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Goosebumps 2000 #5
Invasion of the Body Squeezers, Part 2
The alien opened its mouth revealing four tusks and rows of pointed teeth. A cap of green skin formed over its forehead, carved and hard like a turtle shell.
It spread its arm. Raised them out at its sides. And took a heavy, wet step towards me.
I finally forced my legs to move. I stumbled back.
"Are—are you friendly?" I choked out in a tiny voice.
It spread its arm. Raised them out at its sides. And took a heavy, wet step towards me.
I finally forced my legs to move. I stumbled back.
"Are—are you friendly?" I choked out in a tiny voice.
128 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 1998
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R.L. Stine
1,679 books18.7k followersRobert Lawrence Stine known as R. L. Stine and Jovial Bob Stine, is an American novelist and writer, well known for targeting younger audiences. Stine, who is often called the Stephen King of children's literature, is the author of dozens of popular horror fiction novellas, including the books in the Goosebumps, Rotten School, Mostly Ghostly, The Nightmare Room and Fear Street series.
R. L. Stine began his writing career when he was nine years old, and today he has achieved the position of the bestselling children's author in history. In the early 1990s, Stine was catapulted to fame when he wrote the unprecedented, bestselling Goosebumps® series, which sold more than 250 million copies and became a worldwide multimedia phenomenon. His other major series, Fear Street, has over 80 million copies sold.
Stine has received numerous awards of recognition, including several Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards and Disney Adventures Kids' Choice Awards, and he has been selected by kids as one of their favorite authors in the NEA's Read Across America program. He lives in New York, NY.
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R. L. Stine began his writing career when he was nine years old, and today he has achieved the position of the bestselling children's author in history. In the early 1990s, Stine was catapulted to fame when he wrote the unprecedented, bestselling Goosebumps® series, which sold more than 250 million copies and became a worldwide multimedia phenomenon. His other major series, Fear Street, has over 80 million copies sold.
Stine has received numerous awards of recognition, including several Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards and Disney Adventures Kids' Choice Awards, and he has been selected by kids as one of their favorite authors in the NEA's Read Across America program. He lives in New York, NY.
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January 27, 2022
La caccona nei pantaloni
Di questo volumetto ricordo l'angoscia provata in biblioteca durante la lettura.
Stine ottiene il massimo risultato con l'ausilio di espedienti ereditati dalla fantascienza classica - lapalissiano il richiamo a L'invasione degli Ultracorpi - e l'horror puro, quest'ultimo che va a concretizzarsi attraverso l'adozione di un meccanismo a eliminazione quasi ascrivibile al sottogenere slasher. Il distillato di queste due componenti restituisce una storia che, come un perfido meccanismo a orologeria, guadagna nel ritmo un senso di inesorabilità piuttosto efficace.
Persino il finale, con il coup de théâtre sgangherato che riabilita nella narrazione il cervellotico vicino (mi si consenta il gioco di parole), è un omaggio sincero alle mostruosità posticce che hanno fatto grandi i due generi sopracitati.
La sera stessa, davanti a un trancio di pizza e una cola cola più calda del piscio raccolto nel barattolino delle urine, decisi che mi sarei addentrato nel genere horror per estinguere quell'atavico terrore che non incontrò resistenza nel me bambino.
L'eredità di quel libricino perdura ancora oggi, ma qualcosa è cambiato: la paura ha lasciato spazio alla genuina curiosità.
L'Invasione degli stritolatori: parte due, assieme all'inspiegabile orrore de La goccia d'acqua di Mario Bava e la visione di The Ring di Gore Verbinski, può fregiarsi del merito di avere inconsciamente acceso l'interesse verso un genere che, tutt'oggi, resta il mio preferito per modalità di narrazione e contenuti veicolati.
Di questo volumetto ricordo l'angoscia provata in biblioteca durante la lettura.
Stine ottiene il massimo risultato con l'ausilio di espedienti ereditati dalla fantascienza classica - lapalissiano il richiamo a L'invasione degli Ultracorpi - e l'horror puro, quest'ultimo che va a concretizzarsi attraverso l'adozione di un meccanismo a eliminazione quasi ascrivibile al sottogenere slasher. Il distillato di queste due componenti restituisce una storia che, come un perfido meccanismo a orologeria, guadagna nel ritmo un senso di inesorabilità piuttosto efficace.
Persino il finale, con il coup de théâtre sgangherato che riabilita nella narrazione il cervellotico vicino (mi si consenta il gioco di parole), è un omaggio sincero alle mostruosità posticce che hanno fatto grandi i due generi sopracitati.
La sera stessa, davanti a un trancio di pizza e una cola cola più calda del piscio raccolto nel barattolino delle urine, decisi che mi sarei addentrato nel genere horror per estinguere quell'atavico terrore che non incontrò resistenza nel me bambino.
L'eredità di quel libricino perdura ancora oggi, ma qualcosa è cambiato: la paura ha lasciato spazio alla genuina curiosità.
L'Invasione degli stritolatori: parte due, assieme all'inspiegabile orrore de La goccia d'acqua di Mario Bava e la visione di The Ring di Gore Verbinski, può fregiarsi del merito di avere inconsciamente acceso l'interesse verso un genere che, tutt'oggi, resta il mio preferito per modalità di narrazione e contenuti veicolati.
July 26, 2022
I read all 25 Goosebumps Series 2000 books for a 2-hour YouTube video, where I reviewed and ranked them all, which you can check out here: https://youtu.be/VsNwNpeqgLo
August 8, 2024
Time for another Series 2000 book review!This time I'm reading a sequel.The title being Invasion Of The Body Squeezers Part 2.I remember reading this as a kid and not loving it.I also remember not hating it either.I got this book at the bookstore where everything is twenty five cents.My copy even still has the inserts for the Goosebumps fan club.The story starts off with a summery chapter basically recapping the story.Jack is obsessed with aliens.He has a neighbor that's really strange and sees a monster in his house.He sneaks in and discovers it was all movie props.And his neighbor works in special effects.There is also this meteor heading towards earth and its all over the news.He picks up a meteor when it lands at his feet and the aliens basically make Jack do weird stuff.And that's the recap!The actual story begins with the meteorite breaking open and a small lizard like creature emerges.Jack is freaked so he tries to escape but he runs into his teacher at the front door.The teacher is very worried about Jack because of the way he left.Jack tries explaining about the creature, but if course the teacher doesn't belive him until the creature shows up.The teacher thinks the creature wants a hug and the teacher hugs it only to be stabbed with sharp claws and the alien enters the teachers body possessing him in the process.Jack notices the teacher now talks with a weird stutter with the letter" t"at the beginning of every sentence.There is also this weird green slime stuff bubbling in his ears.He tries to hug Jack. Jack's mom and his little sister.Billy ends up popping up and the teacher leaves but as he's leaving Jack sees the teacher hook a mailman.Jack immediately remembers Mr.Fleshman from the last book.He heads over to his house and Talks to him about what's going on. Mr. Fleshman is basically not worried about anything.He tells Jack to make a list of all of the people that he knows is being invaded.After this,the story gets pretty formulaic. Jack is trying to stay away from people that are getting invaded. Like police officers,
Lots of school teachers,and,At one point , even the news anchor gets invaded. The book doesn't really get any different until towards the end.I'm not going to spoil what all happens at the end, but it's really good. I read this book as a kid and and I'll admit. I don't remember any of this stuff that happened. There is two twists that actually tricked me.And one that almost trucked me if I didn't remember the front cover of Revenge Of The Body Squeezers, a third book in this series,then it would have tricked me agian.I give Invasion Of the body squeezers part 2 a four out of five stars.I thought this book was pretty mediocre up until the end. But the end is where all of the good stuff happens ,in my opinion
Lots of school teachers,and,At one point , even the news anchor gets invaded. The book doesn't really get any different until towards the end.I'm not going to spoil what all happens at the end, but it's really good. I read this book as a kid and and I'll admit. I don't remember any of this stuff that happened. There is two twists that actually tricked me.And one that almost trucked me if I didn't remember the front cover of Revenge Of The Body Squeezers, a third book in this series,then it would have tricked me agian.I give Invasion Of the body squeezers part 2 a four out of five stars.I thought this book was pretty mediocre up until the end. But the end is where all of the good stuff happens ,in my opinion
January 14, 2025
Yeah we read part 2 without reading part 1.
