What do You think about You Can't Scare Me! (1994)?
I used to think that RL should have made these books more realistic and not to scifish, but after reading this one, he should stick with science fiction! Reading the cover and the first few pages, I could already predict the end. I can sum up the book in one sentence: A Group of friends try to scare a girl. That's it. Book over, go to bed. It's nice to see their multiple attempts and I did like the fact that there were several characters. This book I'd put in the "Goosebumps Starters Kit" list, because it is not scary, not suspenseful (or as suspenseful as some of the prior releases. It actually bored me to be honest, my left eye kept falling asleep, that or I'm coming down with something.
—David Santos
I have very conflicting feelings about this book.I liked this book,I would not recommend giving this book to a first time reader, because it is very slow paced. But it is a good storyline. I also don't like this book because it pulls you in on false pretenses. All based off the illustrations. Now I don't know if it was the illustrators fault or if R.L. Stine chose the cover but I was very excited to find out the story behind the monsters on the cover and see how they terrorize the main character. In reality the story is all about a group of kids who try to scare a classmate and the only thing you get from the monsters is a paragraph or two explaining their history (Not a good one either) and then one page ONE PAGE of them terrorizing the characters....Needless to say I was very unhappy. But it was a good storyline the cover was the only thing that was misleading.Also this had one of those endings that pissed you off, Just sayin.
—Carol Briseno
It all started during a field trip at school to the Greene Forest. Eddie, fell into a snake, a green one, and the class goody-goody, Courtney made fun of him because he got scared. The snake was ready to strike, I would have freaked too.Courtney picked it up and was holding it. She teased Eddie, and it happened again with some bees. She three them at Eddie and his friend, Hat. Hat and Eddie freaked out, which is normal if bees come at you. Courtney made fun of them and besides Molly and Charlene who are their friends.On the way back to school the four of them come up with the plan to scare Courtney as pay back. This is not an easy task either. They try a fake snake, a tarantula, even Molly's dog. None work and back fire on them each time. It isn't until Courtney says in class monsters are real do they get another idea, using the Mud Monster legend to scare her. Kevin, Eddie's brother puts on his costume, he'd been using to make his movie with his two friends and heads out into the woods one night. Too bad its a full moon and it once again backfires. Although the main plan is achieved, it still goes wrong for them.I'll let you read to find out what happens to not only Courtney, but Eddie and his friends, plus his brother Kevin. I gave this book 4 stars because of Courtney, other wise it was a great book.
—Christy
