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Goosebumps #14
The Werewolf of Fever Swamp
«Via!» gridò Will, con la voce roca, resa stridula dallo spavento. «Presto, scappiamo!» Troppo tardi... L'eremita della palude era sbucato dal folto delle canne, proprio dietro di noi.
«Sono il lupo mannaro!» berciò, con gli occhi stralunati. La sua faccia, circondata dalla massa incolta di capelli, era di un rosso acceso. «Sono il lupo mannaro!»
160 pages, Paperback
First published December 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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October 6, 2018
#14 "Who's afraid of the big, bad wolf?"
They call it Fever Swamp because those who go in it end up becoming very sick and possibly dying. Grady and Emily's parents are scientist working on experiments with the local swamp deer. but right after they move in strange things start to happen. Including the appearance of a big dog and no one seems to know where it came from.
They call it Fever Swamp because those who go in it end up becoming very sick and possibly dying. Grady and Emily's parents are scientist working on experiments with the local swamp deer. but right after they move in strange things start to happen. Including the appearance of a big dog and no one seems to know where it came from.
April 29, 2015
This was interesting. Grady (12), Emily (16) and their two scientist parents move down to Florida so that Grady's dad's can do some experiments with 6 swamp deer he has. I looked up swamp deer on Wikipedia. They really do exist. But Stine claims they're from South America and Wiki says they're only found in India and are called Barasingha. They are cute. :)
When Emily and Grady decide to explore the swamp a little (Grady in shorts and sandals - moron move right there) they discover a small, crude wooden shack. And there is a swamp hermit living in the shack! With "amazing" black eyes and grey-white hair pulled back in a ponytail, he's an intimidating figure. Emily and Grady flee instead of introducing themselves.
Grady makes two friends about his age - Will and Cassie. Cassie is convinced that the swamp hermit is a werewolf. Will is skeptical. But he does tell Grady why it's called Fever Swamp. A hundred years ago, everyone who had been in the swamp developed a horrible fever that killed most of them. The ones it didn't kill went crazy.
Grady promptly comes down with a fever the next day. He starts hearing howling from the swamp every night. Other nights he and his sister hear scratching at the door. But when they open it, nothing's there.
A few days later a gigantic 100-pound dog appears. He's super-friendly and very affectionate with Grady. He has very blue eyes. Grady convinces his parents to keep the dog, which he names Wolf. Then animals start getting brutally killed...
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...
All in all, this was more of a mystery than a straight-out horror, in my opinion. Who is the werewolf? Is there even a werewolf? What or who is killing the animals? At one point I was seriously convinced Grady's parents were werewolves.
Stine's description of Florida and the swamps are excellent and a joy to read. I really like the hot, humid, swampy atmosphere he cooks up. That was well done.
I also liked Grady's parents banter when they are discussing werewolves. It's cute and funny.
I liked the ending. It was a good ending. Some of Stine's endings are very unsatisfying, but not this one. I was happy with it.
When Emily and Grady decide to explore the swamp a little (Grady in shorts and sandals - moron move right there) they discover a small, crude wooden shack. And there is a swamp hermit living in the shack! With "amazing" black eyes and grey-white hair pulled back in a ponytail, he's an intimidating figure. Emily and Grady flee instead of introducing themselves.
Grady makes two friends about his age - Will and Cassie. Cassie is convinced that the swamp hermit is a werewolf. Will is skeptical. But he does tell Grady why it's called Fever Swamp. A hundred years ago, everyone who had been in the swamp developed a horrible fever that killed most of them. The ones it didn't kill went crazy.
Grady promptly comes down with a fever the next day. He starts hearing howling from the swamp every night. Other nights he and his sister hear scratching at the door. But when they open it, nothing's there.
A few days later a gigantic 100-pound dog appears. He's super-friendly and very affectionate with Grady. He has very blue eyes. Grady convinces his parents to keep the dog, which he names Wolf. Then animals start getting brutally killed...
...
...
All in all, this was more of a mystery than a straight-out horror, in my opinion. Who is the werewolf? Is there even a werewolf? What or who is killing the animals? At one point I was seriously convinced Grady's parents were werewolves.
Stine's description of Florida and the swamps are excellent and a joy to read. I really like the hot, humid, swampy atmosphere he cooks up. That was well done.
I also liked Grady's parents banter when they are discussing werewolves. It's cute and funny.