Honestly it definitely is not meant to be read that way. But it didn’t feel like we missed much. I don’t know how we both missed that it was a part two, but here we are.
This was fun. There was quite a bit of action. It was kinda funny watching the boy who cried alien explain the alien invasion and no one listens to him. There was a decent twist at the end, adults will probably see coming at least.
But overall it was a good time. I don’t think we’ll double back for part one, just because both my daughter and I agreed we didn’t really need it. (I could be wrong, who knows?)
Honestly it definitely is not meant to be read that way. But it didn’t feel like we missed much. I don’t know how we both missed that it was a part two, but here we are.
This was fun. There was quite a bit of action. It was kinda funny watching the boy who cried alien explain the alien invasion and no one listens to him. There was a decent twist at the end, adults will probably see coming at least.
But overall it was a good time. I don’t think we’ll double back for part one, just because both my daughter and I agreed we didn’t really need it. (I could be wrong, who knows?)
June 5, 2022
Fatoni Maraton Goosebumps Series 2000
Buku 5 dari 25
Premisnya tidak bisa aku jelaskan karena ini sebuah sekuel.
Aku benci tokoh utama di buku ini. Sebenarnya, cerita Goosebumps tipikalnya seperti ini: tokoh utamanya anak-anak yang melihat monster, tapi orang-orang dewasa tidak ada yang mau percaya. Ya, emang sulit dipercaya juga sih ketika tiba-tiba ada anak kecil bilang ada alien jatuh di pekarangan depan. Namun, tokoh utama di buku ini ngotot banget selalu bilang blak-blakan padahal sudah belasan kali ditolak orang dewasa. Padahal di buku-buku lain, kadang tokoh utamanya pinteran dikit dengan nyari bukti agar orang dewasa percaya.
Buku 5 dari 25
Premisnya tidak bisa aku jelaskan karena ini sebuah sekuel.
Aku benci tokoh utama di buku ini. Sebenarnya, cerita Goosebumps tipikalnya seperti ini: tokoh utamanya anak-anak yang melihat monster, tapi orang-orang dewasa tidak ada yang mau percaya. Ya, emang sulit dipercaya juga sih ketika tiba-tiba ada anak kecil bilang ada alien jatuh di pekarangan depan. Namun, tokoh utama di buku ini ngotot banget selalu bilang blak-blakan padahal sudah belasan kali ditolak orang dewasa. Padahal di buku-buku lain, kadang tokoh utamanya pinteran dikit dengan nyari bukti agar orang dewasa percaya.
September 11, 2025
POSSEDUTA DAGLI ALIENI
Come se già non mettesse paura di suo, di questo libro acquistammo l'edizione speciale in cui era incluso un mostriciattolo racchiuso in un uovo sulla copertina: la cosa più gelatinosa e repellente che abbia mai visto in vita mia.
"L'invasione degli stritolatori" si divide in due parti, di cui la prima è relativamente "tranquilla" rispetto alla seconda, che mi ha turbato così tanto da non volere più dormire con la luce spenta dal timore che gli alieni potessero scendere sulla terra e possedere anche me.
Come se già non mettesse paura di suo, di questo libro acquistammo l'edizione speciale in cui era incluso un mostriciattolo racchiuso in un uovo sulla copertina: la cosa più gelatinosa e repellente che abbia mai visto in vita mia.
"L'invasione degli stritolatori" si divide in due parti, di cui la prima è relativamente "tranquilla" rispetto alla seconda, che mi ha turbato così tanto da non volere più dormire con la luce spenta dal timore che gli alieni potessero scendere sulla terra e possedere anche me.
