All of them are quite boring in my opinion, until she happens to meet Shelly. This weird and intense dude she mistakes for one of her dates at a bar. They hit it off and exchange numbers before her date, mind you. And then the weird shit starts happening. Someone threatens Lindy's life.
And steals all of her underwear??? The culprit says that he'll hurt Lindy if she ever says no to him, and she needs to keep seeing him. Lindy is terrified, so she enlists the help of her ex boyfriends partner, a cop named Tommy. Sigh, Tommy. So much hotness in the television show, not enough hotness in the book. Stine could have made him babelier. I mean, look at him on the show?
Tommy insists that this creep is probably just a one time creep and she should just ignore the warnings and stop seeing all the guys. I forgot to mention the random chapters that are inserted to make you think that Lindy's stalker is killing other victims. They are written as something out of a Criminal Minds episode, honestly. Written as if her stalker takes home innocent victims, bangs them, and leaves them dead for stupid reasons messed up teeth, fingernails chewed, etc.
Those confused me the most. The significance of those chapters still leaves me baffled. Anyways, back to the Lindy story. She's thrown off of a dock, she's followed by some creepy hooded figure, and she's genuinely terrified for her life. But she keeps saying yes to these guys so she won't end up dead.
The story drags on and on for about 50 more pages of the same bs, her dating all of these guys and getting threatening phone calls and being told not to say no. Until the last few pages kicks in. She goes to Shelly's the guy she met randomly when she mistook him for her date , and finds body parts.
Ultimately, she panics I mean, who wouldn't? She calls mister hot cop, and they arrest him. Just in stories. Yes, the chapters where women are getting murdered after having sex are in this dudes imagination. He's never killed anyone, he's just imagining it. This dude is batshit crazy. That part, the part where its revealed that this Shelly guy is imagining murdering everyone he dates, and no actual murder is being involved, is where Stine lost me.
I didn't even want to finish the book. But I trudged on anyways, considering I only had about 15 pages to go anyways. And finishing the book? It wasn't even worth it. It turns out that he best friend and roommate was the one stalking her, stealing her underwear, and generally terrorizing her life.
All because she though Lindy and her skeezball guido boyfriend were having a secret thing on the side, and she was jealous of it. So she basically made Lindy go through hoops because she is just as nuts as that Shelly guy. I finished this book perplexed. I couldn't even believe the ridiculousness of that plot twist. It was even interesting. Stine should have wrote about a hot Australian dude murdering people because they have flaws and he's searching for the perfect one.
That would have grabbed my attention more. View all 3 comments. This book was okay, it had a nice twist at the end. But I just did not like the writing. The suspense was low. The show is way more interesting, and it was the reason I decided to read the book. The shows so different from the book but in a good way This book was okay, it had a nice twist at the end. The shows so different from the book but in a good way Apr 14, Attack Salmon rated it did not like it Shelves: children , thriller-mystery.
Wow I have never read such a terrible R. Stine book. Hard to believe this one is written by him I enjoyed his Fear Street series. They are usually less than pages and a scary fun for me. Eye candy is wow pages. Don't be happy about that. More pages equate more bullshits in this case. Eye Candy is more of an adult horror. The characters are working people instead of teenagers and kids. It has more gore and creepiness. Like more gory details but still did a childish attempt scaring me.
I Wow I have never read such a terrible R. I was mildly enjoying this in the beginning. Lindy went out with 3 guys she met from the internet and one of them is a killer It was fun at first but slowly got boring.
Lindy keep going on dates with these boy and there will be one or 2 accidents happened to the point that it get so repetitive you wish the story ends fast. Also, there are some parts that are totally redundant view spoiler [ like Brad ask Lindy out and tell her he is going back to his gf, wtf who cares to know hide spoiler ]. Waste of space to fill up the pages. I am so bored near the end that I dont really care how it end Feb 04, Bradley rated it did not like it Shelves: year MTV is notorious for canceling any halfway decent programming and I'm super obsessed with the show so I felt compelled to read this book.
I shouldn't have read because this book is garbage. I was always more in the Christopher Pike camp rather the R. Stine camp. I'm sure I've read at least one Goosebumps books. Eye Candy is the author's attempt to break free from the teen genre and write for adults There's this really great TV show currently airing on MTV that uses this book as source material.
