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The Sitter
by
R.L. Stine
Master of chilling suspense R. L. Stine proves that you never outgrow a good scare. If he frightened you then, he’ll terrify you now. . . .
Ellie Saks is dying to escape the city. She’s sick of dead-end jobs, her mother’s disapproval, her loser ex-boyfriend, Clay, who won’t take a hint, and the memories of a terrible incident that occurred years ago. When her best friend su...more
Ellie Saks is dying to escape the city. She’s sick of dead-end jobs, her mother’s disapproval, her loser ex-boyfriend, Clay, who won’t take a hint, and the memories of a terrible incident that occurred years ago. When her best friend su...more
Mass Market Paperback, 304 pages
Published
September 28th 2004
by Ballantine Books
(first published 2003)
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I finished it yesterday.... and it sucked. - I really didn't like it very much. I expected it to be GREAT, because, after all, the ratings were high, and they're (Sam Raimi's movie-company) are planning to adapt it for the Big Screen.... - But no, I was really disappointed.
Mainly it was just utterly boring, and full of clichés, like the same-old "crazy-psycho-stalking ex-boyfriend " of the protagonist what is suppose to "scare" you on every single fucking page of the book. The stupid...more
I finished it yesterday.... and it sucked. - I really didn't like it very much. I expected it to be GREAT, because, after all, the ratings were high, and they're (Sam Raimi's movie-company) are planning to adapt it for the Big Screen.... - But no, I was really disappointed.
Mainly it was just utterly boring, and full of clichés, like the same-old "crazy-psycho-stalking ex-boyfriend " of the protagonist what is suppose to "scare" you on every single fucking page of the book. The stupid...more
"The Sitter" is about this young and attractive woman named Ellie Saks who wanted to find a job close to her hometown. She decides to get a part time job at a family's home watching over their little son. Ellie already felt like she was immediately welcomed at home. However, Ellie decides to not look at her tragic past of her drunk and obsessed boyfriend named Clay, and her dead ex-boyfriend who died in a car accident. Things were turned out the way it planned for Ellie except for one thing. Ell...more
Sep 08, 2009
Allegra
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Ellie Saks is 24, has no job, is facing eviction from her apartment and keeps getting reminded how much her sister is succeeding by her mother. So when her best friend suggests being part of a summer share for a house in the Hamptons, Ellie decides it might be nice to get away for a little bit. Ellie ends up getting a summer job in the Hamptons being a nanny for two little kids, Brandon and Heather. However Brandon is different, he has an evil aura about him. When ellie starts getting horrific p...more
I've Been Reading a book called "The Sitter" by R.L. Stine. The story takes place in New York, this girl named Ellie Saks. She's a twenty four year old woman looking for a job,when she was talking with her friend Teresa she gave Ellie the newspaper to look for jobs. After six or seven call attempts,she called a store in Watermill called Country Modes. She got the job. She leaves New York with Teresa and went to the Hampton for the entire summer. As a backup job she got a job as a nanny. She was...more
R.L. Stine is known for writing mystery book for children. I can see the change he created in this book compared to the choose your path mystery adventures. He is good at making the mood mysterious. I love the description he uses to grab the readers attention and won’t like the reader put the book done until it is finish. “I shut my eyes against the bright orange glare. Hot flames licked my face. I smelled my hair starting to singe and felt flames on my cheeks, on my forehead, like knife stables...more
Awful...and I actually finished it. I have no idea where I got it--I think from books left in a classroom. R.L. Stine usually writes for teens but the language he used in this book, which has a teen-enticing cover, really was beyond the pale for a teen book. Story line was jut plain stupid as well. Donation box for this one.
Not bad! I was impressed that this was so hardcore for a teen book! I mean, the twists and turns at the end were a little over the top and I didn't really care about the characters that much, so that's why it doesn't have four stars.
I was a huge R.L. Stine fan in my early teens! I loved all the fear street books! They are what got me into reading again! :)
amazingggggg.
Eh.
I used to read R.L. Stine when I was a tween. I used to love them...I always enjoyed the plot twists at the end. Hence I decided to give R.L. Stine's book intended for adults a try. The book was similar to the teen version(s) except full of more R rated themes. I guess my tastes have changed b/c the plot twists seemed contrived and dumb instead of surprising and interesting. Quick read...interesting enough that I wanted to finish the book but overall just meh.
This book ROCKS!!! It is really scary and the plot is great. This is one of the best books I read. Really scary.
Great Mystery book!!! lots of suspense it keep me reading all night.
A very suspensful book. unpredictable.
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Robert Lawrence Stine known as R. L. Stine and Jovial Bob Stine, is an American novelist and writer, well known for targeting younger audiences. Stine, who is often called the Stephen King of children's literature, is the author of dozens of popular horror fiction novellas, including the books in the Goosebumps, Rotten School, Mostly Ghostly, The Nightmare Room and Fear Street series.
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