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A review by hidekisohma
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb by R.L. Stine
3.0
Welp, another goosebumps in the bag. How was this one? well, better than some of the previous ones.
This one is about a kid going to Egypt and hanging out with his uncle and cousin and checking out a creepy pyramid.
The story is all right, but of course it has a lot of the typical goosebump tropes of "fake out" scares that lead pretty far into the book. The biggest issue I have with this one is that the actual mummies are a very small part of the story and only show up for about 5 pages. If you're hoping for a mummy walking around and doing evil things, you're not going to get that in this book. It's a lot of walking around and the kids checking out the pyramid.
There's a villain in this book which is decidedly NOT a mummy and it kinda lessens the story for me. i was hoping for mummy attack action, but didn't really get that. Still though the main characters weren't that bad and the story itself wasn't nearly as painful as say "the beast from the east".
There's apparently a sequel to this one and i'd definitely give it a read to see where they go from here.
i'm giving this one a 3.5 out of 5 rounded down to a 3. wish i could have given it a 4, but with so little actual mummies, i can't in good conscience do that. 3.5 out of 5 rounded down to a 3.
This one is about a kid going to Egypt and hanging out with his uncle and cousin and checking out a creepy pyramid.
The story is all right, but of course it has a lot of the typical goosebump tropes of "fake out" scares that lead pretty far into the book. The biggest issue I have with this one is that the actual mummies are a very small part of the story and only show up for about 5 pages. If you're hoping for a mummy walking around and doing evil things, you're not going to get that in this book. It's a lot of walking around and the kids checking out the pyramid.
There's a villain in this book which is decidedly NOT a mummy and it kinda lessens the story for me. i was hoping for mummy attack action, but didn't really get that. Still though the main characters weren't that bad and the story itself wasn't nearly as painful as say "the beast from the east".
There's apparently a sequel to this one and i'd definitely give it a read to see where they go from here.
i'm giving this one a 3.5 out of 5 rounded down to a 3. wish i could have given it a 4, but with so little actual mummies, i can't in good conscience do that. 3.5 out of 5 rounded down to a 3.