can count on, Miss Stine, good ol' Bob, will write an unhinged male character (or a few) into every Fear Street story. If I were a straight girl in Shadyside, I'd stay away from ALL the men of Shadyside.
December 15, 2018
3.5
Damn it Reva! your never going to learn! Reva is the same old bitch she was in book 1. We have a few new characters in this book and some twist. I liked this one about the same as the first book.
Damn it Reva! your never going to learn! Reva is the same old bitch she was in book 1. We have a few new characters in this book and some twist. I liked this one about the same as the first book.
December 28, 2019
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Oh Reva... you’d think that after what happened in the last book—the awful scares, her own cousin turning against her, almost getting killed—Reva would’ve learned her lesson and at least try to be a better person, just like she had promised. But did she?
Reva is back at being her old, awful self. And now someone is out to kidnap the spoiled brat. Look, Reva is a bitch and she totally deserves what’s coming to her. And then there’s Pam. Poor Pam, thinking her cousin had changed. But nooooooo. Now Pam is caught up in Reva’s mess and could be in real trouble herself.
Guys, Silent Night 2 was SO good! It honestly had some of the best plot twists! I’ve read this one twice, so I knew what was coming this second time around. But it didn’t retract from my enjoyment of the story! I still thought it was a lot of fun! And the first time I read this... Whoa! Insane plot twists everywhere! I loved getting those surprises! I mean, everything that could go wrong for the kidnappers does. It was amusing and and surprising all at the same time! So many mistakes, everything going wrong, not to mention betrayals... it was great!
So many thrills, so much suspense... Silent Night 2 was just a very exciting read full of interesting characters! Sure, some of them were less likable than others (*cough* Reva *cough*), but that’s the point! This was a great sequel and overall fun Fear Street book to satisfy anyone's craving for a creepy read during the holidays ;)
The Fear Street connection: Pam still lives on Fear Street. Seriously girl, get out! Lol.
Oh Reva... you’d think that after what happened in the last book—the awful scares, her own cousin turning against her, almost getting killed—Reva would’ve learned her lesson and at least try to be a better person, just like she had promised. But did she?
Reva is back at being her old, awful self. And now someone is out to kidnap the spoiled brat. Look, Reva is a bitch and she totally deserves what’s coming to her. And then there’s Pam. Poor Pam, thinking her cousin had changed. But nooooooo. Now Pam is caught up in Reva’s mess and could be in real trouble herself.
Guys, Silent Night 2 was SO good! It honestly had some of the best plot twists! I’ve read this one twice, so I knew what was coming this second time around. But it didn’t retract from my enjoyment of the story! I still thought it was a lot of fun! And the first time I read this... Whoa! Insane plot twists everywhere! I loved getting those surprises! I mean, everything that could go wrong for the kidnappers does. It was amusing and and surprising all at the same time! So many mistakes, everything going wrong, not to mention betrayals... it was great!
So many thrills, so much suspense... Silent Night 2 was just a very exciting read full of interesting characters! Sure, some of them were less likable than others (*cough* Reva *cough*), but that’s the point! This was a great sequel and overall fun Fear Street book to satisfy anyone's craving for a creepy read during the holidays ;)
The Fear Street connection: Pam still lives on Fear Street. Seriously girl, get out! Lol.
December 13, 2021
Somehow, Reva is even more terrible and cruel in this book than she was in the first. How is that possible, considering the events and ending of the first? I have no clue. But it made me unable to take this one very seriously.
Another thing that I couldn't take serious: The three teenage criminals that try to kidnap Reva Dalby for ransom about seventeen different times (okay, I'm exaggerating a little) and fail each and every time. These three characters (Pres, Danny, and Diane) get the spotlight here, instead of switching POV's from Reva to Pam, like in the first book.
Pres's and Diane's goal is to hold Reva hostage until her rich father pays up, and we pretty much spend the entirety of the book following these idiotic characters as they fail time and again before they finally catch Reva. Now, I understand, for some teenagers to think they could get away with something like this successfully, they'd have to be a little bit dumb, right? Well, they are a lot dumb, and I'm pretty sure I was rolling my eyes and skimming through every time we got a chapter from their POV.
There was no mystery element to this sequel, no suspense, and no character growth, unlike its predecessor. Perhaps the only aspect to this one I liked is that it was much more streamlined and didn't have a bunch of loose ends to (try to) tie up. But the ending itself didn't have much of an impact because I really didn't have any investment in this story. Reva was just mean for the sake of being Reva. I wasn't expecting her to be all perfect and nice going into this, but I would have liked a little bit of continuity, at least.
This one gets a 2 / 5 from me. I'm on the fence as to whether or not I'll read Silent Night 3. Heck, it can't be too much worse than this one.
