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Goosebumps Most Wanted #8
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Ben and Jenny Renfro are terrified of puppets and they don 39 t know why. It 39 s just been a fear that the twins have shared for as long as they can remember. Yes they are creeped out by all kinds of puppets but especially marionettes. Something about all of those wires is extra scary.
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First published September 29, 2015
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R.L. Stine
1,680 books18.7k 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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July 9, 2019
It's definitely in my top 5 favourite Goosebumps books so far, beautifully and scarily written. Absolutely superb.
March 18, 2020
3.56 stars⭐⭐⭐
January 6, 2023
The Goosebumps Most Wanted series may not have started out on the highest of notes, but by book eight R.L. Stine had somewhat turned that around. Night of the Puppet People is the second consecutive book with decent atmosphere and internal logic, as well as a couple of twists to keep readers interested. Besides the usual introduction narrated by R.L. Stine for this particular series, there's a prologue that takes place seven years before the main story, and the rest of the book is divided into Part One and Part Two, making it feel like an ambitious horror novel. Join twelve-year-old twins Ben and Jenny Renfro as they discover a hidden collection of ultra-realistic marionettes in their friend Bird's attic, marionettes that feel strangely familiar to the twins for reasons they can't explain. The terror begins with these puppets.
Ben, Jenny, and Bird are tired of Anna and Maria earning all the accolades at school. The two popular girls are elite students, creative, and athletic, favorites of the teachers and most of the kids, but they never pass up an opportunity to put down Bird and the twins. Anna and Maria are sure to be a sensation at auditions for the school talent show—which boasts a prize of five hundred dollars for the winner—with their puppet routine, but when Bird takes Ben and Jenny into his father's attic and they find a trio of lifelike marionettes, they decide to confound Anna and Maria's plans. The girls will never have puppets as realistic as these; if Ben, Jenny, and Bird develop a good skit, they'll outshine Anna and Maria at their own special talent! Motivated by upstaging their rivals, Ben, Jenny, and Bird compose an entertaining act and impress everyone at auditions, infuriating Anna and Maria. Everything is going as the trio of novice puppeteers hoped.
But a mysterious vandalism incident causes the plan to go awry, landing Ben, Jenny, and Bird in serious trouble at school. Whoever did it made it look like the lifelike marionettes were to blame, so suspicion falls naturally on their owners. Ben and Jenny's deep-seated fear of puppets flares up, a fear they've never been able to explain, but their determination to knock Anna and Maria down a peg overrides their instinctive feeling that it would be wise to let this go. After messing with the marionettes a second time, Ben finds himself in an emergency situation, and the eerily realistic puppets seem to be responsible for it. Is there any saving Ben from their dark magic? Perhaps...but the three friends will have to move rapidly if they are to upend the sinister agenda that's been creeping up on them this whole time.
Shades of Slappy the ventriloquist dummy dominate the story, a trend continued and increased from A Nightmare on Clown Street. In many ways, Night of the Puppet People is a Slappy narrative blueprint re-imagined with a new villain and incarnation of magic. It's a good novel, as effectively atmospheric as some entries in the original Goosebumps series even as the logic occasionally wavers. R.L. Stine at his best is capable of detonating plot H-bombs that annihilate the story we think we're reading and reveal the shocking reality behind it, and even if Night of the Puppet People is no Deep Trouble or The Mummy Walks, it's evidence that Mr. Stine hadn't lost his touch at this stage in his career. And that is happy news for anyone who loves Goosebumps.
Ben, Jenny, and Bird are tired of Anna and Maria earning all the accolades at school. The two popular girls are elite students, creative, and athletic, favorites of the teachers and most of the kids, but they never pass up an opportunity to put down Bird and the twins. Anna and Maria are sure to be a sensation at auditions for the school talent show—which boasts a prize of five hundred dollars for the winner—with their puppet routine, but when Bird takes Ben and Jenny into his father's attic and they find a trio of lifelike marionettes, they decide to confound Anna and Maria's plans. The girls will never have puppets as realistic as these; if Ben, Jenny, and Bird develop a good skit, they'll outshine Anna and Maria at their own special talent! Motivated by upstaging their rivals, Ben, Jenny, and Bird compose an entertaining act and impress everyone at auditions, infuriating Anna and Maria. Everything is going as the trio of novice puppeteers hoped.
