He has so much guilt in him and so much pain but never lets it show. We also get a few chapters from Tony's POV, her love interest, who is also another great character. Alison was a great character and she took control of the situation when noene else could. It started out reminding me of I Know What You Did Last Summer (big horror fan here) but still I loved every minute of it. It's the first Pike book I've ever read but it surely won't be the last one. With every request Alison will find out things about her friends she never knew, get closer to the boy of her dreams and be forced to face her worst nightmares. He has started a chain letter and for each of them to stay safe they have to do whatever he wishes. They decided to bury this deadly secret deep in their minds and never talk about it again, but someone else knows, he calls himself the Caretaker. I loved thi Last Summer Alison and her friends got involve in an accident and a man got hurt. Last Summer Alison and her friends got involve in an accident and a man got hurt. I had an absolute nostalgic blast reading this, one of Pike’s best!. The book really felt of it’s time with the use of letters, I wonder if a modern social media take would work aswell? I really liked the revenge/guilt theme running through the book, admittedly the main idea of teens trying to cover up a killing isn’t entirely original but the chain letter aspect really added a different dimension to the plot. They keep getting more and more elaborate. So when a chain letter signed "Your Caretaker” arrives the group have to take the threat seriously.Įach person is giving a dangerous task to complete as part of their punishment for that awful accident.
I really liked the revenge/guilt theme running through the book, admittedly the main idea of teens trying to cover up a killing isn’t entirely original but Alison and her friends have got a secret, one terrible night whilst drunk they hit and killed a man. Each person is giving a dangerous task to complete as part of their punishment for that awful accident. So when a chain letter signed "Your Caretaker” arrives the group have to take the threat seriously. Between terminal disease books like "Six Months To Live" and ones about slumber party massacres, no wonder I had such trouble sleeping as a kid.moreĪlison and her friends have got a secret, one terrible night whilst drunk they hit and killed a man. On second thought, Pike's "Slumber Party" was even more frightening. I remember Chain Letter being the most intriguing and sinister of the bunch, although, looking back, the books were pretty scary and disturbing.
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His books were so full of suspense, darkness, and psychology, such a dramatic change from the Sweet Valley High and Babysitter Club books I was reading just a few years before. On second thought, Pike's "Slumber When I was in junior high, I remember constantly checking in at the local stationery store to see if they had the latest Christopher Pike book. When I was in junior high, I remember constantly checking in at the local stationery store to see if they had the latest Christopher Pike book. Until the accidents started happening - and the dying.more No one out of the seven wanted to believe that this nightmare was really happening to them. threatening violence if the demands were not met. One by one, the chain letter was coming to each of them.
And now that person was determined to make them pay for it. Someone, somewhere knew about that awful night when she and six other friends committed an unthinkable crime in the desolate California desert.
When Alison first read the chain letter signed "Your Caretaker," she thought it was some terrible sick joke. One by one, the c And alternate cover edition can be found here. And alternate cover edition can be found here.
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