Schuldig: Der Mörder feiert mit...

Fear Street #2

by R.L. Stine, Sabine Tandetzke (Translator)

Böse Überraschung
Der Tod von Evan hat alles verändert. Die Clique von damals ist auseinandergebrochen. Aber ein Jahr nach den schrecklichen Ereignissen im Frear-Street-Wald glaubt Meg, endlich das Schlimmste überwunden zu haben. Mit einer Überraschungsparty will sie die alten Freunde wieder zusammenbringen. doch plötzlich schwebt Meg in tödlicher Gefahr. Denn irgendjemand versucht mit allen Mitteln, die Party zu verhindern...

Genres: Horror, Young Adult, Fiction, Thriller, Mystery, Childrens, Teen

155 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 1989

About the author

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.

R. L. Stine began his writing career when he was nine years old, and today he has achieved the position of the bestselling children's author in history. In the early 1990s, Stine was catapulted to fame when he wrote the unprecedented, bestselling Goosebumps® series, which sold more than 250 million copies and became a worldwide multimedia phenomenon. His other major series, Fear Street, has over 80 million copies sold.

Stine has received numerous awards of recognition, including several Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards and Disney Adventures Kids' Choice Awards, and he has been selected by kids as one of their favorite authors in the NEA's Read Across America program. He lives in New York, NY.

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Reviews

[Ken · Rating 4 out of 5]

The trilogy of Fear Street movies has really made me want to go back and revist some more of the books.

Why did they kill Evans?
I really loved the murder mystery vibe with this one, straight from the prologue the reader knows that Evans death in Fear Street Woods wasn't an accident.

The book explores grief really well as the group of friends are still hurting a year later.
It's Meg's idea to throw a suprise party for Ellen (Evans former girlfriend) who was returning to Shadyside for the first time since his death, but someone is determined to stop the gathering as Meg is plagued with threats to cancel the party - or else...

Stine really ratchets up the tension with a whole host of suspects constantly kept me guessing.

[Monica · Rating 4 out of 5]

Esta historia es de las que más recuerdo, y no solo por que la leí hace años, o porque su diseño de portada es distinto al resto de la colección que ya poseo. En realidad esto se debe a la historia en sí, que contiene.

Los personajes en esta historia de la calle del terror, son más oscuras, y son caretas que algunos portan para no ser descubiertos, y otros no ocultan sus deseos e intenciones.

Una chica que prepara una fiesta, comienza a recibir mensajes para que no se lleve a cabo, mientras la muerte de uno de sus amigos y compañeros estará en la mente de todos, pues pese a que se supone fue un suicidio,todo parece indicar que algunos no quieren que ni siquiera las suposiciones de lo que pasó aquella noche salgan a la luz, mucho menos a la verdad.

Es cierto que una pérdida te cambia, pero el comportamiento de algunos es demasiado extraño.
En cada preparativo de la fiesta se esconde algo, y un detalle sobre esa muerte aparecerá con ello.

[Gavin Hetherington · Rating 2 out of 5]

Check out my video where I read the first four Fear Street books and watch the Fear Street Trilogy on Netflix for the first time: https://youtu.be/24ilJNMauMU

Not a fan of this one - it was rather boring and also Meg is the worst friend?! She knows Ellen hates parties and thinks the best thing to do for her, after being away for a year grieving the murder of her boyfriend... is to throw her a surprise party??? Unlikeable characters (again) and a plot that was uneventful.

[Scott Rhee · Rating 2 out of 5]

What do you do when your best friend, who has been away for a year after her boyfriend was killed in a bizarre hunting accident, comes back to town for a visit?

Throw a party!

The protagonist, Megan, in R.L. Stine's second Fear Street book, "The Surprise Party" is pretty dumb. Also, clueless, insensitive, and self-absorbed. So self-absorbed that she doesn't get the hint from all her friends that a surprise party is a Bad Idea. After getting threatening notes and phone calls, she still doesn't get the hint. She also doesn't seem to notice that her boyfriend, Tony, is going a bit psycho.



This was pretty dumb, overall. (A part of me believes that Stine was intentionally making a clever commentary on teenagers' insensitivity and cluelessness. You decide.) It will, however, not stop me from reading more Fear Street novels in the future.

[Mariana · Rating 3 out of 5]

Meg es una protagonista desesperante. Aunque el libro tiene un buen giro al final, no me atrapó como muchas otras historias de esta saga lo han hecho. Al prinicipio me gustó que Meg no desistiera de planear una fiesta sorpresa y que estuviera dispuesta a demostrar que ella no se doblega ante nadie, pero si alguien me intentara matar, creo que valoraría mucho más mi vida que organizar una fiesta. En general todos los personajes de este libro son desagradables: malos amigos, pésimos novios e incluso malos primos. El pobre Brian merecía un mejor trato, no sólo por jugar Dungeons and Dragons merecía ser tachado de rarito :(

[myo ⋆｡˚ ❀ * · Rating 3 out of 5]

okay much better than the first!!