November 1, 2023
Jack menyaksikan makhluk angkasa luar itu masuk ke dalam tubuh gurunya. Lalu, gurunya mendadak bertingkah aneh dan memaksanya untuk berpelukan. Tidak ada yang mau memercayai perkataannya karena dia masih anak-anak yang biasanya cenderung imajinatif. Terlebih lagi, makhluk itu bisa beradaptasi dengan baik: belajar berbicara dan mendapatkan ingatan dari inangnya. Apa yang harus ia lakukan sebelum semua orang berakhir ingin memeluknya?
Pertama-tama, pembaca disuguhi ringkasan novel sebelumnya yang menurutku cukup informatif dalam beberapa halaman. Aku belum pernah baca, tapi dari ulasan booktuber Gavin, buku pertamanya tidak begitu penting. Kayaknya memang iya karena aku bisa memahami novel ini tanpa kesulitan.
Deskripsi fisik dan tingkah laku tokoh bagus. Secara keseluruhan, cerita sangat ringan sehingga bisa dibaca cepat. Reaksi kejengkelan orangtua pun sangat relatable.
Konsep cerita alien yang mempunyai hobi memeluk manusia dan menyebabkan peristiwa orang saling peluk massal itu terdengar aneh. Aku suka dengan plot twists identitas Mr. Flashman. Dari yang dikira apa, eh, ternyata apa dan begitu seterusnya. Keduanya cukup menghibur.
Format cerita R.L. Stine dipakai berulang-ulang di satu novel ini. Seorang anak menemukan sesuatu -> orang-orang tidak memercayainya -> dia terus memperingatkan tanpa strategi -> makin dianggap gila -> mau tak mau harus menyelesaikan masalah itu sendiri. Di sini Jack melakukan hal-hal terlalu ceroboh, yang bisa kumaklumi karena dia masih anak-anak. Tapi, aku jadi terkena seconhand embarrassment.
Aku ingat kalau jengkel banget sama novel ini pas pertama kali baca tahun lalu. Pas aku baca untuk yang kedua kalinya, aku heran kok masih bisa menikmatinya meskipun format tadi terasa repetitif. Tapi, aku jadi paham setelah memasuki bagian akhir novel.
Kalau dua teman cowok itu sudah "kerasukan", kenapa mereka masih memaksa Jack ikut tes renang? Supaya akting mereka lebih meyakinkan? Padahal mereka bisa saja "menulari" Jack, tanpa mengorbankan risiko Jack memergoki kelemahan mereka. Oke, mungkin itu karena kelemahan mereka enggak mengancam nyawa, jadi enggak masalah kalau diketahui. Anggap saja mereka kayak kucing yang takut dengan air meskipun air enggak bisa membunuh mereka. Aku pun bisa menerima jebakan solusi ini.
Namun, penyelesaian tidak memuaskanlah yang merusak keseluruhan ceritanya. Jack mendapatkan ide gila itu entah dari mana. Terasa sangat aneh karena tidak ada petunjuknya di halaman-halaman sebelumnya, yang kutahu hanyalah alien itu suka merasuki. Bahkan sama sekali enggak terpikirkan otakku kalau "merasuki duluan sebelum dirasuki" bisa jadi solusi. Bos aliennya juga terasa terlalu mudah dikalahkan karena cuma memakan kurang dari tiga halaman. Penulisnya seperti sangat terburu-buru.
Omong-omong, di halaman 12, ada satu setengah kalimat awal dari dua paragraf berbeda yang sama persis—membuatku merasa looping.
Pertama-tama, pembaca disuguhi ringkasan novel sebelumnya yang menurutku cukup informatif dalam beberapa halaman. Aku belum pernah baca, tapi dari ulasan booktuber Gavin, buku pertamanya tidak begitu penting. Kayaknya memang iya karena aku bisa memahami novel ini tanpa kesulitan.
