MICHAEL IS BACK BABY! Man you have no idea how long I’ve waited to see some Goosebumps reviews again! As for the book, I thought this one had refreshing aspects for the modern books. But it’s mostly kinda mediocre in delivery. There’s some inconsistencies and logical mishaps like normal flawed ones, but the ending and revelations and all that I low key dig, probably more than most people. For bizarre reasons but without spoiling, I kind like the twist for the change of pace with parents. Other than that, I’m with you here. I gave it a 3 point something out of 5. I only remember the ending and the setup to it but forget the mid portion of it by now lol. Great review Michael can’t wait for Friiight Night’s review!
Thanks for watching, bud! I agree, I don’t see a ton of reviews, lately, which is a bummer. BD still does them, and Dummies does, as well, but not super often, to my knowledge hahah. I think you forgot the middle of this book because practically nothing happened throughout the story, after that setup 😂 I was enjoying it, though, for the most part. Not a horrible filler read, for the most part. Hoping Fright Night will be better lol. Thanks for being here, man! God bless!
Glad to see you back! This book was just okay… it was entertaining but not great. I haven’t read Friiight Night or Scariest. Book. Ever. yet. I will read them soon though since you’ll be having reviews soon. Cameron Chaney’s new book Autumncrow High: Fresh Hell just came out and I plan on reading that this weekend before I get to any Goosebumps lol. Nice review, and see ya soon! God bless!
Hey, man, thanks for watching! I’ll be excited to get my hands on the last couple of Chaney books-the guy does good work. Really enjoy his videos and his first Autumn Crow book. God bless!
Glad to see u back man! I’m actually getting ready to upload a GYG book review rn. Almost done with the book. Been wanting to review these books. When I do, do u recommend reading them in order? God bless man and stay tuned for my review!
Honestly, man, you can read them in almost any order, but the majority of them are definitely good reads. The last handful I reviewed for the channel, this year, were a bit rough hahah. God bless, and thanks for watching!
When the world needed them most, they returned. I basically agree. I was hyped with the idea and it was fine for most of it, but it spins its wheels and the ending drops the ball. I like the idea of it but it felt rushed to me, it's just wonky. It's basically a mid/fine book through and through, when it could have been more. The final one Friiight Night is actually pretty good tho. I've read Scariest Book Ever and it was good to, if not hugely so lol.
I’m glad those final two books are supposedly good-I’ve been seeing good things said about Fright Night, in the comments hahah. That’s good to know. Thanks for watching, man!
As a Birder and a fan of indie movies, I really enjoyed this book. Is it the best? No, but in my opinion not terrible. Excited to get my hands on the newest book
I could get the perspective of someone with that hobby, man. I think it was decent, most of the time, I just think the bad ending really ruined a mediocre book that I could’ve been gone with just calling “fine” hahah. Thanks for watching!
God those Slappyworld covers just look so....bombastic. Goosebump covers should be more ominous and creepy than loud, colorful and in your face like some of those Slappyworld covers. ANYWAY nice review Mike, you've got a real talent for being in front of the camera. Im jealous---Cant wait to get to House of Shivers!
That’s a fair complaint, man, and I get why most people feel that way hahah. Overall, I really like and appreciate the style of these over something like the HorrorLand covers, or the later GYG covers, that look like computer art hahah. Thanks for watching, man! Just remember that I’ve been recording videos like this for over ten years, over the many channels I’ve made and deleted hahah. Practice will get you somewhere, if you aren’t comfortable on camera, yet. Just hang in there, and let yourself be yourself. That’s all that matters. I find myself always trying to compare myself to the people I look up to-whether it be folks in the Goosebumps community or just in the reviewing community, that make way better videos than I make-and I always try too hard to be like all of them. People sense that, and they probably won’t like that, more often than not. Just stick it out, and be yourself. You’d be surprised how many times I get five and ten minutes into a recording, and then stop, curse, delete it, and start over 😂 I’m hoping House will be good, too! I’ve heard decent stuff, so far!