But a mysterious vandalism incident causes the plan to go awry, landing Ben, Jenny, and Bird in serious trouble at school. Whoever did it made it look like the lifelike marionettes were to blame, so suspicion falls naturally on their owners. Ben and Jenny's deep-seated fear of puppets flares up, a fear they've never been able to explain, but their determination to knock Anna and Maria down a peg overrides their instinctive feeling that it would be wise to let this go. After messing with the marionettes a second time, Ben finds himself in an emergency situation, and the eerily realistic puppets seem to be responsible for it. Is there any saving Ben from their dark magic? Perhaps...but the three friends will have to move rapidly if they are to upend the sinister agenda that's been creeping up on them this whole time.
Shades of Slappy the ventriloquist dummy dominate the story, a trend continued and increased from A Nightmare on Clown Street. In many ways, Night of the Puppet People is a Slappy narrative blueprint re-imagined with a new villain and incarnation of magic. It's a good novel, as effectively atmospheric as some entries in the original Goosebumps series even as the logic occasionally wavers. R.L. Stine at his best is capable of detonating plot H-bombs that annihilate the story we think we're reading and reveal the shocking reality behind it, and even if Night of the Puppet People is no Deep Trouble or The Mummy Walks, it's evidence that Mr. Stine hadn't lost his touch at this stage in his career. And that is happy news for anyone who loves Goosebumps.
February 27, 2022
I want to start by saying I’m not the biggest fan of the Most Wanted series. If I had a choice to choose the weakest series out of I’ve read this far (can’t count Horrorland since I haven’t read it), this is BY FAR the weakest series. And books like Night Of The Puppet People remind of the cons that modern Goosebumps books tend to have. Issues like: dropped concepts that seem to stand out or sound interesting, and an overall tameness to the entire story. This book on the surface looked like a lot of things: a Night Of The Living Dummy reskin, told in the Most Wanted format. The tagline says something to the effect of: Monsters you WANT to see. No, Stine. Stop. We didn’t want to see this one. PUPPET PEOPLE? Ouch. As the story progresses it felt more a kin to stories from Series 2000, albeit the tamed modern versions we typically get with exceptions to ahandful of books out there. And it’s problems are synonymous with the typical bad books of the series. Why a 2⭐️ review? I guess I’ll explain.
The story starts off with an okay prologue taking place 7 years prior to the current events. This portion is told in third person, which was odd. But it fits. These two twins named Ben and Jenny are having a birthday party and this wizard act with marionette puppets decides to perform at their party but you’d expect it, the puppets are somehow botching the act. The birthday twins are traumatized by this memory, and as the present day arises later on, you learn that it was a suppressed memory the two shared. But what became of that mechanism?
Well modern day kicks in, they’re now 12 and they introduce us to their best-friend Bird, who’s Dad happens to be the costumed wizard from their suppressed memory. The main perspective is now told in Ben’s eyes, and there is a new talent show coming up with a $500 prize he desperately wants to win. Too bad, he, he sister, and Bird don’t have any real talents. We then meet two dislikable brats named Anna and Maria who snuff them off as some type of pretentious do-gooders who are seemingly only mean to them. They learn that the two girls have a puppet show in mind for the talent show and struggle to find something cooler.
They rummage through Bird’s attic and find the puppets and decide to go through with adding the puppets to their act for the talent show, potentially one upping Anna and Maria. They want to keep it a secret from Bird’s father, who seemingly hid them away on purpose not to be found.
The trip then use the puppets at the talent show tryouts, pissing off Anna and Maria and two separate events involving the trio’s and girls’ puppets ensues. Leaving the trio suspended from school and banned from the talent show.
After it’s revealed that it may or may not have been a prank elaborated by a certain party, this is where the story really loses its railing (in a negative way). We are made to believe the puppets aren’t really alive, but somehow maybe are and they have “electrical” powers to say the least. Ben is on the receiving end of said powers and let’s say, he gets infected with Puppet Cells..: I wish I was making that up, but that legit happens in the book.
