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Night of the Living Dummy by R.L. Stine

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mabel_xo's review

3.5

This book made me feel so bad for the main character! A lot of the horror of this one comes purely from social anxiety and stress.

cyireadbooks's review against another edition

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3.0

Now I know why I dislike ventriloquist dummies.

theperksofbeingmarissa's review against another edition

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4.0

I loved this book as a kid, and I loved rereading it as an adult!

The twist at the end is sooooo good! I remember Slappy being mentioned in other Goosebumps books, so I was waiting for him to do something creepy!

How could the parents not hear all that commotion going on at night?!? Like, your children are being punched and slapped by a dummy and lmao y’all heard nothing?? It’s funny because as a kid I thought nothing of that part, but as an adult, that makes no sense

applefritter7's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

I had so much fun with this book!

quietlyreading2023's review against another edition

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fast-paced

3.5

geo_ix's review against another edition

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2.0

I really disliked these kids. Their parents kept saying they were 'competing' all the time, and to a degree they were but the sister who owned Slappy was a little bit psycho with her pranks and they both really needed therapy for their jealousy. It took 80ish pages for the actual Dummy to come to life and by then the sister had played too many pranks (that kitchen one mainly) for me to care what happened to them.