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Call Waiting (Point Horror Series)

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Call Waiting The most intriguing yet creepy book I've ever read is Call waiting. From the moment I picked it up I knew it was going to be scary by the blood on the phone receiver on the cover of the book. I opened it and read the first line which said, "The frightening phone calls began less than an hour after Karen," a teenager who was skinny, had dark hair, and dark eyes, "had the fight with Ethan," her boyfriend. At that time I knew it was going to be scary. As I read on it stated the tone of the book. "One week before the fight, on a snowy, bone-chilling, Saturday night, Karen Masters pulled her blue Corolla onto Jefferson, Ethan's street. The tires crunched over the salted pavement as Karen eased on the curb and cut the headlights." It immediately sent chills down my spine. I think the scariest part of the book was when Karen actually got the real phone calls. "Leave me alone! Do your hear me?" Karen cried angrily. " But I'm inside your brain Karen," the frightening voice rasped. " I can't leave you alone. I'm going to kill you. Maybe tonight." I was shocked at the next part when it said, "Karen started to cry out again-but she muffled herself when she heard the sound. A sound behind the rasping voice. One sound. Karen listened to the sound. Heard it again clearly. And knew who the caller was." Trust me the caller really isn't who you think. To find out whom the caller is you will have to read the book. Believe me this book really kept me wanting to read more. I would highly recommend it.

Call Waiting by R.L. Stine; Scholastic: New York, 1994. ISBN: 0-590-4780-4

Have you ever been betrayed by someone before? Well, Karen, the main character, gets betrayed by someone really close to her in Call Waiting. This is a mystery book written by R.L. Stine.
The book Call Waiting is about a girl named Karen who is dating a guy named Ethan. She suspects that her boyfriend is cheating and lying to her. Also, they stopped hanging out. Then Karen starts getting creepy phone calls saying that they are going to kill her. Everyone thinks that she is making that up so she can get Ethan's attention. So is Karen lying or telling the truth that they are going to kill her?The theme in Call Waiting is that there is always going to be somebody who is going to betray you.
I recommend Call Waiting to people who like mystery books. The reason why is because you don't know what's going to happen next. The author tries to confuse you.
By: Angelica Londono

Karen is a troubled young girl who is desperately afraid of losing her boyfriend.After she lies about recieving threatening phone calls, those calls suddenly become real.."Karen, this is your imagination calling and I'm going to get you.."
But, to make it even stranger, how on Earth does someone recieve a call on a phone that is completely dead????
Is karen cracking?Or is she really being stalked?
That's for you to find out, fellow readers.Have fun.

Call Waiting is an extreme book about a teenager named Karen who starts realizing that her boyfriend is spending less time with her. Scared that she will lose her boyfriend Karen starts spying on him. She then figures out that her boyfriend is going out with another girl. To make Karen's boyfriend love her again she makes up that she gets terrible calls in the middle of the night. The calls say...someone will kill Karen. However it was all a lie and Ethen (Karen's boyfriend) believed it. Soon as you might of guessed, Karen's boyfriend found out, but he wasn't mad. The bad thing is as soon as Karen started going back out with Ethen she started getting calls that would kill her......but this time it was true!!!

Call Waiting is a great book, that everyone would love. If you enjoyed R.l Stines other young adults books then I recommend you this one. Read it!!!! You can't put it down!!! 5 stars.

Synopsis: Karen Masters thinks her boyfriend Ethan Parker is cheating on her with Wendy Talbot. Micah Davis, her best friend thinks Karen is overreacting and tells her not to worry about it. Karen's cousin, Adam comes back to town and acts very strangely. Ethan seems reserved and tries to avoid Karen. Ethan's friend Jake doesn't like her either. In a desperate attempt to keep Ethan, Karen pretends to receive threatening phone calls so that Ethan can come to her rescue. However, later Karen really starts getting threatening phone calls from someone who hates her. Can she find out who is putting her life in danger before it's too late?

(I cannot be more specific about the synopsis because the plot keeps changing in the book)

Review: Ugh, where do I begin? This book was atrocious! The main reason I disliked it so much was because of Karen's character. Let's see, this girl stalks her boyfriend, is obsessed with him, has sudden flashes of rage, doesn't even know if she pushed a girl to her death or not, throws temper tantrums at everyone, lies to everyone one minute, gets caught, and wants to go to the dance club the next minute, thinks her cousin is weird for hearing voices but doesn't find it weird when she hears them voices a broken phone, and WE are supposed to root for her? Give me a break!

