Stine, R.L. A Midsummer Night’s Scream, 249pgs. Feiwel and
Friends, 2013. $13.42. Language: PG-13
(no swears, no “F’s”); Mature content: PG-13; Violence: R.
A Midsummer Night’s Scream is a horror novel very loosely
based on Shakespeare’s play, A Midsummer
Night’s Dream. It follows a high school
girl named Claire and her best friend, Delia as they set out to accomplish
their dreams by appearing in their first major motion picture. The movie they
are cast in is a remake of an old horror flick in which members of the cast
actually died while filming the movie. It isn’t long before mysterious death
began befalling the cast members of the remake and Claire is afraid she may be
next.
This book is entertaining and a light read, but the writing isn’t
stellar. It is quite cheesy and many times the deaths are gratuitously violent.
I would not recommend this book to anyone simply because it is gross and has no
real thrills or a real theme. I am hesitant to recommend it for middle school
students because of the violence it contains.
NO Reviewer: JL
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