A review by fanboyriot
Beach House by R.L. Stine

dark fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

♡ Beach Read
♡ Insecure Boys 
♡ Accidental Time Travel

I liked the nostalgic vibe of this book.  While the book obviously is quite dated with its references, it was still an entertaining read.  Having said that it wasn’t a very good read.  The characters were dull and the dialogue felt so forced and fast paced.  If insecure men and people pleasing women are your thing then you’ll probably love this.  100% of the problems would I have been solved if the guys in this weren’t so pathetically insecure about themselves and if the women had better survival skills of saying no when asked to go somewhere alone with the dude they have bad feelings about.

Also Amy not being a girls girl was annoying.  Like, bestie you left your best friend there with some creep?  Make an excuse for the BOTH you!  Also she acted as if someone showing their belly button (in a bikini) was causing too much attention.  Just say you want a bikini and stop being jealous.  Don’t even get me started on how insecure and annoying Ross was.  Dude got jealous his girlfriend talked to another guy… I’m not even joking.  She just met the other dude and was keeping polite conversation meanwhile Ross was storming off like a pathetic little man.

The plot summary:
Buddy: someone hurt my feelings 😢😡 so I murdered them.
Brad (also Buddy): tells his life story (no one asked) then tries to kill the girl he “likes” because she didn’t feel the same way??

Spice Level: n/a
Angst Level: n/a
POV: Third Person
Release Date: 01, August 1992
Rep: BIPOC (background characters)

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