A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Protege (New Time Cinema) [Mass Market Paperback]

Tim Waggoner (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Black Flame (September 27, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1844162559
• ISBN-13: 978-1844162550
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,595,186 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I write fantasy and horror for both adults and young readers. I also teach creative writing at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best of the series to date, July 1, 2006

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B. Stratton "bramton1" (Columbia, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Protege (New Time Cinema) (Mass Market Paperback)

This was a book that was hard to put down (unlike Dreamspawn, which sat on my bookshelf for a month of two after I got through about 50 pages). It tells the story about Freddy's attempt to get an agent in the real world, though a evil alter-ego of a boy he "infected" as a fetus in his mother's womb. Seventeen years have passed in the boy's life, during which he was protected by a mystical dreamcatcher his psychic aunt acquired from a stranger.

First, the characters were great. We get Jerome, who is willing to do whatever it takes to stop Freddy's plan (such as a failed attempt at suicide). We get Cheryl, the girlfriend, a sweet girl who stands by her man even when she doesn't understand what's happening. We get El, the best friend. We get Lynn, the stepmom (at first, she appears to be the stereotypical stepmom, but later we can see how much she cares for Jerome). We get Bekka, the aunt who gets a great sequence when she tries to power up the repaired dreamcatcher after it is accidentally broken (the repairing of the dreamcatcher is essentially a McGuffin, though). We get the Krueger house on Elm Street, as he learn the fear that Jerome has for it even before he knows about Freddy. And we get Jerome (I know I already mentioned him), a real sadistic SOB who is a great compliment for Freddy (I saw someone complain that Freddy doesn't really kill anyone, but I didn't even notice with Jerome).

My only complaint is that I don't know what the time frame is for the story. Is the opening sequence, which happens 17 years before the rest of the story, after the events of Freddy vs. Jason (if so, that would put the rest of the story well in the future)?

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best in the Elm Street novel series so far, February 2, 2006

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Thanos6 (Chapin, SC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Protege (New Time Cinema) (Mass Market Paperback)

Tim Waggoner blows David Bishop and (especially) Christa Faust out of the water with PROTEGE. Freddy is the perfect mix of funny and scary, the teenagers are well-written and believable, you want them to survive (well, except for the obligatory jerks) and the battles in the Dream World are right up there with anything done in the movie series. Definitely recommended for Freddy fans!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Book, January 15, 2006

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B. Singer "Korn_Army" (New Jersey) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Protege (New Time Cinema) (Mass Market Paperback)

This book is amazing. Easily the best so far out of the 3. The deaths, even though they aren't Freddy's handiwork, are still brutal. I don't want to give anything away. All I have to say is pick this book up, and you won't want to put it down!