Indiana Jones and the Dragon of Vengeance (Find Your Fate) [Mass Market Paperback]

R.L. Stine (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback
• Publisher: Ballantine Books (October 12, 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0345338707
• ISBN-13: 978-0345338709
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,691,380 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars A typical low quality gamebook for this series, July 20, 2011

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This review is from: Indiana Jones and the Dragon of Vengeance (Find Your Fate) (Mass Market Paperback)

CHARACTERS:
Indy was portrayed well, but I don't understand why he was called "Mr. Jones" when he was usually called "Dr. Jones" in the movies.

The other characters were acceptable.

ARTWORK:
As usual for this series - above average quality.

PLOT:
It's okay. But I was annoyed by the subplot of Indy constantly trying to get rid of the reader.

WRITING STYLE:
The intro was well done, unlike other books by R.L. Stine. Good thing he co-authored this book. Almost none of Stine's crappy writing style was existent in this book.

GAMEBOOK QUALITY:
Had none of Stine's stupid choices. However, some of the choices were too passive, like do I want to go on this adventure, or go home? That's pretty much giving away that one of the choices will lead to a boring ending.

CONCLUSION:
Although this book was of higher quality than usual for this series, it is still not up to "Choose your own adventure" quality. For a Stine book, it's excellent, but that doesn't say much. Except for "Eye of the Fates", none of the books in this series are near the quality of "Choose your own adventure." I'm guessing that Stine's horrible writing style is what caused this series to end so quickly while Choose your own adventure continued past 100 books. Stine is a blemish on the genre of gamebooks.