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Fear Street #23
Double Date
No girl in her right mind would say no to a date with Bobby Newkirk. Not with those great looks, that easy charm, and the awesome way he plays the guitar. Of course, some people think he's just a bit conceited. But when it comes to breaking hearts, that hasn't slowed Bobby down one bit.
At least, not until the beautiful Wade twins move to Shadyside. And Bobby brags to his friends that they'll both fall for him.
And they do. Too bad for Bobby the twins never learned to share. One of them is jealous, murderously jealous. Is it quiet, shy Bree? Or bold, sexy Samantha? Bobby had better figure it out...or his double fun will turn to double terror.
At least, not until the beautiful Wade twins move to Shadyside. And Bobby brags to his friends that they'll both fall for him.
And they do. Too bad for Bobby the twins never learned to share. One of them is jealous, murderously jealous. Is it quiet, shy Bree? Or bold, sexy Samantha? Bobby had better figure it out...or his double fun will turn to double terror.
166 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 1994
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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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April 4, 2019
Una historia que comienza con todos los detalles conocidos, el típico chico patán que tiene la fantasía de salir con gemelas, solo para demostrar que es el más Don Juan de todos.
Este chico no me gradó desde el principio, y como va envolviendo a las chicas hizo que lo soportara aun menos, sobre todo al querer ponerlas en contra.
Porque claro, si se siente el gran hombre, nada le daría más gusto que ver que las hermanas se peleen por él.
Con lo que no cuenta es que está en una historia de R.L. Stine y eso quiere decir que al malo se avecina.
La verdad es que el final no lo veía venir y me agradó, solo hubo una aparición que la verdad se me hizo demasiado dramático y que le quitó credibilidad, pero bueno, supongo que no estuvo tan mal.
Este chico no me gradó desde el principio, y como va envolviendo a las chicas hizo que lo soportara aun menos, sobre todo al querer ponerlas en contra.
Porque claro, si se siente el gran hombre, nada le daría más gusto que ver que las hermanas se peleen por él.
Con lo que no cuenta es que está en una historia de R.L. Stine y eso quiere decir que al malo se avecina.
La verdad es que el final no lo veía venir y me agradó, solo hubo una aparición que la verdad se me hizo demasiado dramático y que le quitó credibilidad, pero bueno, supongo que no estuvo tan mal.
May 5, 2022
Bobby erhält seine Lektion
In dem Buch Der Aufreißer von R. L. Stine, geht es um Bobby Newkirk, welcher fast mit jedem Mädchen von der Schule schon mal ausgegangen ist. Jetzt will er mit den neuen eineiigen Zwillingen Bree und Samantha gleichzeitig ausgehen. Ob das klappt und keine von der anderen erfährt, das er mit beiden gleichzeitig ausgeht sollte jeder selber lesen.
Meine Meinung:
Ich fand die Geschichte spannend geschrieben und flüssig zu lesen. Das Cover passt wirklich sehr gut zur Geschichte und ich bin bis zum Schluss nicht auf die Lösung gekommen.
Fazit:
Wieder eine spannende Geschichte von dem Autor. Ich kann es nur weiterempfehlen.
In dem Buch Der Aufreißer von R. L. Stine, geht es um Bobby Newkirk, welcher fast mit jedem Mädchen von der Schule schon mal ausgegangen ist. Jetzt will er mit den neuen eineiigen Zwillingen Bree und Samantha gleichzeitig ausgehen. Ob das klappt und keine von der anderen erfährt, das er mit beiden gleichzeitig ausgeht sollte jeder selber lesen.
Meine Meinung:
Ich fand die Geschichte spannend geschrieben und flüssig zu lesen. Das Cover passt wirklich sehr gut zur Geschichte und ich bin bis zum Schluss nicht auf die Lösung gekommen.
Fazit:
Wieder eine spannende Geschichte von dem Autor. Ich kann es nur weiterempfehlen.
March 7, 2011
When I first read the Fear Street Series as a young child, I thought they were spooky books. I eagerly anticipated author R.L. Stine's next novel because all the strange things that occurred on Fear Street were connected in each succeeding book. This title was no exception.