Deskripsi fisik dan tingkah laku tokoh bagus. Secara keseluruhan, cerita sangat ringan sehingga bisa dibaca cepat. Reaksi kejengkelan orangtua pun sangat relatable.
Konsep cerita alien yang mempunyai hobi memeluk manusia dan menyebabkan peristiwa orang saling peluk massal itu terdengar aneh. Aku suka dengan plot twists identitas Mr. Flashman. Dari yang dikira apa, eh, ternyata apa dan begitu seterusnya. Keduanya cukup menghibur.
Format cerita R.L. Stine dipakai berulang-ulang di satu novel ini. Seorang anak menemukan sesuatu -> orang-orang tidak memercayainya -> dia terus memperingatkan tanpa strategi -> makin dianggap gila -> mau tak mau harus menyelesaikan masalah itu sendiri. Di sini Jack melakukan hal-hal terlalu ceroboh, yang bisa kumaklumi karena dia masih anak-anak. Tapi, aku jadi terkena seconhand embarrassment.
Aku ingat kalau jengkel banget sama novel ini pas pertama kali baca tahun lalu. Pas aku baca untuk yang kedua kalinya, aku heran kok masih bisa menikmatinya meskipun format tadi terasa repetitif. Tapi, aku jadi paham setelah memasuki bagian akhir novel.
Kalau dua teman cowok itu sudah "kerasukan", kenapa mereka masih memaksa Jack ikut tes renang? Supaya akting mereka lebih meyakinkan? Padahal mereka bisa saja "menulari" Jack, tanpa mengorbankan risiko Jack memergoki kelemahan mereka. Oke, mungkin itu karena kelemahan mereka enggak mengancam nyawa, jadi enggak masalah kalau diketahui. Anggap saja mereka kayak kucing yang takut dengan air meskipun air enggak bisa membunuh mereka. Aku pun bisa menerima jebakan solusi ini.
Namun, penyelesaian tidak memuaskanlah yang merusak keseluruhan ceritanya. Jack mendapatkan ide gila itu entah dari mana. Terasa sangat aneh karena tidak ada petunjuknya di halaman-halaman sebelumnya, yang kutahu hanyalah alien itu suka merasuki. Bahkan sama sekali enggak terpikirkan otakku kalau "merasuki duluan sebelum dirasuki" bisa jadi solusi. Bos aliennya juga terasa terlalu mudah dikalahkan karena cuma memakan kurang dari tiga halaman. Penulisnya seperti sangat terburu-buru.
Omong-omong, di halaman 12, ada satu setengah kalimat awal dari dua paragraf berbeda yang sama persis—membuatku merasa looping.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 15, 2024
This book can be described in two words: Repetitive Banger. I like it a bit more than part one, which is much different than my original take; I used to think this was a big downgrade thanks to the second half of the book back in 2021. Boy did that change! Now getting to my positives, I think this book was, well, really fun. It’s a good read all throughout, and it keeps you entertained. The aliens are really cool creatures and are executed well and are implemented well too. The annoying side characters are less annoying than they were in the first book, so that’s good. Mr Fleshman’s big reveal at the end of the story was not very ‘shocking’ (pun intended) but it was still really cool in terms of potential designs and defeats, to be pretty vague. I loved my time with the book and I generally enjoy alien stories in Goosebumps. But there are some negatives, starting off with the repetitiveness. The story does some different stuff from the first book, but it really rails on that. It’s just rinse and repeat until the end; get person to believe me, they don’t believe me/get turned into aliens, and repeat for 70 pages. Is it a fine and fun story? Yes, but it’s repetitive. Another thing that bothers me is something that was clearly set up in the first book never being brought up again, and it involves tennis balls. It was abundantly clear that tennis balls were the alien’s weakness in the first story, stupidly fucking obvious in that one scene, yet it was never mentioned again. It pisses me off. And another thing involving weaknesses—there was a new “weakness” introduced that was hinted at during the story two times, and when Jack put it together, it turned out that it was just a bunch of fake-out-hinting. Bruh. The fuck. Moving on, the story gets an 8.5/10. Slightly better than first book because spooky ahh aliens.