Eye Candy is the author's attempt to break free from the teen genre and write for adults but it doesn't work.
The characters are all one note stereotypes. Lindy, the main character, is the blonde bombshell that doesn't think she's pretty. Of course she lives in NYC with two roommates, a plain Jane type and the party girl. Lindy makes stupid decisions and was quite annoying.
The only reason that this book gets any stars is because of the double twist ending. And I sorta knew that the roommate would be the real stalker because of the single white female alluded to during college flashbacks. Life is short.
There are too many books on my to read shelf and I feel I wasted pages that could have been devoted to another book. Nov 01, Erielle rated it liked it. Wow, so this is the same R. Stine who wrote all those "Goosebumps" books I read and adored as a child, except it's not the same R.
Stine at all. This is a much darker Stine who has continued to write horror books, except this time they are for adults and very likely directed toward the audience of readers who all read his "Goosebumps" as children, only we are all grown up now. And what can I say? I'm a sucker for a good Stine book. Just like all his other books, he has a way with words that Wow, so this is the same R. Just like all his other books, he has a way with words that makes the book a quick and suspenseful read but then kind of just drops off at the ending.
Typical but not disappointing if you're used to Stine, that is. I didn't love it but didn't dislike it either. It was good for what it was, and I'm ready to read more of his adult horror novels.
It makes me feel like a kid all over again. View all 8 comments. May 25, Annabella Kuehn rated it really liked it. The show was better and very different but still good The middle was the best part. View 1 comment. Jul 20, Ina rated it did not like it Shelves: ya , mystery. Stine is an author I have read a lot of, especially when I was younger.
I read all the books from the Goosbumps and the Fear Street series. I have also read some of his stand alone books. He was the best selling author for young adult readers before being hit by J. The Goosebumps series also became a TV series and movie. There has also been a trailer released for a sequel. Stine is a man with a huge fan base, especially children, teenagers, and nostalgic adults.
I am a nostalgic adult. The Goosebumps series impressed me, not because it was scary, but it made me read a lot more. Have always enjoyed reading from the time I learned to read, but there was something about those books that made made my interest in books bigger. Eye Candy is about Lindy who is a bit tired of being single. She lives in New York with two other girls, and finding a normal guy to love, in this big city is anything but easy.
Boys are scared of her cause she is very beautiful. One of her friends she lives with suggests that she should put an advertisement online and before she knows it, her friend has made and published an ad for her on a dating page, nicknamed her Eye Candy. She is not quite fan of the nickname, but she has nothing to lose since it's hard to find someone.
She meets different types of guys and starts dating for fun. Take it as it comes. She meets different characters, some weird ones, a few dull ones and one she likes a lot, but she us unsure whether it's her type of guy.
Things get creepy in the dating process when she recieves calls and an anonymous letter of threat that she can only dare to say no to date him. The worst thing is that she does not know which of the guys she is dating has sent her these threats. An old friend of her who is a police officer promises to stand up for her in this case and advices her to be careful. He also wants her to continue dating as before, and together trying to find out who is behind the threats.
In meanwhile she tries to date as usual and live a normal life. Will she be able to reveal who is behind the threats and should she take them seriously?
Is it someone who is just playing games? Stalking is an interesting and itimidating topic. Have read some thrilles about this topic, and unfortunately this is not one of the best books about the topic from the thriller genre, but rather the opposite. This was just deadly boring. Good charachter descriptions and you get to know them well, but they are genuinely stupid.
Stine is one of my favorite writers, so it's a pity and a shame that I didn't like this book, and I know he's so much better than this. Therefore, it is hard to say that this book is a flop. Could not even like this main character Lindy. She seemed too selfish and I wasn't able to feel sympathy for her.
Dec 31, Daniyela rated it liked it. My main reason for reading this book was because of the TV show and how much I loved it. I also wanted to figure out how it would end since it was canceled. Imagine my disappointment when I find that they have almost nothing in common. I rarely say this, but the TV show was way better. The book was still interesting at some parts and it was an easy read.
Nov 28, Bayan Allou rated it it was ok. I really thought that it will be a better story.. I don't like it.. It is so not what I expected.
The tv show is way better than the book.. Mar 07, Ashley Mustard rated it it was amazing Shelves: moonyclawz. I havent read a book by R. L Stine in months and tbh I didn't know he wrote this.
Aug 08, Kez Green rated it really liked it. Hard to keep up with at times as it would start a sentence in the middle of someone's conversation you'll understand if you read it, but it was entertaining and a good thriller Hard to keep up with at times as it would start a sentence in the middle of someone's conversation you'll understand if you read it, but it was entertaining and a good thriller Title: Eye Candy Author: R.
Growing up, I sat around devouring his Fear Street series along with Goosebumps. Even now, years later, not having picked up one of his books in a while, I still believe that. Everything he wrote was almost like gold to me back then.
So fast forward a whole bunch of years and I happen to come across this show on television called Eye Candy. One that I happened to get sucked into and enjoyed a great deal. The show was very loosely based on this book and honestly, I liked that aspect. But it feelings like two different tales entirely, only with a few small aspects similar, was actually a good thing.
At least not all the way. Stine stories, I always loved being able to go back to them over and over, so for me this is a shame. Not an absolutely horrible read, but not the best either.
Shelves: own. Well, it was not, first, the heroine is blonde model-like woman, blah, no blondes for me. In the TV series, she is way more interesting. And the book is from , no mobile phones, only a little internet dating site. The TV-series ist not too obviously based on this, luckily. What really put me off, the stile of writing, a scene and chapter ended, and the story jumped ahead, leaving things out, some to be exp Saw the first 3 episodes of the new MTV-TV-Series, and thought this might be a good read.
Looking back on how long it took me to finish the book, I should have DNFd it near the beginning or fast read it in one day. Wether you like the TV-Series or not, do not read this book, not recommended! A slight bit creepy. Actually it's completely creepy of a read. The wicked things that can actually happen to a person. I have to say this is quite a different outlook on R.
L Stine's end. I have never seen him do anything like this. Most of his books are for much younger folks. I'm not really sure if this should be targeted for younger adults or not. I guess it depends on how you look at younger adults. It wasn't a horrible book but sometimes I did get lost in it as in thinking about other boo A slight bit creepy. It wasn't a horrible book but sometimes I did get lost in it as in thinking about other books to read while I'm reading this book.
In areas it was pretty interesting and intense. Jul 03, Joshua Varga rated it liked it. I read this a few years back and I thought it was very enjoyable. Some of the characters worked, others didn't. Very dark and a nice change of pace for R. Like I said, I enjoyed it, some very nice creep-factor moments and Stine really captures inside the mind of a psychopath.
Sometimes, the book would have a weird change of setting after we were at one specific place like a page before, and some of the reveals didn't really work I read this a few years back and I thought it was very enjoyable. Sometimes, the book would have a weird change of setting after we were at one specific place like a page before, and some of the reveals didn't really work out the motive of one character.
It's a very fun, sometimes thrilling, read that has some good characters, tense moments and a fun villain. Aug 12, Christy rated it liked it. This is the first adult novel I have read of his.
Eye Candy is about a girl named Lindy whose friend sets her up on an online dating site. Soon Lindy is dating 4 guys at once, but one of those she believes in a stalker and creep, as the keeps getting threatening messages "keep saying yes or else. Stine fan, you will like this book. Feb 12, Sylvester rated it it was ok Shelves: horror , mystery , thriller. Stine has never really been a great writer to begin with, his venture into the young adult fiction was likewise unimpressive.
I think the biggest problem I had with the book was with the characterization of the heroine- Lindy, she was fake as hell even from a first person point of view. Her friends were equally unlikable, to be honest, none of the characters were likable. Many of the plot-holes were present which made me annoyed and there were just so many problems with narration in itself R.
Many of the plot-holes were present which made me annoyed and there were just so many problems with narration in itself. He had an interesting premise but failed to realize it. Jun 04, Claudia rated it did not like it Shelves: crime , urban.
If you ever wondered if it's possible for good TV shows to be based on bad books, "Eye Candy" has the answer - and it's a definite yes. Unsympathetic characters, ridiculous plot twists, and bland, repetitive prose.