The body horror gets a bit good but still tamer than what you would’ve saw in the mid to late 90’s. The kids notice that Ben is essentially becoming a puppet. By some stroke of miracle, they find a card in one of the puppets pockets and head to the headquarters of this puppet maker’s shop (actually offering origin to object centered goosebumps books Stine - A for effort - F for results here). They end up breaking into the location on the card, greeted by this puppet maker who offers to cure Ben from the.. Puppet Cells.. because the puppets they had were a “bad batch”. After seeing the “bad puppets” reaction to the puppet maker, they freak out. But after a few dozen mini fake outs, dun dun dun. The puppet maker wants to cure Ben, make him human, only to turn him back to a puppet again… What?
The context gets heavily convoluted as the kids managed to escape the puppet maker’s place without knowing what happens further. They decide to attend the talent show and boo people (because I guess they’re the mean kids after all) and discover a horrifying twist. With its own fair share of disappointment accompanied with it.
This story has lots that happens, but that’s all I can say about it. Stuff happens. The tangibility of the plot stems down this repressed memory that the twins share. The unsettling truth of the puppets… right? Well, that concept isn’t actually utilized in this story. Once they “remember” the birthday party, it doesn’t even phase them. All of that for nothing I suppose? Wasted potential with that concept. It also feels eerily familiar to the plot structure of a book earlier on in Most Wanted called Son Of Slappy, if you read that, the first 90 or so pages will feel extremely familiar. And remember back to the point earlier that on the surface this book is a blatant reskin of the NOTLD books? Well it is. This book suffers from anything original. And the originality, towards the end, rather sucks. Nothing makes sense involving context. Are these puppets evil or is it the puppet maker? Why would pranks be involved with certain people if the puppets…weren’t.. alive? And above all else, why would the puppet maker cure a human of puppet cells… to put puppet cells back into him? I think it was hinted at corrupted cells, but ay yi yi? PUPPET CELLS?
This book went from being a NOTLD rip off, to being a NOTLD rip off with a bad twist angle, interjecting weak science fiction points for shock value. Dismantling the cool concepts it had going for it, and leave the reader realizing the trio of kids by the end are just as awful as Anna and Maria. I guess the main message to take away (loosely) is the cost of greed. Don’t be greedy people!!! Shame shame! But this book even fails to highlight that basic of a moral concept in a meaningful way. The only good from this story is the interesting ideas of suppressed memories which got botched and the sliver of good body horror. Everything else was boring, dull, unoriginal, and bad.
I’ve read much worse in the series, this book at least tries to offer something to the table, just botches it at every turn. Better than most 1 ⭐️ books are able to do. It’s a bad book, not quite terrible but easily a bad book. I gave this book a 2.7/5 ⭐️ for me, which is a D-. I don’t recommend this book at all. Maybe some new readers would get a kick out of it, if they haven’t been exposed to other Goosebumps books in the past. Read Son Of Slappy in this series over this, that’s a better book.
The story starts off with an okay prologue taking place 7 years prior to the current events. This portion is told in third person, which was odd. But it fits. These two twins named Ben and Jenny are having a birthday party and this wizard act with marionette puppets decides to perform at their party but you’d expect it, the puppets are somehow botching the act. The birthday twins are traumatized by this memory, and as the present day arises later on, you learn that it was a suppressed memory the two shared. But what became of that mechanism?
Well modern day kicks in, they’re now 12 and they introduce us to their best-friend Bird, who’s Dad happens to be the costumed wizard from their suppressed memory. The main perspective is now told in Ben’s eyes, and there is a new talent show coming up with a $500 prize he desperately wants to win. Too bad, he, he sister, and Bird don’t have any real talents. We then meet two dislikable brats named Anna and Maria who snuff them off as some type of pretentious do-gooders who are seemingly only mean to them. They learn that the two girls have a puppet show in mind for the talent show and struggle to find something cooler.
They rummage through Bird’s attic and find the puppets and decide to go through with adding the puppets to their act for the talent show, potentially one upping Anna and Maria. They want to keep it a secret from Bird’s father, who seemingly hid them away on purpose not to be found.
The trip then use the puppets at the talent show tryouts, pissing off Anna and Maria and two separate events involving the trio’s and girls’ puppets ensues. Leaving the trio suspended from school and banned from the talent show.
After it’s revealed that it may or may not have been a prank elaborated by a certain party, this is where the story really loses its railing (in a negative way). We are made to believe the puppets aren’t really alive, but somehow maybe are and they have “electrical” powers to say the least. Ben is on the receiving end of said powers and let’s say, he gets infected with Puppet Cells..: I wish I was making that up, but that legit happens in the book.
