Tamara Paperback – October 27, 2014

Tamera is a thrill ride in regards to a high school girl who is a witch. Within only the first few chapters, we see the lifestyle Tamera suffers, which includes being a victim of high school bullying and suffering from a broken home. At the end of the day, she is left with nothing more than her witchery and the dream that her English teacher, Mr. Natolly, will eventually love her.The plot thickens when Tamera takes Mr. Natolly’s advice and writes a school newspaper article about their football team using steroids. After the article is made public, a few of Tamera’s elite classmates decide it is time to teach her a lesson. Yet, their plan to humiliate her gets out of hand and results in her accidental death. Once the bully’s burry Tamera in an unmarked grave, they find that their nightmares are just beginning.For the rest of the book, we are spellbound to every word until there is nothing more to read. In comparison to the movie, this is a good companion book. There are a few scenes that are different from the flick and a few scenes where the actions receive a greater description. Such as the film version of this book, the conclusion provides a cliffhanger that has me chomping at the bits for a sequel.Throughout Tamera, I enjoyed the character development, the dramatic foreshadowing, and pacing. My favorite element is the fact that Tamera is the kind of villain who you hate to love. For the majority of her actions, she can easily be excused due to what she suffered in life, however, there are a few sequences when the reader sees her go too far. She is the ideal gray character that I love reading about as she is neither good nor bad but an embodiment of the two.I’m not sure what Mr. Reddick and Mr. Matthews have up their sleeves for the sequel, if a sequel is planned, but I hope to see Tamera return with a bloody vengeance.

Quick fun read

While 'Tamara' is based off of a film, I have never seen the film.So naturally I entered this literary world, with zero knowledge or familiarity of who, what, when, and where...It didnt take long before the who, what, when and where was revealed. Which is nice, I didn't need any prior exposure to the story, in order to enjoy it.I became emerged in the plot. As If I were a character in the story. The pages melted away, the flow of the story was great and I was eager to read the next line, the next page."Whats going to happen?!" I would think each time I took a break to sip some water.There is horror... Yes! nice and terrifying!There are moments that make you go "awwww thats sad"Some nice humor, found myself chuckling several times. The dialogue is nicely done, as each character talks you get a sense of them being their own person. Which doesnt always come through in literary works... It did so superbly in 'Tamara'The descriptive visuals are most excellent.I promised myself that when I made it halfway through, I would stop, and some sleep, pick it back up tomorrow... but i couldn't... I couldnt put it down... I had to know how it ended.And what a ending!Great read, 5 stars and I recommend this to anyone wanting a terrifyingly good time.

As a reader who enjoys novelizations I appreciated that the story here plays out more fleetly than the movie (I watched it after reading), and the novel adds some necessary, enriching oomph where it was definitely needed in the film.I do wish there had been more detail to flesh out the world, the characters, and some of the action - there was dialog that could have been stage direction in the screenplay, that I do wish had done worldbuilding instead. Especially as the characters play better on the page - the bad seeds are worse here, and everyone more believable.

I just finished reading Tamara and I was very impressed. It's a very good story and the book length is just right, as you can read it in one day. I'm really glad, because I couldn't put it down. It was fun seeing a bullied person get the upper hand on her oppressors, but also sad to see a good person go bad. I really enjoyed that conflict of character. As a fan of the horror genre, I really found this book satisfying. It had the right amount of physical gore combined with plenty of psychological harm as well. You can feel the fear and guilt that the characters are going through. Because this is a novella, the action picks up fast and keeps a good pace. There were several times I found myself holding my breath as I read along. If you are a fan of horror, I highly recommend that you give this one a read.

High school hasn't been that bitchen since "the Craft"! A must-read for all horror fans!

When Tamara appeared on the big screen and local DVD rental stores alongside the equally classic Final Destination Jeffrey Reddick created a pair of films that would set a new standard for horror in the twenty first century. Like Scream it introduced the young teen audience to modern horror with true vision and terror innovation. Far away from the generic slasher films that pillaged the genre for years both films offered frights and ran on teen angst combined with an authentic feel for the supernatural.With both Final destination and Tamara horror had truly evolved into the new millennium. That’s why Mr. Reddick's debut book, a novelization of his classic film Tamara updated is such a treat.If you love Horror films than you already know Jeffery’s name and this book is one of the best novelizations I have ever read. Hands down it is expertly written and vivid , it will be respected, cherished and re read for decades and it is the perfect companion to go with a copy of the DVD.

this started off as a really good book quite similar to the film Carrie (which was actually mentioned in the story) However I felt that from about half way through the story seemed to be speeding up too fast to get to the end and in the last few chapters the writing style seemed a bit juvenile which is a shame. You start off feeling sorry for Tamara (unlike with the film Carrie were you sympathize with her character all the way through) but not so with this books main character. She didn't invoke the: 'oh that poor girl' feeling. I understand it was payback for the horrific prank played on her but there was no real depth to her character. A dead mother and drunken father were the only parts of what could've been explored further which could also be said for the other characters too. On the whole it wasn't bad for a freebie and we are left with the possibility of a sequel. Don't think I'll be buying it though. Maybe the film will be better.