January 18, 2025
I skipped reading the first part (mainly because I don't have a copy), but I am still caught up on where the part one left off as the prologue of this book summarized the first book in about four pages and this started with a really action packed opener which I thought is great but suddenly that momentum paused to something redundant of the main character being dumb.
I already read reviews about part one where I've been told that the first part is mostly redundant and from what I know off based on this book's prologue, it's mostly a big set up for what supposed to be a big event of the alien invasion, something like War of the Worlds type of survival story and what this book delivers is pretty disappointing as what I really expected based on the cover only happens for like 4-6 pages.
The titular Body Squeezers are barely in this one, it reminded me of how the symbiote from the spider-verse works where this alien parasite just possesses you which this book presents taking humans as their hosts, I think this is kind of a personal thing but the villains in this story are human forms which kind of lessens the intensity than the usual monster and kid chase in some Goosebumps books. at the least other Goosebumps stories has more better alien stories such as Brain Juice and Egg Monsters From Mars (kind of an alien story I guess?)
This book could have been better if it was only in the length of a normal 120 page Goosebumps book than a two parter.
I already read reviews about part one where I've been told that the first part is mostly redundant and from what I know off based on this book's prologue, it's mostly a big set up for what supposed to be a big event of the alien invasion, something like War of the Worlds type of survival story and what this book delivers is pretty disappointing as what I really expected based on the cover only happens for like 4-6 pages.
The titular Body Squeezers are barely in this one, it reminded me of how the symbiote from the spider-verse works where this alien parasite just possesses you which this book presents taking humans as their hosts, I think this is kind of a personal thing but the villains in this story are human forms which kind of lessens the intensity than the usual monster and kid chase in some Goosebumps books. at the least other Goosebumps stories has more better alien stories such as Brain Juice and Egg Monsters From Mars (kind of an alien story I guess?)
This book could have been better if it was only in the length of a normal 120 page Goosebumps book than a two parter.
January 8, 2021
This book picks up right from where the first leaves off.
After the little action/suspense sequence that the first book left off on resolves, the second book goes through a repeat of much of what transpired in the first book.
Ugh.
Aliens are coming. Must warn everyone. They won't believe me! Must warn people some more. Have to convince them aliens are coming. No one believes me?! What the hell?!?!?!
Ughhhhhh.
I really wanted to like this two-part story. I think it's cool that R.L. Stine created his own twist on the sci-fi classic book/movie. I think that this book did also have a couple of parts in it that were a little bit creepy. But overall, I found myself getting more bored with this book than I did with the first.
I liked the premise, but thought it was executed very poorly. Too repetitive and Jack has got to be one of the most unintelligent G.B. protagonists out there. (Also, the ending sucks)
I give this one a 1.75 / 5 stars.
Overall, both books as a whole, I'd probably rate them 2 / 5 stars.
Not the worst G.B. books I've read, but far from being some of the best, either.
After the little action/suspense sequence that the first book left off on resolves, the second book goes through a repeat of much of what transpired in the first book.
Ugh.
Aliens are coming. Must warn everyone. They won't believe me! Must warn people some more. Have to convince them aliens are coming. No one believes me?! What the hell?!?!?!
Ughhhhhh.
I really wanted to like this two-part story. I think it's cool that R.L. Stine created his own twist on the sci-fi classic book/movie. I think that this book did also have a couple of parts in it that were a little bit creepy. But overall, I found myself getting more bored with this book than I did with the first.
I liked the premise, but thought it was executed very poorly. Too repetitive and Jack has got to be one of the most unintelligent G.B. protagonists out there. (Also, the ending sucks)
I give this one a 1.75 / 5 stars.
Overall, both books as a whole, I'd probably rate them 2 / 5 stars.
Not the worst G.B. books I've read, but far from being some of the best, either.
