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showell's review against another edition
4.0
Every time my daughter picks one of these up, she spends the afternoon collapsed in laughter. I really thought it was just a phase, but after three years of witnessing this, I've decided her joy in Bunnicula is here to stay. So after seeing her revisit Celery Stalks at Midnight over the summer (again), I decided it was high time I saw for myself what all the fuss was about.
Oh my goodness. It's a glorious, pet-driven, pun-ridden mess of a book and I, like my now 12-year-old, adored every single page of it.
I listened to it as an audiobook, and Victor Garber (of Alias fame) makes an absolutely wonderful Harold. He somehow manages to sound snooty and clueless all at once. Truly wonderful performance.
Oh my goodness. It's a glorious, pet-driven, pun-ridden mess of a book and I, like my now 12-year-old, adored every single page of it.
I listened to it as an audiobook, and Victor Garber (of Alias fame) makes an absolutely wonderful Harold. He somehow manages to sound snooty and clueless all at once. Truly wonderful performance.
livres_de_bloss's review against another edition
2.0
This is a long road to a short thought. Most of this book is filler dialogue and frustrating clutter.
The actual story is quite short but this book drags on forever. The author attempts to be funny but it just falls flat. There’s something about the way it’s written that’s just... flat... boring?
I am sick to death of Chester. You’d think after three times, Harold would just tell him to pound salt but given there are four more books I’m going to assume that he continues being a paranoid, snarky shit disturber.
The actual story is quite short but this book drags on forever. The author attempts to be funny but it just falls flat. There’s something about the way it’s written that’s just... flat... boring?
I am sick to death of Chester. You’d think after three times, Harold would just tell him to pound salt but given there are four more books I’m going to assume that he continues being a paranoid, snarky shit disturber.
antisocial_auntie's review against another edition
3.0
Bunnicula books but no Bunnicula for the second time.
keekeeshoey's review against another edition
5.0
An elementary English teacher first introduced me to Bunnicula. I then searched the school library and was excited to find there were more books in the series! Many moons later I still enjoy reading it again from time to time. As an autumn soul who loves all things spooky the nostalgia of an easy childhood favorite is a welcome reprieve. Also the perfect series for Easterween to mark halfway to Halloween!
teresab78's review against another edition
4.0
Cute and entertaining, some of the jokes went over my 9 year old's head, not that they were inappropriate but perhaps too old fashioned due to the age of the book.
jnkay01's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
bigbookgeek's review against another edition
4.0
Hare today, gone tomorrow!
Bunnicula is a fun series of Children's books about a vampire bunny who sucks the juices out of vegetables. Chester the cat, along with dogs Harold and Howard are always on alert making sure Bunnicula doesn't escape and wreak havoc. In "The Celery Stalks at Midnight", Bunnicula goes missing, and our heroes go on an adventure of epic proportions (for house pets anyhow), following a trail of shriveled white vegetables. All is well in the end, or is it? These are just plain fun to read. Readers of all ages will get a few good laughs out of these books.
Bunnicula is a fun series of Children's books about a vampire bunny who sucks the juices out of vegetables. Chester the cat, along with dogs Harold and Howard are always on alert making sure Bunnicula doesn't escape and wreak havoc. In "The Celery Stalks at Midnight", Bunnicula goes missing, and our heroes go on an adventure of epic proportions (for house pets anyhow), following a trail of shriveled white vegetables. All is well in the end, or is it? These are just plain fun to read. Readers of all ages will get a few good laughs out of these books.