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Goosebumps #6
Let's Get Invisible!
On Max's birthday, he finds a kind of magic mirror in the attic. It can make him invisible.
So Max and his friends start playing ""now you see me, now you don't."" Until Max realizes that he's losing control. Staying invisible a little too long. Having a harder and harder time coming back.
Getting invisible is turning into a very dangerous game. The next time Max gets invisible, will it be...forever?
So Max and his friends start playing ""now you see me, now you don't."" Until Max realizes that he's losing control. Staying invisible a little too long. Having a harder and harder time coming back.
Getting invisible is turning into a very dangerous game. The next time Max gets invisible, will it be...forever?
144 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 1993
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R.L. Stine
1,679 books18.6k 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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September 21, 2025
Another book with typical kids not leaving well enough alone. Do it once, great. Do it twice, and you’ll find yourself in a world of trouble. It flowed well, with pranking being the main theme. I liked Max and Lefty, as they were just being typical brothers.
November 23, 2016
Max discovers a magic mirror that can make him invisible, but the longer he stays invisible, the harder it is to come back. When his friends propose a contest to see who can stay invisible the longest, Max runs the risk of being invisible - forever.
You can understand why I said it was all [my dog's] fault, right? If that dumb dog hadn't started sniffing and scratching there, we might never have found the hidden attic room.
And we never would have discovered the exciting - and frightening - secret behind that wooden door.
The magic mirror works in tandem with a lamp hanging from the ceiling. It's undeniable that the rules of the mirror and the lamp are a bit fuzzy - this book is not without loopholes. But tension continues to escalate throughout the book as Max and his friends test the limits of their newfound ability:
My legs pumped. My arms flew out at my sides. It was so clear and bright, I couldn't tell if I was moving or not. My feet couldn't feel the floor. There were no walls, no ceiling. There was no air brushing my face as I ran.
Let's Get Invisible has a fair amount of repetition and can be summarized as follows: A couple kids stand in a room and yank on a lamp chain. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat, but the plot twist is both satisfying and spooky followed by one of R.L. Stine's signature endings that leaves the reader unnerved.
You can understand why I said it was all [my dog's] fault, right? If that dumb dog hadn't started sniffing and scratching there, we might never have found the hidden attic room.
And we never would have discovered the exciting - and frightening - secret behind that wooden door.
The magic mirror works in tandem with a lamp hanging from the ceiling. It's undeniable that the rules of the mirror and the lamp are a bit fuzzy - this book is not without loopholes. But tension continues to escalate throughout the book as Max and his friends test the limits of their newfound ability:
My legs pumped. My arms flew out at my sides. It was so clear and bright, I couldn't tell if I was moving or not. My feet couldn't feel the floor. There were no walls, no ceiling. There was no air brushing my face as I ran.
Let's Get Invisible has a fair amount of repetition and can be summarized as follows: A couple kids stand in a room and yank on a lamp chain. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat, but the plot twist is both satisfying and spooky followed by one of R.L. Stine's signature endings that leaves the reader unnerved.
January 11, 2025
Invisibility!
Max and his brother, Lefty, and their friends, Zach, April and Erin, are in the attic of Max and Lefty.
They are looking around, having a good time, being curious. When the dog, Whitey, start sniffing around, he finds the door of a hidden room.
When the children go and investigate, they find a large mirror in the room. Max pulls a string on the mirror, to turn on its light. But when he does, he disappears.
The children become excited and confused at the same time. They can’t see Max, but they can hear him. Max turns off the light and a few seconds later he is back! Visible again.
Let me just say that Goosebumps is a great book. I love it dearly. Hopefully, the next book I read will be as good as this one.
I’m going to stop right here and say no more. To do so will spill the beans.
Four stars. 💫💫💫💫
Max and his brother, Lefty, and their friends, Zach, April and Erin, are in the attic of Max and Lefty.
They are looking around, having a good time, being curious. When the dog, Whitey, start sniffing around, he finds the door of a hidden room.
When the children go and investigate, they find a large mirror in the room. Max pulls a string on the mirror, to turn on its light. But when he does, he disappears.
The children become excited and confused at the same time. They can’t see Max, but they can hear him. Max turns off the light and a few seconds later he is back! Visible again.
Let me just say that Goosebumps is a great book. I love it dearly. Hopefully, the next book I read will be as good as this one.
I’m going to stop right here and say no more. To do so will spill the beans.
Four stars. 💫💫💫💫
April 9, 2024
¡Hoy les traigo otra reseña de la siempre recomendable colección de Pesadillas!
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Leer a Stine y volver a ser esos pequeños llenos de miedos que miran debajo de la cama antes de acostarse siempre es un placer.
Un terrorífico placer.
Y qué mejor momento para volver a esa época que retomando esta colección con nuestra mayor, la mejor compañía 🖤🖤
Han sido muchas noches arrebujadas bajo una manta con la única compañía de una luz muy tenue para crear un buen ambiente, algo primordial en este tipo de historias.
En esta ocasión, y como viene siendo habitual en el autor, tenemos a dos hermanos Max y Zurdi, con la típica relación entre hermanos de tira y afloja y piques varios. Zurdi, el hermano menor, puede llegar a ser muy insoportable, todo hay que decirlo 😂
Dos hermanos que el día en el que Max celebra su duodécimo cumpleaños encuentran casi por casualidad un espejo un tanto peculiar en un cuarto oculto en la buhardilla, gracias al perro de la familia llamado Nieve y que es negro 🤣
No desaprovechan la ocasión e invitan a algunos de sus amigos; Zack, Erin y April, a ser testigos de tan inusual descubrimiento. Y ya sabemos hasta dónde es capaz de llegar la curiosidad infantil...
Como se imaginan el espejo no es uno cualquiera, porque posee la capacidad de hacerte invisible con solo tirar de una cadena. La diversión está servida, ¿o no?
¿Qué niño no ha soñado con ser invisible y así poder hacer todo tipo de trastadas? Pero claro, aquí la invisibilidad tiene un precio, y es que cuanto más estés en "el otro lado" más costará regresar...
Lo que empezó como una broma tendrá unas consecuencias imprevisibles y peligrosas.
En mi opinión,este número no es el mejor de la colección. La trama me ha parecido muy sencilla y previsible, no esperes aquí grandes giros o sorpresas aunque Stine siempre se guarda algo para el final, lo he visto venir desde el principio.
Pero la peque lo ha disfrutado muchísimo y eso al fin y al cabo es lo que importa, ya que es el público al que va dirigido. De haberlo leído teniendo su edad estoy segura de haberlo disfrutado más.
Así que ya saben, si les gusta un terror más light y son seguidores del autor no duden en hacerse con la colección.
