These are all about five bucks on a Kindle and take less than an hour to read, so feel free to join me in the endeavor! Sisters Bobbi and Corky Corcoran I promise have just moved to Shadyside, and they're very excited to join the cheerleading squad. With their years of experience and perfect double cartwheel seriously, the book talks about their double cartwheel so many times. Is that so hard? It doesn't sound all that hard to me , they're immediately inducted into the squad, at the expense of a couple of other girls who grow quickly resentful.
Ronnie is demoted to alternate, and her friends Kimmy and Debra are affronted on her behalf, but team captain Jennifer and cheerleading coach Miss Green are thrilled to have them onboard. But she's soon revived, albeit paralyzed in a wheelchair, and Bobbi is promoted to team captain to take her place. She stopped on the landing and stared up at the hall railing.
It took her a while to realize that she was staring at her sister. Bobbi was dangling over the wooden railing, motionless, her arms hanging down. Her eyes were wide open in an unseeing stare, her mouth twisted in a wide O of horror. Bobbi raised her head, blinked, and an amused smile formed on her face. Pushing with both hands against the railing, she raised herself to a standing position.
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She brushed her hair, frowning at herself in the water-spotted locker-room mirror. Stine, I'm pretty sure you should wear a green turtleneck. The rain fell in heavy sheets, driven by unpredictable, powerful wind gusts. For some reason Simmons sped up. In front of him the big wipers swam mechanically across the steamy windshield Staring out the window at the storm, Bobbi saw the passing houses and trees grow darker, as if a heavy shadow had lowered itself over them, over the whole world. Trees bent in the strong wind. The rain suddenly shifted and blew against the window, startling Bobbi and blocking her view.
Most rapturous description of a cheerleading routine: And then she shot out both legs, raising them up until they were perfectly straight. And then in her most startling move, Bobbi kept her legs outstretched as she gracefully floated down, hands high above her head like a diving bird, into a perfect split. Stine's got it bad for cheerleaders. Cheerleaders in green turtlenecks. The Mean Girls, Kimmy, Ronnie and Debra, are the most obvious suspects, which clearly means they're innocent.
Even though most of the book is from her POV, that doesn't keep us from suspecting Bobbi could be crazy, or Corky for that matter. Miss Green and Simmons, the bus driver, both seem like they have something up their sleeves, and so does Chip although I think that's mostly because R. Stine is the worst at describing boyfriends - Marco aside. And Jennifer, the head cheerleader, seems so sweet and she's been the worst victim so far of all of these shenanigans, but at one point Bobbi thinks she sees her get out of her wheelchair and walk, SO - it could be anyone!
His lips felt hard and dry against hers. His hands held on to her shoulders, pulled her to him. Bobbi started to pull away. But he seemed so needy, so frightened. The doors slam shut and all the shower heads start spraying scalding hot water. She tries to run but the doors wont budge. She passes out and Corky eventually finds her sister dead and the book basically describes Bobbi as being red and blotchy like a lobster so basically she burned to death.
Corky finds a cheer pendant which turns out to be Jennifer's. She finds Jen dancing on Sarah Fear's grave with the cheer pendant. Only she's not really Jennifer, She's actually possessed by Sarah Fear.
Corky defeats Sarah or so she thinks only to go home and find Jennifer's cheer pendant on her bed, She screams. So you know it isn't over. Oct 02, Ashley Ehlers added it.
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Originally posted on Paranormal Sisters: I was dying to read one of R. I just love his stories of horror. So I thought this to be the perfect one to reread and dive back into the world I fell in love with. This started my little but growing collection of his teen horror. The characters, going through the motions with them.
Bobbi, the oldest sister, is fun, prankster towards her little brother, and in love with cheerleanding but soon becomes a target from something unknown. Works at fitting in until she gets accused for a crime she tries to explain. She tries to tell people what's going on with her, mostly her sister Corky, but no one believes her and she starts to think she maybe going crazy. Loves cheerleading but isn't very excited about going to a new school they both aren't. But they think cheerleading is a sure way to fit in except not everybody is keen in having them join. However, after the bus accident that hatred from those few cheerleaders grew stronger and that's when the unknown began.
Told from mostly Bobbie and Corky we also get a few different points of views that help clue and hint us towards what's really going on. Not fully remembering every single detail since I've read many books since then and it's been awhile it was fun to follow those clues and see if I could guess. Plus, when I read some pages a light bulb would pop up in my mind and I loved remembering how those scenes played out making this even more of a blast. Not to over done with the horror so even non horror people can read this and truly enjoy it but I think it's just enough horror for horror lovers, plus, with it's cliff hangers at the end of every chapter making it a big page turner.
I know when ever I said this was going to be my last chapter Jul 12, Max rated it it was ok Shelves: Instead, it's much more a typical horror story in which the cheerleaders are victims, and the heroine only barely manages to defeat the evil. All in all, this was a rather disappointing and quite flat book.
Most of the characters are rather cliche and two dimensional.
The worst of these was definitely Bobbi and Corky's younger brother, who seems to exist only to be generically annoying, with absolutely no explanation of why he's a little jerk. I did appreciate the twist about who ends up dying, even if it's pretty heavily foreshadowed at the start of the book, and the method of death is kinda goofy - I've seen it done much better elsewhere. The explanation for the deaths is itself rather cliche and predictable, and all in all, this book doesn't do much for somebody who's familiar with horror tropes. All in all, I think I much prefer Goosebumps to Stine's attempt for teens, since the former had to be properly creative rather than relying on ridiculous, gory deaths to attempt to scare the reader.
