The Perfect Date

by R.L. Stine

Book Overview

Perfect...perfectly evil. Brady Karlin is getting on with his life. The memory of his girlfriend -- killed in a gruesome sledding accident last year -- is beginning to fade. Now he's met Rosha Nelson, the girl of his dreams. And he's never been happier. Until Brady starts to see a strange figure -- with a terribly scarred face -- following him everywhere. Until the horrible accidents start happening -- every time Rosha's around. Has dating Rosha made...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671894307
• ISBN13: 9780671894306
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Simon Pulse
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher

Customer Reviews

Interesting/Clever

The prologue tells about Brady and his girlfriend Sharon skiing. The first chapter and the rest of the book tells about Brady's current girlfriend Allie. Allie turns out to be a wonderful, caring, sensitive, sensible, perfect girlfriend. But Brady meets very gorgeous Rosha and wants her. I think Brady is stupid to want ditzy Rosha instead of lovely Allie. I think he is making a very bad choice. Something about Rosha is "weird" and she seems unattainable. But yet, Brady continues to go after her, and he is unwilling to give it up. There is another "girl" who is an important character in the book: the scarred-face girl. At the end of the book, Sharon, Allie, Rosha, Brady, and the scarred-face girl are all tied in together in this clever plot. But I will not say how, because I do not want to ruin it. I will say that it is a very clever plot idea. This is a "teen horror" and I do recommend this book to teens who like a good horrifying horror book. I do not recommend this book to adults, unless they are like me, and sometimes enjoy a less-serious, fun teen book.

Dating Is A Scream...

Brady wants nothing more than to put the past behind him. After the sledding accident one year ago that left his girlfriend, Sharon, deformed and dead, he wants a fresh start. And that means a fresh start with girls. Sure, he's Mr. Popularity when it comes to the ladies, but Brady has been unable to stay interested in one girl for long. That is, until he meets Rosha. Rosha is gorgeous ten times over, and is really into Brady. The only problem that comes to Brady's mind when he's with her is the fact that he always gets hurt. Rosha seems to be carrying around some sort of curse that hits Brady each time she's around. Then there's the girl with the scarred face that keeps following Brady around. A girl who looks a lot like Sharon. But Sharon's dead...or so he thinks. R.L. Stine has a way of turning the simplest story into a complete, and total scream-fest that will leave even the most composed person scared of the dark. Stine's talent is not wasted with THE PERFECT DATE. THE PERFECT DATE features all of Stine's usual elements: teenagers, dating, death, but incorporates one more frightening component that makes THE PERFECT DATE a perfect read: supernatural activity. THE PERFECT DATE is a fabulous combination of horrific gore that makes you cringe, and paranormal phenomena that will leave you begging for more. Erika Sorocco Book Review Columnist for The Community Bugle Newspaper

The Perfect Date is the Perfect Book

The Perfect Date, a book by R.L.Stine, is one of the best books I've read this year. To begin with, The Perfect Date is a good thriller. For example, one of the characters is a girl with a face deformed because of scars. Brady, the main character, has a girlfriend who is killed in a sledding accident. In the accident, her face gets torn up terribly. If she had survived the accident, her face would look like the scarred girl's face. In the book Brady meets a girl named Rosha. After he starts dating Rosha, the girl with the scarred face calls Brady telling him to stay away from Rosha. Another reason it's a good thriller is because when Brady is around Rosha, bad things happen. Such as: she spills coffee and scorched his hand, and coming home they got in a car accident, and she accidentally stabs him with a letter opener. The second reason this is a good book is because, once you start, you do't want to put it down. You want to find out if Allie, Brady's real girlfriend, catches him cheating on her. You also want to find out what's up with the girl with the scarred face. The third reason I like this book is because everything fits into one big circle. During the middle of the book, you can't figure out how this relates to that, but in the last chapter and in the epilog every thing gets explained and fits into place. Those are a few reasons The Perfect Date is the perfect book.

The Prefect Date is the Perfect Book!!!

The Perfect Date, a book by R.L.Stine, is one of the best books I?ve read this year. To begin with, The Perfect Date is a good thriller. For example, one of the characters is a girl with a face deformed because of scars. Brady, the main character, has a girlfriend who is killed in a sledding accident. In the accident, her face gets torn up terribly. If she had survived the accident, her face would look like the scarred girl?s face. In the book Brady meets a girl named Rosha. After he starts dating Rosha, the girl with the scarred face calls Brady telling him to stay away from Rosha. Another reason it?s a good thriller is because when Brady is around Rosha, bad things happen. Such as: she spills coffee and scorched his hand, and coming home they got in a car accident, and she accidentally stabs him with a letter opener. The second reason this is a good book is because, once you start, you do?t want to put it down. You want to find out if Allie, Brady?s real girlfriend, catches him cheating on her. You also want to find out what?s up with the girl with the scarred face. The third reason I like this book is because everything fits into one big circle. During the middle of the book, you can?t figure out how this relates to that, but in the last chapter and in the epilog every thing gets explained and fits into place. Those are a few reasons The Perfect Date is the perfect book

She's perfect.

Brady's girlfriend Sharon was killed in a ski acident.Now he moved on with his life.Brady was sitting eating pizza when she walked in,the girl of his dreams.She was perfetc.The girl and brady then started seeing each other.Brady is doing it behind his girlfrend's Allie,back.Brady becomes obseeed with the girl,Rosha.It will do anything to see her again.Brady don't understand why the is no house with the house number she gave him,and why the phone number she gave him is disconnected?Brady ignores it and still sees her.Then bad things start to happen only when Rosha is around.Is Rosha causeing them?This was a great book the ending suprissed me alot.I couldn't put it down.