First, I have to say I have never read any of Stine's Goosebumps series that my daughter devoured a few years ago. She just loved and raved about them so I thought an adult book by him could be just the thing to give me the creeps around Halloween.
I liked the idea of Lea being a blogger, a travel one at that. I felt that I would probably like her since we are already 1) bloggers and 2) I love travel books!. From the get go, I didn't like Lea. There's just something false about her that I couldn't connect to. From the horrific hurricane to when Lea takes the twins home, the story has a good pace. But, I was never creeped out or scared, which was a disappointment. The fact of it raining blood or red can be a bit off-putting, and the idea of a curse allowing islanders to be dead but still act human, in day to day living, is a bit out there. I have to hand it to Stine for his imagination and creativity with aspects of the plot. If you're a big Stine fan, you'll want to read this one, but don't let the 'horror' veer you away from this one. With only a few graphic scenes, it's really pretty mellow. I was entertained though, as I had to see how it all played out.
I liked the idea of Lea being a blogger, a travel one at that. I felt that I would probably like her since we are already 1) bloggers and 2) I love travel books!. From the get go, I didn't like Lea. There's just something false about her that I couldn't connect to. From the horrific hurricane to when Lea takes the twins home, the story has a good pace. But, I was never creeped out or scared, which was a disappointment. The fact of it raining blood or red can be a bit off-putting, and the idea of a curse allowing islanders to be dead but still act human, in day to day living, is a bit out there. I have to hand it to Stine for his imagination and creativity with aspects of the plot. If you're a big Stine fan, you'll want to read this one, but don't let the 'horror' veer you away from this one. With only a few graphic scenes, it's really pretty mellow. I was entertained though, as I had to see how it all played out.
horrible....I read more then 1/2 of this because I enjoyed R.L. Stine when I was a child, and I kept going hoping for a change but this was just crap. Writing and language like that of his children's series, too many characters and plots introduced all at once, in a short time frame and they didn't flow together nicely. I normally always try to finish what I start but there was no helping this one.