Los que me hayan leído anteriormente saben que es de las mejores inversiones que he hecho 🤩
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Leer a Stine y volver a ser esos pequeños llenos de miedos que miran debajo de la cama antes de acostarse siempre es un placer.
Un terrorífico placer.
Y qué mejor momento para volver a esa época que retomando esta colección con nuestra mayor, la mejor compañía 🖤🖤
Han sido muchas noches arrebujadas bajo una manta con la única compañía de una luz muy tenue para crear un buen ambiente, algo primordial en este tipo de historias.
En esta ocasión, y como viene siendo habitual en el autor, tenemos a dos hermanos Max y Zurdi, con la típica relación entre hermanos de tira y afloja y piques varios. Zurdi, el hermano menor, puede llegar a ser muy insoportable, todo hay que decirlo 😂
Dos hermanos que el día en el que Max celebra su duodécimo cumpleaños encuentran casi por casualidad un espejo un tanto peculiar en un cuarto oculto en la buhardilla, gracias al perro de la familia llamado Nieve y que es negro 🤣
No desaprovechan la ocasión e invitan a algunos de sus amigos; Zack, Erin y April, a ser testigos de tan inusual descubrimiento. Y ya sabemos hasta dónde es capaz de llegar la curiosidad infantil...
Como se imaginan el espejo no es uno cualquiera, porque posee la capacidad de hacerte invisible con solo tirar de una cadena. La diversión está servida, ¿o no?
¿Qué niño no ha soñado con ser invisible y así poder hacer todo tipo de trastadas? Pero claro, aquí la invisibilidad tiene un precio, y es que cuanto más estés en "el otro lado" más costará regresar...
Lo que empezó como una broma tendrá unas consecuencias imprevisibles y peligrosas.
En mi opinión,este número no es el mejor de la colección. La trama me ha parecido muy sencilla y previsible, no esperes aquí grandes giros o sorpresas aunque Stine siempre se guarda algo para el final, lo he visto venir desde el principio.
Pero la peque lo ha disfrutado muchísimo y eso al fin y al cabo es lo que importa, ya que es el público al que va dirigido. De haberlo leído teniendo su edad estoy segura de haberlo disfrutado más.
Así que ya saben, si les gusta un terror más light y son seguidores del autor no duden en hacerse con la colección.
Los que me hayan leído anteriormente saben que es de las mejores inversiones que he hecho 🤩
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October 3, 2018
#6 "Now you see him. Now you don't"
When Max and his friends find a strange antique mirror in the attic everything seems fun and games. But there's more to this mirror than meets the eye. It turns whoever stands in front of it invisible! Can Max figure out the mystery of the mirror before he disappears forever?
When Max and his friends find a strange antique mirror in the attic everything seems fun and games. But there's more to this mirror than meets the eye. It turns whoever stands in front of it invisible! Can Max figure out the mystery of the mirror before he disappears forever?
April 29, 2015
This is an excellent book by R.L. Stine.
It's Max's birthday. It's raining, so his plans of playing volleyball and having a BBQ are shattered. What can he and his friends (and his annoying 10-year-old brother) do to have fun and keep busy? They decide to explore the attic. They have fun looking at the old magazines, old clothes, and ... a secret hidden door? They find a small, secret chamber with a big, full-length mirror. The mirror has a light over it, and when you turn on the light, you turn invisible. When you turn off the light, you reappear.
The kids think this is a hoot. They love turning the light on, becoming invisible, and pulling pranks on each other. But Max is a bit hesitant. He notices that the longer you stay invisible, the longer it takes to come back and be visible again. Also, you start to feel fuzzy, disconnected, and drawn towards the mirror the longer you're invisible. Perhaps the mirror is more dangerous than they thought?
I really enjoyed this book, mainly because Stine indulges in a rare bit of characterization. Usually Stine's characters are interchangeable and forgettable, but I really felt Max was more fleshed out. He's obsessed with his hair, he loves/is annoyed with his obnoxious little brother, he has a tiny crush on the fearless girl next door, and he's pretty analytical. Usually I find it hard to string together even two adjectives to describe a Stine character, and here I am with a whole bevy of them for Max.
The horror is also good and well-developed. Again, I think it helps Stine's horror to make children the protagonists. Children are pretty helpless: adults control them, adults have power, and often when a child tells an adult something (especially something supernatural) the adult just brushes off the kids as "telling tales" or having a vivid imagination. This makes the reader more concerned and anxious for the child protagonist, who is not a free agent, but instead at the mercy of the adults around him or her. It's always clear in Stine books that the child is on his/her own - s/he'll have to figure it out for himself/herself.
One of the best things about this book is Max's feelings and how they affect (or don't affect) his actions. He's worried about the mirror. He knows it's causing some strange effects, and he's worried that one day the invisibility that he and his friends treat as a toy will become permanent. But when he tries to tell his friends this, most of them laugh it off. They keep peer-pressuring him to grant them access to the mirror and often make competitions of who can stay invisible for the longest amount of time. Max KNOWS this is dangerous. They have no idea how the mirror works or what it's doing to them. But, as a 12-year-old boy, he feels pressured not to be seen as 'chicken' by his friends and (even more importantly) the girl he's crushing on. Max gives in to his friends pleas for the mirror again and again and again, even though he knows better and actually stays up for hours at night worrying about it. I found this realistic and scary.
Another point in the favor of the 'horror' in this book is mirrors. Mirrors, haunted mirrors, evil mirrors - this is creepy. Who hasn't played Bloody Mary? Who hasn't deliberately avoided looking at a mirror in the dark - waited until the light was on to look at yourself? There have been a few 'evil mirror' movies, some more successful than others (I didn't really find OCULUS to be that scary, MIRRORS (2008) was a better film, IMO).
Overall, this was a good Goosebumps novel by Stine. Great concept, actual characterization, and a compelling storyline. Again, I love the idea of introducing horror tropes and basic horror concepts to children. Stine has done the world a great service in writing these books - giving kid's a pretty gentle introduction into giving yourself goosebumps for pleasure and enjoyment. Later they may graduate to Stephen King or John Ajvide Lindqvist.
Sidenote: I found it a bit strange that Max and Lefty's parents weren't more curious about what the boys were spending hours doing in the attic everyday. And when their friends come over, everyone suddenly heads straight to the attic. If I had two sons aged 10 and 12 who started spending hours a day in the attic, and when asked what they were doing up there gave me either vague answers or some line about 'cool old magazines', I would immediately assume they'd found someone's old porn stash. At the VERY LEAST I would go up there (alone) and try to figure out what held so much interest for them up there. I know absent/idiot parents are the norm in children's literature, but COME ON.
I like the title.
It's Max's birthday. It's raining, so his plans of playing volleyball and having a BBQ are shattered. What can he and his friends (and his annoying 10-year-old brother) do to have fun and keep busy? They decide to explore the attic. They have fun looking at the old magazines, old clothes, and ... a secret hidden door? They find a small, secret chamber with a big, full-length mirror. The mirror has a light over it, and when you turn on the light, you turn invisible. When you turn off the light, you reappear.