Even the writing was horrible. I felt the actually story started in the last 50 pages of the book, when Karen actually starts receiving the phone calls. Also, every time someone like Ethan, Micah, Wendy etc. gave her an explanation as to their strange behavior, Karen kept wondering, `are they telling the truth, or lying to me'? This started becoming repetitious and confusing throughout the book, to the point where I felt that I didn't even know what was true anymore.

I don't even know what the point of Adam's character in the book was!

Even though the ending made sense (well at least I think it did; I didn't bother looking back at the story to see if there were any loopholes), I felt frustrated because the one character I remotely liked in the book turned out to be the psycho.

But, there were some parts I enjoyed in the book, such as anytime someone like Chris scared Karen, or when she received threatening phone calls from a broken phone in school. It was fun seeing her actually squirm for awhile.

I really think I would have enjoyed the book better if Stine hadn't written Karen so badly.

Call Waiting
R.L. stine
ISBN 0-590-47480-4
SCHOLASTIC INC

"Have you ever been called by a misters person or know someone how as?"
A misters person is trying to call Karen the main character. Every time the the phone ring she say "Hello?" then the mysteris person say "I am going to kill you" Everyone think she is crazzy. For the rest of the story read the rest of the book. It is excellent!!!!!!
There is nothing wrong with the book it is great!!!!
I would recomind this book because it such you in like a 730 jet. also to people that like suspence and a lot of action. if you are the kind of reader that likes the usshggsh book then this book is not for you!!! but if you are interested in BIG HORRED BOOK THEN THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU!!!

The story Call Waiting is about a girl named Karen and her boyfriend Ethan. In this story Karen is in a bad Crisis. Someone wants to kill Karen. The reason why they want to kill Karen is because they like her boyfriend Ethan so this person wants to break them up. Karen gets really freaked out because She kept on getting scary phone call saying that they are going to kill her. In Call Waiting it shows LOVE, TRUST, AND DEATH.
In the story Call Waiting it Shows love because I the story the girl that wants kill Karen love Ethan a lot. She told Karen that she would do anything for Ethan because she loves Ethan. I know that my mom loves me because she says that I mean every thing to her. And that she would do any thing for me. Trust is in the story Call Waiting.
In the story Trust was shown in the story because Karen thought that Ethan was breaking up with her because he liked some other girl. Karen was starting to think that Ethan was cheating on her. Later on she trusted him that he wasn't cheating on her with some other girl. I remember one time my mom trusted me to walk home by myself. She really didn't trust me because she thought that I was going to hang out with my friends and not home on time. But she decided to let me walk by myself and she trusted me. In the story Call Waiting Death is also shown.
In the story Call Waiting Death is also shown because in the story Karen kept an getting these scary phone calls saying that they were going to kill her. The phone calls wouldn't stop. This girl was going to kill her because Karen was dating Ethan. And she really likes Ethan. One time I was at my grandmas house some one kept on calling the house saying that they were going to kill us we were a little scared because the phone calls wouldn't stop. But the next day my cousin came over and said to me "so did you get scared" and then I said " so it was you that was calling the house". He started to laugh so hard.
In the story Call waiting LOVE, TRUST, AND DEATH was shown. Love was stated in the story because in the story a girl wanted to kill Karen because she was dating Ethan and she loved Ethan. She said she e would do any thing for. Trust was stated in the story Call Waiting because in the story Karen end up trusting Ethan that he wasn't cheating on her with some other girl. Death was also shown I the story. In the story Karen got these scary phone calls saying that they were going to kill her. And they were telling her how they were going to kill her.

Call Waiting

Call Waiting is a very exciting book with a lot of suspense that will keep you guessing and wanting more throughout the book. It is about a girl who feels she is losing her boyfriend, so she lies to him that she is about to be killed but it all turned into a reality when her friend tries to kill her but she is saved. I think it was good except for one thing. There is no massive murder.
I would recommend this to people who like books with a lot of suspense and like a very interesting plot line where you will want to keep reading. This book is good for people of all ages but there is no massive murder like (Beach House)

Call Waiting wasn't my favorite R.L.Stine book,but it was still a pretty good book.I gave it 4 stars because I've read better ones by him.The ending is really worth the read though.I couldn't believe the person who did it was someone,so close to her.It wasn't the greatest,but I still recommend it.

Karen suspects that her boyfriend Ethan is losing interest in her, and that he would rather be with Wendy, the most popular girl in school. The suspicion is driving her nuts.
Then the threatening phone calls begin. Are they jokes or is someone after her? Or is she losing it?

I found this book disappointing. It didn't captivate me.