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tcgarback's review against another edition
fast-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
2.0
⭐️⭐️
Critical Score: D
Personal Score: C
More trash. Classist trash. One of the weaker relaunch books. Some mildly fun concepts and as fast paced as expected. But the writing is just so incredibly dumb. On every level. Which might be fine if the characters were kids instead of teens and the story was more Goosebumps and less YA thriller.
Oddly enough, I do want to read the third and fourth books in this series—the two I have not read yet, because I don’t have the second omnibus.
I guess it’s good to have some junk in your diet; it motivates you for when it’s time to read the quality stuff.
Critical Score: D
Personal Score: C
More trash. Classist trash. One of the weaker relaunch books. Some mildly fun concepts and as fast paced as expected. But the writing is just so incredibly dumb. On every level. Which might be fine if the characters were kids instead of teens and the story was more Goosebumps and less YA thriller.
Oddly enough, I do want to read the third and fourth books in this series—the two I have not read yet, because I don’t have the second omnibus.
I guess it’s good to have some junk in your diet; it motivates you for when it’s time to read the quality stuff.
leon_s's review against another edition
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
sabriena's review against another edition
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
This was decent for what it is. I didn't expect much since I'm not the target audience but I like the narrator a lot. There were a lot of things that I laughed at during this even though it wasn't supposed to be funny. I'd give some more of these relaunches a read.
thecampinglibrarian's review against another edition
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.0
rjdenney's review against another edition
2.0
What the fuck was this???? R.L. I love you but what-the-fuck?? This was just... terrible.
It's funny how no one is pointing this out but "Party Games" is pretty much a rip-off of the 1986 horror film "April Fool's Day". The only thing that sets both apart is the ending of Party Games which I feel came out of nowhere and was probably written last minute to avoid comparisons to other books/movies. Also on the copyright page it says Copyright 2014 by Parachute Publishing NOT R.L. Stine. So it is a packaged book which means it wasn't fully R.L.'s idea. But still it's a freaking rip-off and I am one disappointed reader.
I think I will be sticking with Stine's old books for now on.
I'll be talking more about this in my November Wrap-up video.
chelsea53's review against another edition
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
2.0
hecate5001's review against another edition
2.0
Hmm i dont know from where should i start.. When i knew that R. L STINE is writing a YA books i told myself i should get them and i got the first book which is party games..
The beginning was promising i guess i was excited but by time i just felt like what i am reading here? Thr plot twist is really bad the ending in bad and actually a lot of things thay dont make sense at all i kept rolling my eyes the whole book and at the end i started skimming it because i didnt want to read it anymore and i just wanted to know how it's gonna end and i wish i didnt knew :)
The beginning was promising i guess i was excited but by time i just felt like what i am reading here? Thr plot twist is really bad the ending in bad and actually a lot of things thay dont make sense at all i kept rolling my eyes the whole book and at the end i started skimming it because i didnt want to read it anymore and i just wanted to know how it's gonna end and i wish i didnt knew :)