Mazes And Monsters

By Rona Jaffe

Book Overview

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0440055369
• ISBN13: 9780440055365
• Release Date: September 1981
• Publisher: Delacorte
• Length: 329 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Spellbinding

I had seen the movie first. I like to read books that inspire movies. The book has more background details and descriptions of the characters than are needed for the story. However, Rona Jaffe is not one of those Edwardian-style writers who eventually get around to what may be a plot. Each chapter is only a few pages, and I am not sure just what criterion is used to call it a chapter. Then periodically lay there would be a “Part” and the chapter numbers started from chapter one again. I am used to playing D&D. Also, with the advent of computers, “Colossal Cave” or “Adventure”, and see that it is a wrinkle to the story, not the focus. What seems like too much detail here is just a vehicle to display the foibles of the players. As the story unfolds about friends playing a great game together, and this mishap that unfolds, especially the epilogue, could have been the screenplay for the movie. This book is not anti-D&D; it is just about an unstable kid (more of PTSD) who was influenced by his environment.

Oh, no, now the gamers are out for blood -- Rona's!

Oh, please! The book was fantastic. I read it last year, and I still thought the plot was fresh. The romance was out of an earlier time, of course, but I still found it endearing to the characters. It was the bonding between them that made them accept/need each other. (If you are not a gamer, I would recommend The Other Woman by Rona Jaffe and An American Love Story, too. If you are a gamer, you should read A Confederacy of Dunces. There's a character in it, Miss Trixie, that reminds me of your "enlightened" approach to chomping on people with their false teeth.)

A terrific read!!!

Four brilliant characters, Robbie, Jay Jay, Daniel, and Kate, come alive in this novel by Rona Jaffe. In this tale of spellbinding suspense, we see how each attempts to deal with his or her own inner struggles. In doing so, the four college students immerse themselves in the fantasy role-playing game, Mazes and Monsters. One of them will never return to reality. We are invited to feel their triumphs and heartaches, their joys and their pain, which will stay with readers long after the last page is turned. A must read!!!

One of Rona Jaffe's best told stories...

The setting is Grant University in Pequod, Pennsylvania. When four students embark on the role-playing game Mazes and Monsters, they encounter more than they bargin for when things get out of hand. With shear terror and convincing description, Rona Jaffe presents a compelling tale which lies on a fine line between fantasy and reality. As Robbie, Jay Jay, Daniel and Kate become more involved in "the game", they must bring themselves out of the darkness they have fallen into, and find their way back to reality. The adventures they embark upon lure the reader to the depths beyond; entising him to play along with them, and venture into their world...