Not familiar with the source material but am enjoying the story. Reads like a comic book script but heavily padded (in a good way). I do feel like reaNot familiar with the source material but am enjoying the story. Reads like a comic book script but heavily padded (in a good way). I do feel like readers would have to have read comics to ‘get’ the narrative flow. Well worth persisting with for the payoff. ...more
Scary stories turn terrifying true in this teen horror that manages to cram a lot of content into a relatively short page count. The pacing is on poinScary stories turn terrifying true in this teen horror that manages to cram a lot of content into a relatively short page count. The pacing is on point and the plotting crisp; the crescendo a departure from other Fear Street books I’ve read yet overall grounded by the tried and true formula that makes these stories so easy to consume.
Note. I read this as part of the Fear Street Collection (book 5): Evil Powers (and in my opinion this is the best of the three books in the collected volume)
Jerry Chase, new reporter for sensationalist rag, Smear, finds himself surrounded by four warm bodies turned cold - all on the first week of the job. Jerry Chase, new reporter for sensationalist rag, Smear, finds himself surrounded by four warm bodies turned cold - all on the first week of the job. How did it come to this? A fatal assignment to Happy Honeymoons Incorporated; Chase's first job seems shady from the outset; however, a blonde beauty named Delilah with more curves than angles embraces him in her oh so lovely arms and all thoughts of 'shady' turn hazy! It doesn't take much to know where this one-time Carter Brown protagonist is thinking from...
NO FUTURE FAIR LADY, despite being published nearly 70 years ago holds up remarkably well as a crime-comedy centered around a quasi private eye in newspaperman Jerry Chase, who somehow finds himself in embroiled in serious situations turned satire by author Carter Brown. Chase is a perfect 'protagonist' in this plot; well written, hot-blooded and tough - only when he needs to be. Al Wheeler he is not. Think Danny Boyd with a hint of Larry Baker and you'll get a real feel for Chase (Carter Brown enthusiasts will relate). ...more
Similar style to Orrie Hitt but with more violence. Plot was complex but not without cause. A character glossary proved useful in keeping track of theSimilar style to Orrie Hitt but with more violence. Plot was complex but not without cause. A character glossary proved useful in keeping track of the players and their plight....more
An abundance of purple prose padded the page count and proved a distraction from the plot. Akin to storytelling by an earlier Koontz but marred by theAn abundance of purple prose padded the page count and proved a distraction from the plot. Akin to storytelling by an earlier Koontz but marred by the aforementioned. ...more
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