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geo_ix's review
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.
andrewjstillman's review
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
sherrise's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
cosmicpanda's review against another edition
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty
rinofnowhere's review
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
1.5
haylisreading's review against another edition
3.0
Solid 3 stars
The voice the narrator uses for the dummies is definitely unnerving. This was the one original Goosebumps book that I didn’t want to read because of Slappy. I assumed I wouldn’t like the story because of how gimmicky it felt for a ventriloquist dummy to come to life.
The voice the narrator uses for the dummies is definitely unnerving. This was the one original Goosebumps book that I didn’t want to read because of Slappy. I assumed I wouldn’t like the story because of how gimmicky it felt for a ventriloquist dummy to come to life.