Another thing that I couldn't take serious: The three teenage criminals that try to kidnap Reva Dalby for ransom about seventeen different times (okay, I'm exaggerating a little) and fail each and every time. These three characters (Pres, Danny, and Diane) get the spotlight here, instead of switching POV's from Reva to Pam, like in the first book.
Pres's and Diane's goal is to hold Reva hostage until her rich father pays up, and we pretty much spend the entirety of the book following these idiotic characters as they fail time and again before they finally catch Reva. Now, I understand, for some teenagers to think they could get away with something like this successfully, they'd have to be a little bit dumb, right? Well, they are a lot dumb, and I'm pretty sure I was rolling my eyes and skimming through every time we got a chapter from their POV.
There was no mystery element to this sequel, no suspense, and no character growth, unlike its predecessor. Perhaps the only aspect to this one I liked is that it was much more streamlined and didn't have a bunch of loose ends to (try to) tie up. But the ending itself didn't have much of an impact because I really didn't have any investment in this story. Reva was just mean for the sake of being Reva. I wasn't expecting her to be all perfect and nice going into this, but I would have liked a little bit of continuity, at least.
This one gets a 2 / 5 from me. I'm on the fence as to whether or not I'll read Silent Night 3. Heck, it can't be too much worse than this one.
December 30, 2021
"Is that a new lipstick you're wearing? Reva asked her.
"I'm not wearing any lipstick," Francine replied, unaware that Reva had asked her question to be cruel.
So that's why you look like you died three weeks ago! Reva thought.
"I'm not wearing any lipstick," Francine replied, unaware that Reva had asked her question to be cruel.
So that's why you look like you died three weeks ago! Reva thought.
January 6, 2023
3.5 stars rounded down for GR. I had a good time with this. It's not an award-winning book, but it's a fun and nostalgic read that's easy to get through. I didn't like it as much as the first book in the series though. I feel like there is a lot less mystery in this one compared to the first book!
December 15, 2023
Almost every chapter ended with “I’m going to kill her” or “I really want to kill her.” Also is it bother me tremendously that Reva, who is a pretty awful character, keeps making it through these books. She’s still alive in the third one? Come on Stine.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 28, 2010
Talk about a blast from the past. I read all 3 of these in a combo book and LOVED them when I was younger.
November 28, 2023
2.5*
Just as silly and easy to read as the first one, it gave me major Home Alone vibes
Just as silly and easy to read as the first one, it gave me major Home Alone vibes
December 22, 2023
Reva felt a cold chill on the back of her neck. Once again memories of last Christmas and all its horror forced their way into her mind. I promised I’d be a kinder person after all that happened last Christmas, Reva remembered. I promised I’d be nicer, warmer, more considerate.
Well, I would be nicer if I were lying in a bikini on a hot beach somewhere! she told herself. I’d be a lot nicer, that’s for sure!
But how can I be nice if I have to spend Christmas vacation standing behind a perfume counter, waiting on tacky jerks in this stuffy store? 🤣
Pam glared at her scornfully. “Money? That’s all you can think about, isn’t it, Reva. Money and other people’s boyfriends.” 🤣🤦♀️
-seems that Reva still hasn't changed...tsk..she's still her nasty, self-centered and rich spoiled brat self..another surprise awaits her....A bunch of amateurs are planning to kidnap her for ransom. This wasn't as good as the last one..there were no major twists and the perpetrators were already introduced early on. It was still kinda amusing though..Reva is a really fun character to hate 💩
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Well, I would be nicer if I were lying in a bikini on a hot beach somewhere! she told herself. I’d be a lot nicer, that’s for sure!
But how can I be nice if I have to spend Christmas vacation standing behind a perfume counter, waiting on tacky jerks in this stuffy store? 🤣
Pam glared at her scornfully. “Money? That’s all you can think about, isn’t it, Reva. Money and other people’s boyfriends.” 🤣🤦♀️
-seems that Reva still hasn't changed...tsk..she's still her nasty, self-centered and rich spoiled brat self..another surprise awaits her....A bunch of amateurs are planning to kidnap her for ransom. This wasn't as good as the last one..there were no major twists and the perpetrators were already introduced early on. It was still kinda amusing though..Reva is a really fun character to hate 💩
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December 28, 2021
4.5/5
Another great read in this trilogy! I still hate Reva with a burning passion and in this second book she finally gets what is coming for her. This novel gets pretty wild and had me on the edge of my seat a lot. It is one of Stine’s more violent novels and a little darker than normal, but I really enjoyed that aspect of it! Didn’t really feel too much like a Christmas novel, but still fun nonetheless. I would definitely recommend this to others.