[Seb Glints · Rating 4 out of 5]

After reading two books filled with valuable information, and knowing beforehand which book I will be reading next, I needed to chill a bit with something a bit less "serious", so I picked this teen horror book I had never read.
First, you should know that I was a HUGE R.L. Stine fan back in the 90s, when Goosebumps had that big boom and everyone owned the books in the collection. And this is actually book I (must have) bought back then, but don't remember reading. So there was a whole sense of reminiscing old times for a bit.
And you know? I had a great time reading this one! I was surprised because it was very well written. When you read the back cover, you see that the plot is that of a generic slasher film from the 80s, but it's quite original. Of course, it IS a teen book and a lot of it is aimed to a younger audience (from the 80s, nonetheless), but there are twists and turns you don't see coming. For example, there are chapters where you get to see the bad guy's point of view. You get to read through their thoughts, and find out the reasons why they're doing this, and their fears. You usually don't get to know as much, you have to wait for the ending.
It's clearly very easy reading too, but good vocabulary is included, sometimes even with explanations using other words, for emphasis. Too bad the dialogues are kinda silly, but you know... teenagers.
All in all, I totally recommend it when you want to read something that's not too intense. I'm sure you'd be as surprised as I was.

[Obsidian · Rating 1 out of 5]

Good lord. Shut up Meg!

I have not disliked a teen protagonist this much since Tris in freaking "Divergent". Also that's not how people and emotions or groups supposedly work Roth! Ahem. Anyway back to "The Surprise Party." I bought this new Kindle edition which is why it doesn't have a cover yet it appears. The book is not updated in anyway it seems since a lot of pop culture stuff is definitely written to showcase the year it was published (1989) and references to Molly Ringwald. The ending doesn't make any sense and there's a scene involving Meg and another boy and I tried to do the math and I think this person is like 12. I got no idea what is going on there. FYI, I never read this one when it first came out. Maybe teen me took a gander at it while at the bookstore and hard passed.

"The Surprise Party" features Meg Dalton who just wants things to go back to normal after the death of teenager Evan in the Fear Street woods almost a year ago. Her boyfriend Tony (who was Evan's best friend) is always angry and aloof. Her best friend Shannon (Evan's sister) seems distant. Her cousin seems even more strange these days. When their friend Ellen who was Evan's girlfriend returns back to Shadyside to visit, Meg sees this as an opportunity to throw a party. Too bad someone is threatening Meg and Tony about throwing the party.

The main character, Meg is insufferable and apparently doesn't understand why people just can't get over a teen boy she has known for years death. Seriously. This is all about her wanting to throw a surprise party for her best friend Ellen, the dead teen's boy's still alive girlfriend almost a year after his death. Yeah I got nothing people. Stine says via Meg's POV several times that she's stubborn and just gets mad that someone is scaring her. She puts together a BS list of suspects and it just makes you laugh. At one point someone calls out Meg (rightfully so) but I wanted someone anyone to point out how selfish she was being and acting. There is a scene where she goes to Shannon's house and makes a remark how creepy it was seeing Evan's picture.

Tony seems to actually understand human emotions though better than Meg. You do wonder at times why he is even with her.

The writing switches to Meg, Tony, and an unseen character who is out to get Meg. Eventually things are revealed and you think you know what happened, but Stine throws in like two twists at the end that had me going wait what?

This last little bit is about the Kindle book. The book was odd and didn't let me do a lot of searching in it or anything else. I think something is broken with this version.

I read this book for the "Terror in a Small Town" square.

[julia ☆ [owls reads] · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Surprise Party was an okay read, but I really disliked Meg and was not a fan of the judgement regarding DnD and people who play it.

[Roxie Voorhees · Rating 3 out of 5]

"Dwayne was a first-class sleazoid creep."

In this second installment of the Fear Street series, Meg plans a surprise party for her BFF, Ellen, whom is visiting for the first times since she moved away suddenly after the death of her boyfriend, Evan. Not everyone thinks that is such a great idea. She has someone calling her house with threats unless she cancels the party. Rather than cancel, Meg investigates.

Who could it be? Brian, her weird cousin, is obsessed with the RPG Wizards and Dungeons. Her boyfriend, Tony, has been acting weird since Evan's accident. Ellen herself? I mean she hates parties.

