The Midnight Club Paperback – 3 May 2012

Not at all what I expected but thoroughly enjoyable all the same. Very well written with characters you will care about

I purchased this as it was one of my favourite books as a teenager growing up. Great reading for nostalgia purposes and the writing holds up for me as an adult. I think as an adult I realise how desperately sad this book actually is, it is not a horror at all. More about the importance of friendships and each story they tell at the midnight club is them revealing a truth about themselves or coming to terms with death.Would recommend.

One of my all time favorite books! I absolutely had to buy it for my friend in Ireland. A definite must read!

I expected a lot from this book, and it didn't deliver. I have watched 2 episodes of the netflix series, and that drew me to wanting to read the book. I was actually so disappointed I felt it could have been so much more than what it was.

I first read this book over 25 years ago, loved it, still enjoy it now, very bittersweet and enlightening

First let me say that this is not what you think it is. It is not a horror. It is not even a thriller. This is a heartbreaking story about the final weeks of terminally ill teens who like to meet up at midnight and tell each other stories. There is not a single scary part to this book though. Despite this, it was beautiful and made me sob when I finished it. I would still 100% recommend but remember that it is nothing like the show and nothing like the blurb says it is. Nevertheless I still loved it and believe it is a beautifully written book.

Fantastic purchase. Perfect for every passionate Pike reader. Amazing read

I first read this is the 90s. I started reading Christopher Pike books in the late 80s from age12, so this is all great nostalgia for me! My daughter now enjoys reading them too.This book was probably one of the first books I'd read that dealt with expected death - especially within teens. Love it!

The media could not be loaded. I am super thrilled to get dive into this amazing horror read. I still can feel the ambience. Pages were so thin and little cheap. Edges were folded. But overall I am happy that I have this book in my hands now.

I wish they didn't cancel the show, at least this gave me a satisfactory ending. I'm not into teen literature but I truly enjoyed this one. I had to stop myself from reading because I didn't want to finish it in one afternoon.

Exactly what I wanted.

This is one of my all-time favorite books! Normally I'm not a fan of Christopher Pike but this particular book is incredibly insightful and full of heartbreaking and heartwarming stories.Ilonka is a patient at a hospice for teens and 20-somethings, Rotterham Home, she has made friends with other patients Kevin, Sandra, Anya and Spence. Every night at exactly midnight the five of them gather in the library to tell stories. Basically, telling stories is the only fun they can have, in a hospice, everyone is waiting to die. Each one of the five friends has a different form of fatal cancer. Then, they discover that one of the members of their club is leaving the hospice to go back to normal life!At the same time, Ilonka begins to have dreams of past lives, she remembers vividly life in Ancient Egypt, Asia and medieval Europe. The strange thing is that all the lives are connected to Kevin, a member of club Ilonka felt that she always knew from the first time she met him. Kevin's continuing story revolves around an angel and the misguided woman he loves, a story which is strangely parallel to the lives that Ilonka remembers.Then, one of the members of the midnight club dies, but not before they tell Ilonka a true story which begins a mystery and the ultimate resolution to the sad stories that plague Ilonka's past.Absolutely touching and revealing story. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone under the age of 14 though, this books should really not be in a children's catagory. I recommend it to anyone 14 to 114! This is just such a fabulous, fantastic story! Christopher Pike really hit on a timeless story with this book!

Storyline recycled exact wording and repurposed stories from Pike works from the 90s.Picked this up because of being a fan of his “The Last Vampire” series (now called the Thirst Series.) Read every Pike book at the library as a teen.Was hoping for something that didn’t follow the same old theme. Curious how the Netflix series will approach the cultural aspects.