My first two readings of Double Date were enjoyable ones. I was around eleven years old the first time I read it and probably around fourteen the second time. So, when I saw the book on sale for $0.25 at the Friends of the Library Sale in Eureka, CA, I knew I couldn't pass up this opportunity to revisit a childhood favorite.
The story is about a high school boy named Bobby Newkirk. He's obsessed with his good looks and believes he's God's gift to women. All the girls want him, and once he's dated them for a little while, he discards them like used tissues. That is until he meets his biggest challenge: the Wade twins. Samantha and Bree are as different as night and day, and Bobby's determined to make himself a high school legend at Shadyside High. Who else has the animal magnetism and the self-confidence to date twins at the same time? No one but "Bobby the man."
Of course Bobby is not someone the reader should admire. His conceitedness and chauvinistic-machismo attitude is revealed in the first page. He's a high school "player." As an adult, it was a little difficult to stomach the entire novel knowing what I do about women's rights and feminism. Plus, Bobby's character is really despicable, an utter creep. Of course, I don't think middle school/pre-teen readers will be worried about the social and cultural implications of the main character in Double Date. After all, it's a classic horror piece, and R.L. Stine creates a story that teaches a valuable lesson about how women should and shouldn't be treated in his traditional, twisted manner.
The setting of the novel is Shadyside High, the Fear Street High School. Unfortunately, the location is not highlighted enough when you consider the rich and vivid world that R.L. Stine has developed. Mainly, side characters just mention that strange things happen because they live on Fear Street, as if that explains the horrors that occur.
As previously stated, the main character is Bobby and the plot centers on his love triangle with Samantha and Bree Wade, twins that moved to Fear Street a year ago. Other minor characters include Bobby's band players, Arnie and Paul. The book is also littered with a variety of cheerleaders and other women that Bobby has dated. The boy really leaves a string of jaded women with broken hearts behind him.
There's not a lot of character development, but what do you expect from a book that's 150 pages? What it lacks in development is made up by Stine's craftiness at creating a delectable horror novel for children and young adults. There are no literary elements used, and there is not a lot of depth to the story. However, Stine does teach children a valuable lesson about how actions have consequences. In this case, it's treat others the way you want to be treated...or else...
The nice thing about Double Date, and really all of R.L. Stine's writings, is that they are age approach despite their subject matter. In this case, I would say readers as young as ten or eleven would enjoy Double Date. There are no sex scenes, and the furthest physical contact that "Bobby the man" has with any of the girls that he dates is kissing. There is no foul language, and although it's spooky, there are no real dangerous or violent scenes until the very end, and even that is almost comical, especially from an adult's perspective. Considering some of the teen horror novels that are out there, R.L. Stine is really "old school" and gets a PG rating from me. If you are still a concerned parent, I would recommend reading it for yourself before giving it to your child. Teenagers, though, should be able to handle the content of this novel easily enough.
As an adult reader, the novel is boring. It can't compare to literary horror geniuses like Stephen King or Dean Koontz. The writing is pedantic and predictable. As a younger reader, I remember it being suspenseful, thrilling, and mysterious. Not anymore. Perhaps part of my disappointment was because I already knew the ending, or perhaps it was because I've developed intellectually as a reader. Regardless, the age of the reader will affect the enjoyment of Double Date.
Overall, Double Date is a quick read that shouldn't take most readers longer than a day to finish. It's a good introduction to the horror genre for young people, but it isn't the best Fear Street novel by R.L. Stine. Still, it was a nice visit down memory lane reading the book as an adult. It marks my third read, which was enough for me. In the future, I won't be going on a fourth date.
My first two readings of Double Date were enjoyable ones. I was around eleven years old the first time I read it and probably around fourteen the second time. So, when I saw the book on sale for $0.25 at the Friends of the Library Sale in Eureka, CA, I knew I couldn't pass up this opportunity to revisit a childhood favorite.
The story is about a high school boy named Bobby Newkirk. He's obsessed with his good looks and believes he's God's gift to women. All the girls want him, and once he's dated them for a little while, he discards them like used tissues. That is until he meets his biggest challenge: the Wade twins. Samantha and Bree are as different as night and day, and Bobby's determined to make himself a high school legend at Shadyside High. Who else has the animal magnetism and the self-confidence to date twins at the same time? No one but "Bobby the man."
