Chain Letter - Christopher Pike

Most people think that books cannot be in any way "scary", and so did I, until I read this book. ***The story*** (I'll try not to spoil it!) The plot of this book is quite closely related to "I know what you did last Summer" and very scary. A group of teenagers drive through a remote road and run over a man, killing him, they dump the body and all is fine. Then the letters start arriving forcing each member of the group in turn to perform a task a sick or often huumiliating task or "pay the consequences". The story does finally draw to a conclusion leaving you wondering how the writer could fit in a sequel, ...

I bought this book on impulse years ago. I have been involved in chain letters before but none as traumatising as this one. For this was one which would bring severe bad luck to those who did not continue the chain. And continuing the chain was not just a simple matter of copying it out six times and sending to six friends. This demanded that the teenagers involved perform certain tasks. These started off as things like slagging off the teachers to their faces but later progressed (in the sequel)to things like burning their sister's entire arm. Failure to perform these tasks led to little accidents and, in some cases, death. A good read (if a teenage one) but not ...

I loved this book it was the best book ever! I am not a big reader but when I read this i couldn't put it down! I even ready it more than once! THis was the 1st Christopher pike book i ever read and it was ah-mazing! I loved it! It is a great teen thriller and even for people that are not teens it is just FABULOUS! If you haven't read this book yet than you have not read a great ...