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Spooky Basement 1: Welcome to Monsteropolis
Prepare to Get Scared/Pumped!
While attending a birthday party at PizzArea 64, Baron and his best friend/guitar/spider monster, Garindax, are transported to the neon creep kingdom known as "Monsteropolis." There, they fight obese chef monsters, tear apart a ghoul school, eat tacos with a babe, and learn absolutely nothing about themselves. Can the duo battle back to Urth in time to kill some cake, or will they rot forever under Monsteropolis' blacklight sun?
While attending a birthday party at PizzArea 64, Baron and his best friend/guitar/spider monster, Garindax, are transported to the neon creep kingdom known as "Monsteropolis." There, they fight obese chef monsters, tear apart a ghoul school, eat tacos with a babe, and learn absolutely nothing about themselves. Can the duo battle back to Urth in time to kill some cake, or will they rot forever under Monsteropolis' blacklight sun?
222 pages, Paperback
Published October 31, 2016
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September 28, 2017
this book is a most wonderfully ridiculous pile of nostalgia horror pump pages I may have come across. Have you ever readed children's horror stories as an adult and felt depressed because they were written for a 7 year old? Spooky Basement is your cure! The author clearly has spent way too much time watching obscure horror VHS and playing way lame retro games like Teddy Boy but that is part of what makes this book all the more desirable to read. The cartoonish characters (seriously who doesn't want an anthropomorphic guitar as a best friend!?), over the top plot, and constant ADHD detours make this a book a fun read especially during Halloween season!
March 21, 2022
It's possible I am not the audience for this book.
I love horror movies, played a ton of old video games as a kid, have fond memories of Chuck E. Cheese, am into heavy metal, and basically have many of the same interests at Baron, the lead character in "Monsteropolis".
But Baron's (the narrator's) methods of description and exclamation just hit me the wrong way every time. I can definitely see how the slang and expressions used on every page will hit some readers the right way. But for this reader, they each went over like lead balloons.
If you haven't read the book, and the plot summary gets your interest, by all means check it out. I just don't think this book was meant for me, though it is a mere 217 pages, so it's at least not too long.
I love horror movies, played a ton of old video games as a kid, have fond memories of Chuck E. Cheese, am into heavy metal, and basically have many of the same interests at Baron, the lead character in "Monsteropolis".
But Baron's (the narrator's) methods of description and exclamation just hit me the wrong way every time. I can definitely see how the slang and expressions used on every page will hit some readers the right way. But for this reader, they each went over like lead balloons.
If you haven't read the book, and the plot summary gets your interest, by all means check it out. I just don't think this book was meant for me, though it is a mere 217 pages, so it's at least not too long.
August 25, 2020
Imagine a 15-year-old boy. Oh, and he is awesome. And has serious writing talent. If that 15-year-old wrote a book, it would be this one. Now go read it, relive your childhood, and get pumped.
March 29, 2022
Really fun for 90’s rad people. Easy read & just good clean fun the whole time. Nerds will enjoy the attention to nostalgia & the tie in video game is a cherry on top. Highly recommended
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