Double Date

I read this book MANY times when I was a kid. I am fairly confident I purchased it at a Scholastic Book Fair and it came with temporary tattoos (its probably why I have tattoos now, thanks Mr Stine).

I loved R.L. Stine so much I wrote him a fan letter and asked him to name a character Melissa. So innocent in my youth. It's funny that now these are called "Young Adult", I'm not sure that designation even existed when I was reading them. They were just books? Or maybe "Young Adult" was a thing and I said, I'm 11, I can read what I want, suckas. I didn't have rules around reading, I quickly progressed from Goosebumps, to Fear Street, to Christopher Pike (my sister had MANY), to V.C. Andrews (my cousin had MANY), to Stephen King and James show more Patterson (every girl goes through a serial killer phase, right?). I read Animal Farm at 10...it was on my sister's bookshelf and I LOVED to "borrow" her books (maybe if I read what she read, she'd like me)...it was a fun story about talking animals to ten-year-old me.

In that same vein, back then and still today, this was about a jerk who thought he was too cool to be kind and him having to deal with the repercussions of his actions. Not everything is an allegory. Revenge isn't always best served cold, sometimes it needs to come in hot with some cannibal ants and electrocution. F*** around and find out, Bobby. This is more psychological suspense than straight up horror but it would make a great dramatic after school special (remember THOSE?!). show less

The story revolves around Bobby Newkirk, a high school boy. He believes he is God’s gift to women because of his good looks. After dating them for a while, he discards them like used tissues. Until he meets his biggest challenge: the Wade twins. Samantha and Bree are complete opposites, while Bobby strives for high school fame. Can anyone else date twins simultaneously and display both animal magnetism and self-confidence? Only “Bobby the man.”

Bobby is the most conceited and self-absorbed character I’ve ever read. The mentions of it being unfair to deny school girls ‘Bobby the Man’ made me want to puke. He believed every girl he met was in love with him. Sometimes, Bobby would walk off, smugly laughing about how so-and-so show more desperately wanted him back, after a girl clearly hated him. I found him excessively dramatic.

The plot itself was intriguing. I grasped the book's plot initially. However, it became harder to tell the twins apart as the story continued. My feelings about the ending were mixed as well. Bobby got what he deserved for messing with the girls, but it would have been better if one sister had been a killer instead of a prank. Compared to what I was expecting, it all seemed a little anticlimactic.

Double Date is a quick read, most readers can finish that in a day or two. I would highly recommend it. show less

I also reviewed this book on my blog:
The Real World According To Sam

Quick read on a cold afternoon. This one is more of a thriller than a horror to be honest. There isn't a lot of creep factor going on in this one. I've read more creepy tones and events in Goosebumps books, which is crazy considering this one is for an older audience that you'd think could handle more creepiness.

The protagonist is a sleaze, which is different and at times frustrating, but makes the ending pretty satisfying. I like when authors decide to do something different from the norm, as it makes the story more memorable in the long term. I never have wanted a villain to win over a protagonist as badly as I did in this book. It's a rare thing to me in my years show more of reading, so I have to give this book props for generally pulling it off.

This isn't one I would put at the top of my list to re-read several times over, but I might revisit it once or twice in the future if I need something quick and want to see a teenage scumbag get what he deserves for being immature and generally disgusting. A pretty decent time. Not what I expected and it will probably be disappointing to a lot of people who want a likable protagonist and creepier horror elements. If you take it for what it is though, it isn't too bad. show less

This turns into a schizo shadyside adventure worthy of the Fear Street name. Fortunately Bobbie as the main character who runs into a mess is a jerkwad who deserves the inconvenience, although I was shocked at a scene when the author 'monkeyed around' too far for this age group and his usual stuff. I listened to this from an Audible sitewide sale curious how the fan popular Frank Muller would do - he narrates this well and takes the story as seriously as he would any adult novel.

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Bobby totally got what he deserved: this is a character almost equal to Reva in his nastiness. What I don't find believable is that so many girls would actually want to go out with him knowing what a jerk he is. Yeah, that will get some girls, but even though every girl in the Fear Street books is unaccountably gorgeous, Shadyside isn't a big enough town to supply Bobby with a new girl every week.

Wicked and cruel yet satisfying to a degree for those who have ever been used. Bobby is what nowadays people would a "player". He dates many different girls with no real regard to their feelings. So eventually he gets his comeuppance when he tries to string along the Wade twins, Bree & Samantha. They, along with all of Bobby's past dates concoct a plan to make him pay and they have a little fun driving him crazy in the process.

I like the fear street books but this one isn't one of my favorites.

I liked this book because is good book. i liked beause two twin sisters go out with the same gut. i think you will like it and enjoy it like i did.