Slay Bells |  | Author: Jo Gibson Publisher: Zebra Category: Book
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Rating: 3 reviews Sales Rank: 3312273
Media: Paperback Reading Level: Young Adult Number Of Items: 1 Pages: 224 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3 Dimensions (in): 7 x 4.3 x 0.8
ISBN: 0821747894 EAN: 9780821747896 ASIN: 0821747894
Publication Date: December 1, 1994 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Shipping: Expedited shipping available Shipping: International shipping available Condition: .ACCEPTABLE with noted wear to cover and pages. Binding intact. We offer a no hassle guarantee on all our items. Orders are generally shipped no later than next business day. We offer a no hassle guarantee on all our items.
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Product Description Enjoying the holiday shopping season at the new local mall, Diana Connelly is horrified when she and her friends are trapped there during a snow storm and a twisted killer begins checking off a list of his own. By the author of The Crush. Original.
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Very Good!..... November 25, 2002 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Diana Connelly is amongst the hundreds of new employees at the Crossroads Mall. The mall will be opening shortly, and all workers must prepare for the grand opening. After hours of preparation, the police come to advise them of a winter storm. After the cops arrange driving situations, there are still people who need a ride home. Eight friends give up their vehicles and decide to wait-out the storm at the mall. They use a furniture store for sleeping purposes, and restaurants are open to them, care of management, for food. They think that things couldn't get any better until someone in the group is found dead. Was it an accident, or is someone out to get them? The question is answered very quickly when another person is found....The phones are dead, and each person receives ominous messages....Who's doing this, and who will be next?I thought that "Slay Bells" was very entertaining! Reading it within a few hours definitely added to the on-going suspense! The storyline was very original, and so were the murders. Also, I like how it was different from most other thrillers. Instead of starting off with the suspense, it had foreshadowing, which didn't rush the book, like most other thrillers. Even though it was strong in those areas, it lacked logically. How coincidental that all the people that the murderer wanted to kill were the ones stranded at the mall? Also, the way the friends disposed of the bodies were very radical, and didn't seem to have a long-term shock on any of the friends until the third murder! Still, the book deserves five stars for originality and suspense, which is the main purpose of a thriller, right?..... a.) "The Train" by Diane Hoh b.) "Secret Santa" by D. E. Athkins c.) "Double Date" by Sinclair Smith d.) "Starstruck" by Richie Tankersley Cusick e.) "Vampire" by Richie Tankersley Cusick f.) "Trick or Treat" by Richie Tankersley Cusick g.) All R. L. Stine young adult thrillers h.) All books by Joan Lowery Nixon
very nicely done May 27, 2001 1 out of 2 found this review helpful
this is one of my favorite book of all time... I read all of Jo Gibson's book and Slay Bells and My Bloody Valentine are my ultimate favorites.
Terrible! May 24, 1999 2 out of 4 found this review helpful
When I first came across this story line, I was thinking, "How cool! I MUST read this book!" So I got it as soon as I could and started reading it. By the end, I was bored and confused and bewildered. How could something like this be published?! The characters are all one-dimensional, and I think the girls in this book must have blushed 300 times each. Every sentence. "So-and-So's face turned a bright red as she blushed." But that's only the beginning! You see, these people are totally brain dead. Murder doesn't have a damn effect on them. When they find a body, they put it in a fridge at one of the restaurants, then go bowling! Or to the movies! The deaths of their friends don't matter jack! I wish all those characters were killed, especially Heather, who made her transition from flirt to nice girl over a bowling game! My God, how cheesy! I have seen cheesy horror movies better than this book! Don't waste your money on this. You will just find yourself wishing for an escape from this stupid story and it's killer who is avenging his grandparent's hardships, which, how coincidential, all seven in that mall contributed to. Oh please! Spare me! And spare yourself by NOT buying this book. (P.S.-Cute name.)
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