The body horror gets a bit good but still tamer than what you would’ve saw in the mid to late 90’s. The kids notice that Ben is essentially becoming a puppet. By some stroke of miracle, they find a card in one of the puppets pockets and head to the headquarters of this puppet maker’s shop (actually offering origin to object centered goosebumps books Stine - A for effort - F for results here). They end up breaking into the location on the card, greeted by this puppet maker who offers to cure Ben from the.. Puppet Cells.. because the puppets they had were a “bad batch”. After seeing the “bad puppets” reaction to the puppet maker, they freak out. But after a few dozen mini fake outs, dun dun dun. The puppet maker wants to cure Ben, make him human, only to turn him back to a puppet again… What?
The context gets heavily convoluted as the kids managed to escape the puppet maker’s place without knowing what happens further. They decide to attend the talent show and boo people (because I guess they’re the mean kids after all) and discover a horrifying twist. With its own fair share of disappointment accompanied with it.
This story has lots that happens, but that’s all I can say about it. Stuff happens. The tangibility of the plot stems down this repressed memory that the twins share. The unsettling truth of the puppets… right? Well, that concept isn’t actually utilized in this story. Once they “remember” the birthday party, it doesn’t even phase them. All of that for nothing I suppose? Wasted potential with that concept. It also feels eerily familiar to the plot structure of a book earlier on in Most Wanted called Son Of Slappy, if you read that, the first 90 or so pages will feel extremely familiar. And remember back to the point earlier that on the surface this book is a blatant reskin of the NOTLD books? Well it is. This book suffers from anything original. And the originality, towards the end, rather sucks. Nothing makes sense involving context. Are these puppets evil or is it the puppet maker? Why would pranks be involved with certain people if the puppets…weren’t.. alive? And above all else, why would the puppet maker cure a human of puppet cells… to put puppet cells back into him? I think it was hinted at corrupted cells, but ay yi yi? PUPPET CELLS?
This book went from being a NOTLD rip off, to being a NOTLD rip off with a bad twist angle, interjecting weak science fiction points for shock value. Dismantling the cool concepts it had going for it, and leave the reader realizing the trio of kids by the end are just as awful as Anna and Maria. I guess the main message to take away (loosely) is the cost of greed. Don’t be greedy people!!! Shame shame! But this book even fails to highlight that basic of a moral concept in a meaningful way. The only good from this story is the interesting ideas of suppressed memories which got botched and the sliver of good body horror. Everything else was boring, dull, unoriginal, and bad.
I’ve read much worse in the series, this book at least tries to offer something to the table, just botches it at every turn. Better than most 1 ⭐️ books are able to do. It’s a bad book, not quite terrible but easily a bad book. I gave this book a 2.7/5 ⭐️ for me, which is a D-. I don’t recommend this book at all. Maybe some new readers would get a kick out of it, if they haven’t been exposed to other Goosebumps books in the past. Read Son Of Slappy in this series over this, that’s a better book.
October 13, 2015
I honestly think this is one of the best books in the Most Wanted series. The last couple Stine has out out have been really good.
October 28, 2015
I think lately I've been reading goosebumps and this is the only one that shows how time passes and that is a reason I like it.
