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S'està carregant… Trapped (Fear Street, No. 51) (edició 1997)de R. L. Stine (Autor)
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. .and you thought your high school was scary... This story brings to mind The Breakfast Club with a twist...YOU actually risk BECOMING the breakfast. There are the obligatory HS stereotypes, the new principal cracking down on shenanigans, the Saturday in-school detention with the threat of more to come is EVERYONE doesn't behave. HahahahahahahahahahahaHA! Like THAT could ever happen with this bunch. *smirk* Needless to say, one thing leads to another and another and another and...then suddenly, there's no more leading as they are trapped (eureka, the title!) where they shouldn't be, in a place that's been long forgotten, with something that SHOULD NOT EXIST. That last thing? Yeah, it's out for blood too...and it's none too picky about who it comes from. In typical R.L. Stine fashion, the book goes from zero to sixty in a heartbeat, good thing too considering the length of the story, and nothing is held back. NO, really...nothing, as in when rats get in our leading lady's hair, you hear all the squeaky details, or when the mysterious red cloud decides to wring the life from one of our happy bunch, you hear all the bone crunching moments until none are left. Did I mention this was my pick for the Young Adult set and beyond? Yeah, definitely...and yet I enjoyed it, which was surprising to me because my previous exploration into his work yielded different results. Did the author's game change over the years? Who's to say...this title is back from 1997...but I CAN say that you won't forget this short and non-sweet tale ANYTIME soon. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
Pertany a aquestes sèriesFear Street (51)
There's an old story about something horrible happening in the tunnels under Shadyside High School, but exploring them seems more fun than Saturday detention until a group of kids find themselves up against something dark and evil and no longer human. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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Some of the best 'Fear Street' books are those that take a genre of horror or thriller and really make it work for a high-school setting. 'Trapped' takes 'The Breakfast Club' and mixes it with 'As Above, So Below' (I know that film is years after this, but I can't think of a '90s underground horror film right now). Elaine Butler can't believe she's stuck doing Saturday detention when all she did was forget her homework assignment. Unfortunately, it was the third time she'd handed in something late and that particular teacher is worthless.
Detentions had only just been moved to Saturday instead of an hour after each school day because the new principal, Mr. Savage, is the kind of person who thinks that you really have to grind a person's face in the muck to inspire them to do better.
Elaine Butler is relieved to see another of her caste, Jerry Fox, in detention as well. Two rough guys, Bo Kendall and Max, are horsing around while a hard-bitten girl named Darlene looks on. It's quickly apparent that while Mr. Savage has instituted Saturday detentions, he's allocated no funds to have somebody watching the kids and just leaves them to their own devices in the empty school.
The kids, obviously, strike out and explore the empty building. The familiar spaces are all so different without lights and devoid of their fellows classmates. There's a raid on the cafeteria, but things only get interesting when Elaine finds a strange curtained off doorway behind the stage in the auditorium. She's uncovered The Labyrinth, a legendary monument to Cold War paranoia and epic delinquent parties. The labyrinth's tunnels extend beneath all of Shadyside, but all entrances were supposed to have been closed off after...it happened.
This was cool. 'Trapped' is the final book in the original 'Fear Street' series. 'The Stepbrother' was initially advertised as being #52 in the series, but ended up being the start of the short lived 'New Fear Street' line. Most nostalgia readers of Stine's best creation (come at me Slappyfans) stick to the original 51 books with only the occasional Super Chiller and this is a great book to end on. It had great atmosphere, a great setting and the supernatural horror we crave. Luckily, this book was reprinted once in the 'Creatures of the Night' omnibus so it is not as hard to find as other later 'Fear Street' titles. It's really worth the read.
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