The kids think this is a hoot. They love turning the light on, becoming invisible, and pulling pranks on each other. But Max is a bit hesitant. He notices that the longer you stay invisible, the longer it takes to come back and be visible again. Also, you start to feel fuzzy, disconnected, and drawn towards the mirror the longer you're invisible. Perhaps the mirror is more dangerous than they thought?
I really enjoyed this book, mainly because Stine indulges in a rare bit of characterization. Usually Stine's characters are interchangeable and forgettable, but I really felt Max was more fleshed out. He's obsessed with his hair, he loves/is annoyed with his obnoxious little brother, he has a tiny crush on the fearless girl next door, and he's pretty analytical. Usually I find it hard to string together even two adjectives to describe a Stine character, and here I am with a whole bevy of them for Max.
The horror is also good and well-developed. Again, I think it helps Stine's horror to make children the protagonists. Children are pretty helpless: adults control them, adults have power, and often when a child tells an adult something (especially something supernatural) the adult just brushes off the kids as "telling tales" or having a vivid imagination. This makes the reader more concerned and anxious for the child protagonist, who is not a free agent, but instead at the mercy of the adults around him or her. It's always clear in Stine books that the child is on his/her own - s/he'll have to figure it out for himself/herself.
One of the best things about this book is Max's feelings and how they affect (or don't affect) his actions. He's worried about the mirror. He knows it's causing some strange effects, and he's worried that one day the invisibility that he and his friends treat as a toy will become permanent. But when he tries to tell his friends this, most of them laugh it off. They keep peer-pressuring him to grant them access to the mirror and often make competitions of who can stay invisible for the longest amount of time. Max KNOWS this is dangerous. They have no idea how the mirror works or what it's doing to them. But, as a 12-year-old boy, he feels pressured not to be seen as 'chicken' by his friends and (even more importantly) the girl he's crushing on. Max gives in to his friends pleas for the mirror again and again and again, even though he knows better and actually stays up for hours at night worrying about it. I found this realistic and scary.
Another point in the favor of the 'horror' in this book is mirrors. Mirrors, haunted mirrors, evil mirrors - this is creepy. Who hasn't played Bloody Mary? Who hasn't deliberately avoided looking at a mirror in the dark - waited until the light was on to look at yourself? There have been a few 'evil mirror' movies, some more successful than others (I didn't really find OCULUS to be that scary, MIRRORS (2008) was a better film, IMO).
Overall, this was a good Goosebumps novel by Stine. Great concept, actual characterization, and a compelling storyline. Again, I love the idea of introducing horror tropes and basic horror concepts to children. Stine has done the world a great service in writing these books - giving kid's a pretty gentle introduction into giving yourself goosebumps for pleasure and enjoyment. Later they may graduate to Stephen King or John Ajvide Lindqvist.
Sidenote: I found it a bit strange that Max and Lefty's parents weren't more curious about what the boys were spending hours doing in the attic everyday. And when their friends come over, everyone suddenly heads straight to the attic. If I had two sons aged 10 and 12 who started spending hours a day in the attic, and when asked what they were doing up there gave me either vague answers or some line about 'cool old magazines', I would immediately assume they'd found someone's old porn stash. At the VERY LEAST I would go up there (alone) and try to figure out what held so much interest for them up there. I know absent/idiot parents are the norm in children's literature, but COME ON.
I like the title.
October 16, 2020
Man this series is a treat. Now I understand why I was so obsessed with it when I was a kid, even though my mom didn't approve... And it's definitely responsible for my love of horror even now... This story in particular was just so gripping, and I really didn't expect the plot twist! Love it!
February 14, 2019
That was flipping awesome! Definitely scary with the tension increasing through-out. And that ending. Yess.
May 9, 2024
Those kids have clearly never watched Locke and Key.
November 13, 2023
Este librito también me ha gustado mucho. Me recuerda a lo temerario que es uno de niño, sin medir el peligro y sin pensar en los riesgos.
El final, aunque predecible, no deja de ser sorprendente, sobre todo si se trata de lectores más jóvenes, que es a quienes están dirigidas estas historias.
El final, aunque predecible, no deja de ser sorprendente, sobre todo si se trata de lectores más jóvenes, que es a quienes están dirigidas estas historias.
October 18, 2020
I'll admit, while I was excited to pick up my first ever Goosebumps book (at age thirty-nine no less. Better late than never, right?) there was a tiny voice in my head wondering what if I didn't like it? What if I didn't like this much-loved nostalgic touchstone of the 90's? Thankfully, I loved it!
I was a little old for the Goosebumps books when they originally came out so they completely passed me by. At that time I was hardcore into the Point Horror books, which R.L. Stine wrote a bunch of, so I was familiar with him and the fact that his books are a bit hit and miss (love you R.L. but it's true). I'm sure the same can be said of the books in the Goosebumps series but it seems like a picked a good one here (thank you, thrift store gods).
Let's Get Invisible follows Max who is turning twelve years old. While playing hide and seek at his birthday party he finds a mirror hidden in the attic and discovers that it can turn him invisible. So Max, his little brother and his friends mess around with it and start daring each other on who can stay invisible the longest. But it turns out that the longer you're invisible, the longer it takes for you to becomes visible again. Max soon gets worried and tries to stop his friends from doing it but they won't listen...
I was immediately taken in by the voice of Max who was well-written and relatable. The story was a great page-turner and involved some real peril as things progressed and got out of control. I particularly loved where the story went and how it ended. Overall it was fun and had some really chilling moments. This is just what I imagined a Goosebumps book would be and it did not disappoint!
I was a little old for the Goosebumps books when they originally came out so they completely passed me by. At that time I was hardcore into the Point Horror books, which R.L. Stine wrote a bunch of, so I was familiar with him and the fact that his books are a bit hit and miss (love you R.L. but it's true). I'm sure the same can be said of the books in the Goosebumps series but it seems like a picked a good one here (thank you, thrift store gods).
Let's Get Invisible follows Max who is turning twelve years old. While playing hide and seek at his birthday party he finds a mirror hidden in the attic and discovers that it can turn him invisible. So Max, his little brother and his friends mess around with it and start daring each other on who can stay invisible the longest. But it turns out that the longer you're invisible, the longer it takes for you to becomes visible again. Max soon gets worried and tries to stop his friends from doing it but they won't listen...
I was immediately taken in by the voice of Max who was well-written and relatable. The story was a great page-turner and involved some real peril as things progressed and got out of control. I particularly loved where the story went and how it ended. Overall it was fun and had some really chilling moments. This is just what I imagined a Goosebumps book would be and it did not disappoint!
September 27, 2014
Ugh, stupid children.
Why were the characters all stupid? I thought April was the reasonable one, and yet she succumbed to her friends' pressure on her and eventually agreed to try out the mirror. Doesn't she have conviction? When I was her age, when I say I don't like to do something, I really won't do it. And the main character, Max, oh my God. Why is he even friends with his friends? It's like his fucking house and he can't even control his friends and impose his rules on them. This book could have scared me. Actually, it should have scared me because I have always been afraid of reflections. And I'm reading this in my dormitory room, alone! I should be pissing my pants right now, but instead, I'm just pissed off.
Why were the characters all stupid? I thought April was the reasonable one, and yet she succumbed to her friends' pressure on her and eventually agreed to try out the mirror. Doesn't she have conviction? When I was her age, when I say I don't like to do something, I really won't do it. And the main character, Max, oh my God. Why is he even friends with his friends? It's like his fucking house and he can't even control his friends and impose his rules on them. This book could have scared me. Actually, it should have scared me because I have always been afraid of reflections. And I'm reading this in my dormitory room, alone! I should be pissing my pants right now, but instead, I'm just pissed off.
June 6, 2018
My very first book.
The one who kept me awake til I finished it and brought me into the world of words.
After two years of being almost illiterate, trailing sadly far behind my twin who was able to read sentences while I struggled word by word, this book gave me the thrill I needed to forget the words and just enjoy the story.
I have no idea if I would like it if I read it again.
The end would most certainly make me uneasy.
I remember that about the series and this book in particular.
But I will always be grateful to it.
The one who kept me awake til I finished it and brought me into the world of words.
After two years of being almost illiterate, trailing sadly far behind my twin who was able to read sentences while I struggled word by word, this book gave me the thrill I needed to forget the words and just enjoy the story.
I have no idea if I would like it if I read it again.
The end would most certainly make me uneasy.
I remember that about the series and this book in particular.
But I will always be grateful to it.
March 9, 2022
This is actually a lot scarier than the title suggests! RL Stine always does a great job when it comes to exploring alternate worlds. I found myself getting more and more anxious each time they turned invisible. If you like this one then I would recommend The Haunted School which is my favourite Goosebumps and explores a similar theme.
March 7, 2016
Why do I bother? These Goosebumps books have shoveled every idea into neat little terrible books. Someone should have realized that soul swapping through a magic mirror needed a master hand at the helm, someone who can spin a peculiar and quirky story from the basic idea. This tale of a magic mirror that renders people invisible but has a catch, is done to the death. Nobody expects Goosebumps to be really scary. Just strange and suspenseful will do. There's not even the little details that add sparkle to the affair, except where Lefty's breath is concerned. R.L Stine has already thrown the kitchen sink. If only he'd thrown the towel first.
December 2, 2010
Ahhh, the Goosebump days. I would borrow so many of these from the library they seriously considered extending my limit of books checked out at one time. R.L. Stine you were a reprieve from a harsh and dreary childhood in which my mind wandered far away from the troubles of the day. I stole books into my bed and read far into the night by the faintest of lights. I might have better eyesight were it not for you; however, I regret not one page or line.
May 6, 2020
As a kid, this was one of my favorites from the Goosebumps collection. As an adult, it still holds water. The book gave me major Oculus vibes. You take a mirror, give it some supernatural powers, throw in a couple of curious preteens, and BOOM! You’ve got yourself a thriller in the making. And probably one of the best cliffhangers in a Goosebumps book.
December 31, 2021
I spent a month re-reading all 62 original Goosebumps books to see if they still hold up today, you can check out my 3.5 hour vlog here: https://youtu.be/2C73xc1FS5o
You can also check out my entire ranking of the original Goosebumps books from worst to best here: https://youtu.be/lBfaxCOwAnA
You can also check out my entire ranking of the original Goosebumps books from worst to best here: https://youtu.be/lBfaxCOwAnA
September 18, 2022
Reread and I stick with my 4 star rating. Interesting idea.
October 16, 2024
One of the first great Goosebumps books, Let's Get Invisible! teases out a simple premise to eerie effect, leading readers to wonder just how far R.L. Stine will take it. Twelve-year-old Max is having a birthday party at his house. His ten-year-old brother Lefty is sure to annoy him on purpose, but Max's best friend Zack will be there, as well as Erin—the cute blonde Max has a crush on—and April, her shy friend. After the party Max takes his friends on a quick tour of the attic, and they discover a hidden door to a room containing a tall, old-fashioned mirror. Erin loves antiques, so Max indulges her for a closer look...and that's how the trouble starts.
Max's friends and Lefty claim he bodily vanished as soon as he pulls the chain that turns on the bright light above the mirror. But they're just pranking him, right? Max puts the incident out of mind, but days later feels drawn back to the mirror. He pulls the chain again, carefully monitoring his reflection...and disappears as soon as the glaring light comes on. When he tells Lefty, Zack, Erin, and April that his vanishing at the party was no optical illusion, that the person standing before the mirror disappears in real life and only comes back after the light is turned off, they come to Max's house to check it out. Staying invisible more than a minute or two makes Max tired and weak, as though he might float into the ether and never come back, but his friends view it as a game. Who can stand the uncomfortable sensation of invisibility longest without begging the others to pull the chain and bring them back?
His parents have no idea why Max's friends want to hang out in the attic day after day, but Max continues taking them to the mirror. Zack, Erin, and Lefty love one-upping each other's invisibility endurance record. They play tricks while invisible, like levitating items to scare the neighbors. They don't dare wander far because the sensation of weakness grows worse the longer they're invisible, and it takes longer to reappear after the chain is pulled. What happens if that disorienting sensation takes over and someone disappears permanently? The others seem unconcerned, but Max senses a coming catastrophe. It turns out the feeling of drifting away from the real world is not an idle one; the mirror holds a threat that looms nearer with every tug on the chain. Are Max and his friends being coaxed into a trap they'll never escape?
Early Goosebumps sometimes explored real-world problems via the paranormal, and Let's Get Invisible! does this beautifully. The kids are drawn to the surreal world of the mirror like an addiction embraced with childlike blitheness. They concoct stories to conceal from Max's parents what they're doing in the attic. The mirror game excites them like a drug or other vice that ignites the brain with a chemical high. How can a group of preteens understand the danger of the dizzying light at the end of the tunnel? Survival will require one of them to be grounded enough to yank the others back from the edge of immolation.
Let's Get Invisible! is a masterclass on how to do a scary story that elevates to an unnerving, unpredictable climax. The metaphorical elements are compelling and reinforce the horror. The final chilling scene is one you might see coming if you pay very close attention, a super smart reveal baked in from the first pages. Let's Get Invisible! is how a great Goosebumps book is done, as good as pretty much anything in the original series.
