paperbackstash 's review for:

The Cuckoo Clock of Doom by R.L. Stine
3.0

A Goosebumps children book that has the theme of a terrible sister - are you surprised? It's a common element in almost all these books I've read this year. Tara the terrible may be the worst - what an awful human being, she takes sibling brattness too far. The end has a nice twist about her at least. It's not as good as the others I've been reading, a little frustrating because he has to keep repeating a few terrible days, groundhog style. Stine dug into time travel with the cuckoo clock - how does he think of all this stuff? - but would have had more oomph if the character could have changed his reactions.