A review by ceruleanjen
Welcome to Camp Nightmare by R.L. Stine

4.0

I read this for the Goosebumps-along, a read-a-thon hosted by Richard on Booktube. More details here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MctXtA5HWSY) if you are interested. And if it's no longer October 2017, I'm sure it will happen again next year!

Plot:

This is another one that I don't remember liking as much as I ended up with this re-read. This one is about a boy named Billy who is attending summer camp for the first time but unfortunately it is not a great experience. As a kid, I wanted to go to summer camp so bad I couldn't stand it so I feel like I will always have a soft spot for stories involving summer camp. I didn't remember much about the plot of this one so it kept surprising me. Some parts were actually kind of creepy.


Setting:

A summer camp in the woods past the desert...not spooky at all.


Characters:

I actually liked the main character, Billy, quite a lot. I liked how all of his cabin mates were different from one another and I ended up liking all of them. Uncle Al and Larry were very strange.


Relationships:

I liked the growing friendships Billy had with his cabin mates, though none of them develop too much.


Writing/Voice:

I love Stine's writing and the voice was good.


Ending:

The climax was good but the ending was definitely cheese. Still very enjoyable.


Overall, pretty good. Originally rated it a 3 but I think it deserves an extra half star. 3.5 stars now.