Reviews

Don't Stay Up Late by R.L. Stine

ashes_book_cave's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

anonishere's review

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

kikiwest's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

kaceylaine's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.0

maggieluong's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

torigroves47's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

Fun, cheesy teen horror. Easy read, predictable reveal. Standard fear street book, but with more of a goosebumps ending.

zorasorel's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

marissareids's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

tcgarback's review

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: C-
Personal Score: C+

I enjoyed this for what it was (YA pulp) and read it quickly, in a day, but it doesn’t make a whole lot of sense, and it’s a bit predictable. I also don’t find creature features that interesting.

This is the first Fear Street Relaunch I’ve read, and it seems this series is slower paced, less formulaic, and less cheesy (less charming, as a result) than the original series. Not to say this book is slow.

Hopefully the others in the series are stronger, but this wasn’t terrible.

beaverla's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75