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Goosebumps #7
Night of the Living Dummy
They're baa-ack! Make way for the bestselling children's series of all time! With a fresh new look, GOOSEBUMPS is set to scare a whole new generation of kids. So reader beware--you're in for a scare! Kris's twin sister has just gotten a ventriloquist's dummy and its all anyone - their parents, their friends - seem to care about. Kris is tired of being ignore so she gets a dummy of her own. But double the dummies stare to mean double the trouble...and horror.
160 pages, Paperback
First published May 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 29, 2021
I just had to read a Goosebumps book this Halloween season for old times sake!
These books scared the heck out of me when I was in elementary school and turned me into the thriller/horror lover I am today.
The names in this book cracked me up! At first I was like ‘Come on, R.L. Stine, you couldn’t come up with better names than Mr. Wood for a dummy and Barky for a dog?’ and then I realized that that’s EXACTLY what my 2 and a half year old daughter would name them so fair enough. 🤣
Fun story and definitely more hardcore than the tv show. Yeah…I’ve seen every episode of the show 3 times. What of it? 😂
This was never my favorite of the Goosebumps series for me but still a good one. (It’s the only Goosebumps book I own.) I’m anxious to read Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes because that was by far my favorite. 🤣
I figured a handful of my GR friends would appreciate the nostalgia! 🧡
These books scared the heck out of me when I was in elementary school and turned me into the thriller/horror lover I am today.
The names in this book cracked me up! At first I was like ‘Come on, R.L. Stine, you couldn’t come up with better names than Mr. Wood for a dummy and Barky for a dog?’ and then I realized that that’s EXACTLY what my 2 and a half year old daughter would name them so fair enough. 🤣
Fun story and definitely more hardcore than the tv show. Yeah…I’ve seen every episode of the show 3 times. What of it? 😂
This was never my favorite of the Goosebumps series for me but still a good one. (It’s the only Goosebumps book I own.) I’m anxious to read Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes because that was by far my favorite. 🤣
I figured a handful of my GR friends would appreciate the nostalgia! 🧡
October 3, 2018
#7 "He walks. He stalks..."
Kris and Lindy are twin sisters. But when Lindy finds a ventriloquist dummy and names it Slappy, she starts getting all the attention. It's when Kris gets her own dummy to show up her sister that things get weird. Dummies aren't real... are they?
Creepy as hell and reminiscent of Child's Play. I loved it!!!
Kris and Lindy are twin sisters. But when Lindy finds a ventriloquist dummy and names it Slappy, she starts getting all the attention. It's when Kris gets her own dummy to show up her sister that things get weird. Dummies aren't real... are they?
Creepy as hell and reminiscent of Child's Play. I loved it!!!
February 18, 2025
¡Hoy les traigo otra reseña de la, casi siempre, recomendable colección de Pesadillas! 😅
👻🖤👻🖤👻🖤👻🖤👻
Tantas referencias que habíamos leído y escuchado en torno a Slappy, gracias en gran parte a la serie de los 90, y por fin nos decidimos a leer el primero de los tres que hay publicados 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Los que me hayan leído en anteriores reseñas de estos míticos títulos, sabrán que los estoy leyendo con las peques, especialmente con la mayor de 9 años porque la enana de 6 se suele quedar frita 🤣 y eso que pocas cosas dan más mal rollo que los muñecos de ventrílocuos, pero a ella se ve que le entra sueño jajajaja.
El ritmo, como suele ser común en esta serie, es muy ágil. Continuamente pasan cosas y algo que suele repetirse en los libros de Stine es presentarnos esas típicas relaciones entre hermanos (hermanas en este caso) cargadas de rivalidad y celos.
Aquí, el susodicho muñeco inquietante, que no es Slappy sino otro del que no teníamos constancia 😂, siempre acaba haciendo de las suyas aprovechando ese "pique" continuo entre Kris y Lindy para ver quién es mejor ventrílocua, creando el caldo de cultivo perfecto para que empiecen a sucederse hechos extraños, peleas varias entre ellas (que se hacen un tanto insoportables, todo hay que decirlo), ese afán de protagonismo tan cansino por ver quién es la mejor que cada vez se va apoderando más de ellas y, en definitiva, toda la tensión que rodea a un preadolescente pero con la presencia constante de algo maligno que las acecha.
Muñecos maldiciendo, vomitando verde como si de Regan se tratase 🤮 y despotricando cosas soeces a quien se le cruce por delante, y yo solo pensaba en esa pobre chica a la que nadie cree y encima culpan de todo.
Considero que esta colección son lecturas ideales para iniciar a los más jóvenes al género, con múltiples sorpresas y momentos tensos. De hecho, ya hemos acabado el segundo y nos ha gustado un poco más que este al ser más dinámico, aunque este que reseño tiene un par de escenas memorables que eché en falta en el segundo volumen. Aún así, ambos son muy recomendables 👌🏻
"Karru Marri Odonna Loma Molonu Karrano."
¿Lo han leído? ¿Qué les pareció?
¿Cuál es el título de Pesadillas que más miedo les ha causado?
¡Los leo! 🤓⤵️
https://www.facebook.com/LaLocadelosL... 📖🖤💀
👻🖤👻🖤👻🖤👻🖤👻
Tantas referencias que habíamos leído y escuchado en torno a Slappy, gracias en gran parte a la serie de los 90, y por fin nos decidimos a leer el primero de los tres que hay publicados 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Los que me hayan leído en anteriores reseñas de estos míticos títulos, sabrán que los estoy leyendo con las peques, especialmente con la mayor de 9 años porque la enana de 6 se suele quedar frita 🤣 y eso que pocas cosas dan más mal rollo que los muñecos de ventrílocuos, pero a ella se ve que le entra sueño jajajaja.
El ritmo, como suele ser común en esta serie, es muy ágil. Continuamente pasan cosas y algo que suele repetirse en los libros de Stine es presentarnos esas típicas relaciones entre hermanos (hermanas en este caso) cargadas de rivalidad y celos.
Aquí, el susodicho muñeco inquietante, que no es Slappy sino otro del que no teníamos constancia 😂, siempre acaba haciendo de las suyas aprovechando ese "pique" continuo entre Kris y Lindy para ver quién es mejor ventrílocua, creando el caldo de cultivo perfecto para que empiecen a sucederse hechos extraños, peleas varias entre ellas (que se hacen un tanto insoportables, todo hay que decirlo), ese afán de protagonismo tan cansino por ver quién es la mejor que cada vez se va apoderando más de ellas y, en definitiva, toda la tensión que rodea a un preadolescente pero con la presencia constante de algo maligno que las acecha.
Muñecos maldiciendo, vomitando verde como si de Regan se tratase 🤮 y despotricando cosas soeces a quien se le cruce por delante, y yo solo pensaba en esa pobre chica a la que nadie cree y encima culpan de todo.
Considero que esta colección son lecturas ideales para iniciar a los más jóvenes al género, con múltiples sorpresas y momentos tensos. De hecho, ya hemos acabado el segundo y nos ha gustado un poco más que este al ser más dinámico, aunque este que reseño tiene un par de escenas memorables que eché en falta en el segundo volumen. Aún así, ambos son muy recomendables 👌🏻
"Karru Marri Odonna Loma Molonu Karrano."
¿Lo han leído? ¿Qué les pareció?
¿Cuál es el título de Pesadillas que más miedo les ha causado?
¡Los leo! 🤓⤵️
https://www.facebook.com/LaLocadelosL... 📖🖤💀
January 15, 2025
Introducing, Woody!
Twins, Kris and Lindy, have a competitive nature. They are both always trying to one up each other. They never get tired of it.
While digging into the dumpster at the new house next door, Lindy finds a ventriloquist dummy. She decides to keep it.
As she practices with it, her sister, Kris becomes jealous of her popularity. Lindy is good with her dummy, who she names, Slappy.
To keep Kris from being jealous and to stop her from asking for one, their father, Mr. Powell, visits a pawnshop and purchases a ventriloquist dummy for Kris.
Kris names her dummy, Mr. Wood. Mr. Wood is a special kind of dummy. He gives Kris the opportunity to practice on him before he turns on her.
Night of the Living Dummy is filled with catchy expressions and witticisms. There’s also lots of fun filled horror.
Four stars. ✨✨✨✨
Twins, Kris and Lindy, have a competitive nature. They are both always trying to one up each other. They never get tired of it.
While digging into the dumpster at the new house next door, Lindy finds a ventriloquist dummy. She decides to keep it.
As she practices with it, her sister, Kris becomes jealous of her popularity. Lindy is good with her dummy, who she names, Slappy.
To keep Kris from being jealous and to stop her from asking for one, their father, Mr. Powell, visits a pawnshop and purchases a ventriloquist dummy for Kris.
Kris names her dummy, Mr. Wood. Mr. Wood is a special kind of dummy. He gives Kris the opportunity to practice on him before he turns on her.
Night of the Living Dummy is filled with catchy expressions and witticisms. There’s also lots of fun filled horror.
Four stars. ✨✨✨✨
January 23, 2016
This book by Stine was always my favorite. There was something so creepy and sinister about a ventriloquist doll coming to life... Ughh. It's one of my daughter's top favorites from him as well! R.L. Stine never really disappoints.
September 26, 2025
Slappy and Mr. Wood, those names cracked me up! The sibling jealousy was a little over the top, but honestly, that’s probably how we acted at that age. Curious to see how the rest of the Night of the Living Dummy series turns out… if I ever get around to reading them all!"
August 9, 2025
**3.5-stars rounded up**
Many know Slappy the dummy as one of the most iconic Goosebumps characters of all time. And while I have read other books with Slappy as an antagonist, I've no recollection of ever reading this, Night of the Living Dummy, Slappy's first appearance.
Recently, I needed a quick, fun, not too mentally taxing, audiobook while doing things around the house and decided to pick this up. I'm glad I did, as it fit the bill nicely.
In this story we follow twins, Lindy and Kris, who find a discarded ventriloquist's dummy. Lindy decides to save it, brings it home with them, and names it Slappy.
Kris, never wanting her sister to upstage her, needs to get a dummy of her own, which she names Mr. Wood. In classic Stine fashion, the sisters battle it out, performing with their dummies, but are the dummies battling too?
Something weird is going on. Disturbing things begin to happen when the dummies are around, and it soon becomes clear there's an evil lurking in their house. Will the girls be able to band together and figure out what's happening, or will the dummies force them apart forever?
In my humble opinion, this is definitely one of the stronger Goosebumps stories. At this point in the series, regardless of the direction his character goes in later stories and series spin-offs, Slappy does indeed feel menacing here.
While Stine always loves siblings fighting and having rivalries, I liked how the twins did eventually put their differences aside, and worked together.
Overall, I would absolutely recommend this as one of the 'must reads' of the Goosebumps universe. I feel like it provides a solid foundation for Slappy's character moving forward, and is also just a lot of fun!
Many know Slappy the dummy as one of the most iconic Goosebumps characters of all time. And while I have read other books with Slappy as an antagonist, I've no recollection of ever reading this, Night of the Living Dummy, Slappy's first appearance.
Recently, I needed a quick, fun, not too mentally taxing, audiobook while doing things around the house and decided to pick this up. I'm glad I did, as it fit the bill nicely.
In this story we follow twins, Lindy and Kris, who find a discarded ventriloquist's dummy. Lindy decides to save it, brings it home with them, and names it Slappy.
Kris, never wanting her sister to upstage her, needs to get a dummy of her own, which she names Mr. Wood. In classic Stine fashion, the sisters battle it out, performing with their dummies, but are the dummies battling too?
Something weird is going on. Disturbing things begin to happen when the dummies are around, and it soon becomes clear there's an evil lurking in their house. Will the girls be able to band together and figure out what's happening, or will the dummies force them apart forever?
In my humble opinion, this is definitely one of the stronger Goosebumps stories. At this point in the series, regardless of the direction his character goes in later stories and series spin-offs, Slappy does indeed feel menacing here.
While Stine always loves siblings fighting and having rivalries, I liked how the twins did eventually put their differences aside, and worked together.
Overall, I would absolutely recommend this as one of the 'must reads' of the Goosebumps universe. I feel like it provides a solid foundation for Slappy's character moving forward, and is also just a lot of fun!