I liked the ending. It was a good ending. Some of Stine's endings are very unsatisfying, but not this one. I was happy with it.
November 5, 2021
I'm not having a good time with these Goosebumps books. In this one we have Grady, who moves to a swamp in Florida with his family as his parents are scientists conducting research on some weird deer they found in South America. The swamp is pretty creepy, and at night Grady starts to hear howling. Could it be a werewolf?
Nothing happens for most of this book. Nothing. Then we get some howling at night and scratches at doors and a couple of mutilated animals. Just as it starts to have potential with some genuine creepy moments it ends really abruptly, with yet another ridiculous ending. I just can't get past the lazy writing. This could have been so much better, but the execution just isn't there. It's like RL Stein didn't even try and make this mysterious.
Nothing happens for most of this book. Nothing. Then we get some howling at night and scratches at doors and a couple of mutilated animals. Just as it starts to have potential with some genuine creepy moments it ends really abruptly, with yet another ridiculous ending. I just can't get past the lazy writing. This could have been so much better, but the execution just isn't there. It's like RL Stein didn't even try and make this mysterious.
December 2, 2010
Ahhh, the Goosebump days. I would borrow so many of these from the library they seriously considered extending my limit of books checked out at one time. R.L. Stine you were a reprieve from a harsh and dreary childhood in which my mind wandered far away from the troubles of the day. I stole books into my bed and read far into the night by the faintest of lights. I might have better eyesight were it not for you; however, I regret not one page or line.
March 1, 2024
Though it is one of the rare examples I've encountered in any Goosebumps series where R.L. Stine actually put some effort into writing well and producing a cohesive story devoid of his usual massive plot holes, The Werewolf of Fever Swamp didn't hold my interest when it came to plot. The lengthy and numerous scenes of the protagonist and his sister and friends exploring the nearby swamp may work in a larger epic of broader scope, where extensive exposition and a slow-burn plot are more appropriate, but in a book that's only 123 pages that has "werewolf" in the title, for very little to happen and the werewolf to only finally show up on page 116 was massively disappointing.
I can see why many love this one, as it is one of the few Goosebumps books I've read that Stine seems to have put any effort into, but his many shortcomings as a writer are still present here in abundance, and the plot was mostly uneventful and dull, so for me this one falls firmly into the "meh" category as an overall reading experience. There was simply too much "swamp" and not enough "werewolf" for me to enjoy it very much.
The CAWPILE rating ends up at 2 stars, but this is really more like a 2.5-star read for me.
CAWPILE rating:
Characters: 5.0
Atmosphere / Setting: 5.0
Writing Style: 6.0
Plot: 3.5
Intrigue: 3.5
Logic / Relationships: 5.5
Enjoyment: 3.5
= 32 total
÷ 7 categories = 4.57 out of 10
= 2 stars
I can see why many love this one, as it is one of the few Goosebumps books I've read that Stine seems to have put any effort into, but his many shortcomings as a writer are still present here in abundance, and the plot was mostly uneventful and dull, so for me this one falls firmly into the "meh" category as an overall reading experience. There was simply too much "swamp" and not enough "werewolf" for me to enjoy it very much.
The CAWPILE rating ends up at 2 stars, but this is really more like a 2.5-star read for me.
CAWPILE rating:
Characters: 5.0
Atmosphere / Setting: 5.0
Writing Style: 6.0
Plot: 3.5
Intrigue: 3.5
Logic / Relationships: 5.5
Enjoyment: 3.5
= 32 total
÷ 7 categories = 4.57 out of 10
= 2 stars
November 11, 2012
Who's afraid of the big bad wolf?
'The Werewolf of Fever Swamp' was the fourteenth (14th) book in the Goosebumps book series.
The plot begins with the narrator of the story, Grady Tucker and his sixteen year-old sister, Emily Tucker with their scientists parents. They moved in a new house in Florida near Swamp Hermit where deers are hardly found. The reason why they moved in Florida is because their father, Dr. Tucker, studied deer in Vermont where he acquired six (6) "Swamp Deer" from South America and now he tries to prove that DEERS CAN LIVE IN FLORIDA. The story continues with Grady and Emily getting lost at Swamp Hermit because they were following a weird slimey deer and a boy named Will.
The idea of having both scientists parents is downright cool but what if they didn't know that the one they're experimenting is their own SON!
'The Werewolf of Fever Swamp' was the fourteenth (14th) book in the Goosebumps book series.
