Scream Queen
by Edo Van Belkom
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Author: Edo Van BelkomEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-04-01
ISBN: 0786015624
Number of pages: 300
Publisher: Pinnacle
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Book Review: Scream Queen
Summary: 4 Stars
Scream Queen
Grace C B4
1/20/06
The name of the book I read was, "Scream Queen," by Edo Van Belkom. It was about two producers named Ike and Erwin Gowan who used to make famous horror films. Instead of a horror film, they wanted to make a reality TV show. The show would be called, "Scream Queen," and take place in a haunted house. There would be six contestants that would have to make it through the night without leaving the house. The winner of the show would get a cash prize and a starring role in their next horror film. The only problem was the Gowan brothers didn't know that the house was truly haunted. The six contestants were, Jody, Forrest, Tamisha, Melanie, Radko, and Vonda. The rest of the book is about how they strive to make it through the night. The types of things they have to face are things such as ghosts, dead bodies, people disappearing, rats, and the house itself. The conflict of the book was overall pretty scary and kind of gross.
This book was really exciting to read especially because of the cliffhangers. It was also exciting to me because I love horror books that freak me out. Also, there was never a dull moment; there was always something happening whether it was someone disappearing or something going wrong with the house. For the most part I felt like I was in the book because of the amazing descriptions the author used to describe the characters and how the felt. But sometimes it didn't feel like I was in the book because some of the things weren't very realistic. The main conflict did interest me because of how different it was. The book was interesting because the whole story was a reality show that went bad instead of everything being perfect. The characters were realistic because there were many types of people. There was a rich girl, a cocky guy, a girl with attitude, a laid back guy and girl, and kind of a crazy girl. The book's ending was actually pretty disappointing. I thought the ending would include something crazy happening but it just kind of stopped. There were no surprises or anything.
The author's voice was the characters thoughts and actions. He also narrated other sections of the book. The vocabulary the author chose was interesting because he used a lot of metaphors and similes to describe the feelings of people. The way he writes was kind of weird. It was weird because was mainly dialogue between the six contestants in a creepy setting of a haunted house. His description was amazing, that was what jumped out at me the most. It was easy to imagine what was happening and what the haunted house looked like. The tone was good because it set the mood to the book which was really scary and sad. Overall I think Edo Van Belkom was strong in using description.
I rate this book a four out of five because I love this kind of genre but the ending was pretty bad. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes horror and gore books that have a lot of suspense. Also, this book could be for a guy or a girl but I don't know if anyone too young should read this because it gets kind of gross. I think a lot of boys would like this book because of the gore in it.
I really liked this book and the author. It was interesting how the contestants had to act out a scene from a famous movie in order to qualify for the starring role in their next movie. The best part of the book was when things started happening, such as when the producers tricked Jody. They acted out a murder realistic murder scene to see how scared she would get. The worst part of the book was the ending but I would definitely choose another one of Edo Van Belkom's books.
Van Belkom, Edo Books
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