January 2, 2025
A fun early entry in the Goosebumps series with some enjoyably creepy moments. There are the usual Goosebumps elements - sibling rivalry, well-meaning but useless adults, tried and tested horror tropes. In this case there’s a haunted ventriloquist’s dummy and a pair of competitive twins. I was expecting a better twist at the end, but it was still an entertaining quick read.
October 7, 2020
RILETTURA, DA ADULTO, DEI PICCOLI BRIVIDI N.12
Kris e Lindy sono due sorelle che un bel giorno hanno la sciagurata idea di prelevare dalla spazzatura un pupazzo per ventriloqui, subito rinominato Sventola. Lindy scopre di essere molto brava a creare spettacoli con il suo nuovo "amico". Kris, morendo d'invidia, viene accontentata dal padre e riceve pure lei un pupazzo analogo (giusto vestito un po' più gggiovane) rinominato Gambadilegno. Non ha il talento della sorella e i suoi spettacolini sono un fail ma un giorno si accorge che nel taschino della camicia del burattino c'è un foglietto che recita una strana formula magica...
Non succede nulla di rilevante in questo "Piccoli Brividi", definito IL titolo cult della serie, generando anche diversi seguiti. Tutta la storia è costruita sui disastri, bluff e scherzi che il perfido Gambadilegno mette in scena, con prevedibile reazione dei genitori spazientiti che danno colpa alle bambine (a proposito: prendere nota del fatto che i genitori affermano di prendersi l'intera domenica -anche se due righe sotto si dirà che è sabato, boh, per decidere la punizione da infliggere alle piccole ma, giusto in tempo per lasciare le figlie da sole per la resa dei conti dicono che "devono allontanarsi per comprare degli attrezzi per il giardinaggio"). Il tutto, però, funziona: il pupazzo ha la sua inquietudine e Stine dosa bene la suspense e riesce a strutturare la storia con una bella inventiva tutta giocata sull'attesa.
Peccato solo per il finale: il modo in cui viene sconfitto "il mostro" è frettoloso e dettato più dalla botta di culo che altro.
Vale la pena citare il bad ending: eliminato Gambadilegno, finalmente può entrare in scena quello che effettivamente sarà il protagonista ricordato della serie, Sventola.
Insomma, la saga del "Pupazzo parlante" è un po' come "Venerdì 13": quasi nessuno si ricorda del vero assassino del primo film, tutti ricordano Jason.
Kris e Lindy sono due sorelle che un bel giorno hanno la sciagurata idea di prelevare dalla spazzatura un pupazzo per ventriloqui, subito rinominato Sventola. Lindy scopre di essere molto brava a creare spettacoli con il suo nuovo "amico". Kris, morendo d'invidia, viene accontentata dal padre e riceve pure lei un pupazzo analogo (giusto vestito un po' più gggiovane) rinominato Gambadilegno. Non ha il talento della sorella e i suoi spettacolini sono un fail ma un giorno si accorge che nel taschino della camicia del burattino c'è un foglietto che recita una strana formula magica...
Non succede nulla di rilevante in questo "Piccoli Brividi", definito IL titolo cult della serie, generando anche diversi seguiti. Tutta la storia è costruita sui disastri, bluff e scherzi che il perfido Gambadilegno mette in scena, con prevedibile reazione dei genitori spazientiti che danno colpa alle bambine (a proposito: prendere nota del fatto che i genitori affermano di prendersi l'intera domenica -anche se due righe sotto si dirà che è sabato, boh, per decidere la punizione da infliggere alle piccole ma, giusto in tempo per lasciare le figlie da sole per la resa dei conti dicono che "devono allontanarsi per comprare degli attrezzi per il giardinaggio"). Il tutto, però, funziona: il pupazzo ha la sua inquietudine e Stine dosa bene la suspense e riesce a strutturare la storia con una bella inventiva tutta giocata sull'attesa.
Peccato solo per il finale: il modo in cui viene sconfitto "il mostro" è frettoloso e dettato più dalla botta di culo che altro.
Vale la pena citare il bad ending: eliminato Gambadilegno, finalmente può entrare in scena quello che effettivamente sarà il protagonista ricordato della serie, Sventola.
Insomma, la saga del "Pupazzo parlante" è un po' come "Venerdì 13": quasi nessuno si ricorda del vero assassino del primo film, tutti ricordano Jason.
November 11, 2012
It does not matter how old I get because this was probably my favorite and the creepiest Goosebump series I have read in my elementary years. The idea of a DUMMY that talks and stalks totally wacked my brain out! Totally wicked! :p
The story is about Kris and her twin sister Lindy Powell who both love to play with dolls and dummies (just like a typical princess-brat girls). One day Lindy, found a dummy (she named it Slappy) for her to play with. The twin sisters started to fight over the dummy so their father decided to buy a dummy for Kris. So Kris named the new dummy Mr. Wood thinking it was a perfectly nice dummy. Days have passed and the dummy started acting suspicious because when Kris and Lindy try to play with it...it started to move by itself! Bewildered and breathless, the twin sisters started to get rid of Mr.Wood but the dummy is so strong and wicked it even strangled and killed the family dog, Barky!
The ending was unpredictably scary because when they got rid of the evil dummy Mr. Wood and went home, Slappy (the other dummy that Lindy found in the garbage) says to Kris, who is going to shut the open window at their room, "Hey, slave - is that other guy gone? I thought he'd never leave!". Seriously, I had goosebumps!
Spooky isn't?! The following scary questions actually started to nag me night after night after reading this: What if you had a favorite dummy but then you speechlessly figured out it was haunting you? What if you had a dummy who you must obey or else it would kill your loved ones? Well that is exactly what happened to Lindy and Kris in the book Night of the Living Dummy by R.L. Stine! I must say (again) that this was one of the greatest and well-remembered CHILHOOD BOOK in my life! :3
The story is about Kris and her twin sister Lindy Powell who both love to play with dolls and dummies (just like a typical princess-brat girls). One day Lindy, found a dummy (she named it Slappy) for her to play with. The twin sisters started to fight over the dummy so their father decided to buy a dummy for Kris. So Kris named the new dummy Mr. Wood thinking it was a perfectly nice dummy. Days have passed and the dummy started acting suspicious because when Kris and Lindy try to play with it...it started to move by itself! Bewildered and breathless, the twin sisters started to get rid of Mr.Wood but the dummy is so strong and wicked it even strangled and killed the family dog, Barky!