Of course Bobby is not someone the reader should admire. His conceitedness and chauvinistic-machismo attitude is revealed in the first page. He's a high school "player." As an adult, it was a little difficult to stomach the entire novel knowing what I do about women's rights and feminism. Plus, Bobby's character is really despicable, an utter creep. Of course, I don't think middle school/pre-teen readers will be worried about the social and cultural implications of the main character in Double Date. After all, it's a classic horror piece, and R.L. Stine creates a story that teaches a valuable lesson about how women should and shouldn't be treated in his traditional, twisted manner.
The setting of the novel is Shadyside High, the Fear Street High School. Unfortunately, the location is not highlighted enough when you consider the rich and vivid world that R.L. Stine has developed. Mainly, side characters just mention that strange things happen because they live on Fear Street, as if that explains the horrors that occur.
As previously stated, the main character is Bobby and the plot centers on his love triangle with Samantha and Bree Wade, twins that moved to Fear Street a year ago. Other minor characters include Bobby's band players, Arnie and Paul. The book is also littered with a variety of cheerleaders and other women that Bobby has dated. The boy really leaves a string of jaded women with broken hearts behind him.
There's not a lot of character development, but what do you expect from a book that's 150 pages? What it lacks in development is made up by Stine's craftiness at creating a delectable horror novel for children and young adults. There are no literary elements used, and there is not a lot of depth to the story. However, Stine does teach children a valuable lesson about how actions have consequences. In this case, it's treat others the way you want to be treated...or else...
The nice thing about Double Date, and really all of R.L. Stine's writings, is that they are age approach despite their subject matter. In this case, I would say readers as young as ten or eleven would enjoy Double Date. There are no sex scenes, and the furthest physical contact that "Bobby the man" has with any of the girls that he dates is kissing. There is no foul language, and although it's spooky, there are no real dangerous or violent scenes until the very end, and even that is almost comical, especially from an adult's perspective. Considering some of the teen horror novels that are out there, R.L. Stine is really "old school" and gets a PG rating from me. If you are still a concerned parent, I would recommend reading it for yourself before giving it to your child. Teenagers, though, should be able to handle the content of this novel easily enough.
As an adult reader, the novel is boring. It can't compare to literary horror geniuses like Stephen King or Dean Koontz. The writing is pedantic and predictable. As a younger reader, I remember it being suspenseful, thrilling, and mysterious. Not anymore. Perhaps part of my disappointment was because I already knew the ending, or perhaps it was because I've developed intellectually as a reader. Regardless, the age of the reader will affect the enjoyment of Double Date.
Overall, Double Date is a quick read that shouldn't take most readers longer than a day to finish. It's a good introduction to the horror genre for young people, but it isn't the best Fear Street novel by R.L. Stine. Still, it was a nice visit down memory lane reading the book as an adult. It marks my third read, which was enough for me. In the future, I won't be going on a fourth date.
March 6, 2023
This was a quick and fun read for Valentine's Day.
We follow Bobby, a guy that definitely loves himself a little bit too much. He is always going from girl to girl and never takes their feelings into consideration.
When he hears that a set of twins is moving to Shadyside, he brags to his friends that he will be able to date both girls because who can resist him….yikes. You will end up hating his guts but that is how it was intended.
As he gets to know the twins, he will realize that they are keeping a very dark secret.
We follow Bobby, a guy that definitely loves himself a little bit too much. He is always going from girl to girl and never takes their feelings into consideration.
When he hears that a set of twins is moving to Shadyside, he brags to his friends that he will be able to date both girls because who can resist him….yikes. You will end up hating his guts but that is how it was intended.
As he gets to know the twins, he will realize that they are keeping a very dark secret.
April 4, 2019
5 ⭐
I remember reading this book while I was in school.
Glad the girls were able to get their revenge against Bobby. Wonder if Bree and Samantha alternated between playing the third sister.
I remember reading this book while I was in school.
Glad the girls were able to get their revenge against Bobby. Wonder if Bree and Samantha alternated between playing the third sister.