I just wanted to say I really enjoy your channel. My sister and I loved Goosebumps growing up in the 90s. Now my son who is often scared of things wanted to get into Goosebumps to get over his fear of scary things. Your channel has helped pick out books to start with and read with him. Any advice you have would be great! We will continue watching.
Hey, Courtney, I appreciate that so much! I’m glad to see a lot of folks my age sharing that love for Goosebumps with their kids-it’s a gift that keeps on giving hahah. In my opinion, the biggest struggle with recommending Goosebumps to folks for their kids are that the kids will always be interested in the covers first, and the stories second. The original series still has a ton of stuff in reprints (think of something like the two Haunted Mask books or the first three Slappy books), and those are simply classics, even though they’re on the scarier side. The newer Goosebumps books are almost never scary (I say this mainly of the HorrorLand books, the Most Wanted series, and the most recent collection, SlappyWorld). The biggest issue are that the endings are kind of rough on the newer books (SlappyWorld especially), and depending on how old your son is/what he enjoys in books or movies, those newer books might not be the best thing for him. If he’s younger, he’ll probably have a good time, but if he’s older than nine, for example, I think he won’t be super impressed with the newest stuff. The classics are something I’d never read many of until I became an adult, and I will absolutely stand on the side that says they’ve held-up extremely well, and most are enjoyable for any audience that’s looking for pulpy entertainment. Sorry about the long comment, but here’s some recommendations of some books I think he’ll enjoy, if he struggles with too much: 1. Goosebumps: The Headless Ghost 2. Goosebumps: The Haunted Car 3. Goosebumps: Night In Terror Tower 4. Goosebumps: SlappyWorld: It’s Alive! It’s Alive! 5. Goosebumps: SlappyWorld: Dummy Meets The Mummy (if he likes Slappy or mummies) 6. Goosebumps: You Can’t Scare Me! 7. Goosebumps: Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes 8. Goosebumps: Most Wanted: Planet of the Lawn Gnomes 9. Goosebumps: Monster Blood 10. Give Yourself Goosebumps: Don’t Feed The Vampire! (This is a choose-your-own-adventure game book, and it could be a blast for kids-I’ve enjoyed a ton of that particular series of Goosebumps) 11. Goosebumps: Most Wanted: The Wizard Of Ooze 12. Goosebumps: SlappyWorld: Slappy, Beware! 13. Goosebumps: Most Wanted: Son Of Slappy 14. Goosebumps: SlappyWorld: Slappy’s Ghost 15. Goosebumps: Most Wanted: Creature Teacher: Final Exam! I really hope those will help. On that list, I named a few Slappy dummy books that are less scary, and I tried to make sure that the entire list were things I still see floating around Barnes and Noble, Amazon, and Books-A-Million. Thanks for the awesome comment, and let me know what you folks think of the books, if you decide to read any of them! I’m always curious what people think of the newer books, because the more inner, active fandom have a lot of opinions about them hahah. God bless you guys!
@michaelgoosebumpsfan9934 Thank you so much for the suggestions! He is 8 years old. I will definitely be looking into getting these. I appreciate you taking the time to reply. We started with Welcome to the Dead House. We read about 1 to 2 chapters a night and he is loving it! Thank you again!
@@courtneybailey3796 Man, oh, man, Dead House is one of the most graphic ones, too! That’s impressive that he could handle that one hahah. If he ever wants to go more scary than that one, my top favorite gory one is Wanted: The Haunted Mask. That’s an absolute treat, and this is the perfect time of year to read it. But, again, it’s VERY graphic lol. Thank you for watching!
@michaelgoosebumpsfan9934 I'll keep that in mind! I know I've read them back in the 90s but I honestly don't remember what happened in them. We have a ways to go in the book, if it gets too bad we will switch over to another. I'm actually on thriftbooks now ordering some of your suggestions. I remember Barking Ghost I didn't read for a long time cause the cover was I thought the scariest one, but it wasn't that bad when I read it lol
Hey Michael, it's good to see you back and catching up on the last few books before the new series Yes, just like the first review I heard for this one, it does not seem very promising as it does sound too similar to Chicken Chicken. Looking forward to your reviews for Friiight Night and the new series :D ---Stay awesome dude
I'm so glad that you got those books that you didn't have, well done. It would be lovely if your wife was in one of your videos, keep up the fantastic work Michael.
