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A review by manwithanagenda
The Dead Lifeguard by R.L. Stine
dark
tense
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
1.5
Fear Street # 37
Amanda flunked Algebra. This means she's enrolled in summer school in the town where they're renting a cabin. It also means her mother, busy writing some article about teens and stress all summer, has to hire a live-in "mother's helper" to take care of Amanda's younger siblings.
Chrissy is perfect. So perfect her parents hire her without checking references, despite Amanda's reasonable objections. Weird things are happening around the house, but only Amanda notices them. The family cat hisses at Chrissy, the canaries are struck dumb, and some people have blood boil out of their facial orifices when Amanda enlists them to help her do a background check on Chrissy. Weird.
This is one of the blatantly supernatural books, and gets lots of crazy points, but there isn't much suspense to the story due to the narrative conceit of the book being a flashback in Amanda's head while she's sitting in juvenile detention. So, we know she's fine.
Note: We have a brief phone cameo with Carter Philips, the heroine of 'The Cheater'.
Fear Street in Publication Order
Next #38: 'The First Horror', 99 Fear Street Trilogy #1
Previous #36: 'The Dead Lifeguard', Super Chiller #6
Amanda flunked Algebra. This means she's enrolled in summer school in the town where they're renting a cabin. It also means her mother, busy writing some article about teens and stress all summer, has to hire a live-in "mother's helper" to take care of Amanda's younger siblings.
Chrissy is perfect. So perfect her parents hire her without checking references, despite Amanda's reasonable objections. Weird things are happening around the house, but only Amanda notices them. The family cat hisses at Chrissy, the canaries are struck dumb, and some people have blood boil out of their facial orifices when Amanda enlists them to help her do a background check on Chrissy. Weird.
This is one of the blatantly supernatural books, and gets lots of crazy points, but there isn't much suspense to the story due to the narrative conceit of the book being a flashback in Amanda's head while she's sitting in juvenile detention. So, we know she's fine.
Note: We have a brief phone cameo with Carter Philips, the heroine of 'The Cheater'.
Fear Street in Publication Order
Next #38: 'The First Horror', 99 Fear Street Trilogy #1
Previous #36: 'The Dead Lifeguard', Super Chiller #6