Most of the teenage market is patronizing. Pike aims to make his characters realistic enough for the teen market. Christopher Pike himself is also fascinated with the particular time in life that his books are so often set. It s a very intense time in life. Pike defends his particular brand of horror fiercely.
American teens do.
I try to come up with something which hasn t been done before- a fear of the unknown. Pike says, Mine is a horror that works on the imagination. I think it s more scary when you don t what will happen. Because of the grisly nature of many of his books, Pike has even been accused by reporters of indirectly contributing to the suicide of an American teenager. Many critics have argued that children shouldn t be exposed to the horror of Pike s books, assuming they can t make up their own minds.