Hey, man, thanks for watching! She and I have talked about it a few times. I would extremely curious to see her reaction to her first time reading a Goosebumps book, since the only exposure she’s ever had in her life are during Halloween and summertime, when I watch Dummy 3 and Haunted Mask’s episodes hahah. She would be so funny to watch talk about this stuff.
Can't wait to read this someday, still lots of other reads to prioritize but Slappyworld's covers always is the best but sometimes the storyline itself is bad-okayish enough.
Agreed about what you said about covers and the books themselves hahah. SlappyWorld is so wish-washy. It’s a shame that they’re like that. I love Goosebumps and all, but these feel like they’re on the same level of disappointment as something like HorrorLand’s later series.
@@michaelgoosebumpsfan9934 in the end, we still enjoyed them in some ways, it's not like we regret or hated reading them, they're still fun even some are disappointing!
Welcome back, Michael! I hope you had a good time on your vacation. Oh, you just said you did. Yay! Glad to see you back. From what I've heard, the Slappyworld series is very hit and/or miss.
Hey, pal, thank you so much! It was definitely a blast-my wife and I love that area so much. Tennessee is awesome. Yeah, SW is very hit or miss, and it’s even hard for me to recommend books to brand new readers that can only get their hands on newer stuff, because the only book from the last few years that hit it perfect, by the end, was “It’s Alive! It’s Alive!”, for me hahah. This one dropped the ball just like many of the others, which is a shame. Hoping the next two are really good, but we’ll see hahah.
@@michaelgoosebumpsfan9934 It's sad that a lot of the appeal of the original series and even series 2000 seems to be lost. I am currently reading Frankenstein's Dog from the Most Wanted series. I like it so far. 😊
Hahaha I love goosebumps used to always read when I was a kid , tryna find them to buy so I can re read them and kinda sad about the new show as doesn’t look as dark and too cheesy ngl . I wanted like a fear street kind of adaption this time
That’s cool, man. I still think Goosebumps only really works as an anthology show. I think more fans would’ve been pleased seeing all of the monsters we’ve wanted to see, as well as remakes of others.
@@michaelgoosebumpsfan9934 facts an anthology works best , the characters looked a bit cheesy for me and if it’s the same cast with multiple of the books in one then I feel it eliminates the factor of like a horror ending like some of the books had …
Thanks for watching, man! I have not, mainly because I find myself only like Goosebumps from Stine, the more I read Stine’s Point Horror and Fear Street stuff hahah. A lot of that stuff seems kind of lackluster, to me.
I'm still on Chicken Chicken lol trying to force myself to finish it I've read all of the other 53 in the original series but this book But this one geez its painful at times to read.
Dude, that’s understandable hahah. I think I said something similar in my review for Chicken Chicken. Such a rough one to be so close to the end of the series lol.
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Man you have no idea how long I’ve waited to see some Goosebumps reviews again!
As for the book, I thought this one had refreshing aspects for the modern books. But it’s mostly kinda mediocre in delivery. There’s some inconsistencies and logical mishaps like normal flawed ones, but the ending and revelations and all that I low key dig, probably more than most people. For bizarre reasons but without spoiling, I kind like the twist for the change of pace with parents.
Other than that, I’m with you here. I gave it a 3 point something out of 5. I only remember the ending and the setup to it but forget the mid portion of it by now lol.
Great review Michael can’t wait for Friiight Night’s review!
Hey Completionist. Made a video why I think Series 2000 books haven’t been reprinted.
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Thanks for watching, bud! I agree, I don’t see a ton of reviews, lately, which is a bummer. BD still does them, and Dummies does, as well, but not super often, to my knowledge hahah.
I think you forgot the middle of this book because practically nothing happened throughout the story, after that setup 😂 I was enjoying it, though, for the most part. Not a horrible filler read, for the most part.
Hoping Fright Night will be better lol.
Thanks for being here, man! God bless!
Glad to see you back! This book was just okay… it was entertaining but not great. I haven’t read Friiight Night or Scariest. Book. Ever. yet. I will read them soon though since you’ll be having reviews soon. Cameron Chaney’s new book Autumncrow High: Fresh Hell just came out and I plan on reading that this weekend before I get to any Goosebumps lol. Nice review, and see ya soon! God bless!
Hey, man, thanks for watching!
I’ll be excited to get my hands on the last couple of Chaney books-the guy does good work. Really enjoy his videos and his first Autumn Crow book.
God bless!
So glad to see you back
Thanks for being here, my dude! God bless!
Glad to see you reviewing books again Michael👍🏻
Thanks for being here, man! Hope you’re doing well!
Glad to see u back man! I’m actually getting ready to upload a GYG book review rn. Almost done with the book. Been wanting to review these books. When I do, do u recommend reading them in order? God bless man and stay tuned for my review!
Honestly, man, you can read them in almost any order, but the majority of them are definitely good reads. The last handful I reviewed for the channel, this year, were a bit rough hahah.
God bless, and thanks for watching!
We miss you 😢 we’re so excited to see anything new from you!
Thanks for watching, man!
When the world needed them most, they returned.
I basically agree. I was hyped with the idea and it was fine for most of it, but it spins its wheels and the ending drops the ball. I like the idea of it but it felt rushed to me, it's just wonky. It's basically a mid/fine book through and through, when it could have been more.
The final one Friiight Night is actually pretty good tho. I've read Scariest Book Ever and it was good to, if not hugely so lol.
I’m glad those final two books are supposedly good-I’ve been seeing good things said about Fright Night, in the comments hahah. That’s good to know.
Thanks for watching, man!
As a Birder and a fan of indie movies, I really enjoyed this book. Is it the best? No, but in my opinion not terrible. Excited to get my hands on the newest book
I could get the perspective of someone with that hobby, man. I think it was decent, most of the time, I just think the bad ending really ruined a mediocre book that I could’ve been gone with just calling “fine” hahah.
Thanks for watching!
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Thanks for watching, pal!
God those Slappyworld covers just look so....bombastic. Goosebump covers should be more ominous and creepy than loud, colorful and in your face like some of those Slappyworld covers. ANYWAY nice review Mike, you've got a real talent for being in front of the camera. Im jealous---Cant wait to get to House of Shivers!
That’s a fair complaint, man, and I get why most people feel that way hahah. Overall, I really like and appreciate the style of these over something like the HorrorLand covers, or the later GYG covers, that look like computer art hahah.
Thanks for watching, man! Just remember that I’ve been recording videos like this for over ten years, over the many channels I’ve made and deleted hahah. Practice will get you somewhere, if you aren’t comfortable on camera, yet. Just hang in there, and let yourself be yourself. That’s all that matters. I find myself always trying to compare myself to the people I look up to-whether it be folks in the Goosebumps community or just in the reviewing community, that make way better videos than I make-and I always try too hard to be like all of them. People sense that, and they probably won’t like that, more often than not. Just stick it out, and be yourself. You’d be surprised how many times I get five and ten minutes into a recording, and then stop, curse, delete it, and start over 😂
I’m hoping House will be good, too! I’ve heard decent stuff, so far!
Also: you’ve got great content, and a great voice, by the way! I don’t think people tell you that often enough, dude! Keep up the great work!
@michaelgoosebumpsfan9934 thank you man 🫡
Good to have you back
Thanks for being here, dude!
Hey Michael you should do a ranking of every goosebump’s series so far that would be awesome!
That was actually going to be a new video, sometime soon (whenever I get the time together).
I just wanted to say I really enjoy your channel. My sister and I loved Goosebumps growing up in the 90s. Now my son who is often scared of things wanted to get into Goosebumps to get over his fear of scary things. Your channel has helped pick out books to start with and read with him. Any advice you have would be great! We will continue watching.
Hey, Courtney, I appreciate that so much! I’m glad to see a lot of folks my age sharing that love for Goosebumps with their kids-it’s a gift that keeps on giving hahah.