But when Ellen and 4th Level Wizard Brian team up to bring Evan back, the surprise party surprises everyone.

Dislikes: Meg's reaction to Tony and Ellen.

⭐⭐ for being entertaining
.25 🌠 for a nerdy RPG character
.25 🌠 for the ending
.25 🌠 for nostalgia

[Paul · Rating 4 out of 5]

I used to love the Fear Street books, as well as the Goosebump ones. The Surprise Party came along well enough and was fairly suspenseful. I kind of wish I still had a copy as I'm curious if it would still have the same impact nowadays or not.

[Latasha · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars.
I really liked this one. I thought Meg was better than most leading ladies in these YA books and her dad was better too. I was surprised by the ending. There's a lot of tortured souls there. So far out of my reread of the fear street series, this one is my favorite.

[Elizabeth Sagewood · Rating 4 out of 5]

After reading Fear Street #1 The New Girl…which was just…ok, this one feels a lot more like a true Fear Street book. R L Stine’s writing in this is pretty formulaic and familiar but this book had much more of a story than the first, I liked it much better 3.5/5 stars

[†Reviews of a FearStreetZombie† · Rating 4 out of 5]

That was a never ending curveball. But I must say it was brilliantly written. As for the missing star, there was just something off about this book. :( I really enjoyed it but I felt like something was missing. The story was pretty awesome though. Really she o thought I had it all figured out, it threw another curveball. Though there was one thing about it... Shows you can't even trust your own friends. Ugh. Ellen makes me sick. That being said... You really shouldn't trust anyone from Fear Street.

[Ali Hassan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Meg wanted to hit a surprise party for her friend and someone started sending her warnings to kick the idea of party. The story is about a murder scene of a guy a year back and the murder was afraid that his secret may get leaked and could endanger his life.
This book is pretty good. It is a horror story but I think so that it was not that scary as it should be.

[Cameron Chaney · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 stars. This one is a bit slow, but I liked the main character Meg. Also, the ending had quite the twist. Not bad! For my full review, check out my Fear Street reading vlog!

[Shadyside Library · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not too shabby! Definitely better than The New Girl. This one tells a rather eerie “whodunit” story. You can tell Stine took his time with this one as he incorporated a pretty large cast of characters and made sure to throw in tons of twists! A solid 4 stars.

[tobi10 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wenn Freunde doch anders sind, als du denkst

In dem Buch Schuldig: Der Mörder feiert mit ... von R. L. Stine, geht es um Meg Dalton, Sue, Tony, Lisa, Steve und Ellen ihre Freunde. Da Ellen damals von der Shadyside weggezogen ist, weil Sues Bruder Evan ermordet wurde und sie wieder nach Shadyside zieht, wollen Meg,Tony, Lisa und Steve eine Überraschungsparty für sie machen. Plötzlich bekommen Meg und Tony einen merkwürdigen Anruf von einem Anrufer, der sie warnt dieses Überraschungsparty zu veranstalten, aber Meg und Tony hören nicht darauf. Als Meg zum Sekretariat soll, geht sie natürlich sofort hin, aber dort liegt keine Nachricht für sie und als sie wieder zurück an ihren Pult geht, liegen dort nur noch kaputte Einladungskarten herum. Kurz danach soll sie nochmal zum Sekretariat und diesmal liegt dort ein Brief für sie, sie öffnet ihn und dort steht drin "Meg, ich beobachte dich. Vergiss die Party! Ich will dir nicht wehtun - zwing mich nicht dazu." Auch Tony bekommt so einen Brief und wird abends auf dem Weg nach Hause verfolgt.
Wer ist die Person, die ihr und Tony Angst macht und macht sie ihre Drohungen war oder nicht ?

Der Schreibstil der Geschichte ist flüssig und leicht zu lesen. Die einzelnen Charaktere, der Geschichte waren gut beschrieben und die Geschichte hat mir wieder gut gefallen. Bis zum Ende kam ich nicht dahinter, ob die Wahrheit noch ans Licht kommt. Dann zum Ende kam noch eine große Wendung, mit der ich nicht gerechnet habe. Ich kann also das Buch nur empfehlen und ich gebe der Geschichte 5 Sterne.

[Araceli · Rating 5 out of 5]

Man, this was a really good book. It may have some twists and turns, but it is a really good book. R.L. Stine really put some confusion on purpose (I know, I know, you don't belive me), but at the end everything iis better. (As always). Anyway, it was a good book. Please read it. I swear, its a really good book, and I'm not lying. Promise

[Sheila Read · Rating 5 out of 5]

I use to read all these kinds of books when I was just a kid and loved them when I was a child.

