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juushikaTitle: Monster Blood (Goosebumps Book 3)
Author: R.L. Stine
Narrator: Kirby Heyborne
Published: Scholastic Audio, 2015 (1992)
Rating: 1.5 of 5
Page Count: 135
Total Page Count: 527,830
Text Number: 1932
Read Because: browsing available now horror on audio, audiobook borrowed from the Multnomah County Library
Review: Stranded with his strange great aunt for a few days, our protagonist buys a slime toy ... with dire results. I didn't like this as much as The Werewolf of Fever Swamp. Multiple factors, I think: the initial delight of nostalgia has worn off; this is less atmospheric, although the monster blood's varying qualities are evocative and gross; there's a lot of animal imperilment with a side of soft ableism, which saps my fun. Consensus seems to be that this is one of the weaker Goosebumps books; seems likely, but I think I've exhausted my interest in rereading.
Author: R.L. Stine
Narrator: Kirby Heyborne
Published: Scholastic Audio, 2015 (1992)
Rating: 1.5 of 5
Page Count: 135
Total Page Count: 527,830
Text Number: 1932
Read Because: browsing available now horror on audio, audiobook borrowed from the Multnomah County Library
Review: Stranded with his strange great aunt for a few days, our protagonist buys a slime toy ... with dire results. I didn't like this as much as The Werewolf of Fever Swamp. Multiple factors, I think: the initial delight of nostalgia has worn off; this is less atmospheric, although the monster blood's varying qualities are evocative and gross; there's a lot of animal imperilment with a side of soft ableism, which saps my fun. Consensus seems to be that this is one of the weaker Goosebumps books; seems likely, but I think I've exhausted my interest in rereading.