In my opinion, the biggest struggle with recommending Goosebumps to folks for their kids are that the kids will always be interested in the covers first, and the stories second. The original series still has a ton of stuff in reprints (think of something like the two Haunted Mask books or the first three Slappy books), and those are simply classics, even though they’re on the scarier side. The newer Goosebumps books are almost never scary (I say this mainly of the HorrorLand books, the Most Wanted series, and the most recent collection, SlappyWorld). The biggest issue are that the endings are kind of rough on the newer books (SlappyWorld especially), and depending on how old your son is/what he enjoys in books or movies, those newer books might not be the best thing for him. If he’s younger, he’ll probably have a good time, but if he’s older than nine, for example, I think he won’t be super impressed with the newest stuff. The classics are something I’d never read many of until I became an adult, and I will absolutely stand on the side that says they’ve held-up extremely well, and most are enjoyable for any audience that’s looking for pulpy entertainment.
Sorry about the long comment, but here’s some recommendations of some books I think he’ll enjoy, if he struggles with too much:
1. Goosebumps: The Headless Ghost
2. Goosebumps: The Haunted Car
3. Goosebumps: Night In Terror Tower
4. Goosebumps: SlappyWorld: It’s Alive! It’s Alive!
5. Goosebumps: SlappyWorld: Dummy Meets The Mummy (if he likes Slappy or mummies)
6. Goosebumps: You Can’t Scare Me!
7. Goosebumps: Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes
8. Goosebumps: Most Wanted: Planet of the Lawn Gnomes
9. Goosebumps: Monster Blood
10. Give Yourself Goosebumps: Don’t Feed The Vampire! (This is a choose-your-own-adventure game book, and it could be a blast for kids-I’ve enjoyed a ton of that particular series of Goosebumps)
11. Goosebumps: Most Wanted: The Wizard Of Ooze
12. Goosebumps: SlappyWorld: Slappy, Beware!
13. Goosebumps: Most Wanted: Son Of Slappy
14. Goosebumps: SlappyWorld: Slappy’s Ghost
15. Goosebumps: Most Wanted: Creature Teacher: Final Exam!
I really hope those will help. On that list, I named a few Slappy dummy books that are less scary, and I tried to make sure that the entire list were things I still see floating around Barnes and Noble, Amazon, and Books-A-Million.
Thanks for the awesome comment, and let me know what you folks think of the books, if you decide to read any of them! I’m always curious what people think of the newer books, because the more inner, active fandom have a lot of opinions about them hahah.
God bless you guys!
@michaelgoosebumpsfan9934 Thank you so much for the suggestions! He is 8 years old. I will definitely be looking into getting these. I appreciate you taking the time to reply. We started with Welcome to the Dead House. We read about 1 to 2 chapters a night and he is loving it! Thank you again!
@@courtneybailey3796 Man, oh, man, Dead House is one of the most graphic ones, too! That’s impressive that he could handle that one hahah. If he ever wants to go more scary than that one, my top favorite gory one is Wanted: The Haunted Mask. That’s an absolute treat, and this is the perfect time of year to read it. But, again, it’s VERY graphic lol.
Thank you for watching!
@michaelgoosebumpsfan9934 I'll keep that in mind! I know I've read them back in the 90s but I honestly don't remember what happened in them. We have a ways to go in the book, if it gets too bad we will switch over to another. I'm actually on thriftbooks now ordering some of your suggestions. I remember Barking Ghost I didn't read for a long time cause the cover was I thought the scariest one, but it wasn't that bad when I read it lol
Good to see you again Michael.
Thanks, pal! Appreciate you being here!
Hey Michael, it's good to see you back and catching up on the last few books before the new series
Yes, just like the first review I heard for this one, it does not seem very promising as it does sound too similar to Chicken Chicken. Looking forward to your reviews for Friiight Night and the new series :D
---Stay awesome dude
Hey, pal, thanks for watching! Appreciate it a lot!
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Thanks for being here, dude!