Max's friends and Lefty claim he bodily vanished as soon as he pulls the chain that turns on the bright light above the mirror. But they're just pranking him, right? Max puts the incident out of mind, but days later feels drawn back to the mirror. He pulls the chain again, carefully monitoring his reflection...and disappears as soon as the glaring light comes on. When he tells Lefty, Zack, Erin, and April that his vanishing at the party was no optical illusion, that the person standing before the mirror disappears in real life and only comes back after the light is turned off, they come to Max's house to check it out. Staying invisible more than a minute or two makes Max tired and weak, as though he might float into the ether and never come back, but his friends view it as a game. Who can stand the uncomfortable sensation of invisibility longest without begging the others to pull the chain and bring them back?
His parents have no idea why Max's friends want to hang out in the attic day after day, but Max continues taking them to the mirror. Zack, Erin, and Lefty love one-upping each other's invisibility endurance record. They play tricks while invisible, like levitating items to scare the neighbors. They don't dare wander far because the sensation of weakness grows worse the longer they're invisible, and it takes longer to reappear after the chain is pulled. What happens if that disorienting sensation takes over and someone disappears permanently? The others seem unconcerned, but Max senses a coming catastrophe. It turns out the feeling of drifting away from the real world is not an idle one; the mirror holds a threat that looms nearer with every tug on the chain. Are Max and his friends being coaxed into a trap they'll never escape?
Early Goosebumps sometimes explored real-world problems via the paranormal, and Let's Get Invisible! does this beautifully. The kids are drawn to the surreal world of the mirror like an addiction embraced with childlike blitheness. They concoct stories to conceal from Max's parents what they're doing in the attic. The mirror game excites them like a drug or other vice that ignites the brain with a chemical high. How can a group of preteens understand the danger of the dizzying light at the end of the tunnel? Survival will require one of them to be grounded enough to yank the others back from the edge of immolation.
Let's Get Invisible! is a masterclass on how to do a scary story that elevates to an unnerving, unpredictable climax. The metaphorical elements are compelling and reinforce the horror. The final chilling scene is one you might see coming if you pay very close attention, a super smart reveal baked in from the first pages. Let's Get Invisible! is how a great Goosebumps book is done, as good as pretty much anything in the original series.
February 14, 2024
One of my favorite Goosebumps from when I was a kid. I have a very strong memory of reading this exact book and not being able to put it down.
It’s not perfect, and it’s a Little repetitive (as most by Stein are! it seems).
But I enjoyed myself overall. Makes me want to read more MG/YA horror.
It’s not perfect, and it’s a Little repetitive (as most by Stein are! it seems).
But I enjoyed myself overall. Makes me want to read more MG/YA horror.
March 10, 2016
If you get excited about kids playing with antique furniture, boy do I have a book for you. Let's Get Invisible stars Max, a 12 year old who is obsessed with his hair. In classic GB fashion he's pretty grating, and also happens to have a little dickhead of a brother named Lefty. That's not his real name but I cared so little about this book that I quickly forgot it. He's called Lefty because (wait for it) he's left handed. Keep this in mind, as it plays into the super spooky ending of this bone chilling tale. Oh, and also he likes to throw baseballs around the house. Remember that. Super important.
We start off at Max's house, as he's having a birthday party. His friends come over, and they dick around playing games until most of the kids have left. They decide to go play in the attic with his remaining friends (two girls named April and Erin). The reasoning behind this is because one of the girls thinks attics are super cool, like most young teens. While up there they find a secret room with a big ass mirror. Max pulls the chain on the light attached to it, and he disappears! Pretty sweet. When the light turns off, he reappears. The kids have to leave the party, and nobody ever speaks about the magic mirror ever again. The end.
Actually, we get many many more pages of the kids returning to the attic to screw with the invisible mirror. Max wakes up in the middle of the night to use it, his jerk of a brother uses it, and everyone just can't get enough of "getting invisible" as the kids say. They turn it into a contest, to see who can stay invisible the longest, probably in a narrative effort to make this book actually interesting. You see, the longer you stay invisible you feel funny, like you're floating away forever. So really we have a bunch of kids doing an equivalent of drugs in the attic of this house, while the parents say things like "I just don't know what's so exciting up there in that attic!".
Max's friends are dicks, and begin to bully him into using the mirror more and more. He thinks it's dangerous, they think he's chicken. Yes there are instances of people calling each other chicken and clucking and it's all as bad as it sounds. His friend Zack in particular sounds like a huge knob, constantly bragging about using the mirror longer than everyone. Lefty especially is abusing the invisible powers. The low point of the book involves a family dinner where we get several pages of dialogue about soup. Lefty starts screwing around with the table settings, making them float in the air. Spooky! Anyway, Max gets pissed and Lefty says he won't use the mirror anymore.
In our thrilling conclusion, Erin and Zack get invisible for a long ass time, and when they come back they look different. Then Max goes again, and after being invisible for the longest time yet, gets sucked into the mirror where he's confronted with his evil reflection. His reflection tells him it's time to switch places, and we get a weird chase scene inside of a mirror. Finally Zack turns the mirror off and Max returns. It's revealed that Erin and Zack are actually evil reflections, and they try to force Max back into the mirror to switch places again. We are fortunately spared this because Lefty shows up and throws his baseball at Max's reflection, which he thinks is the real deal. The mirror gets destroyed, and the evil reflection people are sucked into it. The good people return and everything is fine.
Max and Lefty decide to go play catch, and Max has a breakdown because Lefty is throwing with his....right hand! Holy shit. Terrifying ending.
Random thoughts: Wait, what? So the whole implication of the ending is that Lefty is still the evil reflection version of himself. Okay. But when he destroyed the mirror, all the bad people in the room got sucked into the mirror and the good versions came back. He was right there! How the hell does that work? Logic doesn't enter these stories very well.
On a personal note, this was the first ever GB I read as a kid. I don't what the hell inspired me to continue reading the rest, as this was boring as shit and not remotely scary. It's literally just chapter after chapter of kids hanging out in an attic and playing with a mirror. There's one scene where Max actually leaves the house, which is when Zack decides to invisibly screw with the neighbour. Other than that it's just dull. It would probably be a ten times better book if they were going up to the attic to huff paint.
We start off at Max's house, as he's having a birthday party. His friends come over, and they dick around playing games until most of the kids have left. They decide to go play in the attic with his remaining friends (two girls named April and Erin). The reasoning behind this is because one of the girls thinks attics are super cool, like most young teens. While up there they find a secret room with a big ass mirror. Max pulls the chain on the light attached to it, and he disappears! Pretty sweet. When the light turns off, he reappears. The kids have to leave the party, and nobody ever speaks about the magic mirror ever again. The end.
