Customer Reviews

College Weekend (Fear Street, No. 32)

5 star:		(9)
4 star:		(8)
3 star:		(5)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

I've just finished this book and i think it was great!
Tina and her cousin Holly visit Tina's boyfriend Josh on Patterson College. Tina can't wait to see him, but when they arrive nobody is there. After a while Josh's roommate Chris takes them from the train station. He tells them, Josh is still on a camping trip in the mountains and can't come back, because of snow. Tina is disappointed, but soon Holly and Chris persuade her to come to a party with them. There Tina loses Holly and is alone with Chris, who seems to become more and more interested in her - and doesn't interested in finding Holly. But Tina has to think of Josh so often and when she kisses Chris she feels very sorry and starts to miss Josh even more. In fact Tina starts to see signs that show her that Josh can't be on a camping trip. Chris or his friend Carla? Anybody lies and Tina has to find out!
So, that's a "short" version of this book. But, of course, I don't tell, who the "murderer" is like some other reviewers.
I hope i could help you with your decision for buying this book. I really recommend it, but the beginning is a bit boring - so, 4 Stars!

Tina Rivers is super excited about visiting her boyfriend Josh Martin at Patterson College. She doesn't even mind that her cousin Holly is coming with her. But right as she arrives at the college, terror strikes. Josh's roommate Christopher Roberts says that Josh is delayed by snow trouble in the mountains. But Josh never said anything about going to the mountains. And suddenly Holly disappears. Christopher doesn't seem to care, though. All he cares about is getting what he wants--and the things he wants aren't good things.

The murderer in this, Cristopher, is obvious. Who he kills is the mystery. Knowing who the murderer was made it scarier. Out of all the Fear Street books, Christopher has got to be one of the craziest killers. Anyway, I really loved this book but I didn't give it five stars for one reason. The ending went way too fast. When you're reading, it feels like there's much more things coming. But you soon realize that the book is practically over.

Overall, it was a great Fear Street book.

This book was the greatest. It was filled with romance and horror and a really creepy and gross ending which I like a lot. This book would be great to read on a stormy night or something. I give it a 2 thumbs up!

Of all the 25 to 30 Fear Street I've read, there were only one or two i'd give a 7 out of 10 to, the rest i'd give a 9.5 or a 10. Fear Street are the best books. After I read the back cover of College Weekend, to me it didn't sound to great, but it really surprised me. It was definately a 10. It had everything a book needs, mystery, horror, suspense, romance, and great detail(Stine puts excellent detail in his books). I finished this book in two days and I read it every chance I got. The detail was so great I had to take my time reading it. I always do that with Stine's books anyways. My advice to you is to go to a bookstore or library and get this book. I hope you read it and enjoy it as much as i did. P.S. I think this book would make a great movie!

The College Weekend killer was obvious,but the motives were not obvious.Read this one if you like good Fear Street Books.

This is a great short book. I read the entire book in a few hours. The book is interesting and has some sexiness in it. Perfect mix of horror and excitement. I will read this book again. Loved it

I love the Fear Street series and I'm 21 years old! Most of them are more interesting than chilling, but College Weekend was a real page turner! I read it in 2 days. This book was a lot more thrilling than a lot of the others, with a gruesome ending. I recommend this book!!

When I was a kid, R. L. Stine was my absolute favorite author, I read all the Goosebumps book and eventually came across his Fear Street series. I read this when I was 10 and it still haunts me to this day... definitely worth a read! :)

Synopsis: It's been three months since Tina Rivers saw her boyfriend Josh Martin. Now, Tina is really excited as she and her cousin Holly Phillips take a trip to Patterson College to spend the weekend with Josh.

However, as soon as they arrive at the Patterson train station, things start going wrong. They get cornered by someone threatening them for money, and Josh is nowhere to be found. Luckily, Chris Roberts, Josh's roommate comes to their rescue. Chris tells them that Josh went with his friend Steve to a geology camping trip but had car trouble on the way back, which is why he couldn't meet them. Tina is disappointed, but has a nice time spending time with Chris.

Unfortunately, as the day goes by, Josh never shows up, and Tina starts to feel that there is something strange going on. For one thing, she notices someone step into her room while she is sleeping, but doesn't know who it is or why they were there. Later, she meets a girl named Carla Ryan, Steve's girlfriend, and feels that Carla is hiding something from her about Josh. Things get worse when Carla tells Tina that Holly went with a girl named Alyssa to a party, but Holly never shows up later.

Will Tina realize what happened to Josh and Holly, and figure out her own life is in danger?


Review: This was an average R. L. Stine Fear Street book in my opinion. It wasn't really bad, but I just felt like the story dragged on for too long. I was surprised to find out what kind of a person Carla was in the end, because I had a wrong impression about her.

There were three reasons why I didn't like this book compared to others in the series.

- Firstly, why does Tina get attracted to Chris and give him the wrong signals (like kissing him), when she is still supposedly worried about Josh? That did not make any sense to me.

- Secondly, and more importantly, why did Carla tell Tina that Holly went out with Alyssa, or even know about Alyssa, when Alyssa wasn't even going to Patterson? If Carla was trying to help Tina, why would she tell her that? Stine never provided an explanation to this anywhere in the book

- Also, there is no clear explanation as to how Chris's girlfriend Judy died, or any history behind their relationship. I feel that the story would have been more interesting if Stine had added this, in a flashback of some sort.

If Stine had covered the above plot holes in this book, or written the history of the characters in greater detail, I would have definitely enjoyed it. I thought the premise of the story was very interesting, but overall, "College Weekend" turned out to be predictable and disappointing.

This book was the first I read of these books, that was during the summer. This was a great book, easy to read, and left you wanting to keep reading on and on. I could not put this book down, I read it in one week!