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Recapturing the monster would be Manny Ferber's problem, except Robby can change into any form he wants, and he's decided Jordan is his new "owner". Robby follows the Kepplers home and wreaks more havoc, then joins Jordan's class at school as a new student. Jordan is on edge as the new kid aggressively monitors him to make sure he tells no one of the threat posed by the camouflaged monster. Unlike most Goosebumps books, Jordan's parents, his school, and the police believe there's a monster (the evidence is undeniable), but he has no proof the shy new kid is it. Robby's insistence that Jordan continue feeding him grows more worrisome as Robby resorts to threats, and Jordan never knows if anyone he's talking with might be Robby in disguise. He must end the madness before irreversible harm is done, and Jordan has a plan he thinks will work. Is he actually in control in his game of wits with a monster, or is Robby just waiting to play the final trump card?
Please Do Not Feed the Weirdo is the most cogent SlappyWorld book to this point in the series, and even offers subtle philosophical commentary. If people caution you against feeding a particular "beast", warning that it appears harmless but will latch on and suck you dry, it still feels like a shock and betrayal when that happens. The beasts we feed care only for their own hedonistic satisfaction, and their invasion into our lives is frightening. This is reflected in Robby's words to Jordan: "You have to start taking better care of me...I need more attention from you...Do you understand?" Jordan's response: "No. I don't understand...We didn't mean to let you out. We didn't know you were a monster." Monsters always demand more food, more attention, and the fact that we may not have recognized it as a monster when we first fed it doesn't diminish the harm it does us. Our monsters are meek and apologetic after they do evil, but soon they demand we feed them again, and won't take no for an answer. Robby is an unexpectedly potent allegory for some big concepts.
If not for an ending that's difficult to believe and a few plot points that also strain credulity, I might consider Please Do Not Feed the Weirdo the best Goosebumps book since the Horrorland series, if not the Series 2000. The story has real zip and the basic idea is full of possibilities, even if not all of them are explored. As it is, this is at least the best Goosebumps book since The Haunter from the Most Wanted series. If the next SlappyWorld story is this good, it's worth getting excited about.
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A brother and sister go to an amusement park and meet a kid who is stuck in a cage with a sign proclaiming how he is not to be fed. Of course everyone knows that when curiosity is stirred, one must proceed with trying it out.
There is a lot of realness as an adult to this story though. I thought of it this way:
I have had friends who take advantage of me. T
A brother and sister go to an amusement park and meet a kid who is stuck in a cage with a sign proclaiming how he is not to be fed. Of course everyone knows that when curiosity is stirred, one must proceed with trying it out.
There is a lot of realness as an adult to this story though. I thought of it this way:
I have had friends who take advantage of me. They make promises. They tell you to trust them. They make you like them and happy to be around them. However, they end up making a mess in your life on a regular basis no matter how many chances they give you. The only one who ends up hurting in the end, is you.
Read this story and tell me I am not connecting this correctly. I dare you.
3.75 stars
This book has more graphic scenes than anything else I have read in the series. Frankly, I think this will
I am amid reading the original 62 Goosebumps stories. Generally speaking, they are all right. Not too frightening, fun, entertaining. At the end of the last academic year, Scholastic had this book on sale. I decided to pick up several copies to use in Guided Reading. While it is a newer Goosebumps story, I figured it was in the same vein as the originals. I was incorrect in that assumption.This book has more graphic scenes than anything else I have read in the series. Frankly, I think this will turn off several of my fourth graders from reading more in this genre. Who knows, it may even turn them off horror forever.
Several scenes have projectile orange vomit. Really?
The story is so thin. Robby, a boy, is kept in a cage as a freak in a carnival side show. That alone is questionable. A sign says do not feed the boy. Of course, Jordan and Karla do . . . over and over again. Not smart characters in that regard.
The adults in this story do not behave in believable ways.
Each time the author was pinned in the story, he invented new powers. Robby has supersonic hearing toward the end. That was just created so it explained why he could hear the conversation. Why didn't Robby show up at the school picnic?
And why was there a school picnic at the location where the monster came from? ANd what carnival is permanently housed at a location?
Too many questions that could not be answered. This was a low spot in the Goosebumps universe for me.
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This book surprised me. It definitely feels darker than most books in the Goosebumps series. It felt like there was real danger. The ending left me a bit eh but I still enjoyed the ride.
Besides from the intro and side-intros fro
Wow! This year is going by really fast. It seems like it was just yesterday that I had received a review copy for Goosebumps Slappyworld: Please Do Not Feed the Weirdo; when actually, it was several months ago. My original intention was to post this review back in March, but due to personal issues, I haven't had very much free time to write a review. Therefore, I had to reread the book over the weekend, so I can have the story fresh in my mind for today.Besides from the intro and side-intros from character Slappy, the majority of the book surrounds around a twelve-year-old named Jordan Keppler and his younger sister Karla, who are trying to escape from a Robby, a boy who turns into a creature after he eats something. Sounds familiar? Well, at least to me it does. It sounds like the plot of Gremlins, only it involves a boy instead of a mogwai.