Actually, we get many many more pages of the kids returning to the attic to screw with the invisible mirror. Max wakes up in the middle of the night to use it, his jerk of a brother uses it, and everyone just can't get enough of "getting invisible" as the kids say. They turn it into a contest, to see who can stay invisible the longest, probably in a narrative effort to make this book actually interesting. You see, the longer you stay invisible you feel funny, like you're floating away forever. So really we have a bunch of kids doing an equivalent of drugs in the attic of this house, while the parents say things like "I just don't know what's so exciting up there in that attic!".
Max's friends are dicks, and begin to bully him into using the mirror more and more. He thinks it's dangerous, they think he's chicken. Yes there are instances of people calling each other chicken and clucking and it's all as bad as it sounds. His friend Zack in particular sounds like a huge knob, constantly bragging about using the mirror longer than everyone. Lefty especially is abusing the invisible powers. The low point of the book involves a family dinner where we get several pages of dialogue about soup. Lefty starts screwing around with the table settings, making them float in the air. Spooky! Anyway, Max gets pissed and Lefty says he won't use the mirror anymore.
In our thrilling conclusion, Erin and Zack get invisible for a long ass time, and when they come back they look different. Then Max goes again, and after being invisible for the longest time yet, gets sucked into the mirror where he's confronted with his evil reflection. His reflection tells him it's time to switch places, and we get a weird chase scene inside of a mirror. Finally Zack turns the mirror off and Max returns. It's revealed that Erin and Zack are actually evil reflections, and they try to force Max back into the mirror to switch places again. We are fortunately spared this because Lefty shows up and throws his baseball at Max's reflection, which he thinks is the real deal. The mirror gets destroyed, and the evil reflection people are sucked into it. The good people return and everything is fine.
Max and Lefty decide to go play catch, and Max has a breakdown because Lefty is throwing with his....right hand! Holy shit. Terrifying ending.
Random thoughts: Wait, what? So the whole implication of the ending is that Lefty is still the evil reflection version of himself. Okay. But when he destroyed the mirror, all the bad people in the room got sucked into the mirror and the good versions came back. He was right there! How the hell does that work? Logic doesn't enter these stories very well.
On a personal note, this was the first ever GB I read as a kid. I don't what the hell inspired me to continue reading the rest, as this was boring as shit and not remotely scary. It's literally just chapter after chapter of kids hanging out in an attic and playing with a mirror. There's one scene where Max actually leaves the house, which is when Zack decides to invisibly screw with the neighbour. Other than that it's just dull. It would probably be a ten times better book if they were going up to the attic to huff paint.
October 9, 2016
With the sixth Goosebumps book, Let's Get Invisible, R.L. Stine's children's horror series really began to become consistent and grow into its own thing. While previous books in the series such as Stay Out Of The Basement and Say Cheese and Die were good and quite memorable, it feels as though Stine really becomes comfortable with his "Goosebumps voice" here -- it's an even mix of kiddie spooks and scares, (mostly) kids' dialogue, and occasional jokes here and there, all while being suspenseful and keeping the young reader enthralled for 125-odd pages. It's no easy task, but Stine's skills at writing for children really shine here.
The story-line is really simple: Max, our main character, and a couple of his friends find an old mirror in his attic, They discover when the light above the glass is turned on, anyone standing directly in front of the mirror turns invisible. They soon discover the longer they stay invisible, the longer it takes and harder it is to come back once the light is turned off. Soon the friends turn it into a competition -- who can stay invisible the longest without feeling weak and in need of turning visible again? -- with dangerous results.
As far as Goosebumps books go, turning invisible via mirror is definitely up there as one of the coolest subjects Stine wrote about. It's fun, intriguing, and spooky without being in-your-face about it. There's definitely some menace in this story, but it's always just out of sight... like those creepy mirror people Max discovers toward the end. *shudder*
I have no complaints about this book. As a "horror" book for kids go, it succeeds. It's scary without being too scary. The characters are memorable enough without back-story getting in the way of the action. The dialogue works and isn't cheesy, which is not something I can say about every Goosebumps book. If you're feeling nostalgic and want to revisit childhood by way of a R.L. Stine story, you can do much worse than this.
Next up: Every joke I thought of putting here is a bit wooden.... it's Night of the Living Dummy!
The story-line is really simple: Max, our main character, and a couple of his friends find an old mirror in his attic, They discover when the light above the glass is turned on, anyone standing directly in front of the mirror turns invisible. They soon discover the longer they stay invisible, the longer it takes and harder it is to come back once the light is turned off. Soon the friends turn it into a competition -- who can stay invisible the longest without feeling weak and in need of turning visible again? -- with dangerous results.
As far as Goosebumps books go, turning invisible via mirror is definitely up there as one of the coolest subjects Stine wrote about. It's fun, intriguing, and spooky without being in-your-face about it. There's definitely some menace in this story, but it's always just out of sight... like those creepy mirror people Max discovers toward the end. *shudder*
I have no complaints about this book. As a "horror" book for kids go, it succeeds. It's scary without being too scary. The characters are memorable enough without back-story getting in the way of the action. The dialogue works and isn't cheesy, which is not something I can say about every Goosebumps book. If you're feeling nostalgic and want to revisit childhood by way of a R.L. Stine story, you can do much worse than this.
Next up: Every joke I thought of putting here is a bit wooden.... it's Night of the Living Dummy!
June 18, 2024
Από τα πλέον αγαπημένα μου βιβλία της σειράς αυτής, αφού με πολλή τέχνη και μαεστρία παίζει με το υποσυνείδητό μας, αλλά και με τους μεγαλύτερους εσωτερικούς μας φόβους. Μια ιστορία που πίσω από την spooky, τρομακτική της εικόνα, κρύβει κι ένα μεγάλο μήνυμα. Πως καμιά φορά, τα παιχνίδια, ίσως να μην είναι τόσο αθώα όσο νομίζουμε, και πως μπορούν να μας οδηγήσουν σε ακραίες κι επικίνδυνες καταστάσεις και σε αδιέξοδα χωρίς επιστροφή.
May 22, 2021
Once again, the audiobook made it even better
October 14, 2024
A creepy mirror in the attic, of course nothing odd is going to happen...
Max and his friends discover the mirror during his party, the group of friends are obviously curious when Max switches the light on and disappears.
There's a nice mixture of friends as some like Erin and Noah (nicknamed Lefty) are keen to try and beat the previous person's time of being invisible - the contest really adds some great tension as the timer ticks by.
Peer pressure is brilliantly portrayed as even April finally resits and agrees to take a turn.
The longer each kid goes invisible, the longer it takes for them to return...
I like the concept and feels more scarier than some of the other books in this series.
Max and his friends discover the mirror during his party, the group of friends are obviously curious when Max switches the light on and disappears.
There's a nice mixture of friends as some like Erin and Noah (nicknamed Lefty) are keen to try and beat the previous person's time of being invisible - the contest really adds some great tension as the timer ticks by.
