batmayne_reads's review
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
50 years after the gruesome murder of 2 girls and headmaster of hanley, vanessa, our main character, is enrolled at the Hanley Boarding School for girls. Throughout the novel vanessa battles the demons of The School with her classmates; rickie, laura, marie and ingrid. Theres ghosts, witches and possession. This novel is filled the 80s horror stereotypes, detailed scenes and overall amazing story line.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Drug abuse, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Blood, Body horror, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, and Suicidal thoughts
jakegreyxx's review
I simply didn't find it interesting enough to continue reading.
liminal_experience's review
I finally found it!!
So, I read this one in my early teens along side Christopher Pike slashers and the Fear Street series but I could not remember the exact name of it, I had vivid memories of the (way too mature for me at the time) plot and vague memories the cover art (a green apple? gold or purple letters?) but could never find it until today. I tried a search for "90s horror novels, boarding school" and as soon as I saw this cover I said: That's it! out loud.
I am sure it is real bad by modern standards but some of the trippy drug scenes and cult initiation ending stuck in my brain all these years.
Wow! I can't believe I finally solved this mystery.
So, I read this one in my early teens along side Christopher Pike slashers and the Fear Street series but I could not remember the exact name of it, I had vivid memories of the (way too mature for me at the time) plot and vague memories the cover art (a green apple? gold or purple letters?) but could never find it until today. I tried a search for "90s horror novels, boarding school" and as soon as I saw this cover I said: That's it! out loud.
I am sure it is real bad by modern standards but some of the trippy drug scenes and cult initiation ending stuck in my brain all these years.
Wow! I can't believe I finally solved this mystery.
xterminal's review
1.0
Hoo! Bad. I mean, real bad. But bad in a funny way. BMI specializes in horror novels that are bad in a funny way, I think. And they've published some real wangers, but this one may take the cake.
In 1931, a student at a new and exclusive Massachusetts girls' school is possessed by some kind of demonic entity (what, exactly, is never specified) and murders the headmaster, whom she has a crush on, and the two students she discovers him with. Fifty years later, the school (which IS the demonic entity... but we're still not sure what, why, or how) sets up the same scenario with a new cast.
Yup. Bad, I mean, bad. Predictable, silly, gratuitous. Four hundred pages of utter tripe. I laughed in every place I wasn't supposed to.
In 1931, a student at a new and exclusive Massachusetts girls' school is possessed by some kind of demonic entity (what, exactly, is never specified) and murders the headmaster, whom she has a crush on, and the two students she discovers him with. Fifty years later, the school (which IS the demonic entity... but we're still not sure what, why, or how) sets up the same scenario with a new cast.
Yup. Bad, I mean, bad. Predictable, silly, gratuitous. Four hundred pages of utter tripe. I laughed in every place I wasn't supposed to.
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