3/29/2023 0 Comments Chain letter chain man![]() ![]() The way he treats Alison like some prize to be won and dangled in front of Neil (and sneaked behind Joan, whom he had no trouble in dropping for Alison somehow) is not only gross, but reprehensible. Tony is never called vain and selfish for being proud of his high grade average and athletic talent - he's a school hero. The guys don't seem to have this problem, however. Even their love for the boys is seen as less Brenda hits Kipp in times of stress (because them girls be crazy lol) and Joan is freakish for having casual sex with Tony. Alison, Fran and Brenda are all vain and selfish for taking pride in their physical beauty and artistic talents and having big dreams for themselves. Joan is called a "jerk" (might as well straight up labeled her a bitch, Pike) for speaking her mind and being sexually confident around guys, but even she gets written as fighting over Tony with Alison, because, you know, girls. All of the girls are portrayed as weak little things who have constant, petty little fights with one another and swoon at the mere presence of their guy friends. Their attitudes might as well be from the 50's, too. (Additionally, I checked that the original publishing date was in '86 and the omnibus featuring "Chain Letter" and "Ancient Evil" was in '94, but the book specifically mentioned the use of cell phones able to take recordings this might have been an edit on behalf of Simon Pulse to update the book to more modern audiences, but I seriously had to recheck the text to make sure those strange, outdated characters lived in the same time frame with advanced technology like a cell phone!) I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm certainly a lot more familiarised with teens who speak with a lot of colloquialisms, contractions, and simpler words than those. ![]() There's nothing wrong with writing someone to be wordy and use polite, concise language, but it was jarring to see all of them use words like "perish," "terrific," and "buffoon" in their conversations. Those characters were written as though the story might as well have taken place during the 50's - "Tony" and "Alison" belong more to teens from the 80's a lot more than "Kipp" and "Fran" - and the way they spoke reflected that too. The biggest one would definitely have to be the poor characterisation. This rehash of "I Know What You Did Last Summer" has several weaknesses that those authors' books don't. Maybe the times have changed and the scare factor has increased over the years - but who am I kidding? The King and Stine books were written around the same time as well and those were infinitely more terrifying. It was a bad book, and I have to say that compared to other horror reads out there, this one was rather tame (and a little boring) compared to them. So worth it! Now I can't even begin to imagine what will happen in the next one. I literally couldn't sleep until the book was over, so I stayed up till 4am to finish it. I loved the creepy mood of this book and the action scene at the end. Whenever I read a book when I know we will get to guess who the bad guy is I keep my eyes open for every single clue. And there were bits and pieces that would make everyone a suspect but if you paid close attention from the beginning till the end you can figure it out, just like I did. ![]() The Caretaker was someone you don't wanna mess with. Now, about the story, it unfolded perfectly. He has so much guilt in him and so much pain but never lets it show. We also get a few chapters from Tony's POV, her love interest, who is also another great character. ![]() Alison was a great character and she took control of the situation when noene else could. It started out reminding me of I Know What You Did Last Summer (big horror fan here) but still I loved every minute of it. It's the first Pike book I've ever read but it surely won't be the last one. With every request Alison will find out things about her friends she never knew, get closer to the boy of her dreams and be forced to face her worst nightmares. He has started a chain letter and for each of them to stay safe they have to do whatever he wishes. They decided to bury this deadly secret deep in their minds and never talk about it again, but someone else knows, he calls himself the Caretaker. Last Summer Alison and her friends got involve in an accident and a man got hurt. ![]()
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