Peer pressure is brilliantly portrayed as even April finally resits and agrees to take a turn.
The longer each kid goes invisible, the longer it takes for them to return...
I like the concept and feels more scarier than some of the other books in this series.
December 18, 2016
This book was a lot better than hat you'd expect from the Goosebumps series. Always, I notice that R.L Stine finds children and horror/thriller find each other in each of his book. Well, the plot focuses on 5 children, one of them extremely annoying and the others playful and sometimes worrying. Its not that much greater because most of it is vanishing and coming back. About 70 pages are wasted in this foolish act. And when someone goes invisible they try to scare the characters about it, and they end up succeeding. This happens about 10 times which makes the " Now you are here, No you are not" thing very boring!!! The beginning of the book was extremely powerful with all sort of fun for the children, but later its all about getting invisible and getting visible and about the silly invisibility competition that Max and his friends hold. The end was scaring and unsuspecting...And yes....It gave me goosebumps but just for a moment or two.
Plot
This story begins when Max Thompson, a twelve-year-old boy, is combing his hair for his birthday party. Unfortunately, his younger brother, Noah (called Lefty, because he is left-handed), always teases him around.
Max's best friend, Zack, shows up armed with a weird haircut and a lousy present (some used X-Forcecomics). Also at the party are two girls: Erin, whose voice sounds like a mouse, and April, a shy girl. Max excitedly tells his guests that they are "barbecuing"-up some hot dogs. Max tries to get everyone to watch "the Terminator movie" he rented.
The party dies down and only April and Erin are left. The four children decide to explore a dusty old attic. Max's dog, Whitey, discovers a hidden room in the attic. The room is empty, except for a large antique mirror that takes up almost the entire wall. A slender light rests on top of the mirror and when Max pulls the light's chain, the light comes on but he disappears.
After turning the light off, Max reappears. Max does not believe he really turned invisible, even though the other children insisted that he did. Erin and April's ride arrives and Max tries to put the whole ordeal behind him. Yet that night, he has trouble sleeping and sneaks up to the attic to investigate. Max slowly takes an inventory of the mirror's construction, when he spies an ominous figure behind him. He turns to discover it is only Lefty.
Lefty whines, until Max agrees that he can go invisible only if they both go invisible at the same time. They both go invisible for a couple minutes, start to feel weak, and then pull the switch again. This time, however, it takes longer to reappear. Max figures that it must have something to do with how they were invisible longer than Max was the first time.
The two brothers decide the best way to use this amazing new power of invisibility is to scare Zack, who was not there for the prior mirrorfest. And eventually, they get him over to the house and they do scare him.Then they invisible him. Then April and Erin show up. Erin also wants to get invisible, but April remains hesitant and instead times everyone's excursions into invisibility. The children will all attempt to stay invisible the longest. Before Lefty can take his turn though, his grandparents arrive for dinner and the other children have to leave. But they agree to meet again later in the week to settle the contest.
While at dinner, Max sees a spoon rises in the air. Max wrestles with the invisible Lefty and drags him upstairs to the attic. Lefty brags as he comes back into sight, that he stayed invisible for over ten minutes, so now he holds the record. Lefty promises not to use the mirror again.
That night, Max stays up late because of the weekend and hopes that his parents will let him stay up and watchSaturday Night Live. Erin calls and tries to convince Max that if they brought the mirror to school for the science fair, they would be sure to get first prize and appear in People. Max tells her that it is a bad idea, because the wrong people could find out about the mirror, like the military.
Max sneaks off to the attic. He sits against the wall opposite the mirror and stares at his reflection. As he starts to doze off, he is startled to hear a voice in the mirror, asking him to change his ways. Max runs down to his bedroom and hides underneath the sheets, until morning.
When Max awakens, he soon discovers that Lefty is invisible again. But this time, he is using invisibility to float a shirt in Max's room. Max makes his brother go upstairs and change. When he comes back down, Max and his mother notice he is acting a little strange and there is something not quite right about him.
Max tells Lefty that he has decided getting invisible is too dangerous and calls his friends to cancel the invisibility championship. However, when the day of the championship arrives, Zack and the two girls show up at Max's house anyways. It turns out Lefty, who is currently hanging out at the park with his friends, called them up and uncancelled the championship. Max decides that as long as they are all there, they might as well go up to the attic.
April finally gets to disappear, but since Max's dog accidentally gets invisible with her, he brings her back early. She is upset, but is again relegated to taking the time for the others. Erin goes next and for the first twelve minutes or so she is up to her regular hovering objects shenanigans. However, for several minutes they can't get her to respond to their questions. Eventually they spy a floating Coke can and Max brings her back by turning on the light. After she comes back into focus, she claims she just got thirsty and went downstairs and that is why she didn't reply. However, Max notices something odd about her appearance too.
Zack decides he is going to smother the record and does not want to be pulled back into reality, until after fifteen minutes have passed. He then takes off outside and pulls a hilarious prank on an older neighbor. He picks up tomatoes and he makes them hover in the air. Once his friends stop laughing at his riotous object floating, they notice that he too does not reply to their calls. Against Erin's objections, Max races upstairs and turns the light off.
Zack reappears and Max can't help but notice that his haircut has now been reversed. Max tries to say something, but Erin and Zack push him under the light of the mirror and turn it on. He decides to not go anywhere and simply wait out his turn. As the time presses on, he begins to feel weaker and a white haze begins to envelop him. No matter how hard he cries, they will not pull the switch.
Now fully surrounded by white light, he sees an object floating towards him: his living reflection! The Reflection Max tells Actual Max that the reflections have already taken over Erin and Zack and now it is Max's turn. Max does not think living for eternity in a mirror sounds so hot, so he escapes. Somehow he manages to outrun his reflection and appears in the flesh, once Erin and Zack pull the cord. They ask him if he has made the switch and he says nothing. Then the Reflection Max gets seen in the mirror and tells them that Actual Max got away.
Erin tells Reflection Max no problem and Zack pulls the cord again. Actual Max tries running out of the attic, but Erin and Zack block his way. He yells to April to go get help, but she gets blocked by Erin and Zack. Just when all hope is lost, Lefty appears in the attic, sees the reflection of the invisible Max in the mirror, and tosses him the ball. The ball shatters the mirror, sucking Max's reflection into the shards. Lefty holds onto the door frame while Erin and Zack also get sucked into the mirror and then spit back out again.
Max and Lefty reflect on the end of their adventure while tossing around a ball in the backyard. It is then that Max discovers that Lefty is throwing right-handed.
Plot
This story begins when Max Thompson, a twelve-year-old boy, is combing his hair for his birthday party. Unfortunately, his younger brother, Noah (called Lefty, because he is left-handed), always teases him around.
