Danger Time

Give Yourself Goosebumps #41

by R.L. Stine

The reader must decide whether to help Chronos, a wizard who claims to need help in defusing a "time" bomb, or try to escape from the Time Police

Genres: Horror, Gamebooks, Fiction, Choose Your Own Adventure, Fantasy, Childrens

135 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Robert 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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Reviews

[Colton · Rating 4 out of 5]

My friend in elementary school had a handful of Give Yourself Goosebumps titles he let me read, including this one. The storyline left an impression on me, and rereading it years later, I found myself recognizing some of the scenarios. The storylines center on your character, your friend and your little brother stumbling upon a plot to end time. You can either join with the rebel leader Chronos and fight against the Time Police, or head to the center of the universe and defuse a bomb in a land populated by the creatures of the Zodiac. In my opinion, this is one of the best, most original plots I've seen so far in the series. It's interesting and pretty well thought out. During the Zodiac storyline, you encounter almost every creature, from Aquarius to Taurus to Leo, in some very imaginative scenes. In the other storyline, you have the choice of going into the past, present or future and battling the Time Police, which doesn't manage to be as interesting or fun as the previous storyline. Something I thought was really well-done was the ambiguity of Chronos's character. Is he a rebel fighting for justice or a criminal fighting the police? As one of the last entries in this series, published in 1999, it's doubtful this book got the attention it deserved. In my opinion, it's well worth tracking down and I recommend it.

[Alejandro Joseph · Rating 2 out of 5]

The second-to-last Give Yourself Goosebumps book so happens to be themed around… time and zodiac signs? This science fiction twist is a boring and sadly not very good addition to the GYG series, but it has a few things I liked. The idea of these zodiac sign creatures (I think that’s what they were?) and the place you find them is something extremely cool, and it was the favored storyline here. There’s a handful of great endings in this book, some of my favorites being the “one week in slow time” ending and one involving befriending a villain and dropping the whole story. I enjoyed some moments from both arcs, but sadly, there’s a lot more negatives to discuss here. The time police arc was not very good, being one of the weakest storylines I’ve read in a GYG to date. It’s boring, confusing, and doesn’t feel like Goosebumps—a whole issue on its own for the whole book. Yeah, this book mostly doesn’t feel like a Goosebumps adventure and more like an old fantasy novel about saving time, which is exactly what it is lol. Most of the endings are mid and don’t stick out, and this book had nothing really spectacular about it. It’s a below mid story. Overall, 4/10. I didn’t hate this, but I didn’t like this either. Easily one of the weakest GYGs. I also find it funny that this is the second to last book, and it had a clock monster on the cover—just like the second book, Tick Tock, You’re Dead. Coincidence? I’m not even sure.

[Willen P · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was okay. I thought the zodiac sign story was quite interesting, getting to meet Aries, Leo, and others (who are either good or bad). I don't think my star sign (Libra) made an appearance, neither did Capricorn or Virgo.

The Time Police storyline was also okay. But it turns out, whether you want to help Chronos straightaway, or run away, you end up having to 'help' him in either storyline (whether he is good or bad).

My favourite ending was when you end up being billionaires because the Time Police liked the movie so much.

[Griffin C. · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is definitely the most forgettable GYG book I've read so far. I wouldn't consider it bad but there isn't any part I'd consider exceptionally good. There are two main storylines in this book, one where you get sent to this fantasy world with zodiac signs to defuse a time bomb and one where you get chased by these men in black type characters known as the time police. Both are okay but I preferred the time police storyline. 5/10

[kayla · Rating 4 out of 5]

i don’t like anything to do with times and clocks because it’s confusing but i really enjoy this book. it was an old book i found in my brother’s room. it’s super fun to read and you got to make all the choices in order to survive.

[reneejaira · Rating 3 out of 5]

that was fun

[fanboyriot · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was okay, but not my favorite. I liked the setting and atmosphere of this book but the plot wasn’t really my thing.

[Myles · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is my second "Give yourself Goosebumps" I've read along with my daughter, I read plenty more as a kid but can't remember them much.

While I enjoyed this, I didn't like how many choices are taken away from you, such as "look at the clock, if the hour is odd go to page..." or "if your zodiac sign is X, go to page Y"

Still thoroughly enjoy reading through these with my daughter, though.

[Jayleen Scissorhands]

i dont like clocks

[Jessie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Find out if you would survive by creating your own horror story!

[Anshul Kumar]

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