Unlike the Goosebumps books from the 1990s, Please Do Not Feed the Weirdo drops the horror feel and goes more for a comedy; though there are still a few scares here and there.
Overall, Goosebumps Slappyworld: Please Do Not Feed the Weirdo is an entertaining entry in the long-running children book franchise. It's not my favorite book from the Slappyworld spinoff, but I still enjoyed reading it.
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During a visit to the fair, Robbie & Karla see a kid locked in a cage with the sign (the title). After feeding the kid, they realize that food turns him into a monster (kind of like water with the gremlins). Because they fed this kid, the kid assumes that Robbie is his provider. Skip a few chapters and the "weirdo" can shape shift. In the end if the book, the kid shape shifts into Robbie, and they capture the wrong "robbie", leaving the monster fre
*Review just for my future self to look back on*During a visit to the fair, Robbie & Karla see a kid locked in a cage with the sign (the title). After feeding the kid, they realize that food turns him into a monster (kind of like water with the gremlins). Because they fed this kid, the kid assumes that Robbie is his provider. Skip a few chapters and the "weirdo" can shape shift. In the end if the book, the kid shape shifts into Robbie, and they capture the wrong "robbie", leaving the monster freed. But because the monster will have to eat, it's assumed that the real Robbie will not be trapped for long.
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This book seems to be somewhat popular / high rated among other goosebumps fans, but I could not find any redeeming qualities in this book.
The humor in it was (I would assume, supposed to be funny) But I only found it to be childish, gross, and repetitive.
I did not enjoy this book at all.
I will, however, continue to read goosebumps on occasion. I just don't think most of the My first Slappyworld book. I don't read the newer goosebumps books too often - and this one has reminded me of why that is.
This book seems to be somewhat popular / high rated among other goosebumps fans, but I could not find any redeeming qualities in this book.
The humor in it was (I would assume, supposed to be funny) But I only found it to be childish, gross, and repetitive.
I did not enjoy this book at all.
I will, however, continue to read goosebumps on occasion. I just don't think most of these newer ones even hold a candle to the original 62. ...more
As an adult, I decided to read this since I didn't remember reading it already. It's good reading for these horrible days as we approach Election Day 2020. It is laugh out loud funny...
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Why?
The parents actually believe the kid(s) in this one!
Jordan and Karla are siblings. Karla is the brave one, while Jordan is a little coward. So when their parents take them to the carnival world Jordan is scared that Karla will make him sit on the ride tunnel of fear. And that she does, and indeed, Jordan gets scared. But little did he know, he was about to be terrified once he exits the ride.
Would've given four stars if the idea of the monster had been something, literally
Why?
The parents actually believe the kid(s) in this one!
Jordan and Karla are siblings. Karla is the brave one, while Jordan is a little coward. So when their parents take them to the carnival world Jordan is scared that Karla will make him sit on the ride tunnel of fear. And that she does, and indeed, Jordan gets scared. But little did he know, he was about to be terrified once he exits the ride.
Would've given four stars if the idea of the monster had been something, literally anything other than what it is- A monster with a ravenous appetite. But he doesn't eat humans, just normal food. And, of course, what it does eat, is only regurgitated instantly. And of course, it can shapeshift; a power that it uses a total of two times in the story.
A pretty dumb monster in this one. Won't recommend, unless of course you want to read something by R.L. Stine where the parents aren't obnoxiously stubborn about not believing their kids.
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The upside of the plot would be the fact that the parents and adults in general take part in the story from the very beginning. It was a nice change in the franchise.
Zombie Halloween was better because more scary and this book wasn't really horror.
i liked this book because i felt there was always a surprise because you never know who Robby is. This was my second favourite Goosebumps book that I read.
Zombie Halloween was better because more scary and this book wasn't really horror.
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I wanted to strangle Jordan. Robby was stupid as hell and Karla I wanted to deck.
Oh maybe I should have told you that Jordan is a really big scaredy pants. So what is going to happen to Jordan and his sister........
Slappyworld series has been whacky overall though.
Loved it, that ending!!
R. L. Stine b
Robert Lawrence Stine known as R. L. Stine and Jovial Bob Stine, is an American novelist and writer, well known for targeting younger audiences. Stine, who is often called the Stephen King of children's literature, is the author of dozens of popular horror fiction novellas, including the books in the Goosebumps, Rotten School, Mostly Ghostly, The Nightmare Room and Fear Street series.R. L. Stine began his writing career when he was nine years old, and today he has achieved the position of the bestselling children's author in history. In the early 1990s, Stine was catapulted to fame when he wrote the unprecedented, bestselling Goosebumps® series, which sold more than 250 million copies and became a worldwide multimedia phenomenon. His other major series, Fear Street, has over 80 million copies sold.
Stine has received numerous awards of recognition, including several Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards and Disney Adventures Kids' Choice Awards, and he has been selected by kids as one of their favorite authors in the NEA's Read Across America program. He lives in New York, NY.
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