Max's best friend, Zack, shows up armed with a weird haircut and a lousy present (some used X-Forcecomics). Also at the party are two girls: Erin, whose voice sounds like a mouse, and April, a shy girl. Max excitedly tells his guests that they are "barbecuing"-up some hot dogs. Max tries to get everyone to watch "the Terminator movie" he rented.
The party dies down and only April and Erin are left. The four children decide to explore a dusty old attic. Max's dog, Whitey, discovers a hidden room in the attic. The room is empty, except for a large antique mirror that takes up almost the entire wall. A slender light rests on top of the mirror and when Max pulls the light's chain, the light comes on but he disappears.
After turning the light off, Max reappears. Max does not believe he really turned invisible, even though the other children insisted that he did. Erin and April's ride arrives and Max tries to put the whole ordeal behind him. Yet that night, he has trouble sleeping and sneaks up to the attic to investigate. Max slowly takes an inventory of the mirror's construction, when he spies an ominous figure behind him. He turns to discover it is only Lefty.
Lefty whines, until Max agrees that he can go invisible only if they both go invisible at the same time. They both go invisible for a couple minutes, start to feel weak, and then pull the switch again. This time, however, it takes longer to reappear. Max figures that it must have something to do with how they were invisible longer than Max was the first time.
The two brothers decide the best way to use this amazing new power of invisibility is to scare Zack, who was not there for the prior mirrorfest. And eventually, they get him over to the house and they do scare him.Then they invisible him. Then April and Erin show up. Erin also wants to get invisible, but April remains hesitant and instead times everyone's excursions into invisibility. The children will all attempt to stay invisible the longest. Before Lefty can take his turn though, his grandparents arrive for dinner and the other children have to leave. But they agree to meet again later in the week to settle the contest.
While at dinner, Max sees a spoon rises in the air. Max wrestles with the invisible Lefty and drags him upstairs to the attic. Lefty brags as he comes back into sight, that he stayed invisible for over ten minutes, so now he holds the record. Lefty promises not to use the mirror again.
That night, Max stays up late because of the weekend and hopes that his parents will let him stay up and watchSaturday Night Live. Erin calls and tries to convince Max that if they brought the mirror to school for the science fair, they would be sure to get first prize and appear in People. Max tells her that it is a bad idea, because the wrong people could find out about the mirror, like the military.
Max sneaks off to the attic. He sits against the wall opposite the mirror and stares at his reflection. As he starts to doze off, he is startled to hear a voice in the mirror, asking him to change his ways. Max runs down to his bedroom and hides underneath the sheets, until morning.
When Max awakens, he soon discovers that Lefty is invisible again. But this time, he is using invisibility to float a shirt in Max's room. Max makes his brother go upstairs and change. When he comes back down, Max and his mother notice he is acting a little strange and there is something not quite right about him.
Max tells Lefty that he has decided getting invisible is too dangerous and calls his friends to cancel the invisibility championship. However, when the day of the championship arrives, Zack and the two girls show up at Max's house anyways. It turns out Lefty, who is currently hanging out at the park with his friends, called them up and uncancelled the championship. Max decides that as long as they are all there, they might as well go up to the attic.
April finally gets to disappear, but since Max's dog accidentally gets invisible with her, he brings her back early. She is upset, but is again relegated to taking the time for the others. Erin goes next and for the first twelve minutes or so she is up to her regular hovering objects shenanigans. However, for several minutes they can't get her to respond to their questions. Eventually they spy a floating Coke can and Max brings her back by turning on the light. After she comes back into focus, she claims she just got thirsty and went downstairs and that is why she didn't reply. However, Max notices something odd about her appearance too.
Zack decides he is going to smother the record and does not want to be pulled back into reality, until after fifteen minutes have passed. He then takes off outside and pulls a hilarious prank on an older neighbor. He picks up tomatoes and he makes them hover in the air. Once his friends stop laughing at his riotous object floating, they notice that he too does not reply to their calls. Against Erin's objections, Max races upstairs and turns the light off.
Zack reappears and Max can't help but notice that his haircut has now been reversed. Max tries to say something, but Erin and Zack push him under the light of the mirror and turn it on. He decides to not go anywhere and simply wait out his turn. As the time presses on, he begins to feel weaker and a white haze begins to envelop him. No matter how hard he cries, they will not pull the switch.
Now fully surrounded by white light, he sees an object floating towards him: his living reflection! The Reflection Max tells Actual Max that the reflections have already taken over Erin and Zack and now it is Max's turn. Max does not think living for eternity in a mirror sounds so hot, so he escapes. Somehow he manages to outrun his reflection and appears in the flesh, once Erin and Zack pull the cord. They ask him if he has made the switch and he says nothing. Then the Reflection Max gets seen in the mirror and tells them that Actual Max got away.
Erin tells Reflection Max no problem and Zack pulls the cord again. Actual Max tries running out of the attic, but Erin and Zack block his way. He yells to April to go get help, but she gets blocked by Erin and Zack. Just when all hope is lost, Lefty appears in the attic, sees the reflection of the invisible Max in the mirror, and tosses him the ball. The ball shatters the mirror, sucking Max's reflection into the shards. Lefty holds onto the door frame while Erin and Zack also get sucked into the mirror and then spit back out again.
Max and Lefty reflect on the end of their adventure while tossing around a ball in the backyard. It is then that Max discovers that Lefty is throwing right-handed.
October 17, 2017
First of all, I´m sorry if I made some grammar mistakes on this review >.<.
I´ve been reading since I can remember, but the first time I realized my love for books was undoubtedly, reading the goosebumps series. I was obsessed with this books in my childhood. I read everything I could of it. I´ve decided to re-read this series in english after so many years, because I´m currently learnig this language and I need some light books to improve it and get some vocabulary. So... What is better that returning to the origins? Also, Let´s get invisibles was the first book I ever read for this series, so this is perfect!
The main character of this book is Max, Who discovers a strange mirror in the attic of his house, which could turn him invisible when he turns on the light of it. When max and his friends starts to play with this power... The thinks become spooky!
It´s a good book of the series, just as I remembered. Also It has a really good and spooky plot twist at the end.
I´ve been reading since I can remember, but the first time I realized my love for books was undoubtedly, reading the goosebumps series. I was obsessed with this books in my childhood. I read everything I could of it. I´ve decided to re-read this series in english after so many years, because I´m currently learnig this language and I need some light books to improve it and get some vocabulary. So... What is better that returning to the origins? Also, Let´s get invisibles was the first book I ever read for this series, so this is perfect!
The main character of this book is Max, Who discovers a strange mirror in the attic of his house, which could turn him invisible when he turns on the light of it. When max and his friends starts to play with this power... The thinks become spooky!
It´s a good book of the series, just as I remembered. Also It has a really good and spooky plot twist at the end.
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