What Scares You the Most?

Nightmare Room Thrillogy #2

by R.L. Stine

Twelve ultra-smart, ultra-competitive kids have been selectedto take part in a survival competition called Life Games.Not only will they have to overcome the dangers of life on atropical island, they'll also have to face the evil presence thatlives there ... waiting for its next victim.

What Scares You the Most?

April is stranded on the island! She's desperate to escape and get back to her normal life. But April's life will never be normal again. Because someone -- or something -- evil will follow her home, using her deepest fears against her.

Genres: Horror, Young Adult, Fantasy, Fiction, Paranormal, Middle Grade, Childrens

144 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

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

[Elina · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Jess the Shelf-Declared Bibliophile · Rating 2 out of 5]

Entertaining enough for a quick random read, but certainly not creepy.

[Sreypich Van · Rating 4 out of 5]

The second installement was better mainly because there's more stuff going on between the two timelines. It was shorter but more anticipating. A particulier scene in the book really grossed me out and I can't wait for the final reveal.
Even at 20 years old, Mr Stine's still able to scare me.

[10-11 Bryanna · Rating 5 out of 5]

it was very scary book.

[Drucilla · Rating 3 out of 5]

A nice follow up and it doesn't succumb to the sequel curse. The plot moves along really well and the pacing is great.

[Izzy · Rating 4 out of 5]

3,5 Sterne

Ein Spannendes Kinderbuch. Vor allem die Zeitsprünge haben ein Interessante variable mit hinein Gebracht. Ich finde gut gelöst, das man in diesem Band das Problem, aber noch nicht die Lösung offenbart hat und ich freue mich schon auf den dritten Teil. Auch die Brutalität ist für 10 Jährige angemessen.

[Amber "Epp" · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this author what a blast from my past so much spine chilling fun lol .... :)

[Alex · Rating 3 out of 5]

This trilogy had a strong start, but this one definitely suffered from "middle book syndrome".

[Kelsey · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5

[Ada · Rating 2 out of 5]

2-2,5/5

[Isabella · Rating 3 out of 5]

3/5

[Nadia Kebaier · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 ⭐️

[PastelQueen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rereading this trilogy for nostalgia purposes to see if it holds up. So frankly, I didn't really remember this book much at all and I understand why. As a kid, this exposition bored me to death and I just wanted to get back into the action. I get why this book was shy of 100 pages and I'm thankful for that because the spoookyyy parts were getting really repetitive, but it had it's purpose. This is always the part of a story I like, when we get more details into what is going on and more clues as to the hows and whys. I entirely forgot the past corresponding story with Deborah and that is really what gives a lot more to the present story. I also forgot about April suspecting Pam for always being there for when crazy shit goes down...which I do not even blame her, Pam is being extra sus.

I enjoyed this book a lot more than I thought I would. I was thoroughly entertained the entire time...but moreso by how April is clearly going through intense trauma while everyone around her is like "Wow! Cool! You're so famous now!!!" Clearly no one is bothered by this. April ended up running two cities away and randomly meeting with her teammate, Kristen, who they both fought that monster on the island together, and no one was concerned? Kristen called their missing teammate's mother...and she was clearly unconcerned that she was told her son was still "on the island" while the rest of the participants were home and on TV and interviews and the TODAY SHOW?!? Like yo, I was just so entertained by how every single adult was unbothered by all this. I LOVED IT. XD

I know, I know, this is a book meant for younger children but I give kids way more credit than this to realize that how everyone brushed all this off was rather lazy and unbelievable. It felt more than anything like they were shoving the fact that 'IT'S NOT OVER' in your face...when it obviously wasn't over. The exposition could have been done way better than this and frankly we didn't even need anyone going back home. Why? The 'famous' aspect was poorly done anyway...so it felt so pointless. The games could have been longer, and if they needed Pam there, they could have brought her easily. But this isn't even my biggest gripe.

No my biggest gripe is...who is that guy on the cover of this book?!?! Like there was no prominent male characters outside of the ones on the island?!? So WHO IS THIS MAN?!?! He is literally just a random dude. No one even ate pizza!!! This cover does not correlate with the story at ALL except for the ghost woman but she was BLUE not red?!?! -_-

Sorry y'all I'm having a lot of fun.

[Nachtblume · Rating 5 out of 5]

Enthält Spoiler zu Band 1.

Direkt am Anfang hatte ich das Gefühl, dass sich der Schreibstil verändert hatte. Vor allem, weil die Figuren zu Beginn mit Nachnamen erwähnt wurden, worauf im ersten Band weitestgehend verzichtet wurde. Störend ist das ganze aber nicht. Für meinen Geschmack ließ sich Band 2 sogar noch besser lesen. Irgendwie flüssiger und auch die Atmosphäre rund um Anne wirkte weniger naiv und kindlich.

Während sich einige Fragen rund um Deborah in der Vergangenheit aufklären, wirft Anne in der Gegenwart viele neue Fragen auf.

Neben Anne, die mich leider ein wenig nervt, weil sie sich nie durchsetzen kann, aber ansonsten doch ganz nett ist, habe ich auch Kirsten liebgewonnen.

Weiterhin bleibt die Frage offen, was eigentlich mit Marlin, Annes Teamkollegen, passiert ist, der spurlos verschwunden ist und während Kirsten und Anne die Einzigen sind, die von den bösen Machenschaften auf der Insel etwas ahnen, weicht Marks allen Fragen aus.

Fazit: Band 2 ist durchgehend spannend und ich bin absolut neugierig auf die Auflösung in Band 3.

[ryan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one was better than the first one. The first one was really boring compared to this. Although the spooky parts were too repetitive, I was interested enough to see what happens after the first half.

[Ladrea]

i thought ummmmm....actually i'd liked the fear games one but ..............

[Hamed Movaghari · Rating 4 out of 5]

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