![]() If we are to believe Morgan, it should be south of Shadyside. The characters still don't have much depth but hey, we are all here for fun, right? And the boys hormones are still getting them into trouble! Drop Dead Gorgeous doesn't take place in Shadyside but in a new (to me) town called Linden. You can take Stine out of the 90's but you can't take the 90's out of Stine lol. This story is told from several people's POV and in diary entries. So when I heard about a re-launch, I was so excited! This is the 3rd one I have read from the re-launch. I don't know if I would be the reader I am today if I hadn't spent so much time there. Haven't read "The Wrong Girl" yet, but if Return to Fear Street continues at this level, I hope they publish more. Certainly it’s more consistent than " You May Now Kill the Bride" which really fizzled out in the second half. Shorter would have been more satisfying, but the plot never gets truly boring. Still, it's a macabre ride that's mostly thrilling from beginning to end. The longer they get, the more tired the premise becomes. A shame since Stine's greatest skill is compact mysteries. This is because YA publishers don't think novellas sell anymore, so they require him to write Fear Street books that are longer. Not nearly as unputdownable as Fear Street in the glory years, however. Like all Stine books, it's a readable, spooky good time. The ending homage to the 90s provides a delightful tribute to long-time fans of the series. We piece together the story from various points of view, including adult characters, the central villain, diary entries, and first person narration of murder victims. ![]() He lives in New York, NY.ĭrop Dead Gorgeous has a more complex, mature structure than the typical Fear Street formula. 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.
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