Yes, Don't Stay Up Late. In Fact ... Go To Bed Early.

NOT impressed with R.L. Stine's Don't Stay Up Late.  Not at all.

I've read a variety of Stine's works through the years.  Some are scarier than others and some are a bit on the weird side, but this novel?  This novel was all mixed up!  Over-protective parents = fatal car crash = hallucinations = monsters = no, not really monsters = yes, monsters = friendships questioned = murders = who is the monster?  I thought "so-and-such" was = confusion ... YES, CONFUSION!!!  On the part of the reader!  What in the world is going on???

I will admit, at one point I decided to stop reading.  Instead I moved to skimming through the pages.  Then, skimming became even too much for me and I moved to glancing here and there and then reading the last pages as a follow-up.

My "official" recommendation?  Try one of R.L. Stine's other books.  He does have many good ones out there.  I promise.