January 22, 2025
The invasion is on! After much anticipation in Part 1, Part 2 delivers monsters on the loose at last—and they're quickly taking over Los Angeles! Can Jack "Saucer Man" Archer convince his friends and family that real-life aliens are possessing everyone they hug? Or will they, as usual, mock his wild claims?
Not gonna lie, I worried the first book's tense build-up would be wasted on a lackluster finale. But fear not! The story concludes with expert misdirection and an unexpected climax — not to mention one final twist.
It's especially exciting for Goosebumps to delve into danger on an epic, global scale. Usually the villains are more one-on-one and limited in their path of destruction.
In a series already bursting with numerous iconic monsters, the Body Squeezers are too often forgotten. As a non-hugger, I found their method of body snatching to be particularly sinister and maybe even unsurprising. Hugging is such an awkward, unnecessarily intimate social tradition. Now I feel justified in keeping people out of my bubble! :D
Not gonna lie, I worried the first book's tense build-up would be wasted on a lackluster finale. But fear not! The story concludes with expert misdirection and an unexpected climax — not to mention one final twist.
It's especially exciting for Goosebumps to delve into danger on an epic, global scale. Usually the villains are more one-on-one and limited in their path of destruction.
In a series already bursting with numerous iconic monsters, the Body Squeezers are too often forgotten. As a non-hugger, I found their method of body snatching to be particularly sinister and maybe even unsurprising. Hugging is such an awkward, unnecessarily intimate social tradition. Now I feel justified in keeping people out of my bubble! :D
September 23, 2017
(Part 1 Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... )
This is the second half of the story begun in Invasion of the Body Squeezers Part 1. The tension building portion of the story is over; it's all action in this part. There are many twists and turns in this story, some obvious, but some genuinely surprising (of course, I think the twists would work much better for readers in the intended age range). The ending is abrupt, but better than the ending of Invasion of the Body Snatchers (the obvious inspiration for this story).
Protagonist Jack Archer is one extraordinarily determined and impressively athletic child. He keeps fighting as everyone around him is taken over by the invading aliens. He still desperately needs mental health treatment, though.
This is the second half of the story begun in Invasion of the Body Squeezers Part 1. The tension building portion of the story is over; it's all action in this part. There are many twists and turns in this story, some obvious, but some genuinely surprising (of course, I think the twists would work much better for readers in the intended age range). The ending is abrupt, but better than the ending of Invasion of the Body Snatchers (the obvious inspiration for this story).
Protagonist Jack Archer is one extraordinarily determined and impressively athletic child. He keeps fighting as everyone around him is taken over by the invading aliens. He still desperately needs mental health treatment, though.
January 31, 2025
Now finishing up Part 2, the story as a whole was pretty exciting and fun to listen to. I really enjoyed this Sci-Fi horror entry into the world of Goosebumps. The second half had some fun surprises, my only wish was that it would have showed the aliens in their true creature forms causing mayhem instead of them in human forms. It did have a decent cliff hanger and I believe there is another book that continues telling the story on these race of terrifying alien creatures. I'm looking forward to what is in store next for the Body Squeezers!
April 21, 2025
This book picks up right where part one left off. They have landed. Jack is desperate to save the town from these alien creatures. He can't seem to escape them. His teachers, parents, friends and even the weatherman have become affected by these creatures. Mr. Fleshman lied about who he was...
The ending was pretty abrupt and I wasn't surprised with Billie's comment at the end but this was a fun read and definitely creepy as hell. Who wouldn't be scared when their town is under attack by aliens??
The ending was pretty abrupt and I wasn't surprised with Billie's comment at the end but this was a fun read and definitely creepy as hell. Who wouldn't be scared when their town is under attack by aliens??
September 16, 2021
Begins with an unnecessary recap of Part 1 (in which nothing happens) and only gets worse from there as aliens start hugging people to take over their bodies. This 2-parter should've been a no-parter.
September 9, 2024
Part 2 was a much better improvement to part 1.
I felt a lot of the school scenes in this reminded me so much of one of my favourite horror movies of all time which is The Facility.