Plus, who in their right mind would live somewhere called Fear Street? Dec 21, Bookwormliz rated it liked it Recommends it for: Stine lifers, those stuck between middle grade and young adult fiction. Bobbi and Corky join the Shadyside cheerleading team, much to the chagrin of all the other team members, and accidentally unleash an ancient evil. It's Fear Street, for crying out loud. What else could happen?
The first time I read this series, I was eleven and whoa, did I love it. Fifteen years later, it's showing its age. I didn't expect I would be wowed again, fifteen years later, but I didn't expect I would cringe with regret, either. Don't take that the wrong way. The book isn't bad.
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But with Bobbi and Corky join the Shadyside cheerleading team, much to the chagrin of all the other team members, and accidentally unleash an ancient evil. But with the quality of work available to young adults and tweens nowadays, it simply can't stand as high as it used to. The characters are flat, the plot is benign, and the style was apathetic and cold this time around.
It's average, but in a sort of way. Aug 03, Laura rated it it was ok Shelves: You could just throw a few plot points together without really thinking about it, add a little half-hearted dialogue that you felt like a teen would probably say, and Bob's your uncle. I was way into Fear Street in 6th grade. Now that there are some newer Fear Street stories coming out and I've been getting more requests for them, I decided to take a trip down memory lane.
This tale did not hold up well, but it did make me appreciate just how far teen fiction has come since I was a teen. Another vintage I needed to clear off my shelves. The story isn't bad for the age and it's not as predictable as a lot of his other works, but the exclamation points and false chapter cliffhangers get old.
I mainly liked the characters, as simple as they seemed which is usual , and probably should have seen the ending coming. I did know it was something to do with one girl was right on that , but was completely wrong on how it had to do with her. Overall the story was decent but the dialogue p Another vintage I needed to clear off my shelves. Overall the story was decent but the dialogue painful. Jul 18, Jan rated it really liked it Shelves: Sorry, but I love these books for what they are. Quick, fun books with a bit of a chill to them. Really better for tweens and young teens.
These books were not around when I was a kid so I am enjoying them now.
Fear Street: Cheerleaders
And really, is there anything scarier than an evil cheerleader. OK, evil clown, but nothing else. Sep 21, Jennifer Elizabeth rated it really liked it. Sometimes you just need to go back to your younger years. These are great stories to read for "mindless time" during breaks at work. As well as when reading bigger series. Stine always had a way of making certain scenes unforgettable.
Jan 11, Shannon rated it liked it Shelves: This was my first step into the horror genre of books. I loved this book and honestly I still do. I wish I could find it again. I forgot how much I enjoyed these books as a teenager. It was like seeing an old friend, but one thing is for sure I do not miss High School!
Oct 05, Periwinklegurlforever rated it liked it. Sep 09, Kirsten rated it really liked it Shelves: Oct 09, Hannah Buttrey rated it it was amazing. Nov 22, Natalie rated it liked it. Jul 30, Benjamin Plume rated it liked it Shelves: I may have been the only boy in history to have read this series.
Aug 18, Chelsea Gouin rated it really liked it Shelves: The Cheerleader series was always such a staple for Fear Street. It was one of the first I had read and got me hooked on horror. The premise is awfully generic, sisters Bobbi and Corky stupidest names ever move to Shadyside and join the cheerleading squad.
They are cheer legends, having lead and won the All-State Championship at their former school. But members Kimmy, Ronnie, and Debra aren't as happy as captain Jennifer about welcoming the newcomers. Things go sour quick when Jennife Re-Read. Things go sour quick when Jennifer is paralyzed in a bus accident It was spooky and left enough doors open to leave room for the lore to expand and be explored further in the following two novels of the original trilogy. Jan 24, Samantha rated it really liked it Shelves: When I was in fifth grade and all through middle school the Fear Street books were my jam.
They were just so demented and fun and gruesome and I loved it! I recently went on eBay to fill in gaps in my collection, and got all the cheerleader books included. So naturally I read them first. I think what I loved most was the way Stine killed off characters sort of all over the place. He wasn't afraid to do in major leads, and that was s When I was in fifth grade and all through middle school the Fear Street books were my jam.
He wasn't afraid to do in major leads, and that was so great to me! I still love that today, and greatly appreciate it! I'm not sure how the other FS books will go, but these? So far, so good! Nov 11, Shannon rated it it was ok Shelves: The story was pretty slow and uneventful for the most part. Also, that ending was super disappointing.
The motive was extremely weak. I was left wishing that there had been a more in depth explanation besides one throwaway line.
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Hopefully, the next book will have more to it than this one. If you've read anything by R. Stine, you know better than to expect great writing. The language is cliche and repetitive and every chapter seems to end with a seemingly huge cliff hanger. THAT being said, the stories are just catchy. They're easy reads that are great for a quick thrill without having to invest the time and concentration you would need for a longer, more complex story. Mar 06, ElphaReads rated it really liked it Shelves: I gotta say, I really missed out on this series as a kid when I stubbornly refused to read anything with cheerleaders in it.
The girls are catty, there's a fair amount of pretty nasty gore, and Stine threw me off with some of his choices, which was a plus. Aug 26, Nefeli rated it it was ok Shelves: Utterly predictable, but fun.