Anyway back to 'The Surprise Party.' I bought this new Kindle edition which is why it doesn't have a cover yet it appears. Also that's not how people and emotions or groups supposedly work Roth! Ahem. I have not disliked a teen protagonist this much since Tris in freaking 'Divergent'. teenagers.Īll in all, I totally recommend it when you want to read something that's not too intense. Too bad the dialogues are kinda silly, but you know. It's clearly very easy reading too, but good vocabulary is included, sometimes even with explanations using other words, for emphasis. You usually don't get to know as much, you have to wait for the ending. You get to read through their thoughts, and find out the reasons why they're doing this, and their fears. For example, there are chapters where you get to see the bad guy's point of view. Of course, it IS a teen book and a lot of it is aimed to a younger audience (from the 80s, nonetheless), but there are twists and turns you don't see coming. When you read the back cover, you see that the plot is that of a generic slasher film from the 80s, but it's quite original. So there was a whole sense of reminiscing old times for a bit.Īnd you know? I had a great time reading this one! I was surprised because it was very well written. And this is actually book I (must have) bought back then, but don't remember reading.

Stine fan back in the 90s, when Goosebumps had that big boom and everyone owned the books in the collection. He lives in New York, NY.Īfter reading two books filled with valuable information, and knowing beforehand which book I will be reading next, I needed to chill a bit with something a bit less 'serious', so I picked this teen horror book I had never read.įirst, you should know that I was a HUGE R.L. Stine has received numerous awards of recognition, including several Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards and Disney Adventures Kids' Choice Awards, and he has been selected by kids as one of their favorite authors in the NEA's Read Across America program. His other major series, Fear Street, has over 80 million copies sold. In the early 1990s, Stine was catapulted to fame when he wrote the unprecedented, bestselling Goosebumps® series, which sold more than 250 million copies and became a worldwide multimedia phenomenon.

Stine began his writing career when he was nine years old, and today he has achieved the position of the bestselling children's author in history. Stine, who is often called the Stephen King of children's literature, is the author of dozens of popular horror fiction novellas, including the books in the Goosebumps, Rotten School, Mostly Ghostly, The Nightmare Room and Fear Street series. Stine and Jovial Bob Stine, is an American novelist and writer, well known for targeting younger audiences.

Fear street the surprise party