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Monster Blood by R.L. Stine

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yashashree2025's review against another edition

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3.0

The stakes could have been higher
What happened at the end could have been discussed as a running theme

psychologist_reads's review against another edition

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I will be copy-pasting this for every Goosebumps novel I'll be reading.

On a whim, I decided to read all of the Goosebumps books. Some of them I've read before but, for the most part, I haven't. I won't be giving any stars; this doesn't mean anything about my actual opinion for the books, it only means that I don't think I can realistically, objectively rank 62 books which are not even meant for my age. I did enjoy the ones I read as a child and I am enjoying the ones I'm reading now, so that's what matters, I believe. Yes, there are some repetitive patterns and, yes, the endings are sometimes silly and, yes, R.L. Stine may not be the best of writers. Still, I feel like I have to commend him for two things in particular: first, for bringing the horror genre early on into our lives and, second, for subtly dealing with important family issues, such as moving away, a parent loosing a job, a accident happening etc. And I think the huge success of these books speaks volumes. So, I'll just be enjoying reading them in the following couple of weeks, not reviewing or evaluating them.

hfpeeler3's review against another edition

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3.0

I am enjoying my reread of all of the goosebumps books so far. This book reminds me of the days before slime and I was obsessed with this monster blood. It wasn't my favorite of the OGs.. but it has the nostalgia for me.

katiearina's review against another edition

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4.0

Just leaps and bounds better than the first two books in the series! This is what Goosebumps should be.
Thankful that this makes me much less uneasy about planning to read the series, since I was starting to feel quite unsure about that after the last one.

rashi_4444's review against another edition

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5.0

This book is slightly different from the other two story books preceding it. In the first 2 books, you could judge what’s coming next really soon in the story. But this book has a lot of twists and turns and fun stuff. When you start thinking that you are getting where the story is going, it changes. It is full of mystery and thrill. I like it when you have fewer characters to remember in the story and this is the thing that attracts me towards these books.