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larenlit's review
3.0
This was book 1/62 for my Goosebumps series reread (only the originals for now) and it wasn’t a bad place to start!
I enjoyed about as much as I remembered as a kid. It’s not my favorite by any means, but not bad. I always liked the ambiguous ending of the possible plant dad impostor. Solid ⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
I enjoyed about as much as I remembered as a kid. It’s not my favorite by any means, but not bad. I always liked the ambiguous ending of the possible plant dad impostor. Solid ⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
rip_montgomery's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
elizabethstrachan's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
This was just never one of my favorites from the series. I guess even though all his books are far-fetched, this one may have just been too "out there" for me or something. It was good, but not amazing.
jgurniak's review against another edition
4.0
This Goosebumps book is about a dad turning into a plant.
rkking's review against another edition
3.0
I recently got a bit of the nostalgia bug when thinking back to the Goosebumps books I read as a kid. Goosebumps, and by extension the Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark series, definitely introduced me to the genre of horror. After Goosebumps I moved onto classics like Dracula and Jekyll/Hyde, then on to the gown up stuff throughout my life and to this day. Well, this nostalgia bug got me wanting to re-collect the original 62 run of Goosebumps books, and in their first run printings because of the amazing covers. Perhaps the best part of the series was the covers. Next up;
#2, Stay Out Of The Basement
A middle-of-the-ground entry in the series.
The common tropes are here; parents who are distant or don't believe anything the kids say. Fake jump scares. Siblings constantly annoyed with each other but need to work together to solve the mystery. Unfortunately, many of the other books do these tropes way better.
One constant thing that nagged me was the lack of reaction from the mother. Ok, so she has to go visit her sick sister as a way to be kept out of the main events. Good, fine. But when the kids call her, multiple times, there is just zero care for what at the very least would seem to be a neglectful father.
The surprise isn't much of a surprise at all, although the sudden axe attack is actually surprising.
An end twist made me laugh, although it was maybe not meant to be funny...
Another iconic cover, but a mid story.
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#2, Stay Out Of The Basement
A middle-of-the-ground entry in the series.
The common tropes are here; parents who are distant or don't believe anything the kids say. Fake jump scares. Siblings constantly annoyed with each other but need to work together to solve the mystery. Unfortunately, many of the other books do these tropes way better.
One constant thing that nagged me was the lack of reaction from the mother. Ok, so she has to go visit her sick sister as a way to be kept out of the main events. Good, fine. But when the kids call her, multiple times, there is just zero care for what at the very least would seem to be a neglectful father.
The surprise isn't much of a surprise at all, although the sudden axe attack is actually surprising.
An end twist made me laugh, although it was maybe not meant to be funny...
Another iconic cover, but a mid story.
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moonlitcrows's review against another edition
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
dr_hankziety's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5