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3.46 AVERAGE
3.46 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
love this book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Murder
Moderate: Terminal illness, Kidnapping, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Cursing
quite dark but very gripping
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
CHAIN LETTER: Chain Letter was fun and campy. It was very much like I Know What You Did Last Summer but with chain letters. It was a quick read, and I loved that the Caretaker’s tasks got more severe after the first round of humiliating tasks that each of the main characters did.
The only thing I didn’t like was that there was an attempt to make the Kindle version more modern. It took me out for a second because up until I read the word DVD player I thought that it was the ’80s since none of the characters act like 2013 teens. I feel like trying to update the book was such a weird thing to do, because if you’re going to bother doing it at all, why not just make the letter an email? It would’ve made more sense instead of just throwing some modern tech in an ’80s book to make it more relatable to 2013 teens. It just made me want to read the original book because I need to know if anything else was changed.
ANCIENT EVIL: I found Ancient Evil to be both weird and boring. This had all of the same characters as the first one, with two new characters that are sort of just there to move the plot. Most of the characters from the first book are barely in this, and everybody feels so flat compared to the first one.
Half of the book is just Alison and Tony teen drama, and then the other half is a satanic cult that likes to send out chain letters (I’ll probably never understand why a satanic cult would do that in the first place).
I’d skip this one and just read Chain Letter, as this one feels unnecessary.
The only thing I didn’t like was that there was an attempt to make the Kindle version more modern. It took me out for a second because up until I read the word DVD player I thought that it was the ’80s since none of the characters act like 2013 teens. I feel like trying to update the book was such a weird thing to do, because if you’re going to bother doing it at all, why not just make the letter an email? It would’ve made more sense instead of just throwing some modern tech in an ’80s book to make it more relatable to 2013 teens. It just made me want to read the original book because I need to know if anything else was changed.
ANCIENT EVIL: I found Ancient Evil to be both weird and boring. This had all of the same characters as the first one, with two new characters that are sort of just there to move the plot. Most of the characters from the first book are barely in this, and everybody feels so flat compared to the first one.
Half of the book is just Alison and Tony teen drama, and then the other half is a satanic cult that likes to send out chain letters (I’ll probably never understand why a satanic cult would do that in the first place).
I’d skip this one and just read Chain Letter, as this one feels unnecessary.
My copy of the book had both Chain Letter and the Ancient Evil. I only got through Chain Letter. This book wasn't the best and I probably wouldn't recommend it to anyone. It did get a little intense there at the end though! I will admit I did not know who the Caretaker was throughout the whole book, but once I found out who it was it seemed like I should have known the whole time.
The writing wasn't the best and I even found a few errors in the editing!
The writing wasn't the best and I even found a few errors in the editing!
I really liked the first book 'Chain Letter.' I kinda had and idea who the caretaker was but some situations left me second guessing so I was a bit surprised to find out for sure.
The air of mystery the book was great at the start and it kept building up until the climax which left me very creeped since I was reading it at midnight.
However I feel that 'The Ancient Evil' was not as good. It felt like it was more rushed through then the first one. While it tied up some plot points from the first book like who the dead body was.
Ultimately I lost interest when we find out who 'The Caretaker' is in this book and the cult got introduced. Where the first creeped me out because it dealt with a human phsycopath the second disappointed me because it became about a satanic cult and I felt ruined what I enjoyed so much about the first one.
So I gave this 3 stars since I did enjoy the first one.
The air of mystery the book was great at the start and it kept building up until the climax which left me very creeped since I was reading it at midnight.
However I feel that 'The Ancient Evil' was not as good. It felt like it was more rushed through then the first one. While it tied up some plot points from the first book like who the dead body was.
Ultimately I lost interest when we find out who 'The Caretaker' is in this book and the cult got introduced. Where the first creeped me out because it dealt with a human phsycopath the second disappointed me because it became about a satanic cult and I felt ruined what I enjoyed so much about the first one.
So I gave this 3 stars since I did enjoy the first one.
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I read this for a school book club, but was fairly disappointed. It definitely got better throughout both books the more I read in terms of thrill factor, but there were way too many loose threads. I thought the ancient evil would tie together those threads, but instead it only added more questions, and I felt no connection to a single character in the second book, even though one had the same name as me.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Chain Letter-3.5 stars
Ancient Evil-1.5 stars (why the supernatural crap cop out at the end??)
Ancient Evil-1.5 stars (why the supernatural crap cop out at the end??)
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated