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Might I start off with the fact that "Bad Dreams" has a horrible cover? I mean, they look like mental people. At least, Andrea does. HAHA to you, Andrea. I nicknamed Andrea "Bratty Sister" because that's exactly what she is. Except she's a whole lot worse. Well, you guys will see. Trust me on this one.


The book starts off with a dumb prologue (I mean, I love Fear Street, but their prologues make me want to hurl the book across the room because they're just so pointless and dumb) with a girl tossing and turning in sheets. A person lunges at her across the room and stabs her. The girl says, "Sister! But you're my sister!" I don't know what's so funny about that, but it makes me laugh. Am I retarded? Maybe.


Then we go to the first chapter. Maggie Travers, her sister Andrea, her mom, and their faithful dog Gus are driving to their new home on Fear Street. Yipee. Gus used to be Maggie's fathers dog, but he died. Um, I don't even want to explain how he died, because it's really corny and annoys me. But I'll do it anyways. Maggie and Bratty Sister (Remember? Andrea?) were doing something with the cereal or some other shananagin, and Maggie threw the dumb bowl down and her father goes, "Why can't you just grow up?" Um, seriously, why is it that big of a deal that she throws a BOWL down, when all Bratty Sister does is whine, mope, and complain? STFU, Maggie's parents. Anyways her dad goes to work and then has a heart attack. Blah, blah, blah. How come the dad's always die? Maybe I just haven't read enough Fear Street books yet, which is probably why, but in most of the Fear Street books I've read, the dads die. Not the moms. With the exceptions to "Silent Night" and a few others. Oops, I'm babbling. Anyways...


I HATE THE NEXT PART. So I'm going to make it quick. The poor little doggy, Gus, runs out onto the road because Bratty Sister is a lazy little egghead and won't go get the poor guy because "It's Maggie's dog." I could already strangle this girl. But short story short, Maggie saves Gus, blah blah blah, at least he didn't die. :) Then they go inside and Maggie finds a canopy bed in her room. Andrea sits there smiling sweetly. I'm not sure, but I think this is what she says: "Gee, Maggie, if you had been wanting a canopy for a long, long time, I would sure let you have it." I'm pretty sure that's not what she said, but it referred to her to "wanting a canopy for her whole life." Cut the crap, Andrea. How long have you been wanting the canopy bed? What? Two minutes? Maggie tells her, "Finders Keepers," *APPLAUD APPLAUD* but Andrea then gets mad and throws a little hissy fit. Grow up. Besides, it's technically fair because Maggie PICKED the room and it was in HER room. Though I really wish the bed would have ended up in Andrea's room. She deserves those nightmares. >:]


After dinner, Maggie's fergalicious boyfriend, Justin, calls. Maggie explains to us how she was shocked she and Justin were going out because he's popular and stuff. I forgot what they talked about, but then I think Maggie's friend Dawn calls. I don't know if I like Dawn or if I hate her. It's a confusing relationship. *shrug* I think Andrea gets jealous because Maggie has friends and she doesn't. Um, seriously? I'm definitely not surprised. AT ALL.


One of the complaints I have about this book are the "bad dreams." Though I'm a fan of Fear Street, Stine is ridiculous at times. This is the first night Maggie has her bad dream. A girl is lying in a bed. Just lying. In a bed. Is that what you call a nightmare, Stine? Is it really? She wakes up screaming, and her mom and Bratty Sister come running into the room. Maggie explains the dream to her mom and sister, and Andrea suspects that she may be dreaming about Dawn because she talked to her on the phone. Shut up Andrea.


Skipping the scene with Justin and Maggie because I'll barf all over my keyboard. Anyways, it's the next day and the swimming team are all there. Andrea claims that she lost her bathing cap. Then, Bratty Sister has the nerve to blame Maggie for it. I'M SICK OF ANDREA ALREADY. DOES SHE DIE? PLEASE, STINE, KILL HER OFF. Then, moments later, one of the girls points to Andrea's backpack and goes, "Um, isn't that your cap?" Burn. Maggie feels bad for Andrea, which kind of annoys me. Why? I dunno. But, I just know I wouldn't feel bad for her. She deserves to be embarrassed. Then the swim team goes over and waits by the pool. The coach tells them to wait until she blows her whistle. In case you guys didn't guess, Maggie won and Andrea got last. I'd rather her win than me have to deal with her whining and crying. Stupid Bratty Sister. Maggie goes to change and blahhhh, and then when she comes out, sees a body in the pool. Dawn! YESS! I mean. Oh crap. I was thinking the whole time though, "She's one of the best swimmers. How the HECK does she go and drown herself?" but it turns out she didn't drown. Uhh. Yaaayyy... Then they laugh about it. Why do Fear Street characters find these things just hilarious? I don't. Just saying.