The ending was unpredictably scary because when they got rid of the evil dummy Mr. Wood and went home, Slappy (the other dummy that Lindy found in the garbage) says to Kris, who is going to shut the open window at their room, "Hey, slave - is that other guy gone? I thought he'd never leave!". Seriously, I had goosebumps!
Spooky isn't?! The following scary questions actually started to nag me night after night after reading this: What if you had a favorite dummy but then you speechlessly figured out it was haunting you? What if you had a dummy who you must obey or else it would kill your loved ones? Well that is exactly what happened to Lindy and Kris in the book Night of the Living Dummy by R.L. Stine! I must say (again) that this was one of the greatest and well-remembered CHILHOOD BOOK in my life! :3
February 22, 2024
Rating: 4.5
Finally, another Goosebumps I actually quite enjoyed as much as Welcome to Dead House! I had high hopes for this one, but was scared my hopes would get crushed. Thankfully, that fear was unwarranted.
The writing for this one was pretty solid, which I'm glad for. Even the cliff hanger endings of chapters to get you to turn the page weren't as annoying. Stine found his rhythm and gave us suspense without the need to drag it out from chapter to chapter.
I do question a clue being ignored in this one about the dummy, but perhaps this was a decision of the character not to speak up. I don't want to give too much away, so that's all I'll say about it. Also, the twins were a bit annoying - especially Lindy, but I get the sibling - especially twin - rivalry and competitiveness. I have twin cousins that did this often when we were kids. I just personally find it annoying. I also found a repeated line said by one of the characters towards the end of the book rather annoying.
The ending was great for a classic horror ending and I can't wait to get to the second of these Living Dummy books!
Finally, another Goosebumps I actually quite enjoyed as much as Welcome to Dead House! I had high hopes for this one, but was scared my hopes would get crushed. Thankfully, that fear was unwarranted.
The writing for this one was pretty solid, which I'm glad for. Even the cliff hanger endings of chapters to get you to turn the page weren't as annoying. Stine found his rhythm and gave us suspense without the need to drag it out from chapter to chapter.
I do question a clue being ignored in this one about the dummy, but perhaps this was a decision of the character not to speak up. I don't want to give too much away, so that's all I'll say about it. Also, the twins were a bit annoying - especially Lindy, but I get the sibling - especially twin - rivalry and competitiveness. I have twin cousins that did this often when we were kids. I just personally find it annoying. I also found a repeated line said by one of the characters towards the end of the book rather annoying.
The ending was great for a classic horror ending and I can't wait to get to the second of these Living Dummy books!
April 6, 2010
Slappy surprisingly played only a small part in the original book. He was found in a dumpster by Lindy Powell, implying that Slappy has had more mischief in his past than we know about. Lindy took the dummy home, but soon her twin sister, Kris, became jealous and got a dummy of her own, named Mr. Wood. After purchasing Mr. Wood, strange things began to happen. The girls' room was turned upside down, and the kitchen was demolished when all of the food was emptied out and thrown about the room. However, Lindy revealed that she was behind all of it to get revenge on Kris for copying her. Later, after everything calmed down, Kris found the words in Mr. Wood's pocket and read them aloud, bringing him to life. When she did routines with Mr. Wood, he would nastily insult the audience without Kris's control and spew green, foul-smelling gunk out of his mouth. In the story's climax, Kris and Lindy tried to kill Mr. Wood by decapitating him with scissors, but he simply told them that he had "powers" that prevented him from being killed. Even burying him in a construction site didn't work. Mr. Wood decided the girls would be made to pay for their insolence and tried to kill their dog. However, they ended up in the construction site again after a chase, and Mr. Wood was killed by a bulldozer. When the girls returned home, they found that Slappy was alive the whole time.
May 13, 2020
I try to express only my most honest opinion in a spoiler-free way. Unfortunately, there is still always a risk of slight spoilers despite my best efforts. If you feel something in my review is a spoiler please let me know. Thank you.
It's kind of hard to rate this, cause it was just not meant for an adult reader. But read it I did to my 8-year-old daughter. Reading at night is one of our rituals. It was interesting to read the book that began Slappy. Who basically became the icon of Goosebumps. Even more interesting that the book really wasn't about Slappy at all. I thought this one was a bit too violent for a children's book. Even a middle grader. A pattern in the books is how long it takes for anything to really happen. That is starting to get a bit old for me. I would say a 3-star and my daughter would say a 5, so I'll split the difference and go with 4.
It's kind of hard to rate this, cause it was just not meant for an adult reader. But read it I did to my 8-year-old daughter. Reading at night is one of our rituals. It was interesting to read the book that began Slappy. Who basically became the icon of Goosebumps. Even more interesting that the book really wasn't about Slappy at all. I thought this one was a bit too violent for a children's book. Even a middle grader. A pattern in the books is how long it takes for anything to really happen. That is starting to get a bit old for me. I would say a 3-star and my daughter would say a 5, so I'll split the difference and go with 4.
November 21, 2020
I think this is probably my favourite Goosebumps book out of the ones I’ve read and probably the one I’ve reread the most times. There’s just something so damn creepy and sinister about any kind of doll coming to life, dummy or not and I’m obsessed with it. For some reason I really enjoy the sibling rivalry in this book too, probably because I’m an only child and it makes me appreciate that a whole lot. I loved this one as a kid and I think I love it even more now! Reading it again at an older age made me appreciate little details I didn’t notice when I was younger and gave me a whole new appreciation for this book and Stine’s writing.
September 30, 2019
Just had the opportunity to re-read this classic from my youth to my daughter. This was one of my favorites! Not sure who enjoyed it more, Liv or I!!😂😂5 stars
October 2, 2018
I had one experience with R.L Stine when I was younger and that was watching The Werewolf of Fever Swamp. That memory is cemented in my mind because I was so fucking terrified. I can remember the day, where I was, the color of the couch I sat on and how I had the worst nightmares. Because of that movie I never went anywhere near “the dummy one” but I heard about it, and just hearing about it scared the shit out of me.
