Tag: Horror Books Review

Storytellers know — just as they have for hundreds and hundreds of years — that everyone enjoys a good, scary story! Alvin Schwartz’s Scary Stories 3 joins his other popular collections of scary folklore, Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark and More Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark, to give readers spooky, funny and fantastic tales guaranteed to raise goose bumps.

This book is the third book in the “scary stories to tell in the dark” trilogy which is a collection of short horror stories for children. 

To be honest this book was much better than the first and second book in this trilogy. Because there were even more of the good short horror stories.

To be fully honest here the majority of the short stories in this book are very boring and uninteresting. They are also very short which really makes it hard to actually get into them .However at the same time few short stories in this book was interesting, fun and super enjoyable to read. 

The illustrations here are very good and I loved looking at them while reading this book. Because in a way they have added more eerie feeling to this book.

The writing style here was very simple and easy. And from the writing style, it is clear that it is meant for children because the writing style is too simple and too easy.

I Give This Book 2 / 5

All those who enjoyed shuddering their way through Alvin Schwartz’s first volume of Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark will find a satisfyingly spooky sequel in this new collection of the macabre, the funny, and the fantastic. Is it possible to die — and not know it? What if a person is buried too soon? What happens to a thief foolish enough to rob a corpse, or to a murderer whose victim returns from the grave? Read about these terrifying predicaments as well as what happens when practical jokes produce gruesome consequences and initiations go awry. Stephen Gammell’s splendidly creepy drawings perfectly capture the mood of more than two dozen scary stories — and even a scary song — all just right for reading alone or for telling aloud in the dark. If You Dare!

This book is the second book in the “scary stories to tell in the dark” trilogy which is a collection of short horror stories for children. 

To be honest this book was much better than the first book in this trilogy. Because there were more of the good short horror stories.

To be fully honest here the majority of the short stories in this book are very boring and uninteresting. They are also very short which really makes it hard to actually get into them. However at the same time some of the short stories in this book was interesting and fun to read. 

The illustrations here are very good and I loved looking at them while reading this book. Because in a way they have added more eerie feeling to this book.

The writing style here was very simple and easy. And from the writing style, it is clear that it is meant for children because the writing style is too simple and too easy.

I Give This Book 2 / 5

This spooky addition to Alvin Schwartz’s popular books on American folklore is filled with tales of eerie horror and dark revenge that will make you jump with fright. There is a story here for everyone—skeletons with torn and tangled flesh who roam the earth; a ghost who takes revenge on her murderer; and a haunted house where every night a bloody head falls down the chimney.

This book is a collection of short horror stories for children. 

To be fully honest here the majority of the short stories in this book are very boring and uninteresting. They are also very short which really makes it hard to actually get into them.

The illustrations here are very good and I loved looking at them while reading this book. Because in a way they have added more eerie feeling to this book.

The beginning of this book was pretty good with 2 okay horror stories. But after that it went down the hill.

The writing style here was very simple and easy. And from the writing style, it is clear that it is meant for children because the writing style is too simple and too easy.

I Give This Book 2 / 5

Ginger Wald and her identical twin brothers, Nat and Pat, are lost in the woods. No problem. After all, Ginger did go to that stupid nature camp. Still, there’s something odd about this part of the woods. The grass is yellow. The bushes are purple. And the trees are like skyscrapers. Then Ginger and her brothers meet the beasts. They’re big blue furry creatures. And they want to play a game. The winners get to live. The losers get eaten

Damn, this book really surprised me because this book was about playing tag with some forest creatures. I didn’t expect that. 

But I really came to like this book, it was very far from a good book but it was enjoyable and interesting.

The plot in this book wasn’t a masterpiece, but I know that if I read this book and this entire series as a child it would have given me some very good scares and probably some nightmares.

The main characters here are twins and their older sister. To be fully honest here I wasn’t the biggest fan of the twins but I really liked the older sister in this book. She was really relatable but the twins were very annoying at the beginning of this book because they were either arguing or doing something which they shouldn’t.

But reading this book as an adult is less impressive, and less scary. Because if you read this book and the series as an adult you won’t be scared but you will for sure love this book and series for other reasons especially if you grow up while watching the Goosebumps TV show as I’ve did.

This book has a huge nostalgia, because it reminded me of the OG tv shows I grow up watching. And of course the OG tv shows I’m talking about are “are you afraid of the dark?”, “Goosebumps” and “tales from the crypt”.

I Give This Book 3 / 5

Evan visits an eerie old toy store and buys a dusty can of Monster Blood. But then he notices something weird about the slimy green ooze. It keeps growing. And growing. And growing. And all that growing has given the Monster Blood a monstrous appetite.

To be fully honest here, this has to be the weakest goosebumps books so far. But of course I only read 10 of them so far so a lot of things can happen until I finish all 62 books in the goosebumps book series. 

The plot in this book wasn’t a masterpiece, but I know that if I read this book and this entire series as a child it would have given me some very good scares and probably some nightmares.

The characters here were really annoying in my opinion, there really weren’t anything good to say about the characters in this book.

I really were bored throughout this book. It was interesting at times but I really struggled to keep my attention while reading this book.

But reading this book as an adult is less impressive, and less scary. Because if you read this book and the series as an adult you won’t be scared but you will for sure love this book and series for other reasons especially if you grow up while watching the Goosebumps TV show as I’ve did.

However this book has a little twist at the end, which really made me give this book some extra points because I wasn’t expecting the twist to come. 

This book has a huge nostalgia, because it reminded me of the OG tv shows I grow up watching. And of course the OG tv shows I’m talking about are “are you afraid of the dark?”, “Goosebumps” and “tales from the crypt”.

I Give This Book 2 / 5

Greg thinks there is something wrong with the old camera he found. The photos keep turning out different. When Greg takes a picture of his father’s brand-new car, it’s wrecked in the photo. And then his dad crashes the car. It’s like the camera can tell the future–or worse. Maybe it makes the future! 

The entire plot in this book is about a polaroid camera and when you take a picture of someone with this camera then this person will disappear or die. And to be fully honest here I wasn’t the biggest fan of this book.

The plot in this book wasn’t a masterpiece, but I know that if I read this book and this entire series as a child it would have given me some very good scares and probably some nightmares.

The characters here were meh. To be fully honest here. I just didn’t care for any of them. Which really made me take away some points from this book.

But reading this book as an adult is less impressive, and less scary. Because if you read this book and the series as an adult you won’t be scared but you will for sure love this book and series for other reasons especially if you grow up while watching the Goosebumps TV show as I’ve did.

This book has a huge nostalgia, because it reminded me of the OG tv shows I grow up watching. And of course the OG tv shows I’m talking about are “are you afraid of the dark?”, “Goosebumps” and “tales from the crypt”.

I Give This Book 2 / 5

Nobody loves a good story like Justin’s dad. He’s a famous writer and story collector. That’s how Justin and his sister, Marissa, ended up in Brovania. Their dad is searching for an ancient manuscript called ‘The Lost Legend’. Justin and Marissa want to help. But instead of finding ‘The Lost Legend’, they get lost. And the woods of Brovania are filled with the strangest creatures. Like hundreds of squealing mice. Silver-coloured dogs. And terrifying Vikings from long ago.

This book has adventure in it, Vikings and horror. Which really makes it to a perfect horror story for children. 

The plot in this book wasn’t a masterpiece, but I know that if I read this book and this entire series as a child it would have given me some very good scares and probably some nightmares.

The plot here is very good, because there is something eerie about 2 children going to a forest at night to seek a treasure. 

But reading this book as an adult is less impressive, and less scary. Because if you read this book and the series as an adult you won’t be scared but you will for sure love this book and series for other reasons especially if you grow up while watching the Goosebumps TV show as I’ve did.

The characters here were very good to be honest. Because they were very relatable. 

This book has a huge nostalgia, because it reminded me of the OG tv shows I grow up watching. And of course the OG tv shows I’m talking about are “are you afraid of the dark?”, “Goosebumps” and “tales from the crypt”.