[Pink · Rating 5 out of 5]

it will be about a surprise party with many more interesting things

[Alice · Rating 3 out of 5]

TW: Stine, please stop slut-shaming Suki Thomas!!!!

[mich ⚘ · Rating 2 out of 5]

and this is why you never trust men and never throw or go to parties

[Lucija · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nostalgičnih 4⭐️

[Darien · Rating 3 out of 5]

Let’s just say the party got out of hand 🙃

[D · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’ve found with the older Fear Street books versus the newer titles (this is #2 against, let’s say #25 and on just for a number) that the characters aren’t so obnoxious, they aren’t caricatures of people, they aren’t all that awful to each other. I don’t know why that shift happened but I find myself liking these older titles better than their newer successors just because the characters seem more real.

Here Ellen, the girlfriend of a boy killed the year before, is coming back into town and her old best friend, Meg, wants to throw her a surprise party. Once she sets that in stone scary things start to happen and she starts to get threatened. Someone’s trying to force her to call off the party but she’s stubborn and won’t do it. She refused to be cowed. I liked that about her.

The warnings escalate and Tony, Meg’s boyfriend, starts to get weirder and weirder and we’re led to believe that Tony was the one who actually killed Evan. The red herring does a good job until the twist comes into play and that’s where we see a little bit of the crappy characters that are far more prevalent in the later books. At least it wasn’t pervasive and it was only for a moment. Doesn’t make the character any less crappy but it’s not shoved in my face either.

The real murderer is at least present in the story and more than just a background character, which I liked. In later books twists where the real antagonist is someone you had no clue even existed in the story become the norm. At least here it’s not such a mind-boggling revelation and with hindsight you can actually connect some dots (at least I think you should be able to do that, being completely blindsided by the real antagonist because they weren’t actually in the story at all isn’t a twist, it’s just crappy writing). Not too many but enough to go ‘I had a feeling . . .’

I felt the characters reacted in more natural ways to situations, they felt more real as I read about them, and it all grounded the story pretty well in that, at times, it actually felt creepy instead of a parody of a horror story like the later Fear Street books are. I think these original Fear Street books are the real meat of Stine’s writing, when greater care was given to the story and the characters and in making the reader feel scared. Books like THE SURPRISE PARTY are why I like old school YA horror. A bit cheesy, not fully as developed as YA horror now but fun and freaky and a good time to read. More realistic, despite everything.

This one was definitely one of the better Fear Street books.

4

[yyyasmin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Main characters: Meg Dalton (POV), Shannon, Ellen, Tony, Brian, Evan, Dwayne (I forgot their last names)

Cameos: Cory and Lisa from Book #1

Plot : One year before, Meg, Shannon, and Ellen were all best buds, Tony and Evan were best buds, Evan, Brian and Dwayne were Dungeons & Wizards best buds. But they all ceased to be best buds when Evan was killed with a rifle in the woods. Ellen moved away, and now that Ellen is coming for a visit, Meg decides that hey! Maybe we should do a surprise party. Great idea... But turns out, someone is NOT happy about the party. Meg receives threats over the phone, nearly gets run over, all because that one person is afraid that the secret will be let out at the party.. That he's the one who killed Evan.

What's the connection to Fear Street? : The party is held at someone's mansion there (like a construction site project or something... I didn't really remember)

Red herring : Well, Meg suspects pretty much everyone in this book, especially Brian, and except someone, who naturally turns out to be the killer and is the one who's been making the phone threats. Who - wait for it - turns out NOT to be the killer actually. He just thinks he was. Well, you racked up all the phone bills for nothing, buddy.

The twist? : I still remember that Tony killed Evan, but I forgot that it was actually a misunderstanding, and it wasn't Tony but Dwayne who killed him.

Overall: I really liked this book! It holds the suspense well and the killer wasn't predictable. However, I did think that the killer should have a stronger motivation to kill Evan. I think it would be more satisfying if the killer was actually Tony

Lingering question: why doesn't Meg slap Ellen in the face for cheating with Tony behind her back?!

[Christy · Rating 4 out of 5]

pretty good! one of the better Fear Streets.

[alifetimeofliterature · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the second fear street book I have read and honestly it felt like something was missing whin the storyline. Meg's character was majorly annoying in the sense of her not paying attention to her surroundings. Lisa's and Cory's relationship was put in the dust which I did not enjoy. Mike in the few pages that he was in put a smile on my face and I wish I saw more of his character, hopefully he's in the next book more or future books

[Alex · Rating 2 out of 5]

I’m a big R.L Stine fan but sadly this was not good. The story only started getting interesting around the 85% it really dragged before that