Vollmondfieber

Goosebumps 2000 #22

by R.L. Stine

Als Robbie und Alesha bei ihrem Großvater übernachten, erzählt er ihnen die unheimliche Geschichte vom Vollmondfieber, das angeblich all diejenigen befällt, die in der Halloween-Nacht direkt in den Vollmond schauen. Einige Zeit später ist Halloween und in dieser Nacht scheint tatsächlich auch der Vollmond. Die Geschwister können der Versuchung nicht widerstehen und sehen direkt hinein. Kurze Zeit später mutieren sie zu Bestien. Sie müssen sich infiziert haben ...

Genres: Horror, Middle Grade, Childrens, Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult, Halloween

128 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1999

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

[Gavin Hetherington · Rating 3 out of 5]

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

[Josiah · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some of the best books R.L. Stine wrote are in the Goosebumps Series 2000. By that time he'd gotten as good a handle on the format as he was going to get, and was a seasoned pro at inconspicuously setting up bizarre twists for his storylines. The action often comes across as fresher and more unpredictable than the original Goosebumps series, veering crazily all over the road, and that's a prime strength of Full Moon Fever. There were a couple of werewolf books in the original series (The Werewolf of Fever Swamp and Werewolf Skin), but I don't believe either was equal to this fast-paced and surprisingly philosophical look at the consequences of disrespect in the face of powers beyond our ken.

It's a typical Halloween evening out trick-or-treating for Robbie and his younger sister Alesha, though memories of a recent visit to their Grandpa John's fill the night with ambient eeriness. Grandpa John had spun a frightening yarn about a dread folk disease called Full Moon Fever, caught by staring too long at the silvery full moon. Tempted to test Grandpa John's story and repudiate the existence of Full Moon Fever on this Halloween night, Robbie and Alesha are immediately wracked with agony as they gaze at the moon, and awaken morning next to find themselves catastrophically changed. The siblings have morphed into wolflike creatures with little control over their tempers, possessed of deadly strength. Their own mother doesn't recognize them when they go to her for help, trying to speak comprehensible words through their lolling wolf tongues and clumsy snouts. Their only hope is to run to Grandpa John's house and hide with him before the police capture them, but even if they're successful, what chance do two terrified werewolf kids have of reversing a curse that has reportedly never been undone? Do they have a prayer of making it to the next full moon to see if Grandpa John's story was accurate, if by standing under the moon's pale glow they can return to human form?

Full Moon Fever moves at a good clip and goes places I didn't think a Goosebumps book would. R.L. Stine briefly lingers on some sobering thoughts that give the story more gravitas than most of his middle-grade fare, even allowing a few moments for deeper contemplation of the distressing scenario in which Robbie and Alesha are trapped. What are you to do when the world views you as a monster, unable to look past the danger it assumes you pose and recognize your human soul? What of the internal battle against your own monstrous traits, instinct driving you to hurt people you care about, to destroy them? If you can't resist your harmful impulses, are you truly as monstrous as others say? This struggle is at its most poignant in Full Moon Fever when Robbie holds his dog Scruffy, the little animal overjoyed to see him despite his monstrous exterior. Scruffy doesn't mind that Robbie and Alesha are ugly and hairy, he just recognizes them as his people and is glad to have them home. But that morsel of live meat in his hands triggers Robbie's voracious werewolf hunger, and he fears he can't control his appetite. Would he kill the one creature left in the world who sees him as human? It's an unexpectedly emotional moment for a Goosebumps book, and R.L. Stine manages it well. But whether or not Robbie overcomes his baser instincts, all may not end happily for him and his sister.

At the very least, I rate Full Moon Fever two and a half stars. I'm tempted to round that up to three, but I'm not totally convinced. Either way, tally my rating as right on the verge, and consider it rounded up if you believe my review makes the case. This is one of R.L. Stine's better offerings, near the level of Be Careful What You Wish For... or Deep Trouble, and I recommend it for Goosebumps fans who want a taste of something different. Like several other Series 2000 entries, Full Moon Fever certainly delivers that. If you prefer your horror stories with a tinge of introspection, you're unlikely to go wrong with this one.