The plot begins with the narrator of the story, Grady Tucker and his sixteen year-old sister, Emily Tucker with their scientists parents. They moved in a new house in Florida near Swamp Hermit where deers are hardly found. The reason why they moved in Florida is because their father, Dr. Tucker, studied deer in Vermont where he acquired six (6) "Swamp Deer" from South America and now he tries to prove that DEERS CAN LIVE IN FLORIDA. The story continues with Grady and Emily getting lost at Swamp Hermit because they were following a weird slimey deer and a boy named Will.
The idea of having both scientists parents is downright cool but what if they didn't know that the one they're experimenting is their own SON!
March 3, 2018
Vi-me numa situação de ter uma hora pela frente e me ter esquecido do Kindle em casa, o que me levou a agarrar no livro que o meu filho andava ler, e assim li o meu primeiro livro da famosa série Arrepios (Goosebumps) do RL Stine.
É uma série escrita para pré-adolescentes por isso apresenta um terror contido, tudo ambientado num cenário de classe média americana dos anos 1980. Ou seja, apesar de nunca ter lido estes livros, recordaram-me muito do cinema que vi nessa década. Tal como esse cinema, pode-se dizer que tecnicamente conta bem a sua história, envolve os leitores através de uma boa gestão de suspense, sem nunca deslumbrar, tanto na forma como no conteúdo.
Agora tenho de esperar que o miúdo acabe de ler para comparar a minha experiência com a dele!
É uma série escrita para pré-adolescentes por isso apresenta um terror contido, tudo ambientado num cenário de classe média americana dos anos 1980. Ou seja, apesar de nunca ter lido estes livros, recordaram-me muito do cinema que vi nessa década. Tal como esse cinema, pode-se dizer que tecnicamente conta bem a sua história, envolve os leitores através de uma boa gestão de suspense, sem nunca deslumbrar, tanto na forma como no conteúdo.
Agora tenho de esperar que o miúdo acabe de ler para comparar a minha experiência com a dele!
September 25, 2024
where have you been loca
November 3, 2025
R.L. Stine gets a bum rap as being a low-skill writer, but at the height of his career he turned in excellent performances, including many in the original Goosebumps series. The descriptive language in The Werewolf of Fever Swamp is varied and quite beautiful at times; a lot of verve had to go into it. This was the first Goosebumps entry dealing with werewolves (though it wouldn't be the last), and Stine takes it to some fresh places.
Twelve-year-old Grady Tucker, his sixteen-year-old sister Emily, and their parents recently moved from urban Burlington, Vermont, to swampland Florida. Only a few other families live by the swamp's edge, where Grady's scientist father has been assigned to study South American swamp deer in Florida's backwoods. Sad as he is to leave his friends from up north, Grady tries to make the best of the situation, and soon finds new friends: a boy his age named Will, and a wolflike dog that Grady names Wolf and adopts as his pet. Despite gossip about a hermit who resides deep in the swamplands, living here doesn't seem so bad...until a mysterious howling wakes Grady up at night.
Wolves don't live in these parts, Grady's dad says. When small animals start turning up dead, Grady's dad suspects Wolf, but Grady refuses to believe his dog would rip little animals to shreds as this predator is doing. Cassie, a girl Grady's age from a local family, insists a werewolf is on the prowl. She is convinced it's the hermit, living on society's edges so no one catches on to his true nature. Grady doesn't really believe in werewolves, but if his dad gets the idea that his swamp deer study subjects are in danger from Wolf, he'll make Grady get rid of the dog. Grady has to prove Wolf isn't a predator, but how? Maybe by joining him on a midnight run through the harrowing swamplands to confront the real predator, be it man, beast, or something in between. But who will save Grady's life if he meets the killer in the isolated swamp at night, where no one can hear his cries?
The Werewolf of Fever Swamp didn't give me actual goosebumps like some other books in the series, but held my attention. The climax is a good, fast-moving piece, and the ending is a fitting reflection on what we've witnessed. I recommend The Werewolf of Fever Swamp to Goosebumps fans longtime and new.
Twelve-year-old Grady Tucker, his sixteen-year-old sister Emily, and their parents recently moved from urban Burlington, Vermont, to swampland Florida. Only a few other families live by the swamp's edge, where Grady's scientist father has been assigned to study South American swamp deer in Florida's backwoods. Sad as he is to leave his friends from up north, Grady tries to make the best of the situation, and soon finds new friends: a boy his age named Will, and a wolflike dog that Grady names Wolf and adopts as his pet. Despite gossip about a hermit who resides deep in the swamplands, living here doesn't seem so bad...until a mysterious howling wakes Grady up at night.