Another great read in this trilogy! I still hate Reva with a burning passion and in this second book she finally gets what is coming for her. This novel gets pretty wild and had me on the edge of my seat a lot. It is one of Stine’s more violent novels and a little darker than normal, but I really enjoyed that aspect of it! Didn’t really feel too much like a Christmas novel, but still fun nonetheless. I would definitely recommend this to others.
December 21, 2025
"Your phone in the house has a number revealer on it. You know, the readout that identifies the phone number of the person calling." (lol)
I really don't think Reva will ever change. She's just a mean girl to the bone.
I really don't think Reva will ever change. She's just a mean girl to the bone.
December 3, 2021
When they say eat the rich, they mean the Dalby's specifically.
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December 16, 2023
Definitely a Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2/Evil Dead 2-type sequel, just over-the-top ridiculous shit. The really cracked me up!
December 29, 2015
This didn’t really feel like a ‘Fear Street’ book. It was more like a story about the worst kidnappers of all time. After a while, it just got sad. There was one scene in particular where . Anyone who ever met Reva would have known that there’s no way in hell that that would have worked, so it’s kind of laughable that they tried what they did. The entire book was just Reva being a bitch to everyone and these three people bumbling around with these dumb plans to kidnap her. It wasn’t until the last thirty pages or so that the action picked up. It’s too bad because I actually liked . That part could’ve have been dragged out for way longer than that short scene that was given. I mean, I was still entertained by what was going on before, but I wish that there had been more of that thriller type of thing in the earlier parts of the book. Overall, I just felt like I was missing that creepiness that I was expecting.
January 2, 2025
2.5 stars (reread)
I originally gave this book 2 stars and I don't agree with that. I think 2.5 is where I'm going to land. Reva is still as narcissistic and vapid as ever and has not changed at all. You would think a girl who got stabbed with a tube of lipstick would've learned her lesson, but alas she's still a bitch. I did remember the plot twist The pacing was typical for usual Fear Street novels and the characterization of Reva is more complex than what is normally provided since this is her second staring role. Honestly, I would love an adaptation of these books. They are prime slasher material.
I originally gave this book 2 stars and I don't agree with that. I think 2.5 is where I'm going to land. Reva is still as narcissistic and vapid as ever and has not changed at all. You would think a girl who got stabbed with a tube of lipstick would've learned her lesson, but alas she's still a bitch. I did remember the plot twist The pacing was typical for usual Fear Street novels and the characterization of Reva is more complex than what is normally provided since this is her second staring role. Honestly, I would love an adaptation of these books. They are prime slasher material.
July 25, 2021
titular sentence:
p6: The soft, familiar melody of "Silent Night" came on the radio, and he grabbed the dial and turned the music off with a bitter groan.
ocr:
p71: "...Now, put the car in gear and pull over to the $$$not...."
I was actually rooting for the bad guys, but they're just dumb aholes.
Bob's version of Die Hard, I guess. Yippee ki-yay.
p6: The soft, familiar melody of "Silent Night" came on the radio, and he grabbed the dial and turned the music off with a bitter groan.
ocr:
p71: "...Now, put the car in gear and pull over to the $$$not...."
I was actually rooting for the bad guys, but they're just dumb aholes.
Bob's version of Die Hard, I guess. Yippee ki-yay.
November 11, 2018
Ugh! Reva is just as insufferable but the plot is way less interesting in this one. The first book in this trilogy is way better.
January 14, 2019
Read this with my mom! It’s from her old collection of fear street books. Was so good and scary! Can’t wait to read more with her!
December 22, 2022
Reva just can't learn her lesson and we get this next chapter in her story.
Not as thrilling as the first but our anti-hero is just so delightfully bitchy she makes up for some of the lackluster story.
It doesn't really focus on Reva much it is more about the two would be kidnappers. I guess I should say more wannabe Bonnie and Clyde but not smart enough to be so ruthless.
Paul Nicholas goes by the nickname Pres because his girlfriend Diane Morris thinks he looks like Elvis Presley. She is a former brunette gone blonde with teeth that have her boyfriend calling her Rabbit when he wants to annoy her.
He's a high school dropout and she got to graduate with a C average so neither one is highly educated. They are a little delusional but the one thing Pres is sure of is that he absolutely hates Robert Dalby, Reva's dad.
Pres got caught stealing and was lectured by the man himself before being let go from his stock clerk job. They've been talking about robbing the Dalby home but Pres' new plan is to hit the man where it will really hurt...by kidnapping his bratty ice princess daughter.
Reva of course is worth kidnapping don't get me wrong. She's still being rude to customers, treating her job like a joke and being a terror to her co-workers.
