Product Description

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #40177 in Books
• Published on: 2009-01-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 144 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780439918756
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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About the Author
R.L. STINE is the creator of the monstrously successful Goosebumps series, which has sold more than 300 million copies worldwide in 32 languages!

Customer Reviews

I always try to think positively, even when I'm DOOMED!
R.L. Stine's Horrorland books have been a disappointment, Scream of the Haunted Mask notwithstanding. Granted, I'm writing as a cynical 20 year old now and not the 10 year old who was captivated by the original books, but I can still read some of the original books and find them entertaining. These books haven't had much effect on me, on the whole.

My Friends Call Me Monster is just an odd book, even by Goosebumps standards. Throughout the book is written in such an over-the-top style with lots of bizarre prose that it's impossible to take it seriously. Stine's never been Tolstoy or Stephen King, but some of the stuff here is just off-the-wall bizarre - my favorite line being "I always try to think positively, even when I'm DOOMED!" - that it begs the question of what Stine's been smoking over the last decade. Kids probably won't notice or care, but for me, a lifelong fan of the series, it's strikingly bizarre. Part of me wants to believe that this is one of the books where Stine is deliberately writing a comedy rather than a scary story - Attack of the Mutant and You Can't Scare Me! being other examples from the original series. The cynical part of me, however, thinks Stine has lost his touch and needed to hang his pen up long ago. Also, the story is only 95 pages; it might have been better (theoretically) if it had at least 20 more pages to allow the story to develop. The plot is basically recycled from Calling All Creeps, The Girl Who Cried Monster, and the short story Teacher's Pet, so if you're familiar with those Goosebumps books you can probably guess what's going on here.

That said, I enjoyed My Friends Call Me Monster on some level, and it's better than most of the Horrorland Books so far. But as the series continues along, it seems increasingly unlikely that we'll see a Horrorland book the equivalent of Night of the Living Dummy or The Ghost Next Door.

Book Review by Sadie F.
RL Stine is a very talented author. He has written many fantastic books. He writes horror books. His books are called Goosebumps, but his

more recent books are called Horror Hour. One of his books that I would recomend is called My Friends Call Me Monster.

Do you like suspense filled books? Then read on!

Have you ever wished that you were a monster? Well when it comes to 12 year old Michael, he wishes he were not. It all started when he

went to his overly superstisous teacher's house to play yet another prank on her, but insted of fun, he found danger. When he and his two friends

went to tell his ''awesome'' principal, who told them that they could talk to him if they ever needed him, about thier wacko teacher,they found out that

he was in on it too!

So what are you waiting for? Head on over to your local library and check out this amazing book by R.L.STINE.

Great!
One of the best goosebumps books ever! Better then the other horrorland books so far.