I wanted to read this because what better time to revisit a childhood terror than during October?! I didn’t expect to be scared but I did expect to have fun and wow, was this fun.
I’m kind of shocked by how good this was?
It was well-written and there were so many twists I didn’t see coming! When I think of The Night of the Living Dummy I think of Slappy, so Mr. Wood completely threw me off but I loved it.
I’m not going to lie, this middle grade had me on the edge of my seat and I really didn’t know how it would end. I think if I read it when I was younger I would have been T E R R I F I E D, instead of giggling with delight and thinking it was so spooooooky. I wish I hadn’t been such a scaredy cat so I would have read them then, but better late than never!
I liked this one so much that I will be starting from the beginning and devouring as many as I can. I would definitely recommend if you’re looking for a quick, nostalgic and spooky Halloween read!👻🕷
I wanted to read this because what better time to revisit a childhood terror than during October?! I didn’t expect to be scared but I did expect to have fun and wow, was this fun.
I’m kind of shocked by how good this was?
It was well-written and there were so many twists I didn’t see coming! When I think of The Night of the Living Dummy I think of Slappy, so Mr. Wood completely threw me off but I loved it.
I’m not going to lie, this middle grade had me on the edge of my seat and I really didn’t know how it would end. I think if I read it when I was younger I would have been T E R R I F I E D, instead of giggling with delight and thinking it was so spooooooky. I wish I hadn’t been such a scaredy cat so I would have read them then, but better late than never!
I liked this one so much that I will be starting from the beginning and devouring as many as I can. I would definitely recommend if you’re looking for a quick, nostalgic and spooky Halloween read!👻🕷
September 30, 2022
Forgot how good this one is, now I remember why all the hype! And it's one of the only ones that gets a sequel 🤩
March 26, 2016
Increíble pensar que antes publicaban estos libros para niños como si nada pero cuando salió Harry Potter lo censuraron por diabólico? (say what).
Vi el capítulo de Slappy y Mr. Wood cuando estaba pequeña, y aún lo culpó por mi eterno terror a las muñecas de cerámicas (esas sonrisas *shudder*). Pero es primera vez que leo el libro... Y es más espeluznante de lo que recordaba.
Muñecos vomitando al estilo de El Exorcista, mordiendo niñas, sometiendo una familia a la esclavitud, diciendo insultos con voces diabólicas y ahorcando perritos. ¡Ahorcando perritos!
Las historias infantiles de antes si que eran hardcore.
Vi el capítulo de Slappy y Mr. Wood cuando estaba pequeña, y aún lo culpó por mi eterno terror a las muñecas de cerámicas (esas sonrisas *shudder*). Pero es primera vez que leo el libro... Y es más espeluznante de lo que recordaba.
Muñecos vomitando al estilo de El Exorcista, mordiendo niñas, sometiendo una familia a la esclavitud, diciendo insultos con voces diabólicas y ahorcando perritos. ¡Ahorcando perritos!
Las historias infantiles de antes si que eran hardcore.
April 29, 2015
Lindy and Kris are twins. They are 12, with blonde hair and blue eyes. Lindy wears her hair long, and Kris short.
They hate each other.
They fight all the time, try to copy each other, make fun of each other, and pull pranks on each other.
One day, Lindy finds a ventriloquist dummy in a dumpster. She names it Slappy. She decides she has a gift for ventriloquism and starts practicing with Slappy every day. At first, Kris makes fun of her for being a dork. But after a few weeks, Lindy and Slappy start getting pretty popular. All the kids at school think they're funny and Lindy gets hired to do her act at a kid's birthday party.
It's around this time that Kris starts getting very jealous. She asks her parents for her own dummy, which makes Lindy furious. The parents suggest the girls share Slappy. But when Kris reaches over to take Slappy from Lindy:
Suddenly the dummy's head tilted back and his mouth opened wide. "Beat it, Kris!" he snarled in a harsh raspy voice. "Get lost, you stupid moron!" Before Kris could back away, Slappy's wooden hand shot up, and he slapped her hard across the face.
Lindy claims that she didn't do it - that the dummy acted on its own. Of course, no one believes her.
Then Kris's parents buy her a dummy. Kris names it Mr. Wood. Now there are two dummies in the house...and it seems that they hate each other.
The girls wake up to find Mr. Wood wearing Kris's clothes. Mr. Wood, in Lindy's hands, berates Lindy and calls her names. But Lindy claims it isn't her speaking. They also walk into the room to find Wood on top of Slappy, it's hands around Slappy's throat. Kris starts shutting Mr. Wood in the closet at night, but every morning he's on the chair next to her bed. One night, when Kris goes downstairs to get a drink, the refrigerator's empty - all the food spilled and scattered on the floor. Mr. Wood is sitting there, wearing Kris's jewelry, with a big plate of fried chicken on his lap.
Kris is in tears, terrified of Mr. Wood and absolutely convinced that her dummy is evil. It's then that Lindy confesses - everything was her doing. She set up every incident, trying to make Kris believe that her dummy was alive. What a jerk! I was very angry with her.
Think the nightmare's over? Oh, no, no, no. It's just beginning. Read on... if you dare!
...
This is widely accepted as the scariest of all the Goosebumps books, and I have to admit that it is chilling. Perhaps even more chilling to me, since I've always been terrified of living dolls and living ventriloquist dummies are just the epitome of scary. I don't think I'm alone in this!
Again, Stine chooses to create two main characters who are horrid. The book is technically from Kris's point of view, and I suppose that she is the more sympathetic sister, but both her and Lindy are horrible brats, in my opinion. Lindy is the worst - playing that malicious, drawn-out prank on her sister, and filled with fury that Kris is trying to "copy her" all the time. Kris isn't a good person either. She does copy her sister, and won't allow Lindy to have her own likes and hobbies. She's also whiny. I didn't want to see either of them hurt - and this book gets very violent and twisted for a Goosebumps book - but I didn't like them as people.
Stine really pulls out all the stops on the horror. Dummies crawling around your bedroom at night. Dummies that speak to you in a low growl, saying horrible things. Dummies that seem to be indestructible.