February 20, 2022
Bobby is the male Reva, and that's what makes his comeuppance so much fun. Because, mild spoiler, unlike Reva, Bobby pays for his indiscretions.
A fun Fear Street with a confusing cast of interchanging multiple girls, cannibal ants, and a jerk of a lead character who thinks he's above it all but quickly finds out, he's really not.
A fun Fear Street with a confusing cast of interchanging multiple girls, cannibal ants, and a jerk of a lead character who thinks he's above it all but quickly finds out, he's really not.
January 29, 2019
The main character in this book deserves a swift kick to the family jewels and I hated everything about this book except the ending.
November 12, 2022
When rich, good-looking serial dater, Bobby Newkirk sets his sights on the Wade twins, he jokes about what it would be like to date them both at the same time, without them finding out about the other. His two best friends tease him, saying not even he could pull that off. Well, Bobby certainly isn't afraid of that challenge, boasting it's "no problem."
He asks both Bree and Samantha out the same day, and they both say yes. However, it's not all it's cracked up to be. Bree is quiet and intense, and is too needy. Samantha is way too wild and crazy - even for Bobby. Yet despite his reservations, they're just so hot he can't bring himself to dump them.
That's when bad things start happening to him. His tires are slashed, he gets shocked by a cut wire, he finds a threatening note and a gross fake dead animal in his locker. Not to mention he can't keep track of which girl is which - and it's making him feel crazy. On top of that, Samantha keeps asking Bobby to break up with Bree; she wants him all for herself.
Soon, more comes to light about the sisters and Bobby is getting conflicting stories from all sides; he has no idea what to believe and he's going nuts trying to figure out the truth. Which he better do soon - before it's too late.
He asks both Bree and Samantha out the same day, and they both say yes. However, it's not all it's cracked up to be. Bree is quiet and intense, and is too needy. Samantha is way too wild and crazy - even for Bobby. Yet despite his reservations, they're just so hot he can't bring himself to dump them.
That's when bad things start happening to him. His tires are slashed, he gets shocked by a cut wire, he finds a threatening note and a gross fake dead animal in his locker. Not to mention he can't keep track of which girl is which - and it's making him feel crazy. On top of that, Samantha keeps asking Bobby to break up with Bree; she wants him all for herself.
Soon, more comes to light about the sisters and Bobby is getting conflicting stories from all sides; he has no idea what to believe and he's going nuts trying to figure out the truth. Which he better do soon - before it's too late.
September 6, 2022
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July 17, 2021
This is what I would have to say the perfect revenge story I have read in a long time.
You have the popular guy who is constantly dating one girl after another. He has pretty much dated every single solitary girl in the entire school in fact. Everyone but a set of twins. Without knowing that they are very close sisters or not he decides to ask both of them out separately.
He finds himself in a lot of trouble to the point he believes someone is trying to kill him.
Ultimately he gets what he deserves in the end.
You have the popular guy who is constantly dating one girl after another. He has pretty much dated every single solitary girl in the entire school in fact. Everyone but a set of twins. Without knowing that they are very close sisters or not he decides to ask both of them out separately.
He finds himself in a lot of trouble to the point he believes someone is trying to kill him.
Ultimately he gets what he deserves in the end.
March 19, 2019
I’ve never read about a character that was more conceited and full of himself than Bobby. All the mentions of it not being fair to deprive the ladies at school of ‘Bobby the Man’ lowkey made me want to puke in my mouth. He thought that literally every girl he met was head over heels for him. There were some moments where a girl clearly hated Bobby and he’d just walk off, smugly laughing about how so-and-so desperately wanted him back. I just couldn’t with this guy because it was so over-the-top.
The plot itself was interesting. I had a hunch from the beginning about what was going on, but towards the latter parts of the book it became super confusing trying to make sense of . Also, the ending did leave me with mixed feelings. On one hand, . It all just seemed a little anti-climactic compared to what I was expecting going in.
The plot itself was interesting. I had a hunch from the beginning about what was going on, but towards the latter parts of the book it became super confusing trying to make sense of . Also, the ending did leave me with mixed feelings. On one hand, . It all just seemed a little anti-climactic compared to what I was expecting going in.