May 1, 2023
So Night Of The Puppet People is a book I was not ever looking forward to and it should be obvious why.Slappy has had a million titles at this point and this seems like a direct Slappy style book or Revenge Of The Lawn Gnomes type.So yea this is my last Most Wanted book for a reason.The story starts off with these kids Ben and Jenny, who I kept reading as Jerry. I think I was just hungry .Anyway it's a prologue so it's a few years before the initial story. They are at a birthday party and their is this entertainer guy with these puppets. The puppets end up coming alive and biting the kids which is basically a scene from any dummy book. We cut to present day and Ben and Jenny are dealing with two girls at their school who I honestly forgot the names of already.Ones name is Annie I think.They are supposed to be the bullies but they really don't do much.They trip Ben and get him in trouble but the reason they really dislike the girls is because they always win at everything and our main characters can't stand it.Their is an upcoming talent show thing coming up and Ben and Jenny want to win,not only to humiliate Anne and no name but to win the grand prize of 500 dollars. The kids are at their friend birds house ,a guy who looks like a bird and they are thinking of ideas. They decide on a comedic play and decide to look for costumes in the attic,much to the dismay of birds dad. One of the kids end up falling and finding this cabinet with three marionette puppets inside. The kids both think they look familiar but can't remember where they've seen these puppets, which is really unrealistic these kids are 12 and they can't remember a birthday party only a few years ago ?Anyway they end up deciding on a skit dealing with puppets even though they are both scared of them.The day of the talent show auditions happen and nothing bad happens during the auditions, which is the single most surprising part of this book.Oh I have to point out the talents these other kids have is super cringy.The girls also have puppets for one,but the most cringe tho is the two rappers. I really wish Stine write out the whole rap. That would've been something. Anyway after the talent show auditions they all put the puppets away and when they come back they find the other puppets that Anne and no name used have their strings cut.And the scissors are placed in the puppets hands. They get a lecture from the principal and are told if they get in trouble they are out of the talent show.The next day the puppets are left in a room and the words "puppets rule" are written over the walls and a black marker is found in Slappy's hand .Oh I'm sorry the puppets hand.The kids get suspended and when they come back we get our first twist, which anybody could've guessed .After that the kids are upstairs in the attic wanting to use the puppets for revenge.We get another reveal which was also very predictable. In the later half of the story one of the kids has something happen to them and they must find a way back to normal.So Incase you didn't notice this was not a favorite of mine.The only things I liked was the attic scene during a thunderstorm and the very small mystery surrounding the puppets.Where did they come from ? Are they different from Slappy ? They are different from Slappy but only by a stretch.They don't do insults or vomit green stuff ,or control things with their mind .We do learn where these things come from, but only a little bit.This book has a lot of loose ends that this book could've benifeted from if all our questions were answered. I give night of the puppet people a solid two out of five stars.
June 24, 2016
Imagine if you were attacked by a puppet and you start to change into one? Gaaaaah. The thought gives me chills. I mean, I don't own any puppets but I do have lots of dolls. And just imagining my precious dolls turning evil --- I can't bear it.
Anyway, this is another spine-tingling tale from master writer R.L. Stine. I will forever love his work.
Anyway, this is another spine-tingling tale from master writer R.L. Stine. I will forever love his work.
March 20, 2017
I hate puppets, so this book really freaked me out! Another good book from the master of children horror, R.L. Stine!
October 4, 2017
Remind me not to mess with puppets now.
November 10, 2017
This book was awesome it had action and suspense it was finny to.
August 12, 2025
Gonna briefly touch on this book, and not go into depth about it because of my most wanted video coming soon on the Gooseblock youtube channel. But I will go over some stuff quick.
First things first im fine with the books first 90 pages even if the intro segment is a little pointless, and the antagonistic characters are a little annoying. Past that, the climax (page 90 and on) was pretty bad. What was at first a decent dummy knock off book is now a weird body horror story with little to no explanation making it feel boring and drawn out. So without the climax its like a 6, but with the way it is its like a 4/10.
First things first im fine with the books first 90 pages even if the intro segment is a little pointless, and the antagonistic characters are a little annoying. Past that, the climax (page 90 and on) was pretty bad. What was at first a decent dummy knock off book is now a weird body horror story with little to no explanation making it feel boring and drawn out. So without the climax its like a 6, but with the way it is its like a 4/10.
February 4, 2025
A rethread of Night of the Living Dummy but it feels and reads like the very first draft as it is written, because the storytelling is so poor, the characters are thin as ice, there's little to nothing stakes until something random with no built up happened by the last 50 pages and there's almost no atmosphere of scares (except for the attic scene).
The Most Wanted books are R.L. Stine's poor era.
The Most Wanted books are R.L. Stine's poor era.
December 13, 2019
Night of the Puppet People by R.L. Stine is a terrifying book about twins named Ben and Jenny who have an odd history of marionettes. And they have to do something with marionettes. I've never really done anything with marionettes, so I don't know how it feels to control one. I really think this book is interesting because of how the story goes along. Just like the other Goosebumps books, I can't find a message. I've read some of the other Goosebumps books because the series is good. I'd recommend this book to all Goosebumps fans and 4th-6th graders.