Again, the horror is even more horrifying because the protagonists are 12-years-old. I know (at least in the US of A) children are generally coddled and loved and adored. It's easy to forget that they also have no rights and no agency. They are at the complete mercy of the adults around them. And adults tend to think that kids are making stuff up when they try to tell the adults what's going on. Kids can't drive, they can't have weapons, they can't go places alone. Also, their minds aren't as developed as an adult's mind and oftentimes they don't think as clearly or as rationally as an adult would. All of this combines to put children in a precarious position when evil possessed living dummies decide attack.
If you're only going to read one Goosebumps and you want the scariest one - this is probably your best bet.
They hate each other.
They fight all the time, try to copy each other, make fun of each other, and pull pranks on each other.
One day, Lindy finds a ventriloquist dummy in a dumpster. She names it Slappy. She decides she has a gift for ventriloquism and starts practicing with Slappy every day. At first, Kris makes fun of her for being a dork. But after a few weeks, Lindy and Slappy start getting pretty popular. All the kids at school think they're funny and Lindy gets hired to do her act at a kid's birthday party.
It's around this time that Kris starts getting very jealous. She asks her parents for her own dummy, which makes Lindy furious. The parents suggest the girls share Slappy. But when Kris reaches over to take Slappy from Lindy:
Suddenly the dummy's head tilted back and his mouth opened wide. "Beat it, Kris!" he snarled in a harsh raspy voice. "Get lost, you stupid moron!" Before Kris could back away, Slappy's wooden hand shot up, and he slapped her hard across the face.
Lindy claims that she didn't do it - that the dummy acted on its own. Of course, no one believes her.
Then Kris's parents buy her a dummy. Kris names it Mr. Wood. Now there are two dummies in the house...and it seems that they hate each other.
The girls wake up to find Mr. Wood wearing Kris's clothes. Mr. Wood, in Lindy's hands, berates Lindy and calls her names. But Lindy claims it isn't her speaking. They also walk into the room to find Wood on top of Slappy, it's hands around Slappy's throat. Kris starts shutting Mr. Wood in the closet at night, but every morning he's on the chair next to her bed. One night, when Kris goes downstairs to get a drink, the refrigerator's empty - all the food spilled and scattered on the floor. Mr. Wood is sitting there, wearing Kris's jewelry, with a big plate of fried chicken on his lap.
Kris is in tears, terrified of Mr. Wood and absolutely convinced that her dummy is evil. It's then that Lindy confesses - everything was her doing. She set up every incident, trying to make Kris believe that her dummy was alive. What a jerk! I was very angry with her.
Think the nightmare's over? Oh, no, no, no. It's just beginning. Read on... if you dare!
...
This is widely accepted as the scariest of all the Goosebumps books, and I have to admit that it is chilling. Perhaps even more chilling to me, since I've always been terrified of living dolls and living ventriloquist dummies are just the epitome of scary. I don't think I'm alone in this!
Again, Stine chooses to create two main characters who are horrid. The book is technically from Kris's point of view, and I suppose that she is the more sympathetic sister, but both her and Lindy are horrible brats, in my opinion. Lindy is the worst - playing that malicious, drawn-out prank on her sister, and filled with fury that Kris is trying to "copy her" all the time. Kris isn't a good person either. She does copy her sister, and won't allow Lindy to have her own likes and hobbies. She's also whiny. I didn't want to see either of them hurt - and this book gets very violent and twisted for a Goosebumps book - but I didn't like them as people.
Stine really pulls out all the stops on the horror. Dummies crawling around your bedroom at night. Dummies that speak to you in a low growl, saying horrible things. Dummies that seem to be indestructible.
Again, the horror is even more horrifying because the protagonists are 12-years-old. I know (at least in the US of A) children are generally coddled and loved and adored. It's easy to forget that they also have no rights and no agency. They are at the complete mercy of the adults around them. And adults tend to think that kids are making stuff up when they try to tell the adults what's going on. Kids can't drive, they can't have weapons, they can't go places alone. Also, their minds aren't as developed as an adult's mind and oftentimes they don't think as clearly or as rationally as an adult would. All of this combines to put children in a precarious position when evil possessed living dummies decide attack.
If you're only going to read one Goosebumps and you want the scariest one - this is probably your best bet.
September 22, 2024
Ο καθένας μας έχει τους προσωπικούς του φόβους, τα πράγματα εκείνα που για κάποιο λόγο του προκαλούν ρίγη ανατριχίλας. Ε... οι σατανικές κούκλες ήταν ανέκαθεν κάτι που θεωρούσα creepy και τρομακτικό. Ίσως αυτός να είναι και ο λόγος που θεωρώ το συγκεκριμένο βιβλίο της σειράς από τα πιο τρομακτικά. Όσον αφορά εμένα, κατάφερε να παίξει με το μυαλό μου και να κάνει το στομάχι μου να σφιχτεί, τόσο ως παιδί, αλλά και ως ενήλικη αργότερα. Ναι... τους κλόουν και αυτές τις σιχαμένες κούκλες (ξύλινες και πορσελάνινες), είναι κάτι που δεν θα συμπαθήσω ποτέ.
October 20, 2019
3.0 Stars
I never grew up reading Goosebumps so I didn’t have any nostalgia for this series. I don’t tend to enjoy middle grade fiction and I honestly felt too old reading this one as an adult The sisters in the story were rather annoying, but I was pleasantly happy with the creepiness of the dummies. While I didn’t love this book, I look forward to reading through the series with my son when he is old enough.
I never grew up reading Goosebumps so I didn’t have any nostalgia for this series. I don’t tend to enjoy middle grade fiction and I honestly felt too old reading this one as an adult The sisters in the story were rather annoying, but I was pleasantly happy with the creepiness of the dummies. While I didn’t love this book, I look forward to reading through the series with my son when he is old enough.
August 27, 2022
Slappy SLAPS 🤙💅 Beware of dolls 101. Have you ever met a stable person who enjoys a wooden nightmare (ventriloquism)? This is the original Annabelle. For children.
4 out of 5 unhinged jaws.
4 out of 5 unhinged jaws.
October 9, 2016
Like a couple of other books in my Goosebumps reread so far, I went into this with almost no memory of what it was about or my younger self's general impression of it. I knew Night of the Living Dummy was about two sisters and... that was it. In a way, that was a blessing. I didn't know what was coming next, and it was nice sitting back and taking in the action of this short children's book like it was the first time I was reading it. I felt like I was in elementary school all over again!
