|
||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||
Frequently Bought Together
Product Details
|
Product Description
Product Description
It’s the start of the school year, and the popular girls have decided to throw the best party, one their friends will never forget. But hooking up and hanging out are the farthest things from their minds when the unthinkable happens: Someone doesn't make it out of the party alive.
The death is declared a suicide, but nothing quite adds up. Convinced there’s a murderer on the loose, no one knows who they can turn to or who they can trust. Nowhere is safe, not the homecoming dance, not even graduation.
The truth will terrify them, but it must be revealed. Their lives depend on it.
About the Author
Christopher Pike is the author of more than forty teen thrillers, including the series Remember Me, Final Friends, and Chain Letter.
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
|
There are no customer reviews yet on Amazon.ca
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews on Amazon.com (beta)
Amazon.com:
3.7 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews)
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A wonderful blast from the past!, Dec 5 2011
By TangoRani - Published on Amazon.com
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: Until the End: The Party; The Dance; The Graduation (Paperback)
I first read this trilogy in junior high when it came out in the late 80s and immediately fell in love with the main cast of characters, especially Michael, Jessie, and the ever-hilarious and bitingly witty Sara and Bubba! Christopher Pike was one of my favorite authors back in the late 80s and it's really neat to see that his books are being re-published 25 years later. This trilogy is by far my favorite of all of his books because of the wonderful and entertaining characters' different story lines and how he interweaves them all together over the course of the three books, along with a great psychological twist at the end. Just like 25 years ago, I still couldn't put it down! It was a different experience reading it now that I'm older and a real trip remembering the old technologies of the late 80s compared to now, but still just as funny and wonderful to read! If you're a fan of Christopher Pike and you haven't read it yet, this trilogy is a must read!
4.0 out of 5 stars
Why the Name Change?, April 1 2012
By Mike Sanders - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Until the End: The Party; The Dance; The Graduation (Paperback)
I don't understand publishers today. For starters, why not just call this anthology Final Friends: The Complete Trilogy. Or The Final Friends Saga. Until the End just sounds thrown together like a last minute idea. While I am glad to be able to own the original series minus the outdated 80s cover art, I can't help but feel a little cheated out by the lousy name change.The Final Friends trilogy was originally published near the end of the 80s with The Party and The Dance in '88 and ending with The Graduation in '89. Its basically a teen murder mystery soap opera that makes you wonder if Rob Thomas may have gotten his idea for his character Veronica Mars from. Its about a loose knit group of friends who are basically thrown together due for one knowing another with ties to someone who ends up being murdered. And it all comes together as each member winds up in the vacinity of the victim whether it be at a private house party or school function providing the reader with an ample supply of suspects and red herrings.
As one reviewer has stated, the action doesn't really pick up until about the last third of each book. As you go along, you get to know each character pretty well so that you are kept on your toes as you wonder who will be the book's murder victim.
As a whole, the series isn't nothing spectacular but its a good throw back to a time where teen lit didn't involve manically depressed women and their sparkly stalker vampire boyfriends and date rapey werewolf best friends. I personally read the series back in the summer of '99 and found it to make for good summer reading.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
A long winded series!!!, Jan 20 2012
By Chuck Mengel - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Until the End: The Party; The Dance; The Graduation (Paperback)
This whole series is strikingly uneventful as nothing relevant to the plot happens till the last chapter in each instalment! I usually adore Pike novels but this one was excruciating to trudge through! The deaths were made to look like accidents up until the last 40 pages of a near 700 page trilogy, placing the characters in little to no danger! Personally I felt the entire series could be condensed into one book and maybe then it would be tolerable, maybe even somewhat enjoyable!Also I felt cheated as I guessed the murderer and there motive. The question of their sanity was predictable from book one! I foresaw the "Clark" thing unfolding early on and knew almost immediately what was truly happening! Next to nothing of interest happend throughout and I felt I had to "speed read" through most of it to get passed the tiring filler, and unending characterization.
I realize this was one of Pike's earliest books written so I'm willing to forgive and, for the love of god, forget! He has much better books out there such as Whisper of Death, The Last Vampire, and See You Later! I would recommend reading one of those before diving into the stingingly boring currents of this semingly never ending, and somewhat long winded series!
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
- Books > Children's Books > Literature > Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery & Horror > Spine-Chilling Horror
- Books > Children's Books > People & Places > Social Issues > Death & Dying
- Books > Horror > United States
- Books > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Horror > United States
- Books > Teens > Social Issues > Being a Teen
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