Now Maggie is having her dream again. It's basically the same thing that happens in the prologue. Oh snap. It's bout ta get dangerouzzz up in hur! Maggie wakes up to find herself not alone in the room. *The Twilight Zone theme music comes on* Oh no! Who is it? It turns out that it's... ANDREA! AHHHH!!!! But Maggie only freaks out because she thinks it's the girl from her dream. Oh. Maggie tells Andrea about the dream and they talk for about five minutes without a fight. But, alas, my friends! This obviously doesn't last for long. They bring up the swimming match thing and Andrea throws a fit. Kill me.


The next day Maggie is at school and goes to talk to Dawn. There's a huge crowd and she goes to push through the crowd, but Dawn "loses her balance" and falls down the steps. She claims that someone pushed her and then says Maggie did it. NO SHE DIDN'T FOOLS. Shadyside obviously has a large number of students. Look at all these books. So at least some person in the big ol crowd would have seen her push a girl down those dumb steps if it happened. Besides, this is a total rip off from the scene "Call Waiting." Growl. Hiss.


Maggie fell asleep under a tree the next day and some man showed her into his house and they started talking about Maggie's house. He told her how a girl named Miranda was stabbed in her room. Wow, freaky neighbor. That's a nice thing to say. Can't you just see the conversation?


"Hi, I'm your neighbor."
"Oh. Hi."
"Someone was killed in your room before you moved there."
"... Oh?"
"Yeah. So how are you?"


Okay so anyways, at a day during swimming practice the swimming coach informs Tiffany and Maggie that they're representing at an All-State meet. Naturally, Andrea gets ticked and whines. Cry me a river and drown in it, Andrea.


Now Maggie is in her bed having the dream again. This time Miranda gets stabbed but Maggie can't see who's murdering her. Maggie wakes up and screams because she sees Andrea with a knife in her hands. I KNEW IT! ANDREA IS A PYSCHO! But it turns out she's holding a curling iron. Aw, man. I still think Andrea is going to end up being the murderer. Is that even possible? Haha. Yeah turns out she couldn't go to sleep so she wanted to borrow Maggie's curling iron. Uh. Kay.


Okay now it's the next day again and Maggie finds Tiffany on the floor, with a puddle of blood around her. OHEMGEE! Totally didn't see that one coming. *sarcasm* Anyways, she picks up the weapon and people come in and see her. She of course has to get questioned, but then they don't suspect her. Fear Street police are so dumb sometimes.


Maggie has the dumb dream yet AGAIN, and screams for Miranda to stop because she thinks she's going to stab her. Her mom comes in and tells her that she's going to get her some "help" with a doctor. I felt bad for Maggie at this point.


Now we're at a Geology trip the class is having. The class is divided into groups and their being split up. Maggie is set with a group of people she doesn't know well. Somehow, Maggie gets lost in these confusing tunnels and gets really freaked out, screaming for help, the usual. Justin finds her and then they go back to the buses. Um, how is that little thing over SO quickly? Whatever. Maybe I should just stop asking so many questions.


Yay! We're getting to the end! The next day Maggie decides to go up and take a nap on her canopy. Then, she realizes she can't find it. She goes around yelling like a lunatic, such as things like, "Where is it?! I need that bed! I NEEEEDDD IT!" And Andrea coolly tells her, "Mom took it away because she thought it would help you." Maggie freaks but then finds out its in the attic. She goes up to sleep in it again and finds Batman curled up in the covers sucking his thumb. Just kidding. It's some crazy kid in the covers, and she grabs a knife and walks towards Maggie. It turns out this is Miranda's murderer, and her name is Gena. She's Miranda's sister. She killed Miranda because she was a "bad girl" or something. Honestly? Mean? You kill a person because they are MEAN? You psycho! Turns out Gena has been doing all the horrible things happening this whole time. She's going to kill Maggie because she's mean to Andrea. @(*&(&*$@*&^$. It's the other way around, stupid head. Okay, maybe they're both mean sometimes, but to be honest, Andrea is the meaner one! So ugh! Then Andrea comes in, and Gena tells her, "Hi, Andrea. Your sister is going to die now." Or something like that. I really don't remember. Then Maggie and Gena wrestle around some before the canopy gets pulled over Gena. They get the knife from her, and Gena is taken off to the place where she came from.


Now the Travers family is sitting talking about what happened to conclude the book. The bed is now going to stay in the attic permanently and Maggie says, "Sweet dreams... sweet dreams!" Hahaha or something. I don't remember what she said but she sounded dumb.


THE END.
So yeah, okay book. Gets you really annoyed at some points, and makes you want to murder Andrea. At least, it did for me. By the way, sorry some points of the review are choppy, scenes are missed, or any other things. I don't have my copy with me and I haven't read the book in like, two months. So yeah.