41 reviews for:

Scream and Scream Again!: Spooky Stories from Mystery Writers of America

Chris Grabenstein, R.L. Stine, Bruce Hale

3.2 AVERAGE

charly_charlot's review against another edition

3.5

funny mysterious

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

anarnosti's review against another edition

3.5

lighthearted medium-paced

kjovertherainbow's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

horror_hive's review against another edition

2.0

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Scream and Scream Again is a collection of short horror stories aimed at middle grade and young adult readers (truth be told, I can’t resist anything that has R.L. Stine involved.) The nostalgia impact had me wanting to pick this up. I have been a lifelong Goosebumps fan and it is after all what got me so heavily invested in the horror genre. However, as I’ve mentioned in previous reviews of short story collections it is notoriously hard to review as no one story is the same, not one story has the same feel, the same atmosphere so overall this collection was okay but didn’t feel like anything special.

Raw Head and Bloody Bones was probably about the best of a mediocre bunch. Maybe I’m just no longer the target audience for this type of collection. It has been about twenty years since I indulged in the Goosebumps collection and maybe my kids would enjoy it better. It was a fun walk down nostalgia road but I definitely enjoy different genres of horror these days.

bellascreativelife's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark funny lighthearted tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Fun spooky very mixed stories. I am getting a great start to October this year. <3 

jokerliss13's review against another edition

1.25

dark mysterious slow-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: Complicated

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Reading this book felt like it took forever. Each time I would get through a short story, it would seem like the percentage completed never changed. I swear I was stuck in the 50% range for most of my reading. Overall one or two stories had some potential, but most were just painfully boring to read 

embe94's review against another edition

3.0

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A mixed bag of stories, where I liked some more than others. Definitely a few I can use in the classroom, and definitely will still use it for my Halloween read-aloud with my kids!

meemster725's review against another edition

4.0

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I liked the collection of stories! I thought the stories weren’t too scary, but there was a creepy factor in them. I enjoyed the book.

tthe_cancerian's review against another edition

2.0

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meh. There were only a few stories I enjoyed. And I feel like most of the stories ended just as they were getting good, so really didn't appreciate that. I did like the whole "every story begins or ends in a scream" concept this had going on.

beccasbabble's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated