Stinetinglers 2
10 MORE New Stories by the Master of Scary Tales
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Average rating3.5
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10 MORE New Stories by the Master of Scary Tales
Ratings2
Average rating3.5
From New York Times bestselling author R.L. Stine, the master of horror for young readers, comes ten new stories that are sure to leave you shivering. A boy who hates bugs starts to see them everywhere. A basketball player’s skin starts to almost drip off his hands—but no one else can see it. Three friends find a hole in the ground that just gets bigger, and bigger, and bigger... And each story is introduced by Stine himself, providing a personal touch sure to delight fans. Laced with Stine’s signature humor and a hefty dose of nightmarish fun, Stinetinglers is perfect for fans of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and Stine’s own Goosebumps books. These chilling tales prove that Stine’s epic legacy in the horror genre is justly earned. Dive in, and beware: you might be sleeping with the lights on tonight!
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2 primary booksStinetinglers is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2023 with contributions by R.L. Stine.
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Stinetinglers 2 is a collection of 10 easily-read short children's stories with last-page plot twists. Much like fairytales, most of the stories also boil down to a morality tale in some way: “be careful what you wish for”, “follow the rules”, “don't seek revenge”, “be kind”, “don't steal”, and “don't cheat”.
It's always a pleasure to read anything by R.L. Stine and purchase his books for my child, but I think Stinetinglers 2 missed the mark on its intended 8 to 12-year-old audience. That age range may be appropriate for a child's reading comprehension level, but most of the plots are a little too simplistic and the twists will likely come across as silly, rather than shocking or spooky, to children in that age group as well.
I would highly recommend reading this book with younger children, but I don't think anyone over the age of nine would find it very entertaining.
Thank you, NetGalley and Macmillan Children's Publishing Group for the opportunity to read and provide an unbiased review of the advanced reader copy of Stinetinglers 2 by R.L. Stine.
I went with the audio for this one. It had a multi-narrator cast, mostly based on the perspective of the story, and they were pretty much all solid.
This is 10 new short stories from the master of middle grade horror. Again, I’m not really sure on the legality of these things, but I’m always left wondering why all of his stories aren’t under the umbrella of Goosebumps. It’s his signature style anyway.
With that being said, these 10 are spooky, eerie, a little silly, and some even have a blend of scifi. Stine continues to prove that he has quite the imagination, and I loved that these featured an introduction for each story. The intros were even recorded by Stine too, and I love that their inspiration is mostly from his childhood experiences. I just can’t imagine writing that many stories, some of which feature similar ideas and plot lines. Like how do you keep track?
While I wouldn’t necessarily put these on the level of Tales to Give You Goosebumps or the somewhat longer shorts in Goosebumps Triple Header 1, these are still enjoyable stories for a quick little read. I love their covers too.