Pam, her cousin, has now been given a job at Dalby's. Her mom lost her job and her dad had to sell his business so that must have been enough to make her uncle finally offer a position. Pam has been hitting it off with fellow teen co-worker Victor but once Reva sets her sights on the guy...oh boy.
When Pres and Diane fail to kidnap Reva twice, Diane suggest they bring in Pres' older brother Danny to help. He doesn't like it at first knowing that his brother has a really bad temper but soon relents as the duo aren't doing too good.
Then Pres gets himself arrested for trying to steal a car.
Danny and Diane can't afford to bail him out so they go on their own to try and nab Reva a third time. At first they think they have succeeded but Reva got Pam to cover for her so guess who ends up being kidnapped?
They find that out when they call up Robert Dalby to tell him they have his daughter and want a million dollars for her...but Reva is sitting there with him. At first he says he won't pay a penny for a stranger but eventually when they figure out it was Pam...he still won't pay to get her back.
He doesn't negotiate with kidnappers. Wow.
I'm just glad that Reva's little brother Michael is away in St. Croix with a friend of his who invited him to come so he doesn't have to be kidnapped. That would just be too much.
Pam doesn't deserve to be kidnapped either.
Too bad that the Santa on the book cover is just a bad dream because I'm pretty sure even he would want to kidnap Reva. Well maybe not but pick any psycho Santa from any Christmas horror film and they would be ready to give Naughty Reva her comeuppance.
Sadly this is more of a PG 13 than an R sort of tale...a tame Stine-tingler this time around.
Don't worry Reva...you'll still get just what you deserve this Christmas.
You can pretty much figure out how it ends since there is still Silent Night 3.
You just can't keep a mean girl down...but this book is kind of a let down. If you've never read Silent Night 2, I'd only recommend it for Reva Dalby continuing to be a total snot.
Not as thrilling as the first but our anti-hero is just so delightfully bitchy she makes up for some of the lackluster story.
It doesn't really focus on Reva much it is more about the two would be kidnappers. I guess I should say more wannabe Bonnie and Clyde but not smart enough to be so ruthless.
Paul Nicholas goes by the nickname Pres because his girlfriend Diane Morris thinks he looks like Elvis Presley. She is a former brunette gone blonde with teeth that have her boyfriend calling her Rabbit when he wants to annoy her.
He's a high school dropout and she got to graduate with a C average so neither one is highly educated. They are a little delusional but the one thing Pres is sure of is that he absolutely hates Robert Dalby, Reva's dad.
Pres got caught stealing and was lectured by the man himself before being let go from his stock clerk job. They've been talking about robbing the Dalby home but Pres' new plan is to hit the man where it will really hurt...by kidnapping his bratty ice princess daughter.
Reva of course is worth kidnapping don't get me wrong. She's still being rude to customers, treating her job like a joke and being a terror to her co-workers.
Pam, her cousin, has now been given a job at Dalby's. Her mom lost her job and her dad had to sell his business so that must have been enough to make her uncle finally offer a position. Pam has been hitting it off with fellow teen co-worker Victor but once Reva sets her sights on the guy...oh boy.
When Pres and Diane fail to kidnap Reva twice, Diane suggest they bring in Pres' older brother Danny to help. He doesn't like it at first knowing that his brother has a really bad temper but soon relents as the duo aren't doing too good.
Then Pres gets himself arrested for trying to steal a car.
Danny and Diane can't afford to bail him out so they go on their own to try and nab Reva a third time. At first they think they have succeeded but Reva got Pam to cover for her so guess who ends up being kidnapped?
They find that out when they call up Robert Dalby to tell him they have his daughter and want a million dollars for her...but Reva is sitting there with him. At first he says he won't pay a penny for a stranger but eventually when they figure out it was Pam...he still won't pay to get her back.
He doesn't negotiate with kidnappers. Wow.
I'm just glad that Reva's little brother Michael is away in St. Croix with a friend of his who invited him to come so he doesn't have to be kidnapped. That would just be too much.
Pam doesn't deserve to be kidnapped either.
Too bad that the Santa on the book cover is just a bad dream because I'm pretty sure even he would want to kidnap Reva. Well maybe not but pick any psycho Santa from any Christmas horror film and they would be ready to give Naughty Reva her comeuppance.
Sadly this is more of a PG 13 than an R sort of tale...a tame Stine-tingler this time around.
Don't worry Reva...you'll still get just what you deserve this Christmas.
You can pretty much figure out how it ends since there is still Silent Night 3.
You just can't keep a mean girl down...but this book is kind of a let down. If you've never read Silent Night 2, I'd only recommend it for Reva Dalby continuing to be a total snot.
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