August 3, 2021
So I've read plenty of old Fear Street books as a kid, Double Date was one I originally skipped due to the premise not to my interest. The main plot is of how Bobby gets a chance to date twin sisters, Samantha and Bree. The real surprise was that one of them is jealous of the other and they convinced Bobby to take part in killing the other. The audiobook is decent and Frank Muller is a great narrator for the story, but I have two big issues with the story. One was the real unlikability of Bobby's character, it's one thing to have a flawed character, but Bobby was one waiting to be killed. The second was that the pacing appeared to be slower than usual and no gore really is very unfamiliar to a Fear Street book.
October 22, 2017
Mit einigen Jahren Abstand sind die Bücher natürlich wesentlich ungruseliger als damals. Aber als 12-jährige hatte ich riesigen Spaß mit ihnen :)
November 14, 2025
Once upon a time, in a far away land (freshman year of high school) I found this book in a library after my English teacher said we need to find a book to write an essay about. I picked this book out because I’ve heard of Stine from the Goosebumps books. I read the first half of this book and fell in love with it. I can’t remember why but I never finished it and didn’t do the essay lol.
Jump forward a bunch of years and I found this book at a Goodwill and knew I had to complete this! We meet Bobby. He is the most charming and handsome boy at school, and it is an honor for any girl to be in the presence of him. There are two new sisters who have recently joined the school, Bree and Samantha, and Bobby makes it a challenge for him to date both… at the same time!
I loved this as much, if not more than the first time I read this. For a YA horror book, this is written quite maturely and realistic which I appreciate. This is filled with suspense and twists and turns I promise you won’t see coming. I mean I was literally had no idea what was going to happen next even at the very ending. I’m very impressed by Stine’s skill.
I highly recommend this book. It’s a quick, nostalgic, creepy, fun horror book that I think any reader could appreciate! Great work Mr. Stine!
Jump forward a bunch of years and I found this book at a Goodwill and knew I had to complete this! We meet Bobby. He is the most charming and handsome boy at school, and it is an honor for any girl to be in the presence of him. There are two new sisters who have recently joined the school, Bree and Samantha, and Bobby makes it a challenge for him to date both… at the same time!
I loved this as much, if not more than the first time I read this. For a YA horror book, this is written quite maturely and realistic which I appreciate. This is filled with suspense and twists and turns I promise you won’t see coming. I mean I was literally had no idea what was going to happen next even at the very ending. I’m very impressed by Stine’s skill.
I highly recommend this book. It’s a quick, nostalgic, creepy, fun horror book that I think any reader could appreciate! Great work Mr. Stine!
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October 14, 2023
I love books with a twist. -1 star for main character being a pig, but it is essential to the story.
February 10, 2021
Vayamos a lo primero y que el personaje principal, es bastante idiota. Porque, vamos, alguien que se llama a sí mismo "Bobby el hombre" es idiota.
La trama es sencilla, Bobby es típico conquistador de chicas de la escuela. El problema es cuando quiere conquistar a dos chicas a la vez. Que además son gemelas.
Las dos hermanas son diferentes entre sí, y Bobby ante esto no sabe con quién quedarse.
La primera impresión que tuve fue que seguramente una de las hermanas iba a estar un poco loca y que iba a matar a la otra o incluso a él. Pero no.
Pero no, eso no era nada parecido.
Si bien todos los problemas empiezan en el instante en que Bobby coquetea con las dos, todo lo que sería el "el juego-historia" es distinto a lo que me esperaba. .
Todo lo que pasa Bobby en estos misteriosos y extraños sucesos, culminan en algo que me dio mucha gracia.
Es entretenido, me ha gustado, pero hay mejores. Sin embargo lo recomiendo para pásar el rato.
La trama es sencilla, Bobby es típico conquistador de chicas de la escuela. El problema es cuando quiere conquistar a dos chicas a la vez. Que además son gemelas.
Las dos hermanas son diferentes entre sí, y Bobby ante esto no sabe con quién quedarse.
La primera impresión que tuve fue que seguramente una de las hermanas iba a estar un poco loca y que iba a matar a la otra o incluso a él. Pero no.
Pero no, eso no era nada parecido.