However, if I could have remembered how bad this one is, I might have just skipped it altogether.
Okay, first off, the cover. This book's cover is among the better Goosebumps artwork (which was and is, in all honesty, the best thing about this series), but it really misleads the reader. Slappy, the dummy portrayed on the front of the book, is introduced about fifteen pages into the story and makes almost no appearance again until the last page. He isn't alive, and he isn't the cause of the mayhem that goes on. In actuality, it is Mr. Wood, the dummy brought in after Slappy, that is alive (although he doesn't gain life until the last 30 pages). I had completely forgotten about Mr. Wood because the second and third Dummy books focus on Slappy and his hi-jinks. So the cover is really, really misleading.
So, what happens in the story? you may ask. If Mr. Wood doesn't come alive until page 100 -- which is what this book is about, given the title and all -- what happens until then? Well... a whole lotta nothing, honestly. The book revolves around Kris and Lindy, two twin sisters who do nothing but argue and belittle one another. Seriously... that is their entire personalities. It gets old reading their constant snide comments and bickering after about ten pages in. Their parents, in Goosebumps tradition, are there to do nothing more than react to whatever their kids get up to and say "It's just the wind!" and "Wait until tomorrow when we punish you." Seriously, Stine. I get it that this book series is written for kids and that's why the books focus on the kids... but can't you at least try to make your adult characters seem not so apathetic?
So the book's plot mostly revolves around the sisters arguing over any and every thing and, eventually, trying to outdo each other with their dummy routines. Okay, so... am I the only person who thinks it's weird that two twelve year old kids have such fascinations with dummies, anyway? That's something that strikes me as odd about all three Dummy books. Stine writes his kid characters as absolutely obsessed with dummies and not creeped out by them whatsoever. They tend to carry them around with them everywhere they go... eat with them... sleep with them... yeah, I dunno. It's just always struck me as odd.
And finally, the climax. The moment the book is leading up to. Mr. Wood, by way of one of the girl's stupidity (I honestly cannot remember which girl it is because they each have the personality of a stale graham cracker) -- i.e. chanting some weird, foreign words that somehow bring Mr. Wood to life??? okay???? -- draws breath and tries "enslaving" the family. He doesn't actually do anything... he just runs around and yells "You'll be my slaves!" until the girls eventually defeat him, and rather easily at that. Seriously. Yawn. The whole thing just feels so anti-climatic and boring and rushed, especially after having to read through a hundred pages of mindless taunting and one-upping between the two sisters.
This book is easily the worst Goosebumps book I've read thus far, but I have a feeling it won't keep that distinction too long. Filled to the brim with cardboard characters (and that's really saying something for this book series), boring and unrealistic dialogue, and a climax that is disappointing by any standard whatsoever, this is a book from my childhood I'll definitely never read again.
However, if I could have remembered how bad this one is, I might have just skipped it altogether.
Okay, first off, the cover. This book's cover is among the better Goosebumps artwork (which was and is, in all honesty, the best thing about this series), but it really misleads the reader. Slappy, the dummy portrayed on the front of the book, is introduced about fifteen pages into the story and makes almost no appearance again until the last page. He isn't alive, and he isn't the cause of the mayhem that goes on. In actuality, it is Mr. Wood, the dummy brought in after Slappy, that is alive (although he doesn't gain life until the last 30 pages). I had completely forgotten about Mr. Wood because the second and third Dummy books focus on Slappy and his hi-jinks. So the cover is really, really misleading.
So, what happens in the story? you may ask. If Mr. Wood doesn't come alive until page 100 -- which is what this book is about, given the title and all -- what happens until then? Well... a whole lotta nothing, honestly. The book revolves around Kris and Lindy, two twin sisters who do nothing but argue and belittle one another. Seriously... that is their entire personalities. It gets old reading their constant snide comments and bickering after about ten pages in. Their parents, in Goosebumps tradition, are there to do nothing more than react to whatever their kids get up to and say "It's just the wind!" and "Wait until tomorrow when we punish you." Seriously, Stine. I get it that this book series is written for kids and that's why the books focus on the kids... but can't you at least try to make your adult characters seem not so apathetic?
So the book's plot mostly revolves around the sisters arguing over any and every thing and, eventually, trying to outdo each other with their dummy routines. Okay, so... am I the only person who thinks it's weird that two twelve year old kids have such fascinations with dummies, anyway? That's something that strikes me as odd about all three Dummy books. Stine writes his kid characters as absolutely obsessed with dummies and not creeped out by them whatsoever. They tend to carry them around with them everywhere they go... eat with them... sleep with them... yeah, I dunno. It's just always struck me as odd.
And finally, the climax. The moment the book is leading up to. Mr. Wood, by way of one of the girl's stupidity (I honestly cannot remember which girl it is because they each have the personality of a stale graham cracker) -- i.e. chanting some weird, foreign words that somehow bring Mr. Wood to life??? okay???? -- draws breath and tries "enslaving" the family. He doesn't actually do anything... he just runs around and yells "You'll be my slaves!" until the girls eventually defeat him, and rather easily at that. Seriously. Yawn. The whole thing just feels so anti-climatic and boring and rushed, especially after having to read through a hundred pages of mindless taunting and one-upping between the two sisters.
This book is easily the worst Goosebumps book I've read thus far, but I have a feeling it won't keep that distinction too long. Filled to the brim with cardboard characters (and that's really saying something for this book series), boring and unrealistic dialogue, and a climax that is disappointing by any standard whatsoever, this is a book from my childhood I'll definitely never read again.
September 15, 2012
A couple of days ago when I talked to my French Canadian friend, he introduced me to a very interesting book series called Goosebumps. The book series is very easy for me to read in English without using a dictionary. And plus, I can enjoy reading it.
When I was a kid, I was a huge fan of 江戸川乱歩 (Edogawa Rampo). I read all his books when I was in the fifth grade. Most of his books were creepy and I competed with my classmates who was the fastest to finish reading all his books. Although I couldn't win, I was one of the fastest kids.
I started reading a book of Goosebumps. The book series has over 160 books. I'd love to read all of them with my Kindle to improve my reading skills!
