3.35 AVERAGE

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

Very much felt like it could have really taken flight (no pun intend) as a Point Horror with an extra 100 pages to explore the darker potential. The ending really brought this one around for me though and was a decent goosebumps outing.
mysterious tense 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: Complicated

An okay addition to the goosebumps series. This one seemed predictable to me, which took the fun out of it. I didn’t dislike the main character but I did really hate Judith. What was her problem?
mysterious reflective medium-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
funny mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark funny fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

The end of this one stuck with me for years. Although four wishes - even the Genie in Aladdin didn't pull that. Still, this one had a real horror movie ending that makes it all okay. And crazy.

A klutz who can't do anything right gets three twisted wishes from a mysterious woman.

This was fun and I didn't see the end coming, but I didn't love it the way I have other books in the series. Not sure why. Still a solid read.

Recommended for horror fans who like seeing a trope perfectly set up, then knocked flat in two seconds.

Not one of the best Goosebumps books I have come across. The results of the wishes weren't predictable, but also weren't clever either in my mind. This also had one of the poorest endings of the series and I wasn't much of a fan of any of the characters. Not terrible, just not good.

Damn monkey paw wishes.
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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