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A review by katietotallybooked
The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight (Classic Goosebumps #16) by R.L. Stine
4.0
The first (and probably only) Goosebumps book I've ever read. I read it for a new book to movie book club program I am starting up for teens at my library (called CineLit). Goosebumps and scary reads in general were not my cup of tea as a child, and horror still isn't a genre I would ever pick up unless I was forced.
I definitely understand the appeal of these for middle grade readers. They are short, succinct, and easy to digest. That being said, this book did not have great writing (and nor did I expect it to have). I mean, did R.L Stine even write all of these themselves, or is this a pen name used by many authors like most of our 90/s series books for young readers are?
That being said, the scarecrows certainly gave me chills, and I am not sure I'll ever look at or think about one the same way again!
I definitely understand the appeal of these for middle grade readers. They are short, succinct, and easy to digest. That being said, this book did not have great writing (and nor did I expect it to have). I mean, did R.L Stine even write all of these themselves, or is this a pen name used by many authors like most of our 90/s series books for young readers are?
That being said, the scarecrows certainly gave me chills, and I am not sure I'll ever look at or think about one the same way again!