Wolves don't live in these parts, Grady's dad says. When small animals start turning up dead, Grady's dad suspects Wolf, but Grady refuses to believe his dog would rip little animals to shreds as this predator is doing. Cassie, a girl Grady's age from a local family, insists a werewolf is on the prowl. She is convinced it's the hermit, living on society's edges so no one catches on to his true nature. Grady doesn't really believe in werewolves, but if his dad gets the idea that his swamp deer study subjects are in danger from Wolf, he'll make Grady get rid of the dog. Grady has to prove Wolf isn't a predator, but how? Maybe by joining him on a midnight run through the harrowing swamplands to confront the real predator, be it man, beast, or something in between. But who will save Grady's life if he meets the killer in the isolated swamp at night, where no one can hear his cries?
The Werewolf of Fever Swamp didn't give me actual goosebumps like some other books in the series, but held my attention. The climax is a good, fast-moving piece, and the ending is a fitting reflection on what we've witnessed. I recommend The Werewolf of Fever Swamp to Goosebumps fans longtime and new.
April 19, 2022
This was a nostalgic re-read. Goosebumps was my absolute favorite as a kid. (& I’m trying to make my Goodreads goal at the last minute so I needed some short books.)
This was fun, with a little twist at the end.
But can we talk about the dad in this book? He’s an absolute psycho. A creepy old man…in a shack…in a swamp, chases his kids and he’s all like, “Oh it’s fine, the people in town say that guy is harmless. Continue hanging out in this very dangerous swamp-forest, children.”
This was fun, with a little twist at the end.
But can we talk about the dad in this book? He’s an absolute psycho. A creepy old man…in a shack…in a swamp, chases his kids and he’s all like, “Oh it’s fine, the people in town say that guy is harmless. Continue hanging out in this very dangerous swamp-forest, children.”
June 28, 2020
A young boy discovers that a werewolf prowls Fever Swamp...or does it?
This wasn't one of my favorites; I did like the description here, though. Plot twists were obvious but the setting and sense of suspense were excellent.
Recommended for kids and if you're doing a Goosebumps tour :)
This wasn't one of my favorites; I did like the description here, though. Plot twists were obvious but the setting and sense of suspense were excellent.
Recommended for kids and if you're doing a Goosebumps tour :)
January 15, 2018
Il bacio della luna
Poche volte nella mia vita ho provato una paura fulminante come quella vissuta nella scena jumpscare del licantropo sotto le coperte (ultimi minuti dell'adattamento televisivo).
Accantonati un attimo i ricordi, questo volumetto si difende bene grazie all'ambientazione indovinata nonché la sottile inquietudine che serpeggia nel lettore quando si sconfina nei terrori della licantropia e affini.
Prevedibile e simpatico il finale.
Poche volte nella mia vita ho provato una paura fulminante come quella vissuta nella scena jumpscare del licantropo sotto le coperte (ultimi minuti dell'adattamento televisivo).
Accantonati un attimo i ricordi, questo volumetto si difende bene grazie all'ambientazione indovinata nonché la sottile inquietudine che serpeggia nel lettore quando si sconfina nei terrori della licantropia e affini.
Prevedibile e simpatico il finale.
June 24, 2017
Me: 3.5 stars
Son (age 10): 4 stars
Daughter (age 5): 4 stars
This was a fun book that captured our attention each time we listened in the mornings on the way to school. This was my daughter's pick but we all enjoyed guessing what was going to happen, if there was actually a real werewolf or if it was all a ruse, and we were all surprised and satisfied by the twist at the end. Thumbs up!
And the narration by Ramon de Ocampo was pretty good.
Son (age 10): 4 stars
Daughter (age 5): 4 stars
This was a fun book that captured our attention each time we listened in the mornings on the way to school. This was my daughter's pick but we all enjoyed guessing what was going to happen, if there was actually a real werewolf or if it was all a ruse, and we were all surprised and satisfied by the twist at the end. Thumbs up!
And the narration by Ramon de Ocampo was pretty good.