Great review Michael. Made a video of why I think Series 2000 books haven’t been reprinted.
Thanks for watching, man!
I'm so glad that you got those books that you didn't have, well done. It would be lovely if your wife was in one of your videos, keep up the fantastic work Michael.
Hey, man, thanks for watching! She and I have talked about it a few times. I would extremely curious to see her reaction to her first time reading a Goosebumps book, since the only exposure she’s ever had in her life are during Halloween and summertime, when I watch Dummy 3 and Haunted Mask’s episodes hahah. She would be so funny to watch talk about this stuff.
Can't wait to read this someday, still lots of other reads to prioritize but Slappyworld's covers always is the best but sometimes the storyline itself is bad-okayish enough.
Agreed about what you said about covers and the books themselves hahah. SlappyWorld is so wish-washy. It’s a shame that they’re like that. I love Goosebumps and all, but these feel like they’re on the same level of disappointment as something like HorrorLand’s later series.
@@michaelgoosebumpsfan9934 in the end, we still enjoyed them in some ways, it's not like we regret or hated reading them, they're still fun even some are disappointing!
Welcome back, Michael! I hope you had a good time on your vacation. Oh, you just said you did. Yay!
Glad to see you back.
From what I've heard, the Slappyworld series is very hit and/or miss.
Hey, pal, thank you so much! It was definitely a blast-my wife and I love that area so much. Tennessee is awesome.
Yeah, SW is very hit or miss, and it’s even hard for me to recommend books to brand new readers that can only get their hands on newer stuff, because the only book from the last few years that hit it perfect, by the end, was “It’s Alive! It’s Alive!”, for me hahah. This one dropped the ball just like many of the others, which is a shame. Hoping the next two are really good, but we’ll see hahah.
@@michaelgoosebumpsfan9934 It's sad that a lot of the appeal of the original series and even series 2000 seems to be lost.
I am currently reading Frankenstein's Dog from the Most Wanted series. I like it so far. 😊
This is a great video!!🤗
Thank you, dude!
Hahaha I love goosebumps used to always read when I was a kid , tryna find them to buy so I can re read them and kinda sad about the new show as doesn’t look as dark and too cheesy ngl . I wanted like a fear street kind of adaption this time
That’s cool, man. I still think Goosebumps only really works as an anthology show. I think more fans would’ve been pleased seeing all of the monsters we’ve wanted to see, as well as remakes of others.
@@michaelgoosebumpsfan9934 facts an anthology works best , the characters looked a bit cheesy for me and if it’s the same cast with multiple of the books in one then I feel it eliminates the factor of like a horror ending like some of the books had …
I think it a decent good book also the artwork cool
Agreed about the art, man-it’s really nice! And thanks for watching, as always! God bless!
Haven’t read this one but I think the cover is cool. Have you gotten Stinetinglers 2 & Slime Doesn’t Pay?
Thanks for watching, man!
I have not, mainly because I find myself only like Goosebumps from Stine, the more I read Stine’s Point Horror and Fear Street stuff hahah. A lot of that stuff seems kind of lackluster, to me.
I'm still on Chicken Chicken lol trying to force myself to finish it I've read all of the other 53 in the original series but this book
But this one geez its painful at times to read.
Dude, that’s understandable hahah. I think I said something similar in my review for Chicken Chicken. Such a rough one to be so close to the end of the series lol.
Good review
Thanks for watching, as always, pal!
@@michaelgoosebumpsfan9934 no problem
Bro you gotta check out Nighttime Frights series. They are similar bit better in my opinion.
I think I’ve heard of those, at some point hahah. Thanks for the recommendation, pal.
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Hi there! Thanks for watching!
It's interesting how the slappyworld books and the horrorland books don't hit the same
I don’t even know which one I like more, since they both feel rough, most of the time, to me hahah.
@michaelgoosebumpsfan9934 hahaha dam 🤣 that's so bad lol
Plain and simply, I hate it. Friiight Night is actually pretty good though.
That’s a bummer, man hahah. I’m hoping Fright Night will be solid. Haven’t heard much about it.
Thanks for watching!