April 7, 2016
Another in the Goosebumps co-reads with my kid. I enjoyed this one more than most - it was bit more cinematic and mysterious than some of the others we've read and seemed to really be challenging her to pay attention to the details and speculate on the possibly outcomes, which was a nice change of pact - not all of these so far have really challenged her to think particularly too hard about the details or the plot and sometimes she's just along for the ride.
November 11, 2016
You know. I'm ashamed to say I've worked with kids for many years but have never, until this, read a Goosebumps. I've been asked for them a million times! Well written and perfectly frightening....no wonder kids gobble these up. This one in particular hit the spot. I work with puppets too.....just not not the frightening kind. Simply delightful! Bring on the bookclub.
October 7, 2015
liked it.
February 18, 2016
I enjoyed it! :)
July 22, 2016
Revenge
They still won lol
XDwell as puppets
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December 21, 2016
Ooooooh man!! The puppet people really scared the shit out of me. This book makes me want to read all the Goosebumps Most Wanted series!
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January 16, 2018this book is scary and think my friend emily would like to read this book
May 13, 2019
Another great plot twist
June 14, 2019
OMG! This book really freaked me out! Like literally. When I was at the last chapters and my room's door suddenly opened, I jumped from my bed! I don't know what was I thinking?! Maybe one of the evil puppets came to me while I was reading!!!!
And speaking of puppets, they are creepy to be honest. Something about these human shaped crafts has a scary thing about them. That's coming from a doll maker herself (-_-)'' I used to be fascinated with puppets cause it amazed me how much talent you need to move those heavy things with strings. First time saw them in the anime (3000 Leagues in Search of Mother), then the famous puppet Pinocchio (that was a scary movie for me as a kid but not cause of puppets). I usually like these kind of horror books cause they're always thrilling instead of scaring but man! This one really freaked the hell out of me. I'm not joking when I say I was sweating at the last chapters.
Ben actually was brave in my opinion. If I were to be in his place, the first thing I'll do is cry. But he kept on going till he fixed his problem and was determined to get what he wanted. I thought for a moment there he will be a goner but thank god he wasn't. I liked those trio kids. As for the bullies, it' kinda odd that I'm not sorry they got turned into puppet, in fact, it felt strangely satisfying.
Loved it, 5 stars and in my favorite.
And speaking of puppets, they are creepy to be honest. Something about these human shaped crafts has a scary thing about them. That's coming from a doll maker herself (-_-)'' I used to be fascinated with puppets cause it amazed me how much talent you need to move those heavy things with strings. First time saw them in the anime (3000 Leagues in Search of Mother), then the famous puppet Pinocchio (that was a scary movie for me as a kid but not cause of puppets). I usually like these kind of horror books cause they're always thrilling instead of scaring but man! This one really freaked the hell out of me. I'm not joking when I say I was sweating at the last chapters.
Ben actually was brave in my opinion. If I were to be in his place, the first thing I'll do is cry. But he kept on going till he fixed his problem and was determined to get what he wanted. I thought for a moment there he will be a goner but thank god he wasn't. I liked those trio kids. As for the bullies, it' kinda odd that I'm not sorry they got turned into puppet, in fact, it felt strangely satisfying.
Loved it, 5 stars and in my favorite.
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December 16, 2022
Ben and her sister Jenny are having their 5th birthday party. A puppeteer does a skit with two puppets but overtime he lost control of the puppets and they began to bite and hurt Ben and Jenny. 7 years later they have been recently been bullied by two girls named Anna and Maria. Also they always win the schools yearly talent show with their puppets. Later they go to they friend Birds house. While Birds dad is not home they go into the attic and find some puppets in a cabinet. Right before Birds dad gets home they decide to use them for the schools Talent show. After the show the puppets terrorize the art room and they all got suspended and grounded for a week. A week later Birds dad admits he was the puppeteer and those were the same puppets from 7 years ago. When Jenny and Bird were not watching one of the puppets infects Ben. They go to were Birds dad got the puppets and Ben was cured But then the owner tried to turn him into a good puppet but failed. They all got away with Ben cured. The next talent show apparently Anna and Maria followed them because they were puppets and again as always they won the talent show.