[Neele · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ich liebe dass sie die ganze Zeit grundlos Sachen durch die Gegend schmeißen


Ich fand es ganz witzig und an einigen Punkten sogar spannend, das Ende war nur bisschen enttäuschend

[Ritika Chhabra · Rating 4 out of 5]

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This was the second Goosebumps book I picked up after about 5 or 6 years (maybe 7). I’m an adult now and it surprised me to see how much I still liked reading these books. However, this book didn’t pan out that amazingly for me. Not that it wasn’t good story-wise, but it just didn’t end up being that great for me.

Full Moon Fever starts off with two siblings visiting their grandfather while their parents spent some time together. The kids are genuinely scared of their grandfather for he tells them scary stories and then, that night, he told them a story about the Full Moon Fever that has them rattled. Needless to say, the story was a fake but what happens when the siblings are actually struck with this fever? They turn into monsters and no one, not even their grandfather has any idea what to do.

Full Moon Fever was a nice addition to the Goosebumps 2000 list. It held something new in it and I highly doubt that I had read this one earlier. However, it wasn’t as charming as the other Goosebumps usually turn out to be. It was scary, of course and would have tormented my mind a lot had I read it a good 10 years ago. And yet, it was quite plain. It is a typical Halloween book. Everything starts on Halloween, after all.

Overall, I’d say that this was like every other Goosebumps novel and I did enjoy it. However, it did not intrigue me that much. For all that mattered, the two protagonists irritated me more than they eased up to me. Stine’s work, otherwise, was great and I very much look forward to reading his other books quite again!

[Sayan Das · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bad ending.. so I disliked it

[Dan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not much to this one, just kids who turn into beasts going on a rampage. Not awful but not particularly interesting.

[The Gooseblock Bruce · Rating 1 out of 5]

Whilst I think this book had an interesting enough idea, this story just kept going in directions i was really not desiring. From the get go the first twenty pages feels like an intro, and from there halloween night only lasts like 30 pages. So the first half isnt bad, but isnt very good at all. Now we get to the second half and this just feels directionless… especially once you get to the Dr. Thorne twist which is one of the dumbest moments ive ever read in goosebumps. Its not the worst thing in the world of Goosebumps or kids horror in general, but it does suck for a multitude of reasons, light 3/10.

[regi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nostalgie Gefühl - Level 2000. Ich erinnere mich wie ich die Bücher als Kind immer in kürzester Zeit verschlang und auch jetzt würd ich sagen, dass das Buch gut gealtert ist und ich nachvollziehen kann, warum die kleine Regina von damals die Bücher so toll fand.

[Asteria Hecate · Rating 4 out of 5]

Okay, first of all, does Robbie not know how to read?? HOW did he make the same mistake again, especially after everything that happened because he misread the name of the chocolate the first time???

Now that that's out of the way, I must say that this book really lived up to the promise of "2000 times the scare" that this series promises. The story is from the POV of Robbie, who's turned into a beast - and all the gruesomely detailed thoughts he has about eating animals, ripping apart human limbs, etc. was indeed creepy. The plot itself wasn't the best I've read, but the creepiness made up for it.

Also, that one chapter in between where the three of them are captured and are travelling around as a part of the carnival - why did Stine completely gloss over that?? That was so weird to me.

[Kreativian003 · Rating 2 out of 5]

Eigentlich eine interessante Geschichte über das Vollmondfieber, die Auflösung des ganzen war jedoch nicht sehr zufrieden stellend. Außerdem fand ich die Protagonisten und vorallem ihren Großvater nicht so sympathisch.

[Nader Nate · Rating 3 out of 5]

The plot itself wasn't the best, but the creepiness made up for it.
the book is kind of gory and this was unusual for goosebumps books, I liked the first half of the book more than the second
The ending was not satisfactory for me and I can say that the book is average.
#VERDICT : (6/10)

[Rusmina]

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la nostalgie m’a poussée à l’emprunter à la biblio et tenter d’en relire un mais je me suis vite rendue compte que c’était vrm plus de mon âge lol

[Christopher Saunders · Rating 3 out of 5]

R.L. Stine's Full Moon Fever is one of the later Series 2000 books, and definitely one of the craziest. Two siblings, Robbie and Alesha, transform into ravenous monsters on Halloween night. Fearing that they've been infected with an illness called "Full Moon Fever," they undertake a treacherous journey to find a cure - only to discover that the real cause of their transformation is a lot closer to home. Goosebumps fans joke about how Stine always falls back on werewolves as a plot device, but he's weirdly insistent that the monsters in this story aren't werewolves, just "beasts." Sure the full moon causes them to grow hair and fangs, and they're constantly eating and unable to control their anger, but don't call them werewolves - that just makes them angrier. Jokes aside, this story starts with effective scene-setting (a passage with the kids' creepy grandpa is arguably scarier than the monster mayhem), some harrowing chapters of the kids adjusting to their hairy new forms...then it goes off the rails with a series of weird side quests. A tense plane ride, battles with angry neighbors, a hike through Canada, a stint in a sideshow, showdowns with gun-toting hillbillies and vengeful witches...these kids have it rough, even more than your average Goosebumps heroes. Being a Series 2000 book, Stine ladles on the gore (graphic scenes of Robbie and Alesha eating various unfortunate critters), absurd twists and a generally wild tone that's probably too intense for the youngest readers. Older fans will shake their heads at the nonsensical story progression, including one of the dumbest twists in Stine's oeuvre - which is saying something. Moral: If you eat candy on Halloween, make sure you read the wrapper first!

[Jeremy Muller · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really enjoying re-reading the Goosbumps series! Catching up on this story, I can't help but imagine the song "By the light of the Silvery Moon" playing in the background off a scratchy old vinyl record! A scary story that turns out to be real is a kids worst nightmare and that's exactly what happens in this Stine tale. Especially love the twist at the end on who the protagonist really is although the premise could have been avoided if the kids understood they had dyslexia! 'nuff said!

[Owen · Rating 2 out of 5]

Thought it was good but basically has some similar ploys he used in Werewolf In the living room. Lol 😆

[Austin Smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

*Sigh*
Yet another S2K book that is wrapped up in fond memories and nostalgia, only to not hold up / age quite as well as some of the others.
So we have another werewolf entry in Series 2000, although in this book, I think the term Werewolf is only used once or twice, and more often they are simply referred to as "Beasts."

Our main characters, Robbie and Alesha, are turned into "beasts" after looking up at a full moon to disprove an old folk tale told by their grandfather about 'Full Moon Fever'. (Not really a spoiler btw, this all happens within the first 30-40 pages of the book).
From there, our protagonists are trapped in the bodies of (werewolves/beasts) and are trying to figure out how to turn back into their normal / human selves.
Unlike Werewolf in the Living Room, and more akin to this book's predecessor, The Haunted Car, we have a pretty linear plot and straight-forward story. Which is one thing I do appreciate about it, it doesn't jump all over the place with crazy sub-plots and introduce vague ideas that aren't really tied into the story (for the most part, anyway). We have a pretty simple, yet focused story here, and is, for the most part, decently executed.
Another thing I like about this book is the simple premise, kids turning into werewolves, being isolated / alienated, trying to figure out how to return to their old lives. And I did enjoy this book for the most part, but I feel like this idea was a little bit of a missed opportunity. For being a S2K book, and taking into consideration the premise of this story, I feel like Stine really held back with this book. (On to my issues with this book, now)

This book really feels tame, aside from a couple of scenes, in comparison with some of the other S2K books. Considering the subject matter of this story, why did R.L. Stine choose not to better explore this idea of the kids being trapped in wolves bodies? I feel like there was a lot of room here to give us a dark, emotional rollercoaster like some of the other S2K books. Unfortunately, this book ends up feeling kind of animated, cartoonish, almost, and that is one of my biggest complaints with it. A couple of examples:
There is one scene in the book where the kids' dad (early on, before the transformation) is zapped by electricity, and the scene is played out for humor, clearly, but it's very unrealistic and ends in a way that should have either ended their dad's life or at least been life-threatening; yet, it's played off as no big deal. (Home Improvement / Tim Taylor, anyone?)
Another scene that takes place somewhere around the midway point in the book, NO spoilers by the way, is a fight scene that is utterly laughable. It's played off as suspenseful / serious, but it literally makes no sense, and it kind of ruins whatever serious tone the book had going for it to begin with, which wasn't really all that much. During this "action/fight" scene, one character performs an attack/action that should result in at least a little bit of blood... but nope, nothing happens, the fight scene ends shortly after, and I was left wondering what the heck that was all about.
I understand this book is for kids. I understand the violence has to be kept to a minimum... but there have been other mild descriptions of blood and gore and even more intense violence in some of the other S2K books... so why did Stine completely shy away from it in this book? Who knows. Maybe it was his editor(s) at the time. At any rate, this book just feels really toned down and didn't live up to that dark, more intense feel a lot of the S2K books have.
There were a couple of scenes that were mildly nauseating / but they were very brief and provided as little detail as possible.