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
June 28, 2015
This is my first goosebumps book! I know many kids read these growing up but I was a fantasy & Science Fiction kid. So summer is a perfect time to read this books. I was drawn into Grady's story really quickly. His family has just moved to fever swamp to finish some important research with deer. The isolation is getting to Grady and his sister. Then a new friend named Will and a dog called Wolf enter Grady's life.
The fun is cut short by creepy howls in the night and mysterious animal deaths. All these threads lead to a nice twist ending :) lots of fun
The fun is cut short by creepy howls in the night and mysterious animal deaths. All these threads lead to a nice twist ending :) lots of fun
August 1, 2018
4 of 5! Full review to come
October 24, 2017
2'5/5
Típico libro sin más, que te sirve para echar el rato pero ahí se queda. Se nota mucho que está dirigido a un público infantil/juvenil y tanto el lenguaje como la trama y los personajes son muy simples. Sigue la dinámica de presentar un peligro, intentar hacerte creer que es el peligro final y en la siguiente línea descubrir que eran paranoias del personaje. Este aspecto se me hizo bastante pesado, la verdad.
El final me gustó bastante, aunque es predecible como todo lo anterior. Solo recomendado a niños que disfrutan con historias de misterio.
Típico libro sin más, que te sirve para echar el rato pero ahí se queda. Se nota mucho que está dirigido a un público infantil/juvenil y tanto el lenguaje como la trama y los personajes son muy simples. Sigue la dinámica de presentar un peligro, intentar hacerte creer que es el peligro final y en la siguiente línea descubrir que eran paranoias del personaje. Este aspecto se me hizo bastante pesado, la verdad.
El final me gustó bastante, aunque es predecible como todo lo anterior. Solo recomendado a niños que disfrutan con historias de misterio.
April 11, 2024
Rating: 4.5
I was very pleasantly surprised by this one. I actually quite enjoyed it, and I wasn't expecting that sort of ending. Well, I expected part of it, but not the unveiling. I don't know if I just wasn't paying attention to clues, but the unveiling actually shocked me. Stine's writing in this one was better than most, too. Which was nice.
I immediately disliked Emily after she opened her mouth about the dog that's in this book, but beyond that, I don't have much else to complain about. And me disliking Emily is a personal opinion that doesn't really reflect the rating.
I was very pleasantly surprised by this one. I actually quite enjoyed it, and I wasn't expecting that sort of ending. Well, I expected part of it, but not the unveiling. I don't know if I just wasn't paying attention to clues, but the unveiling actually shocked me. Stine's writing in this one was better than most, too. Which was nice.
I immediately disliked Emily after she opened her mouth about the dog that's in this book, but beyond that, I don't have much else to complain about. And me disliking Emily is a personal opinion that doesn't really reflect the rating.
July 5, 2022
Read for a challenge. Fun, quick read.
August 16, 2017
I remember why I loved Stine in my childhood <3
March 5, 2024
A basic story but it’s still fantastic overall. I quite liked Grady as a protagonist and the friend characters are kind of whatever. The relationship between Grady and Wolf is pretty cool and plays into the climax in an astounding way, and I loved it. The swamp hermit getting a sort of redemption arc is really neat. The story is basic like I said, and has a very predictable twist and werewolf reveal, but it’s still good nonetheless, especially with the fight scene between Wolf and the… other wolf I’ll say without spoiling the most blatant shit. 9/10 only issues is the basic feel and the story not really going anywhere until the final third of the book.
April 9, 2025
The swamp is MIIIIIIIINEE
June 24, 2025
Title:The Werewolf Of Fever Swamp
What I thought about this book as a kid:This is one of the few that I was honestly a little nervous about reviewing.I absolutely loved this book as a kid I told everyone it was the best one for what feels like five years.Looking back I did hype it up a little to much and I was worried it wouldn't be as good as I rememberd.I had this weird thing where I was obsessed with wolves and dogs and anything like that.I wanted to review this book for fathers day but things kinda got in the way.I remember being a kid in like third grade maybe.I was just starting to collect the books.I finished The cuckoo Clock Of Doom.I had a good handful that I found at goodwill but I didn't want to read those.There was one I was super obsessed with reading,that being The Werewolf Of Fever Swamp,but I didn't have the book.Keep in mind at this point The Goosebumps books weren't in stores anymore.I got into these way after they were popular.I had no idea what the cover looked like or any of that and I couldn't find this book at goodwill.I remember this classmate of mine had a bunch of these books and it seemed like she had the ones I didn't and I remember asking her if she had the Werewolf Of Fever Swamp.I remember her telling me her sister had it and would sell it to me for one dollar.I remember going home and begging my dad to get this for me.Confession time.When I was a kid I was also relatively not rich and I'm still relatively not rich.Im not saying one dollar would have made that much of a difference,but I will say my dad gave me a dollar in like pennies or something.Looking back it was very funny.I was nervous though what if this person was too good for pennies in a roller.Long story short I ended up getting the book and started reading it in class that day.I remember reading it in the principals office,and reading it in the backseat of my parents car on a road trip.As far as what I remembered.I remembered the ending mostly and the swamp hermitt,and who the werewolf actually is.The reveal absolutely floored me as a kid.
Plot: The story follows our main protagonist Grady and his family.They just moved to Florida.The family consists of his dad,mom and his sister Emily. They moved to Florida,because his parents are scientist and they got these things called swamp deer.The parents want to learn how well they live in the swamp.Grady and Emily go exploring one day and end up lost.They run into this shack and this old man comes out and ends up chasing the two back home.Grady tells his dad and the dad says thats just the swamp hermitt and he's harmless.Grady ends up befriending this guy named Will that lives down the street.Grady wants to know why the place is called Fever Swamp and it turns out its based on a local legend from long ago.Apparently people that used to visit the swamp ended up getting fevers and going crazy.On the way back Grady and Will find a torn up animal.One night while Grady hears the wolf howls,there is scratching at the door and when Grady opens it to see who's making all the noise out comes this dog that looks alot like a wolf.Grady wants to keep it and the parents reluctantly let's him.The dog ends up knocking a bunch of stuff over wanting to get outside,so the dad deems him an outside dog now.More animals end up being g found mauled like a rabbit and even the deer.Grady ends up meeting a girl named Cassie who claims that the swamp hermitt is the culprit.She claims he's a werewolf.The dad blames the dog and thinks he needs to go to the pound.Thats where I'm going to leave this one.
What I thought about this book as an adult:I actually had a lot of fun with this reread.It was fun.I liked the scenes where Grady sees something outside the window and he goes outside.This is before we Even hear about a werewolf I'm pretty sure.It's kind of like those horror movies where your telling the person not to be dumb.As far as negatives go,the story is a little slow at times and I was actually nervous about it not holding up from being a kid,but in my opinion it does.I know I overhyped this book alot as a kid,but I'll honestly say this was really fun.The werewolf scene was really good and the werewolf was actually scary.We don't see the werewolf until the last few pages and we don't even hear about a werewolf until page 79,but it still works for me in my opinion.The mystery was good the villan was scary and there are a few gory scenes.I also didnt remember a full on adult character going missing.The Werewolf Of Fever Swamp gets a four out of five stars.
What I thought about this book as a kid:This is one of the few that I was honestly a little nervous about reviewing.I absolutely loved this book as a kid I told everyone it was the best one for what feels like five years.Looking back I did hype it up a little to much and I was worried it wouldn't be as good as I rememberd.I had this weird thing where I was obsessed with wolves and dogs and anything like that.I wanted to review this book for fathers day but things kinda got in the way.I remember being a kid in like third grade maybe.I was just starting to collect the books.I finished The cuckoo Clock Of Doom.I had a good handful that I found at goodwill but I didn't want to read those.There was one I was super obsessed with reading,that being The Werewolf Of Fever Swamp,but I didn't have the book.Keep in mind at this point The Goosebumps books weren't in stores anymore.I got into these way after they were popular.I had no idea what the cover looked like or any of that and I couldn't find this book at goodwill.I remember this classmate of mine had a bunch of these books and it seemed like she had the ones I didn't and I remember asking her if she had the Werewolf Of Fever Swamp.I remember her telling me her sister had it and would sell it to me for one dollar.I remember going home and begging my dad to get this for me.Confession time.When I was a kid I was also relatively not rich and I'm still relatively not rich.Im not saying one dollar would have made that much of a difference,but I will say my dad gave me a dollar in like pennies or something.Looking back it was very funny.I was nervous though what if this person was too good for pennies in a roller.Long story short I ended up getting the book and started reading it in class that day.I remember reading it in the principals office,and reading it in the backseat of my parents car on a road trip.As far as what I remembered.I remembered the ending mostly and the swamp hermitt,and who the werewolf actually is.The reveal absolutely floored me as a kid.
Plot: The story follows our main protagonist Grady and his family.They just moved to Florida.The family consists of his dad,mom and his sister Emily. They moved to Florida,because his parents are scientist and they got these things called swamp deer.The parents want to learn how well they live in the swamp.Grady and Emily go exploring one day and end up lost.They run into this shack and this old man comes out and ends up chasing the two back home.Grady tells his dad and the dad says thats just the swamp hermitt and he's harmless.Grady ends up befriending this guy named Will that lives down the street.Grady wants to know why the place is called Fever Swamp and it turns out its based on a local legend from long ago.Apparently people that used to visit the swamp ended up getting fevers and going crazy.On the way back Grady and Will find a torn up animal.One night while Grady hears the wolf howls,there is scratching at the door and when Grady opens it to see who's making all the noise out comes this dog that looks alot like a wolf.Grady wants to keep it and the parents reluctantly let's him.The dog ends up knocking a bunch of stuff over wanting to get outside,so the dad deems him an outside dog now.More animals end up being g found mauled like a rabbit and even the deer.Grady ends up meeting a girl named Cassie who claims that the swamp hermitt is the culprit.She claims he's a werewolf.The dad blames the dog and thinks he needs to go to the pound.Thats where I'm going to leave this one.
What I thought about this book as an adult:I actually had a lot of fun with this reread.It was fun.I liked the scenes where Grady sees something outside the window and he goes outside.This is before we Even hear about a werewolf I'm pretty sure.It's kind of like those horror movies where your telling the person not to be dumb.As far as negatives go,the story is a little slow at times and I was actually nervous about it not holding up from being a kid,but in my opinion it does.I know I overhyped this book alot as a kid,but I'll honestly say this was really fun.The werewolf scene was really good and the werewolf was actually scary.We don't see the werewolf until the last few pages and we don't even hear about a werewolf until page 79,but it still works for me in my opinion.The mystery was good the villan was scary and there are a few gory scenes.I also didnt remember a full on adult character going missing.The Werewolf Of Fever Swamp gets a four out of five stars.
October 19, 2020
The Werewolf of Fever Swamp by R. L. Stine is book 14 in the Original Goosebumps series. What is scary in this book is the setting of a Florida swamp called Fever Swamp. The swamp seems way more dangerous than the werewolf that slowly starts killing animals. This book helps if you've read other goosebumps books and are looking for the twist to enjoy it because I thought my first guess was just too easy, but that was it. The story thrives on misdirection and it doesn't work. It is also a story that once you know the twist the story makes no sense, it reveals in the end that the Werewolf knows they are a werewolf and still has thoughts, which will make no sense when the thing or person is revealed to be a werewolf. My pet peeve in twist-telling stories is that they make sense no matter how far they go and it does not.
The Plot: Grady and Emily are siblings that have just moved to Florida and remote place called Fever Swamp. Their are parents scientist looking a swamp deers in in Florida's Fever Swamp. The siblings explore and soon find out that the swamp can be dangerous, as they get lost, find a bog that will suck you in, and a hermit that chases them. The siblings get a fever and start possibly hallucinating as they here scratches and howling from outside. The fever only last though the night then they feel better by morning. In the morning Grady is attacked by big dog that knocks him down and keeps licking him, the dog is a stray that he wants to keep and calls him wolf, because of his size, he thinks this describes the scratching and the howls. He meets and makes a new friend in Will who wants to explore the swamp together, when they explore the find a heron torn in half. Grady learns of the werewolf and a missing neighbor. At night Wolf freaks out at the howling and tries to break out of the house waking every one up, Wolf gets put out and the family finds animals ripped in half in the morning. Is Wolf the werewolf? Or the crazy hermit? or someone else, he were wolf seems to be targeting Grady's house.
What I Liked: Wolf the dog, is a little bit rough, but I like what Stine does with him at the end. I loved that the hermit over hears them thinking he's a werewolf then pranks the kids as he runs after them screaming, "I'm a werewolf!" The Swamp as a character is one of the best things, the elements are against the kids. The snake bite scene was a twist on Lassie and I liked it. The final scene was good were we get to acknowledge that the werewolf still has conscience when a werewolf.
What I Disliked: Once you know who or what the werewolf is, the actions don't make any sense at all. There is no character motivation of the werewolf. The only motivation is by writer Stine to have you not figure out what is the werewolf.
