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devannm 's review for:
The Celery Stalks at Midnight
by James Howe
I just don't think this book has the spooky atmosphere that the other books in the series do. I mean the first one everyone is always sneaking around in the middle of the night, the second one they're in an unfamiliar place and it's always storming, and the fourth one they are lost in the woods and it's also storming again, but this one they just wander around and catch a ride in a garbage truck and then end up at a school fair. Obviously in the other books the spooky setting always ends up having a logical or silly explanation, but in this one it seems like there wasn't really even an effort made. It was still a fun short read and I absolutely love Chester, but it just wasn't as good as the others that I've reread lately. And I'm not sure how I feel about Howie yet either. I'm not against the horrible puns in theory, but what else is he really contributing.