Towards the end, around the third act, the story takes a bit of a leap and we get quite the setting change. Not really sure how I felt about that. Not quite believable, but I was willing enough to suspend it for that part of the story. It played out okay, but it was just... weird....
There are a few things that didn't really make sense around the third act, and I think R.L. Stine could have come up with something a little better, but it's whatever.
The kids eventually return to their hometown, and we get another plot twist that serves as the "resolution". The twist isn't bad, but it's not good, either. It's kind of like the rest of the story, kind of... meh.

Had this book's characters been more than one-dimensional, had we maybe gotten a little more backstory with Mrs. Eakin's plotline/intentions, had we maybe gotten a little bit more atmosphere and less cartoonish-effects, I think I may have enjoyed this book a lot more.
Still, though, it wasn't that bad. Certainly not my least, or even one of my least favorite S2K books. I'm just disappointed it doesn't really hold up as well, as this, along with Werewolf in the Living Room, was my favorite S2K book when I was younger.

Another GB book that lives on better in memory, but is still passable to be a mediocre/okay book in the series.
2.75 / 5

[Yoyomaus Die Büchereule · Rating 2 out of 5]

Zum Inhalt:

Als Robbie und Alesha bei ihrem Großvater übernachten, erzählt er ihnen die unheimliche Geschichte vom Vollmondfieber, das angeblich all diejenigen befällt, die in der Halloween-Nacht direkt in den Vollmond schauen. Einige Zeit später ist Halloween und in dieser Nacht scheint tatsächlich auch der Vollmond. Die Geschwister können der Versuchung nicht widerstehen und sehen direkt hinein. Kurze Zeit später mutieren sie zu Bestien. Sie müssen sich infiziert haben ...

Cover:
Das Cover passt sehr gut zu der Reihe der Gänsehaut-Romane und zeigt eine Szene aus der Geschichte. Zu sehen ist hier vor einem Vollmond ein biestähnliches Wesen, fast ein bisschen halb Mensch und halb Wolf, wobei die Schnauze für einen Wolf viel zu breit ist. Fakt ist, dass das Cover aber wieder sehr treffend ist und neugierig macht!

Eigener Eindruck:
Robbie und Alesha übernachten nicht gern bei ihrem Großvater, weil er es immer wieder schafft sie das Fürchten zu lehren. Jedes Mal schafft er es sie dermaßen zu ängstigen, dass sie noch weniger gern zu ihm fahren. Als er kurz vor Halloween die Geschichte vom Vollmondfieber erzählt und die beiden Kinder damit auf den Arm nimmt, nehmen sie ihm das sehr übel. Nachdem sie schließlich an Halloween fette Beute gemacht haben, bemerken die Geschwister den Vollmond und foppen sich mit der Geschichte von ihrem Großvater. Als ihnen der Gedanke kommt in den Vollmond zu blicken ahnen sie noch nicht, dass das für die beiden gefährliche und fatale Folgen haben wird, denn bereits am nächsten Morgen beginnen sie sich zu verändern…

Die nun schon 59te Geschichte aus der Reihe der Gänsehaut-Bücher beschäftigt sich wieder einmal mit der Thematik der Gestaltwandler. Was für mich erst wie eine Werwolfgeschichte klang, wird zu einer Geschichte mit einem unbekannten Biest. Dabei werden nicht nur die Kinder verändert und erleben den Horror ihres Lebens, auch der Großvater scheint hier quasi sein „Fett“ weg zubekommen und muss erleben wie seine Enkel Monster werden und er mit ihnen auch noch entführt wird. Was die Kinder durchleben ist durchaus gruselig und spannend, wie ich fand. Was mir jedoch an der Geschichte schlussendlich nicht so gut gefallen hat war die Tatsache, dass viele Dialoge mit Lauten durchzogen sind, die die Tierlaute der Bestien nachahmen soll. Das las sich für mich nicht gruselig, sondern eher nervig und hat mir ein wenig den Lesespaß genommen. Auch fehlt mir effektiv die Auflösung der Geschichte, warum das alles so gekommen ist, wie es kam. Sicher ist die Nachbarin eine Erklärung, aber mir fehlt eben der wirklich genaue Grund. Das ließ mich als Leser sehr unzufrieden zurück. Ansonsten präsentiert sich die Geschichte in gewohnter Stine-Manier und hangelt sich von einem „Spannungspunkt“ zum nächsten. Für sehr junge Leser ist das sicher was, für mich wird die Schreibart langsam auch ein wenig öde Ich hoffe, dass mich andere Geschichten aus der Reihe wieder mehr begeistern können.

