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charlottesometimes's review
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
uhhlexiconic's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.25
waniyussof's review
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
tanyxscreams's review
5.0
This is the first fear street I've read in years, and I got to say, it's pretty sexist.
The plot twist was surprising, but cheap.
It was still a fast and somewhat fun read.
The plot twist was surprising, but cheap.
It was still a fast and somewhat fun read.
manwithanagenda's review
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Fear Street # 60
There are things Martha Powell can't remember. After the accident the whole fall semester is fuzzy and one week over the holiday break is completely gone. Martha wasn't physically hurt, but for something happened that was bad enough for her memories to vanish. She's working with a therapist to recover, and her friends are under strict orders to not reveal what happened that week and why it seems to have changed everything. Her brilliant friend Adriana Petrakis' grades are plummeting, Adriana's brother Ivan now runs with a bad crowd, Laura Winter can't sleep...it seems like only her boyfriend Aaron and friend Justine are behaving normally. Justine does flirt with Aaron, but that's nothing to worry about. Martha used to be able to relax with her art, but suddenly she can only draw one thing: the face. It's of a handsome boy, but she could swear she's never seen him before. The face is even starting to bleed into her everyday life. Who is he? Does he have something to do with the accident?
We haven't had amnesia in Shadyside in ages. This is only the third case after 'The Dead Lifeguard' and 'The Sleepwalker'. That's not bad for sixty books! Unusually, we do have two doctors in this story and both of them are ethical and seem to have a genuine interest in helping their patients. Way to go! This had a few really good scenes - including a basketball game to remember - and a nice twist. Without spoiling things though, I will say that whenever there's a chapter cliffhanger in these where someone declares that they killed X, there's a 75% chance that they did not in fact kill X.
I'm hoping we get a decent supernatual story soon, these thrillers are fine, but they are pretty similar beneath the window dressing. The book gets points for having the number of break-ups not resulting in homicide outnumbering the break-ups that do result in homicide.
Fear Street in Publication Order
Next #61: 'Stay Away from the Treehouse', Ghosts of Fear Street #5
Previous #59: 'Nightmare in 3-D', Ghosts of Fear Street #3
There are things Martha Powell can't remember. After the accident the whole fall semester is fuzzy and one week over the holiday break is completely gone. Martha wasn't physically hurt, but for something happened that was bad enough for her memories to vanish. She's working with a therapist to recover, and her friends are under strict orders to not reveal what happened that week and why it seems to have changed everything. Her brilliant friend Adriana Petrakis' grades are plummeting, Adriana's brother Ivan now runs with a bad crowd, Laura Winter can't sleep...it seems like only her boyfriend Aaron and friend Justine are behaving normally. Justine does flirt with Aaron, but that's nothing to worry about. Martha used to be able to relax with her art, but suddenly she can only draw one thing: the face. It's of a handsome boy, but she could swear she's never seen him before. The face is even starting to bleed into her everyday life. Who is he? Does he have something to do with the accident?
We haven't had amnesia in Shadyside in ages. This is only the third case after 'The Dead Lifeguard' and 'The Sleepwalker'. That's not bad for sixty books! Unusually, we do have two doctors in this story and both of them are ethical and seem to have a genuine interest in helping their patients. Way to go! This had a few really good scenes - including a basketball game to remember - and a nice twist. Without spoiling things though, I will say that whenever there's a chapter cliffhanger in these where someone declares that they killed X, there's a 75% chance that they did not in fact kill X.
I'm hoping we get a decent supernatual story soon, these thrillers are fine, but they are pretty similar beneath the window dressing. The book gets points for having the number of break-ups not resulting in homicide outnumbering the break-ups that do result in homicide.
Fear Street in Publication Order
Next #61: 'Stay Away from the Treehouse', Ghosts of Fear Street #5
Previous #59: 'Nightmare in 3-D', Ghosts of Fear Street #3
hyzie's review against another edition
3.0
This was something I picked up because it looked like a quick, fun read and I was feeling "in-between" other books. It fit the bill.
I, like most bookish people my age, I'm sure, was absolutely hooked on R.L. Stine as a kid. I read anything I could get my hands on, and I have a few favorites I read so many times I could recite parts of them.
This is not one of those books.
It was refreshing going into this knowing the kinds of tropes I'm likely to see and yet not knowing anything about the plot. I picked it up on a complete whim from Oyster, and I had fun with it.
I did see the ending coming, but it was extremely close there, which was refreshing. Things were not blatantly telegraphed throughout (or at least I felt that way--your mileage may vary if you are not reading it at two in the morning, admittedly)
Amnesia is kind of a fun plot device, though the length to which it was carried seemed a bit much. Not that our main character, Martha, can't remember, but that apparently everyone has been told not to talk about it and has obeyed that decree to such an extent that so much can be hidden from her. It smacked a bit of author intervention, there, but this was such a quick read I was willing to forgive it. Things were not stretched out too far to be believable, given the length of the book.
If you're feeling nostalgic or just looking for a quick breather between other books, this should fit the bill quite nicely.
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