I Give This Book 3 / 5

All locked up and no place to go! Sue and her brother, Eddie, are visiting London when they run into a little problem. They can’t find their tour group. Still, there’s no reason to panic. No way their tour guide would just leave them. All alone. In a gloomy old prison tower.

There are a lot of things happening in this book. There is horror, time travel and magic. If you ask me this is the perfect mix for a children horror book which this book is.

The plot in this book wasn’t a masterpiece, but I know that if I read this book and this entire series as a child it would have given me some very good scares and probably some nightmares.

The town main characters are very good, because they feel like real human beings. And they feel very relatable even thou they are children. 

But reading this book as an adult is less impressive, and less scary. Because if you read this book and the series as an adult you won’t be scared but you will for sure love this book and series for other reasons especially if you grow up while watching the Goosebumps TV show as I’ve did.

This book (and the rest of this series) is very short. Which means that you can read it in one sitting. But also reading this entire book won’t take you around 1 hour to finish it, if your reading speed is average like mine.

This book has a huge nostalgia, because it reminded me of the OG tv shows I grow up watching. And of course the OG tv shows I’m talking about are “are you afraid of the dark?”, “Goosebumps” and “tales from the crypt”.

I Give This Book 4 / 5

Gary Lutz needs a vacation from himself. Bullies are constantly beating him up. His only friend is his computer. Even his little sister doesn’t like him. But now Gary’s dream is about to come true. He’s going to exchange bodies with another kid for a whole week. Gary can’t wait to get a new body. Until something horrible happens. And Gary finds out his new body isn’t exactly human. 

To be fully honest here, this one really surprised me, because there is a life lesson in this book. And that life lesson is that even if you are hate your life, you always could have a much worse life than you do. 

The plot in this book wasn’t a masterpiece, but I know that if I read this book and this entire series as a child it would have given me some very good scares and probably some nightmares.

The main character here is okay, he is 12 years old and he doesn’t like his life because he is bullied and he doesn’t have any friends. For me personally he was very relatable which really made me like him more.

But reading this book as an adult is less impressive, and less scary. Because if you read this book and the series as an adult you won’t be scared but you will for sure love this book and series for other reasons especially if you grow up while watching the Goosebumps TV show as I’ve did.

This book has a huge nostalgia, because it reminded me of the OG tv shows I grow up watching. And of course the OG tv shows I’m talking about are “are you afraid of the dark?”, “Goosebumps” and “tales from the crypt”.

I Give This Book 3 / 5

The Morris family gets lost trying to find the Zoo Gardens theme park. But it does not matter. They find another amusement park. It’s called Horrorland. There are no crowds in Horroland. There are no queues. And you can enter for free. It looks like a nice place. But that’s before the mind-blowing ride on the Cursed Slide and the terrifying House of Mirrors experience begins. Because there is something strange in the attractions of Horrorlandia. Something too chilling, too real.

This book is another book from the Goosebumps book series.

The plot in this book takes place at a amusement park. I personally love horror stories which take place at amusement parks. So this book was a treat for me. And I had a lot of fun with this one.

The plot in this book wasn’t a masterpiece, but I know that if I read this book and this entire series as a child it would have given me some very good scares and probably some nightmares.

But reading this book as an adult is less impressive, and less scary. Because if you read this book and the series as an adult you won’t be scared but you will for sure love this book and series for other reasons especially if you grow up while watching the Goosebumps TV show as I’ve did.

This book has a huge nostalgia, because it reminded me of the OG tv shows I grow up watching. And of course the OG tv shows I’m talking about are “are you afraid of the dark?”, “Goosebumps” and “tales from the crypt”.

This book is the 3rd book I’ve read from the goosebumps series. And I’ve noticed that I won’t get too old from goosebumps.

The action here was for sure eerie. And it gave me chills at times which I really enjoyed because in these moments it was like this book took me back to childhood again.

I Give This Book 3 / 5