In general I liked this part 2 a lot. 4 stars
I felt a lot of the school scenes in this reminded me so much of one of my favourite horror movies of all time which is The Facility.
In general I liked this part 2 a lot. 4 stars
March 10, 2025
So it turns out the epic two part story is nothing more than a basic rip off of Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Except now they hug? I guess I should have expected thay but it's ridiculous that the events on the cover never happen. 3 stars is generous, it's more like 2.5.
October 13, 2025
Better than Part 1. I liked how this fun little 2-part story unfolded in Part 2. Reminds me of The Faculty (1998) which I first watched in 1999 and now reading Body Squeezers 26 years later, this was like a fun little time warp back to the late 90's.
October 13, 2020
Still don't like them.
April 8, 2021
This book was so much fun! And I think I will always love me some goosebumps forever! It was such a light and quick read but so much plot woven into it!
August 1, 2023
Good book for alen lovers ❤️
September 18, 2024
I really enjoyed the 2 books I wish there had been more 2 part goosebumps books
November 23, 2024
What did I just read. Also, LA is dumb in this book. Also, I just realized Mr. Fleshman’s name! Ha ha!
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October 25, 2025
Did m night shamllama steal this book for Signs?
The pre twist ending is really kinda wild. This one has all the action the first book was lacking.
The pre twist ending is really kinda wild. This one has all the action the first book was lacking.
January 28, 2025
This book has some alien action in it. 1.5/10
October 17, 2016
Here we have the denoument to Stine’s two-part Goosebumps 2000 books about the body squeezers, evil aliens that are trying to take over the planet by spreading from person to person and taking over their bodies. Their victims try to further the invasion by tracking down other potential victims and hugging them, so that the alien hosts can be passed from one person to another until the whole city is taken over.
It’s a decent read and works as a standalone, which begs the question: Why does the first Invasion of the Body Squeezers book even exist?
It’s a decent read and works as a standalone, which begs the question: Why does the first Invasion of the Body Squeezers book even exist?
October 25, 2012
Reviewing both parts together.
It bored me when I was younger and it bored me now. It's twice as long as a normal goosebumps book but it's probably the most pointless story of all of them. I think this would be too long even if it was one book... it should just be a short story and it could probably easily be edited down to that without losing anything important because most of it is just stupid filler.
It bored me when I was younger and it bored me now. It's twice as long as a normal goosebumps book but it's probably the most pointless story of all of them. I think this would be too long even if it was one book... it should just be a short story and it could probably easily be edited down to that without losing anything important because most of it is just stupid filler.
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March 15, 2013This story starts off with the captivating paranoia of Jack Archer, spying on his quirky and mysterious neighbor, Mr. Fleshman. With frustrating family members, taunting friends, creepy voices, and an impending national doom, R.L. Stine saves this book from being absurd and cringe-worthy. The mystery and sci-fi suspense is enough to make a reader run to the bookstores to find out what happens in the sequel...........
December 15, 2016
Konyol ah, kurang menarik. Dan ngapain perlu dibikin 2 part!! Gila, padahal satu buku aja cukup ini sih. Buku part 1 kebanyakan diisi dengan standar goosebumps, ratapan bocah yang dibully karena dianggap kikuk saat ingin membuktikan hal aneh yang orang lain ga menyadarinya. Part 2: semua tak seperti yang diharapkan!! Gitu aja. Covernya menipu, kyknya seru gitu... Ternyata isinya ga lebih dari sekedar orang peluk-pelukan!! Hah!!
May 27, 2013
Way better than the first. That's why it took me 20 days to read, had no interest in it, but surprised. much more suspenseful than the first and "action" picks up quickly.
Though there are some questionable moments. For example why is Jack being chased by most aliens but not all, example the bus driver didn't try to hug him. Bah I'm nitpicking. Story is fine read it whatever.
Though there are some questionable moments. For example why is Jack being chased by most aliens but not all, example the bus driver didn't try to hug him. Bah I'm nitpicking. Story is fine read it whatever.
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