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March 4, 2020According to the text of the Night Of The Puppet People book the book is talking about how Ben and Jenny Refrozen are terrified of puppets,and they don't know why.It’s been a fear the the twins have shared for as long as they can remember.Yes, they are cheeped out by all kinds of puppets, but especially marionettes. Something about all those wires is extra scary.The main theme is when The twins are determined to win their school’s talent contest.Even if they have to surround themselves by the thing that they hate the most and that is puppets. I think that was the main theme.The book kinda inspired me by too faced your fears but I am now scared of puppets now because of the way that R.L. STINE wrote the book so interestingly like I really dived into the book and I got scared and I thought I was in that moment and that place.How I can connect Ben and Jenny is by they are both terrified of puppets like I said and there both advantageous.In conclusion I think that The Night Of The Puppet People was a good book and it is very inserting to read and I think people should read this book.
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February 5, 2024
سلسلة (صرخة الرعب) الرئيسية تتكون من ٦٢ عدد، ويتفرع منها بأعدادها سلاسل متفرقة.
منها سلسلة: (Most Wanted)، والتي تبدو أنها لا تتلائم مع عشاق السلسلة، ومنهم انا .. رغم تقييمات النقاد العالية.
قرأت أولاً من سلسلة (Most Wanted) كتاب: (ليلة الزومبي) .. وكان تقييمي له (3.36/5).
ثم هذا العدد، والذي أتضح لي أثناء قرأتي أنه قد يكون أسوأ من (حفلة الزومبي).
وبالفعل قد كان.
الكتاب مقسم لمقدمة وجزئين.
المقدمة كانت جيدة .. الجزء الأول جيد - عدا ١٤ صفحة - .. الجزء الثاني خيالي سيء.
فيكون بذلك تقييمي للمقدمة (5/5)
والجزء الأول (4.01/5)، والجزء الثاني (1/5)
قمت ببعض الحسابات - ندمت بعدها - وكانت كالآتي:
5 + 4.01 + 1 = 10.01
10.01 ÷ 15 × 100 ÷ 10 ÷ 2 = 3.33
ويكون التقييم النهائي للعدد السيء (3.33/5) .. أي أسوأ من (حفلة الزومبي).
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الترجمة من أسوأ ما قرأت .. لن اتكلم عنها أكثر من ذلك.
منها سلسلة: (Most Wanted)، والتي تبدو أنها لا تتلائم مع عشاق السلسلة، ومنهم انا .. رغم تقييمات النقاد العالية.
قرأت أولاً من سلسلة (Most Wanted) كتاب: (ليلة الزومبي) .. وكان تقييمي له (3.36/5).
ثم هذا العدد، والذي أتضح لي أثناء قرأتي أنه قد يكون أسوأ من (حفلة الزومبي).
وبالفعل قد كان.
الكتاب مقسم لمقدمة وجزئين.
المقدمة كانت جيدة .. الجزء الأول جيد - عدا ١٤ صفحة - .. الجزء الثاني خيالي سيء.
فيكون بذلك تقييمي للمقدمة (5/5)
والجزء الأول (4.01/5)، والجزء الثاني (1/5)
قمت ببعض الحسابات - ندمت بعدها - وكانت كالآتي:
5 + 4.01 + 1 = 10.01
10.01 ÷ 15 × 100 ÷ 10 ÷ 2 = 3.33
ويكون التقييم النهائي للعدد السيء (3.33/5) .. أي أسوأ من (حفلة الزومبي).
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الترجمة من أسوأ ما قرأت .. لن اتكلم عنها أكثر من ذلك.
July 25, 2024
(٣.٣٣/٥)
[ظهر الكتاب]:
أكثر الأشرار شرًّا
أكثر القصص فزعًا!
بن وجيني رينفرو يشعران بالذعر من الدمى. ولا يعرفان السبب.
إنه شعور بالخوف يتشاركه التوءم منذ أن بدأا يدركان ما حولهما.
أجل إنهما يشعران بالذعر من جميع أنواع الدمى خاصة الدمى ذات الخيوط.
هناك شيء ما بشأن كل هذه الخيوط يجعل الأمر مخيفًا أكثر.
كان التوءم مصممين على الفوز بمسابقة المواهب التي تعقدها مدرستهما حتى وإن اضطرا لإحاطة أنفسهما بأكثر شيء يكرهانه.. الدمى!
ولكن الدمى بها أشياء أكثر من مجرد الخيوط والخشب. هناك شيء شرير يحوم في المكان. هل سيتمكن بن وجيني من
السيطرة على الدمى؟
...