Si bien todos los problemas empiezan en el instante en que Bobby coquetea con las dos, todo lo que sería el "el juego-historia" es distinto a lo que me esperaba. .
Todo lo que pasa Bobby en estos misteriosos y extraños sucesos, culminan en algo que me dio mucha gracia.
Es entretenido, me ha gustado, pero hay mejores. Sin embargo lo recomiendo para pásar el rato.
August 24, 2020
Bobby ist der absolute Aufreißer. Es scheint kein Mädchen an seiner Highschool zu geben, bei dem er es nicht schafft, es um den Finger zu wickeln. Doch als er zwei Zwillingsschwestern ins Auge fasst, die er beide verführen will, gerät das Ganze außer Kontrolle.
Ich wollte ein bisschen Nostalgiefeeling spüren und habe deswegen zur Fear Street Reihe gegriffen. Ich fand den Einstieg jedoch ziemlich zäh. Ich hatte den Eindruck, Stine wiederholt sich oft und es brauchte ziemlich lang, bis die Geschichte in Fahrt kam.
So richtig creepy wurde die Story eigentlich auch nicht, da ist man vom Autor besseres gewohnt – ich mein, ich hab heute noch ein Trauma durch die Bauchrednerpuppe Slappy.
Insgesamt einfach nicht Stines bestes Buch. Aber ich werde der Fear Street Reihe dennoch nochmal eine Chance geben, nostalgische Gefühle in mir zu wecken.
Ich wollte ein bisschen Nostalgiefeeling spüren und habe deswegen zur Fear Street Reihe gegriffen. Ich fand den Einstieg jedoch ziemlich zäh. Ich hatte den Eindruck, Stine wiederholt sich oft und es brauchte ziemlich lang, bis die Geschichte in Fahrt kam.
So richtig creepy wurde die Story eigentlich auch nicht, da ist man vom Autor besseres gewohnt – ich mein, ich hab heute noch ein Trauma durch die Bauchrednerpuppe Slappy.
Insgesamt einfach nicht Stines bestes Buch. Aber ich werde der Fear Street Reihe dennoch nochmal eine Chance geben, nostalgische Gefühle in mir zu wecken.
December 21, 2018
Dear R.L. Stine, ok, you win. This is a wild, unpredictable ride, and there is so much mythos here that Team RetRead is going to have a field day.
March 1, 2021
This was absolutely fun ,and surprising ,not like alot of "Fear Street" books.I recommend!
October 29, 2021
boring twist
October 27, 2025
I read this book MANY times when I was a kid. I am fairly confident I purchased it at a Scholastic Book Fair and it came with temporary tattoos (its probably why I have tattoos now, thanks Mr Stine).
I loved R.L. Stine so much I wrote him a fan letter and asked him to name a character Melissa. So innocent in my youth. It's funny that now these are called "Young Adult", I'm not sure that designation even existed when I was reading them. They were just books? Or maybe "Young Adult" was a thing and I said, I'm 11, I can read what I want, suckas. I didn't have rules around reading, I quickly progressed from Goosebumps, to Fear Street, to Christopher Pike (my sister had MANY), to V.C. Andrews (my cousin had MANY), to Stephen King and James Patterson (every girl goes through a serial killer phase, right?). I read Animal Farm at 10...it was on my sister's bookshelf and I LOVED to "borrow" her books (maybe if I read what she read, she'd like me)...it was a fun story about talking animals to ten-year-old me.
In that same vein, back then and still today, this was about a jerk who thought he was too cool to be kind and him having to deal with the repercussions of his actions. Not everything is an allegory. Revenge isn't always best served cold, sometimes it needs to come in hot with some cannibal ants and electrocution. F*** around and find out, Bobby. This is more psychological suspense than straight up horror but it would make a great dramatic after school special (remember THOSE?!).
I don't know if boys read Fear Street, but I hope a few read this one and started acting the opposite of Bobby.
