I was super excited when I had seen that R.L. Stine was writing adult fiction. I was an avid reader of his Fear Street series in high school. When I got the chance to review his latest, Red Rain, I couldnt say no.
Lea Sutter has survived Hurricane Ernesto on the island of Cape Le Chat Noir and found two orphaned angelic looking twin boys, Daniel and Samuel, who lost their family. She immediately feels the need to be their mother and bring them home to her husband, Mark, and her children. Mark is a renowned child psychologist whose latest book has a lot of parents gunning for him. Once situated the twins began their devious plans to rule the school. Mark is immediately unsettled with the children and feel that they are taking his wife away from him. The twins decide that they need Mark out of their way so they kill several people that could be linked to Mark in order to frame him.
Lets just say the only unique party of this book is the intriguing island that Lea was on. I had high hopes after reading about this island that the dead and the living coexist. Lea also witnesses a ritual that men commit suicide and then brought back to life. Once Lea leaves the island that is the end of it. Nothing really ties back to it. We already know the twins are evil and it is no secret when the murders are committed who were behind it.
Red Rain is full of gore as a good horror book should have but that is about it. It did not have a scare factor at all and personally the narrator wasnt my cup of tea. It was just like any other horror book I have read before. Every now and then Stine threw in a sex scene that felt forced and a have to for it to be considered an adult book. The police detectives were not very intelligent and seemed to be typical for what you would find in a standard horror novel.
Still, if you are a diehard R.L. Stine reader then you will enjoy the trip down memory lane in his latest gruesome creation.
(Audiobook was provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review)
Lea Sutter has survived Hurricane Ernesto on the island of Cape Le Chat Noir and found two orphaned angelic looking twin boys, Daniel and Samuel, who lost their family. She immediately feels the need to be their mother and bring them home to her husband, Mark, and her children. Mark is a renowned child psychologist whose latest book has a lot of parents gunning for him. Once situated the twins began their devious plans to rule the school. Mark is immediately unsettled with the children and feel that they are taking his wife away from him. The twins decide that they need Mark out of their way so they kill several people that could be linked to Mark in order to frame him.
Lets just say the only unique party of this book is the intriguing island that Lea was on. I had high hopes after reading about this island that the dead and the living coexist. Lea also witnesses a ritual that men commit suicide and then brought back to life. Once Lea leaves the island that is the end of it. Nothing really ties back to it. We already know the twins are evil and it is no secret when the murders are committed who were behind it.
Red Rain is full of gore as a good horror book should have but that is about it. It did not have a scare factor at all and personally the narrator wasnt my cup of tea. It was just like any other horror book I have read before. Every now and then Stine threw in a sex scene that felt forced and a have to for it to be considered an adult book. The police detectives were not very intelligent and seemed to be typical for what you would find in a standard horror novel.
Still, if you are a diehard R.L. Stine reader then you will enjoy the trip down memory lane in his latest gruesome creation.
(Audiobook was provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review)
While I was a huge R.L. Stine fan as a teen, I was so excited that he had an adult novel out. After reading mostly negative reviews I decided to still give it a shot.. disappointed. I have to agree with the other reviews. It was like a teen novel with sex and cussing.