[رأيي في القصة]:
قرأتها في (٥/٢/٢٠٢٤) .. الكتاب مقسم لمقدمة وجزئين.
المقدمة كانت جيدة .. الجزء الأول جيد - عدا ١٤ صفحة - .. الجزء الثاني خيالي سيء.
...
[رأيي في الترجمة]:
لم تعجبني حينها.
[ظهر الكتاب]:
أكثر الأشرار شرًّا
أكثر القصص فزعًا!
بن وجيني رينفرو يشعران بالذعر من الدمى. ولا يعرفان السبب.
إنه شعور بالخوف يتشاركه التوءم منذ أن بدأا يدركان ما حولهما.
أجل إنهما يشعران بالذعر من جميع أنواع الدمى خاصة الدمى ذات الخيوط.
هناك شيء ما بشأن كل هذه الخيوط يجعل الأمر مخيفًا أكثر.
كان التوءم مصممين على الفوز بمسابقة المواهب التي تعقدها مدرستهما حتى وإن اضطرا لإحاطة أنفسهما بأكثر شيء يكرهانه.. الدمى!
ولكن الدمى بها أشياء أكثر من مجرد الخيوط والخشب. هناك شيء شرير يحوم في المكان. هل سيتمكن بن وجيني من
السيطرة على الدمى؟
...
[رأيي في القصة]:
قرأتها في (٥/٢/٢٠٢٤) .. الكتاب مقسم لمقدمة وجزئين.
المقدمة كانت جيدة .. الجزء الأول جيد - عدا ١٤ صفحة - .. الجزء الثاني خيالي سيء.
...
[رأيي في الترجمة]:
لم تعجبني حينها.
February 12, 2025
8/11/2024
"من الغريب أن يظل العقل يفكر في أشياء عادية حتي و انت تعاني من مشكلة كبيرة . فقد كنت أشاهد المنازل و نحن نمر بجوارها خارج النافذة و كنت أفكر في دروس الجيتار التي كنت أحضرها "
دائماً ما كانت تداعب جيني و بن مخاوف خفية من الدمي المتحركة ، الأطفال من حولهم يراقبونهم بحماس و عيون مترقبه و ضحكات متفرقه هنا و هناك إلا جين و بيني دائما كان يساورهم خوف غير مبرر كأن تلك الدميه حية بطريقة أو أخري ...
"ولكن الأستاذة فيني صغيرة و لها شعر أشقر مموج طويل . تضع أحمر شفاه زاهي اللون و ترتدي سراويل جينز و قمصانا ، وهذا يجعل الجميع يرون أنها رائعة و مدهشه و عظيمه "
"من الغريب أن يظل العقل يفكر في أشياء عادية حتي و انت تعاني من مشكلة كبيرة . فقد كنت أشاهد المنازل و نحن نمر بجوارها خارج النافذة و كنت أفكر في دروس الجيتار التي كنت أحضرها "
دائماً ما كانت تداعب جيني و بن مخاوف خفية من الدمي المتحركة ، الأطفال من حولهم يراقبونهم بحماس و عيون مترقبه و ضحكات متفرقه هنا و هناك إلا جين و بيني دائما كان يساورهم خوف غير مبرر كأن تلك الدميه حية بطريقة أو أخري ...
"ولكن الأستاذة فيني صغيرة و لها شعر أشقر مموج طويل . تضع أحمر شفاه زاهي اللون و ترتدي سراويل جينز و قمصانا ، وهذا يجعل الجميع يرون أنها رائعة و مدهشه و عظيمه "
October 16, 2018
Meh. I generally like the Goosebumps books I've read with my boys. They're fun campy kid's horror, and we have a lot of fun guessing what will happen next. The hooks at the end of each chapter keep them begging for just one more before bedtime. This one was only okay, though. The boys liked it, but there was a lot of muddled motivation and false scares for me.
March 20, 2020
I thought I had finished this series years ago, but I apparently missed reading this book and the one right after it. Whoops!
This was super fun to read, just like the majority of the other Most Wanted books were. However, these puppets don’t hold a candle to good old Slappy!
This was super fun to read, just like the majority of the other Most Wanted books were. However, these puppets don’t hold a candle to good old Slappy!
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