When I was a kid, I was a huge fan of 江戸川乱歩 (Edogawa Rampo). I read all his books when I was in the fifth grade. Most of his books were creepy and I competed with my classmates who was the fastest to finish reading all his books. Although I couldn't win, I was one of the fastest kids.
I started reading a book of Goosebumps. The book series has over 160 books. I'd love to read all of them with my Kindle to improve my reading skills!
March 2, 2020
Wowzers this took me right back to the 00’s when I used to read the Goosebumps books to my nieces! They used to adore the TV programme too!
So it’s world book day this Thursday and my son has decided to go as Slappy, his favourite character from the Goosebumps series.
We had a catch up read and I loved every second of it!
It’s easy to get caught up in the glitz and glamour of the Goosebumps films, but this has just reminded me what an awesome author R L Stine is!
Every child should read his books!
So it’s world book day this Thursday and my son has decided to go as Slappy, his favourite character from the Goosebumps series.
We had a catch up read and I loved every second of it!
It’s easy to get caught up in the glitz and glamour of the Goosebumps films, but this has just reminded me what an awesome author R L Stine is!
Every child should read his books!
June 5, 2025
I know this one is a classic, and it's definitely one of the better written books in the original Goosebumps series, but the last half really fell flat for me and brought my star rating down. The book tells the story of Lindy and Kris, two sisters. Lindy finds a ventriloquist dummy in a dumpster and decides to keep him, naming him Slappy. When she sees Lindy's success at performing with Slappy and even earning money doing a routine with him at birthday parties, Kris gets jealous and wants a dummy of her own. Her dad gets her one named Mr. Wood at a pawn shop, but as it turns out hers can come to life, and it starts wreaking havoc and trying to enslave the two sisters.
It's a wild story and for the most part it really works, but it also shows how limited R.L. Stine's writing is. I appreciate that he actually tries to write a bit elevated in this one, much more than most other entries in the series, but that basically just amounted to him describing the moonlight and what it looked like coming through the windows and curtains about a dozen times. The story also falls completely apart in the second half, devolving into two or three lengthy and repetitive scenes where the two girls try to tackle Mr. Wood, and they grab his legs, and they grab his arms, and he shouts something like "You can't do this to me! I have powers!"
And once you've seen that exact same pointless scene play out multiple times, and it takes like ten pages to play out each time, it just feels tedious, and like Stine didn't know what to do with this story, so he just started repeating himself. He also beats the "you've gotta believe me!" storyline to absolute death in this one. It's a breathlessly repeated theme in Goosebumps that I simply can't stand anymore after reading it in probably thirty of these books by now.
The ending was okay though, so there's that. It's an overrated entry for sure, but it wasn't terrible. It's not a bad read. But it's definitely not a great read either.
It's a wild story and for the most part it really works, but it also shows how limited R.L. Stine's writing is. I appreciate that he actually tries to write a bit elevated in this one, much more than most other entries in the series, but that basically just amounted to him describing the moonlight and what it looked like coming through the windows and curtains about a dozen times. The story also falls completely apart in the second half, devolving into two or three lengthy and repetitive scenes where the two girls try to tackle Mr. Wood, and they grab his legs, and they grab his arms, and he shouts something like "You can't do this to me! I have powers!"
And once you've seen that exact same pointless scene play out multiple times, and it takes like ten pages to play out each time, it just feels tedious, and like Stine didn't know what to do with this story, so he just started repeating himself. He also beats the "you've gotta believe me!" storyline to absolute death in this one. It's a breathlessly repeated theme in Goosebumps that I simply can't stand anymore after reading it in probably thirty of these books by now.
The ending was okay though, so there's that. It's an overrated entry for sure, but it wasn't terrible. It's not a bad read. But it's definitely not a great read either.
January 22, 2012
My fourth grade students begged me to purchase a class set of the book Night of the Living Dummy, part of the Goosebumps series by R.L. Stine. I can see why they love this book, although--sorry, kids, I won't be getting a class set.
Night of the Living Dummy is kind of like a cross between Stephen King weirdness and the Night Gallery series by Rod Serling, but targeting kids. That aspect of the story was fun. I enjoyed the creepy and familiar of the story. (I recall, in fact, an evil doll in one of my favorite Night Gallery episodes; folks these days might compare this to Chucky.) However, the writing leaves a lot to be desired. It's flat. Boring. It's okay for the kids to read independently, but when it comes to sharing a piece of literature as a whole class, I expect something a little more meaty.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not against covering books that kids love. We do have a class set of The Adventures of Captain Underpants (and the second in the series, Attack of the Talking Toilets). However, the Captain Underpants books are loaded with figurative language, metaphors, similes, and idiomatic expressions. Each page offers a plethora of opportunities to discuss the finer points of the English language. Sadly, this Goosebumps book does nothing like that. If there is an R.L. Stine book out there that has more sophisticated language, I will be happy to get a class set for my kids. Otherwise, I'll have to pass.
Night of the Living Dummy is kind of like a cross between Stephen King weirdness and the Night Gallery series by Rod Serling, but targeting kids. That aspect of the story was fun. I enjoyed the creepy and familiar of the story. (I recall, in fact, an evil doll in one of my favorite Night Gallery episodes; folks these days might compare this to Chucky.) However, the writing leaves a lot to be desired. It's flat. Boring. It's okay for the kids to read independently, but when it comes to sharing a piece of literature as a whole class, I expect something a little more meaty.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not against covering books that kids love. We do have a class set of The Adventures of Captain Underpants (and the second in the series, Attack of the Talking Toilets). However, the Captain Underpants books are loaded with figurative language, metaphors, similes, and idiomatic expressions. Each page offers a plethora of opportunities to discuss the finer points of the English language. Sadly, this Goosebumps book does nothing like that. If there is an R.L. Stine book out there that has more sophisticated language, I will be happy to get a class set for my kids. Otherwise, I'll have to pass.
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
October 27, 2015
This is my all time favorite Goosebumps book. Slappy is just so freaky man. 0__0
Still as awesome as I remember it.
Still as awesome as I remember it.
March 14, 2021
3 stars for the number of times a dummy slaps a little girl. I miss the 90s.
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