I loved R.L. Stine so much I wrote him a fan letter and asked him to name a character Melissa. So innocent in my youth. It's funny that now these are called "Young Adult", I'm not sure that designation even existed when I was reading them. They were just books? Or maybe "Young Adult" was a thing and I said, I'm 11, I can read what I want, suckas. I didn't have rules around reading, I quickly progressed from Goosebumps, to Fear Street, to Christopher Pike (my sister had MANY), to V.C. Andrews (my cousin had MANY), to Stephen King and James Patterson (every girl goes through a serial killer phase, right?). I read Animal Farm at 10...it was on my sister's bookshelf and I LOVED to "borrow" her books (maybe if I read what she read, she'd like me)...it was a fun story about talking animals to ten-year-old me.
In that same vein, back then and still today, this was about a jerk who thought he was too cool to be kind and him having to deal with the repercussions of his actions. Not everything is an allegory. Revenge isn't always best served cold, sometimes it needs to come in hot with some cannibal ants and electrocution. F*** around and find out, Bobby. This is more psychological suspense than straight up horror but it would make a great dramatic after school special (remember THOSE?!).
I don't know if boys read Fear Street, but I hope a few read this one and started acting the opposite of Bobby.
July 6, 2024
Habe damals die Fear Street-Reihe geliebt und mir fast alle Teile reingezogen. Hatte vor einigen Jahren mal eine Kollektion in der Buchhandlung gesehen, sie mir gekauft und wollte sie nun nach und nach wieder re-readen.
Aus der heutigen Perspektive ist diese Geschichte nicht mehr so grandios, wie ich sie damals in Erinnerung hatte. Die Story ist wenig tiefsinnig, die Charaktere sind nicht viel ausgearbeitet und der Schreibstil so schlicht gehalten wie möglich. Besonders gut bei den Fear Street-Büchern sind aber vor allem die Twists. Die habe ich bei dieser Geschichte selbst nicht mehr kommen sehen und war positiv überrascht.
Mit dem Hintergrund betrachtet, dass das Buch für Teenager geschrieben ist, ist es auf jeden Fall solide und eignet sich gut, um mal wieder ins Lesen reinzukommen.
Aus der heutigen Perspektive ist diese Geschichte nicht mehr so grandios, wie ich sie damals in Erinnerung hatte. Die Story ist wenig tiefsinnig, die Charaktere sind nicht viel ausgearbeitet und der Schreibstil so schlicht gehalten wie möglich. Besonders gut bei den Fear Street-Büchern sind aber vor allem die Twists. Die habe ich bei dieser Geschichte selbst nicht mehr kommen sehen und war positiv überrascht.
Mit dem Hintergrund betrachtet, dass das Buch für Teenager geschrieben ist, ist es auf jeden Fall solide und eignet sich gut, um mal wieder ins Lesen reinzukommen.
June 23, 2023
Justice and I listened to this while driving up and down the North Shore! It made me chuckle quite a bit. Bobby is the best horrible main character I’ve seen in a book, and I trusted that the author made him horrible intentionally. He was very consistent, albeit with a repetitive internal monologue. I did not see the resolution to the mystery coming, so it was fun to see it unfold. I felt gaslit right along with Bobby the Man 😌
December 6, 2023
This turns into a schizo shadyside adventure worthy of the Fear Street name. Fortunately Bobbie as the main character who runs into a mess is a jerkwad who deserves the inconvenience, although I was shocked at a scene when the author 'monkeyed around' too far for this age group and his usual stuff. I listened to this from an Audible sitewide sale curious how the fan popular Frank Muller would do - he narrates this well and takes the story as seriously as he would any adult novel.
August 15, 2021
The thing is, I KNEW how this was going to end, but R.L. had me second guessing myself three quarters of the way into the book anyway. 😅 An absurdly ridiculous installment of the series, but still a lot of fun.
July 28, 2024
Super lustig, einfach genau das was man von den Büchern erwartet.
Ich hab eine absolute Schwäche für diese Buchreihe und würde sie jedem weiterempfehlen.
Einfacher horror für Jugendliche, kein schnickschnack, nicht viel nachdenken, einfach genießen.
Ich hab eine absolute Schwäche für diese Buchreihe und würde sie jedem weiterempfehlen.
Einfacher horror für Jugendliche, kein schnickschnack, nicht viel nachdenken, einfach genießen.
December 3, 2024
Another great Fear Street book! I knew where this book was going from the jump but I still loved every bit of it.
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