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A review by slimeandslashers
Lights Out by R.L. Stine
4.0
3.5 stars rounded up. I had a fun time checking this out! There's a great death in this book...just brutal! That's the very best part!
Overall, there are lots of positives about this read: it has a summer feel; the summer camp setting is fun and pays homage to slasher movies; there is an interesting mystery. However, the biggest negative of the book is how unrelentingly mean everyone is to the main character Holly. Those instances just get tiresome to read after a while. Even her own uncle becomes annoyed and is short with her at points. That negative is the main reason I didn't rate this higher, but it was still an enjoyable read for me for the most part!
Even though it hardly has anything in common with the new Fear Street Netflix movie, it is still the perfect time to read this book. It's very thematic overall, and, although not similar at all, it would still pair nicely to read this around the same time as watching the Fear Street 1978 film or even the entire Fear Street trilogy.
Overall, there are lots of positives about this read: it has a summer feel; the summer camp setting is fun and pays homage to slasher movies; there is an interesting mystery. However, the biggest negative of the book is how unrelentingly mean everyone is to the main character Holly. Those instances just get tiresome to read after a while. Even her own uncle becomes annoyed and is short with her at points. That negative is the main reason I didn't rate this higher, but it was still an enjoyable read for me for the most part!
Even though it hardly has anything in common with the new Fear Street Netflix movie, it is still the perfect time to read this book. It's very thematic overall, and, although not similar at all, it would still pair nicely to read this around the same time as watching the Fear Street 1978 film or even the entire Fear Street trilogy.