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A review by fishgirl182
A Midsummer Night's Scream by R.L. Stine
1.0
Got up to page 26 but just wasn't feeling it. Picked this up at the library out of nostalgia as I used to love Fear Street as a kid. The opening of this was creepy if a bit over the top. I should power on and read more before giving up but I don't think I'm going to like this and will probably cut my losses early. I'd rather keep my fond memories of Stine and the scary stories that I grew up on.
OK now I've made it up to page 70 and I still have no idea where this book is going. The first few thrilling chapters are followed by a bunch of inane teen chatter and awesome lines like "Darlene sighed. I sighed. It was a sighing party." :( However, Puck has just made an appearance. I am guessing this is the Shakespeare connection? I'm not very well versed in a Midsummer Night's Dream so I don't know how similar this is to the original play so far. Thinking not very since so far all we right now is a triple murder and some mopey teens. Let's see if I can get through more tomorrow before I throw in the towel.
Ok I could not take it and started skimming ahead. Now I'm near the end where the main character decides it's a good idea to break into the haunted mansion where someone just died as some kind of party game. Wow this is bad.
Now comes the exciting conclusion where the true villain in revealed and he takes a moment to sit the kids down to tell them why he's going to murder them all.
I just finished and wow. I am not even sure what to say. The characters were super annoying and shallow and the whole murder mystery was completely unbelievable. Dialogue was stilted. I am also unsure of how this ties into a Midsummer Night's Dream except for the fact that there's a character named Puck in it.
Extremely disappointing book from one of my favorite authors as a teen. I say skip it unless you're just curious or have a masochistic streak.
OK now I've made it up to page 70 and I still have no idea where this book is going. The first few thrilling chapters are followed by a bunch of inane teen chatter and awesome lines like "Darlene sighed. I sighed. It was a sighing party." :( However, Puck has just made an appearance. I am guessing this is the Shakespeare connection? I'm not very well versed in a Midsummer Night's Dream so I don't know how similar this is to the original play so far. Thinking not very since so far all we right now is a triple murder and some mopey teens. Let's see if I can get through more tomorrow before I throw in the towel.
Ok I could not take it and started skimming ahead. Now I'm near the end where the main character decides it's a good idea to break into the haunted mansion where someone just died as some kind of party game. Wow this is bad.
Now comes the exciting conclusion where the true villain in revealed and he takes a moment to sit the kids down to tell them why he's going to murder them all.
I just finished and wow. I am not even sure what to say. The characters were super annoying and shallow and the whole murder mystery was completely unbelievable. Dialogue was stilted. I am also unsure of how this ties into a Midsummer Night's Dream except for the fact that there's a character named Puck in it.
Extremely disappointing book from one of my favorite authors as a teen. I say skip it unless you're just curious or have a masochistic streak.