Recommendation: This is not the worst Goosebumps but it is in the bottom five. If you're like me on a quest to read them all then you can't skip any, but this one is a skip for any other reason. Even if you like werewolf fiction the werewolf only shows up in the final pages. I rated The Werewolf of Fever Swamp by R. L. Stine 3 out of 5 stars. Here's my full ranking of the 14 Goosebumps books that I have read in order to my favorite to least favorite: Stay Out of the Basement, Piano Lessons Can Be Murder, The Haunted Mask, Night of the Living Dummy, Welcome to Camp Nightmare, The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb, Say Cheese and Die, Let's Get Invisible, Welcome to Dead House, The Girl who Cried Monster, The Ghost Next Door, Be Careful What You Wish For... , The Werewolf of Fever Swamp and Monster Blood.
The Plot: Grady and Emily are siblings that have just moved to Florida and remote place called Fever Swamp. Their are parents scientist looking a swamp deers in in Florida's Fever Swamp. The siblings explore and soon find out that the swamp can be dangerous, as they get lost, find a bog that will suck you in, and a hermit that chases them. The siblings get a fever and start possibly hallucinating as they here scratches and howling from outside. The fever only last though the night then they feel better by morning. In the morning Grady is attacked by big dog that knocks him down and keeps licking him, the dog is a stray that he wants to keep and calls him wolf, because of his size, he thinks this describes the scratching and the howls. He meets and makes a new friend in Will who wants to explore the swamp together, when they explore the find a heron torn in half. Grady learns of the werewolf and a missing neighbor. At night Wolf freaks out at the howling and tries to break out of the house waking every one up, Wolf gets put out and the family finds animals ripped in half in the morning. Is Wolf the werewolf? Or the crazy hermit? or someone else, he were wolf seems to be targeting Grady's house.
What I Liked: Wolf the dog, is a little bit rough, but I like what Stine does with him at the end. I loved that the hermit over hears them thinking he's a werewolf then pranks the kids as he runs after them screaming, "I'm a werewolf!" The Swamp as a character is one of the best things, the elements are against the kids. The snake bite scene was a twist on Lassie and I liked it. The final scene was good were we get to acknowledge that the werewolf still has conscience when a werewolf.
What I Disliked: Once you know who or what the werewolf is, the actions don't make any sense at all. There is no character motivation of the werewolf. The only motivation is by writer Stine to have you not figure out what is the werewolf.
Recommendation: This is not the worst Goosebumps but it is in the bottom five. If you're like me on a quest to read them all then you can't skip any, but this one is a skip for any other reason. Even if you like werewolf fiction the werewolf only shows up in the final pages. I rated The Werewolf of Fever Swamp by R. L. Stine 3 out of 5 stars. Here's my full ranking of the 14 Goosebumps books that I have read in order to my favorite to least favorite: Stay Out of the Basement, Piano Lessons Can Be Murder, The Haunted Mask, Night of the Living Dummy, Welcome to Camp Nightmare, The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb, Say Cheese and Die, Let's Get Invisible, Welcome to Dead House, The Girl who Cried Monster, The Ghost Next Door, Be Careful What You Wish For... , The Werewolf of Fever Swamp and Monster Blood.
October 2, 2017
It's a fun, short spooky story.
There's a lot of buildup with some weird stuff going on, and then everything happens very quickly, and it ends. The chapters are very short, about two pages, and all those little cliffhangers kind of got silly. Still, it's a decent MG book.
There's a lot of buildup with some weird stuff going on, and then everything happens very quickly, and it ends. The chapters are very short, about two pages, and all those little cliffhangers kind of got silly. Still, it's a decent MG book.
March 11, 2020
This is one that I remember loving as a kid--both the book itself and the TV episodes based on it--and rereading it was a fun time. It's got some interesting twists, and the description of the torn-apart animals are kinda dark for a kid's book, ngl.
October 22, 2017
Está bien, sin más. Se nota que va dirigido a un público muy específico y estoy segura que de haberlo leído con 12 años me hubiera gustado más. Me sabe mal darle sólo dos estrellas... pero es que no me ha transmitido nada.
October 24, 2017
Bueno, es entretenido. Supongo que si lo hubiera leído de niña me habría dado miedo.
October 24, 2024
This was alright! The twist was just okay. I liked the swamp setting of this one. It added an extra element. It wasn't the scariest or most unique but a quick read overall.
3 star.
3 star.
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