If I never read about someone "pressing their face against" someone else's Is that supposed to be sexy? All of those? Do yourself a favor and watch the untimely cancelled MTV show instead. It has its flaws, but it's still heaps better than If you ever wondered if it's possible for good TV shows to be based on bad books, "Eye Candy" has the answer - and it's a definite yes.
It has its flaws, but it's still heaps better than this mess. Oct 06, C. This was pretty dire. I enjoy the Goosebumps books; Stine's style of creepy works perfectly in children's books. But the characters in this were adults, and somehow that makes the lack of character development, common sense, or any kind of rationality harder to swallow.
It was kind of a fun read, but nothing near the sheer joy of a Fear Street book. May 28, Jen rated it really liked it. This was an interesting read. Ending was a a bit of a surprise. Once into it, it was hard to put down, because you wanted to know who "the one" was, but when you found out who it was, it was actually kind of anti-climatic. The phone rings again, and someone tells her that he'll mess her up if she doesn't keep dating him.
Ann-Marie convinces Lindy that she should call someone after hearing the message, so she calls Tommy, the ex-partner of her former boyfriend. Lindy once dated a cop named Ben who was the tall, blond, blue-eyed version of her.
Everyone called them the perfect couple, but Ben was killed on the job. Tommy comes over, listens to the message, and pretty much just warns her that she should be careful when dating guys online. He calls her again at work just to check in, and she bitches a lot about her job and the other assistant editor she works with. We then go back to our lovable killer, who is on a date with another girl.
She seems absolutely perfect until they stop by a bookstore. He notices that she's a little taller than him, which is a huge turn off, and that she has hands that feel like wet sponges. He takes her into a dark alley and starts to choke her before running away and wishing he took the time to learn more about her ballerina sister. Lindy keeps thinking about the phone call and decides to make a huge list of what she knows about each guy she dates.
All it does is sum up what we already read earlier in the book. The only thing that stands out is that the more she listens to the recording on her answering machine, the more she notices that it sounds like Colin. Her date with Shelly goes pretty well. He makes her laugh, they goof off together, and he treats her to a hot dog dinner. It's really cute though because he says he's taking her to a gourmet dinner and takes her to a hot dog cart instead.
They then meet up with Lou and Ann-Marie at some random club, and afterward, Shelly tries to get her to come home with him. When she does go home, Lou confronts her in the hallway. He "paws" her breasts, tries to kiss her, and won't let her in the apartment.
They fight a little, and she tries to get him to leave. He tells her that the only reason he stays with Ann-Marie is so he can be close to her. She finally gets him in a cab and promises not to tell her friend what happened. When she makes her way to her bedroom, she notices that something seems off. Turns out that someone stole all of her underwear and bras and left behind a note that she deserved better things.
Lindy naturally wakes up Ann-Marie, flipping out over what happened. Ann-Marie thinks it was some stranger, Lindy blames Lou, and all hell breaks loose. She does take the note to Tommy, who feels bad for not doing more earlier. She tells him about Lou and the other guys, and he runs background checks on everyone.
The only one she knows didn't do it was Shelly because they were together, but she has no idea who could have done it. Tommy tells her not to tell any guy no, so she just keeps making up excuses and putting guys off including Colin. Cut to yet another date with Shelly. He's once again being a huge goofball and annoying the waitresses in the bar. After joking around, she tries to get serious and ask him about his writing because he told her he was a writer.
He keeps being really secretive, and she notices a car fall out of his pocket. It says he's the manager of an electronics store, and she immediately decides she can't trust him because you apparently can't have a full-time job and write at the same time.
She comes home and finds Ann-Marie dead on the floor. Nah, just kidding. She actually has a few cuts and is passed out on the floor. Lindy rushes her to the hospital and calls Tommy. They already dusted her room for fingerprints and looked for signs of a break-in, and now he wonders if things are connected.
Ann-Marie tells him that a man came out of nowhere, grabbed her, threw her on the floor, told her to tell Lindy not to tell him no, and knocked her out. The only thing she remembers is that he wore a stocking over his head and had a beard, and Colin is the only one of the guys with a beard. Since Lindy doesn't listen to anything the police say, she agrees to a date with Colin. She wants to go on a double date with Ann-Marie, but she refuses to be around someone who might have attacked her.
Colin takes her out on the town and asks about a note he left her. She flips out, thinking it was the note in her dresser, but he actually sent her a note asking her to go to some holiday party with him.
They get separated outside, she thinks someone is following her, and she runs down a dark alley. Lindy trips and feels someone standing over her, but it's just Tommy.
He tells her that he's keeping an eye on her until they find the guy. She asks if she can do anything for him, he suggests dinner, and she wonders if he might like her.
Colin then shows up, and she goes back to hoping he's not the stalker. Back to our killer, who is making out with a girl named Ellen he just met. When they head into her bedroom, she lets her hair down, and he realizes that she looks like his mom.
He strangles her in bed and imagines her hair attacking him, so he cuts it off. He then goes through her address book and sends a chunk of her hair to a random name he finds, which is completely and totally sane. This leads to her going on dates with Colin, Jack, and Shelly before she goes out with Brad again. She keeps acting really odd around him because she thinks he might be the stalker. She also remembers talking to Tommy, who warned her about being careful yet again because that really helps.
He is pretty funny though. He tells her that he'll be on the guy like white on rice, she says he hates that joke, so he's says he'll be on him like brown on rice. While out with Brad, they decide to hang out by the water. Someone pushes her from behind and she falls over the railing. Someone calls for help, and Brad steps up. He finds her bag, buys her a new sweatshirt to warm her up, and gets her a cup of coffee.
He tells the cops that he saw someone in a black hooded sweatshirt come out of nowhere, push her, and run away. She's still super suspicious of him because he's totally not Colin, so she asks the cops for a ride home. The stalker calls her again and then thinks that he can't let her go. Even though they have to share an apartment, the girls somehow have money to rent a house in the Hamptons for the summer.
Lou drives them up, but Lindy notices that Ann-Marie keeps snapping at him the whole time. He attacks her again, grabbing her breasts, and trying to kiss her when he gets her alone that night. Ann-Marie comes out and makes it seem like she saw it happen, but she leaves with him anyway. Jack calls and asks for a date and she says yes, but she goes out with Shelly again too.
She wonders why he doesn't kiss her or try to make a move and decides he's probably gay, which makes her feel better since she isn't attracted to him. They go back to the Hamptons, and Ann-Marie rents a car, telling them that she dumped Lou. Our little stalker takes out a girl named Evan. They once again go back to her place because apparently every single woman in New York City sleeps with men on the first date.
I guess Stine never read any chick lit books! He strangles her too, but he thinks that Lindy saw it happen. He decides that it's time to kill her. While on vacation, Lindy notices that Ann-Marie seems depressed and doesn't want to do anything. She suggests that they go to the movies, but then Brad calls. Even though she didn't tell him where she was, he knows. He's in the Hamptons and suggests they go out. They meet, he takes her to see something special, and she thinks he's taking her into the middle of nowhere to kill him.
Instead, he tells her that he got back together with his old girlfriend, and she bursts out laughing. Our killer then fantasizes about the police coming to his house and killing him. He knows that now is the perfect time to kill Lindy, and he calls to make sure she's home. As he walks to her house, he reveals that he's actually Shelly. Well, damn. He heads to her apartment, she seems to want to kiss him, and he strangles her instead before dragging her into her bedroom and leaving.
Luisa comes home from work and finds no one there. She takes a message for Lindy about how she didn't show up for work and heads into her bedroom where she finds Lindy dead. No, actually she's just asleep and sick with the stomach flu. She doesn't want to go to work, but she thinks she should check on Shelly. Lindy heads to his apartment, finds the door slightly open, knocks, and walks inside. She sees a piece of hair still attached to a piece of scalp and some body parts, but before she can run, Shelly wanders in.
He offers to make her tea, and when he leaves, she runs away and calls Tommy. Tommy later asks her to meet him at a bar for a talk. He tells her that Shelly confessed to killing six women, but he didn't really kill anyone. Shelly gave them names and addresses, but the women were all still alive. He basically was just fucked in the head and made up a bunch of stories.
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