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The Boyfriend (Point Horror Series)

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I read this story when I was in high school. My sister bought it and read it, and though I seldom read YA novels, I did pick this one up and finished it in a couple of hours. It was really very good, the best YA book I had read to date. Because I liked it, I read a lot of R. L. Stine novels after that. "The Boyfriend" was the best of them.

Joanna, the main character, is a rich girl who has a thing for wild boys. Dex, the "boyfriend", is a talented boy, an actor, who lives with his aunt on the wrong side of town, and he's Joanna's type...at first. But the differences between them, that they move about in different social circles, doesn't sit well with Joanna and she gets bored with Dex and stands him up a lot. She has her eyes on Shep, a boy from a well-to-do family.

In the middle of the night, after being stood up again, Dex persuades Joanna to go for a ride to the canyon accompanied by his friend Pete. Once at the Promontory, Dex starts goofing off like he always does, playing around on the edge of the cliff...and slips. Joanna hears Dex's body break as it hits the ground below. And in a rush of terror and confusion, she drives away from the scene and gets into a car accident.

Joanna winds up in the hospital with minor injuries but Pete tells her that Dex didn't make it. 'Dex is dead, Joanna,' Pete says, 'and you RAN away!' Joanna feels bad, tells Pete she was going for help. He doesn't believe her and leaves angry. She is sad to hear that Dex is dead, but strangely feels relieved too.

But Dex comes back from the grave to torment Joanna for abandoning him.

The characterizations are among R. L. Stine's strongest and in the end the reader is still uncertain as to what really happened to Dex that night at the Promontory. I won't let the cat out of bag, but after finishing the book, you'll understand what I mean.

I recommend this story highly.

REVIEW
I liked this book a lot because it is just great! When I read it I felt like I was in the book, it's that good.

The main character is Joanna. She an 18teen year old girl with a boyfriend named Dex. Joanna and Dex have been going out for a long time now but... Joanna has been cheating on him with a guy named Shep. But something even more important is happening and it has to do with Dex. He has been acting and looking weird lately. He turning green, and his eyes are all red, his skin is peeling and he has this gross smell of garbage. But in the end there is a little surprise for you!!

I think everyone will like this book I mean who couldn't!

In "The Boyfriend," Joanna Collier wants to break up with her current boyfriend, Dex, in order to date someone new: Shep Forrest. But she doesn't get the chance to do so before Dex accidentally falls off a cliff to his death. Then six weeks later, she starts receiving phone calls and visits from her "dead" boyfriend. Was his death just a misunderstanding--or is he really back from the grave as a zombie?

Like most of Stine's books, "The Boyfriend" is a quick read and can be finished off in only a few hours; but, unfortunately, it's also formulaic and episodic. There aren't too many surprises, either, that Stine fans can't figure out for themselves one step ahead, leaving a rather disappointing mess at the end. Nevertheless, his books do have an appeal like junk food: there's no real nutritional value to them and they probably rot young readers' brains, but they're quickly-gratifying and addictive. Worth reading if you're looking for some semi-scary mind candy.

The book was really neat! It's about a rich girl, who stands her boyfriend up for a date. Then, he sneaks in to her room and the go for a drive. They end up on a cliff, and the boy is performing on the edge, he slips, he falls, he dies. The girl, never loved him anyway, and is glad he's dead, and gone, forever... or is he! This story had a really unexpected ending! It's an all around great book!

This book was awesome! It's one of the first R.L Stine books I ever read. I highly suggest this book and I know you won't be dissapointed! I never would have guessed the ending!

My mom had first got this book for my younger sister from the library. I was curious and I hadnt read R.L Stine since I was a young girl(I grew up reading his books)so i decided to go ahead and read it. What a fast read! I finished in 30 minutes! This book has so many twists and turns, it really keeps you guessing. I absolutely loved the ending : Joanne recieved exactly what she deserved for being such a cruel person. If I had known Dex in real life, I would've dated him, he seemed like such an awesome guy!
I highly recommend this book, if you want a book that puzzles you, scares you, and throws you onto a windy rolar coaster, this is the book for you!

I now want to read R.L. Stine's The Girlfriend =)

I really enjoyed this fast read. I had it done in about two hours. I was thrown for a loop towards the end. Not expecting that. I am happy Joanne got her justly rewards. Enjoy!

What I thought of the book was that it amazing and scary. I loved the book it was the best book ever. I really enjoyed it because it really talked about things that really happen in real life. The book tells a lot of discripitions about the characters and about how they suffered for love and for the death of a person...and about how he haunts the girl for a long time......because her boyfriend that died is back.....!!!

I love this book! But you probably want to know, it is NOT a love story! So, anyway, I always felt like i was IN the book! It can be pretty gruesome at times! But I can't normally read books more than once or i get bored, this one, i can read this book AS MANY times as i want! YEAH! But I am 11 and I have read this book 5 times! I have told one of my friends about it, and she loves it too! I hope you read this book and i love ALL of R.L. Stine's books, but i am a little over goosebumps books and so is this book! So, PLEASE read this book! it is my faveorite book in the world!

I think the book was really good. I liked it alot and would give it 5 stars. It always kept you on the edge of your seat. You could never put it down for very long because you would always be wondering about what was going to happen.