Fazit:
Konnte mich leider nicht so überzeugen und war auch von der Thematik her nicht so meins. Schade.

Idee: 4/5
Emotionen: 2/5
Charaktere: 2/5
Logik: 3/5
Spannung: 2/5

Gesamt: 2 von 5 Sterne

Daten der aktuellsten Ausgabe:
ISBN: 9783570211403
Sprache: Deutsch
Ausgabe: Flexibler Einband
Umfang: 126 Seiten
Verlag: cbj

[Fatoni M · Rating 2 out of 5]

Fatoni Maraton Goosebumps Series 2000
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Robbie dan adiknya pada Halloween malam itu ingin mencoba sesuatu, sebuah kutukan yang diceritakan kakeknya, kutukan Demam Bulan Purnama. Katanya, jika di malam Halloween kalian memandang langsung Bulan Purnama maka kalian akan seketika jatuh sakit seperti demam, dan besoknya kalian akan berubah menjadi setengah manusia setengah binatang. Konyol, bukan? Nope. Robbie dan adiknya berubah menjadi makhluk yang dimaksud.

Dulu aku kira ini bakal menjadi seperti cerita werewolf dengan jenis alur tebak-tebakan siapa yang menjadi makhluk itu. Namun, ceritanya lebih seperti apa yang terjadi jika kamu menjadi makhluk mengerikan. Beberapa bagian ketika Robbie dan adiknya memakan hewan-hewan jalanan rasanya terlalu menjijikan untuk buku anak-anak. Alurnya sendiri, rasanya sangat membosankan. Tidak terlalu suka.

[Vic · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm left to consider the type of story that is a series of attempts and failures. Someone wants something, a clear objective. But the solution they seek isn't at option A, nor option B, nor C, nor D, nor E, and on and on. It's not the traditional arc, is it? But perhaps its has its own merits. In this particular Goosebumps story, it can feel like dragging things out beyond the reader's limit. And then the twist, oh that twist, it both infuriates and delights. I once again tip my hat to R.L. Stine's ability to sew together some fun nonsense.

[Dakota Foote · Rating 3 out of 5]

I groaned when I picked up the 5th werewolf book in the entire series, but I have to give credit to Stine for always coming up with a new concept on the mythology. This one entirely avoids the term werewolf (but they still basically are).

This was also the first surprise twist in a while. They've been very predictable in the last 15 or so books.

[Griffin C. · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is essentially a full-length version of Pumpkin Juice from Still More Tales to Give You Goosebumps. I enjoyed this short story however this version really doesn't have anything new to offer. The villain's motivation makes no sense. 5/10

[Neophrem · Rating 1 out of 5]

In questi ultimi libri della seconda serie, i plot hole sono sempre più grandi, talmente tanto che la trama ci si perde dentro.
Più, il finale dove i protagonisti sono talmente idioti da non leggere nemmeno quello che mangiano...

[Alex · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one was surprisingly good and entertaining!

[Nuria · Rating 2 out of 5]

Die bizarren Plottwists waren leider sehr voraussehbar, sodass das Buch seine charakteristische Atmosphäre verloren hat.

[Dope Ghost Library · Rating 4 out of 5]

A cursed lycanthropy story set on Halloween Night and beyond, Full Moon Fever has a somewhat fresh werewolf story to tell!

It's nice finding originality in horror trope specific subjects.

[Paul Lê · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is a tad more graphic and gruesome than the usual Goosebumps, and the ending is also rather mean.

[House of Goosebumps · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the first book where a literal chocolate bar is the main villain. Overall 5.5/10

[Devi Aryani · Rating 3 out of 5]

easy read in between books to spend time.
not that great of a story but it was fun.

[Akash · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great Start tho!

[Elliot Wheeler · Rating 5 out of 5]

A chilling adventure that shows the bond between siblings!