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3.48 AVERAGE
3.48 AVERAGE
Trotz einiger Ungenauigkeiten in zeitlichen Abfolgen und dem Versäumen eines noch packenderen Ausgangs eine unterhaltsam zu lesende Geschichte.
Read this one when I was younger. I quite enjoyed reading it, but it wasn't all that fantastic.
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
mysterious
relaxing
sad
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:
No
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;
#28, The Cuckoo Clock Of Doom
This is a surprisingly existential story for a kids' book.
When a young boy messes with a cursed/magical cuckoo clock, he begins to wake each morning further and further in the past. First 12, then 6, then 4, etc. He knows that soon his time will run out, as he'll not yet be born. This is an interesting crisis, as it's not death he's worried about, but UN-death. The fear of having never existed at all. A fairly profound thing when you really think about it.
The ending reveal is pretty harsh too, revealing how the timeline affects others people as well.
Time travel. Don't mess with it, kids.
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#28, The Cuckoo Clock Of Doom
This is a surprisingly existential story for a kids' book.
When a young boy messes with a cursed/magical cuckoo clock, he begins to wake each morning further and further in the past. First 12, then 6, then 4, etc. He knows that soon his time will run out, as he'll not yet be born. This is an interesting crisis, as it's not death he's worried about, but UN-death. The fear of having never existed at all. A fairly profound thing when you really think about it.
The ending reveal is pretty harsh too, revealing how the timeline affects others people as well.
Time travel. Don't mess with it, kids.
Join the RK King readers' list for an exclusive FREE short story, plus inside info, musings, promos and more: RK King Writes
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Man that family sucked
adventurous
hopeful
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
That this book has such a low average is a crime.
I mean, the setting is eerie enough (for a child), the characters choices are perhaps sometimes stupid but it has good reasoning and the whole time travelling and feeling of urgency while reading made me give this book 5 stars. Don't read it if you can get stressed easily 'cause this book will give you the feeling like there isn't enough time, but I personally really liked that feeling as it was different from what I usually feel while reading a book. And yes, it also frustrated me but weirdly enough in a good way. In a: Come on, come on, you can do it! way. I hyped the main character so much up and in the end I just couldn't but smile as I felt so much while reading it. First read as a child, but still feel that way. The story is so beautiful.
I mean, the setting is eerie enough (for a child), the characters choices are perhaps sometimes stupid but it has good reasoning and the whole time travelling and feeling of urgency while reading made me give this book 5 stars. Don't read it if you can get stressed easily 'cause this book will give you the feeling like there isn't enough time, but I personally really liked that feeling as it was different from what I usually feel while reading a book. And yes, it also frustrated me but weirdly enough in a good way. In a: Come on, come on, you can do it! way. I hyped the main character so much up and in the end I just couldn't but smile as I felt so much while reading it. First read as a child, but still feel that way. The story is so beautiful.
dark
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying