The Last Scream (Fear Street: Fear Park, No. 3) [Mass Market Paperback]

R. L. Stine (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 1996

Robin Fear has waited decades for this moment. His evil plan is in place. Dierdre Bradley, her father, and Fear Park will be destroyed. Nothing can stop Robin now. Except one person. Who's been watching--finding out Robin's secrets--and waiting for revenge.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 12 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Simon Pulse (October 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671529579
• ISBN-13: 978-0671529574
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #744,790 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Too gruesome to enjoy, September 12, 2009

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Raj "raj_thatsme" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Last Scream (Fear Street: Fear Park, No. 3) (Mass Market Paperback)

Synopsis: There have been numerous deaths occurring in Fear Park. A bomb exploded in the `House of Mirrors' killing twelve people; A person got trapped to death beneath the Ferris Wheel; the manager of the Animal Preserve was mauled to death by lions and so on. Due to these strange and bizarre incidents, Fear Park had been closed till now.

Dierdre Bradley has a nightmare about the Park. She dreams about watching the "Hatchet Show", an event that took place at the park in 1935, where some kids who were chopping wood became crazy and started chopping each other to death. In her dream, Dierdre sees her boyfriend Robin chopping others in the group. Dierdre wakes up and foresees her dream as a warning of things to come in Fear Park. Dierdre's father, Jason is the owner of Fear Park and plans to reopen it to the public. Dierdre cannot convince her father to close the park because they have literally invested all their money into its success, and without it, they would be broke.

What Dierdre is unaware of is that her boyfriend Robin Fear is the cause for all the trouble. Robin's father Nicholas, did not want the Bradleys to build an amusement park in his land, but they did anyway, so Robin is trying to fulfill his father's wishes to make sure that Fear Park is closed one way or another, even if it means killing the Bradleys. Having made himself and his girlfriend Meghan immortal, Robin is experienced in the black arts, and chants spells on Jason and Dierdre to close down Fear Park.

However, Robin starts becoming very suspicious when Dierdre starts hanging out with a tall, lanky, red-haired guy named Gary. Robin's attempt at killing Dierdre fails whenever she is with Gary. Robin gets convinced that Gary is an immortal person too, and is protecting Dierdre from Robin's spells. Who will win the battle, Robin or Dierdre?

Review: Since I haven't read the previous two volumes in the "Fear Park" series, I really didn't know what to expect. Even though it is fairly easy to understand the storyline (without reading the previous 2 books), this was a really hard book to read, mainly because it was so gory. I have read a lot of Fear Street books, and I hardly remember any of them having this much violence. Some parts were just disgusting, like when Jason starts removing big fat worms from his throat, or when someone starts vomiting green glob from the Ferris Wheel.

Also, I thought the book ended really abruptly, because there were quite a few issues Stine never gave an explanation to, especially in terms of who Gary really is. Why did he suddenly start hanging around Dierdre in the first place? If he is not immortal, then why didn't Robin's spells work on him?

Even though I enjoyed the twist in the climax of the story, I felt that there was hardly any suspense or fear in the book, and a lot of unnecessary gruesome details. Unless you are a fan of the previous Fear Park novels, I would avoid reading this one.

4.0 out of 5 stars Last Book of a Three-Book Series, August 26, 2008

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Andrea "Readaholic" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Last Scream (Fear Street: Fear Park, No. 3) (Mass Market Paperback)

This is the last book of the series. I really enjoyed this series. It is about an amusement park (Fear Park). The series is more on the gory side rather than the cozy side; that's why one star is missing. But I did have fun reading this series, even though there are better R.L. Stine books that I have read.

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Out of Three, November 30, 2003

A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Last Scream (Fear Street: Fear Park, No. 3) (Mass Market Paperback)

Out of the 3 Fear Park books, this one was definitly the best one. It was a very good book. It always kept you guessing. It was awesome!