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3.02 AVERAGE
3.02 AVERAGE
It was what I wanted. Silly. A little sinister. It takes some strange twists. But still quite good.
slow-paced
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
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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.
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
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.
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
fast-paced
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.
medium-paced