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Author: R.L. Stein
Series: SlappyWorld #1
Format: audiobook
Pages / Mins: 180 mins
Genre: children's horror
Started: 2025-01-03
Finished: 2025-01-03
Rating: 2/5
📢Publisher Summary
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31213730-slappy-birthday-to-you
The evil dummy comes to life to tell his own twisted tales and scary stories! It's bad enough Ian Barker has to spend his twelfth birthday with his sister and their two annoying cousins. The four of them can't ever hang out without getting into trouble. Vinnie and Jonny always want to play with Ian's stuff. They take extra turns and break everything they touch. Even Ian's new birthday presents are up for grabs. But when Ian gets a Slappy dummy from his dad, things go from bad to worse. When Slappy's in charge, you don't fight over him, he fights over you!
🧠My Quick Thoughts
🔍How I Found The Book
I’ve been seeing a lot of YouTube where people read entire series of books from their childhoods, and Goosebumps seems to be one of the big series to read. I loved the original Goosebumps and had no idea that there were several series that branched off of it. One of my favorite original Goosebumps was “Night of the Living Dummy”, about Slappy the dummy. And to my delight, there is a whole series about Slappy called Slappyworld!
📖Book in 3 Sentences
- Ian’s 12th birthday party is underway when him, his sister, and his cousins find an old dummy his dad cleaned up
- Slappy causes mischief
- Ambiguous ending
🤔Thoughts
- So much nostalgia
- The voice actor for Slappy did a good job!
💗Who Would Enjoy This
I think young kids and tweens might still enjoy these books.
🥇Top Quotes
You waited a long time for me. But I’m worth it!
🏷Themes
#theme/possessed-doll #theme/horror #theme/middle-grade
🧾Review
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7168151405
Blog:
I enjoyed this short read. It brought back a lot of nostalgia for me as Night of the Living Dummy was one of my favorite Goosebumps episodes when I was a kid. I didn’t realize this series was so new so it did come to a shock when I heard modern references like Wikipedia and cellphones!
Overall I thought this was alright. Obviously reading it as an adult is different than reading it as a 12 year old. It does has one of my least favorite tropes in it, which is where adults just don’t believe their kids at all. That’s a driving force through most of the book as Slappy creates a lot of mischief and the kids get blamed for it. But man does Slappy have the confidence I wished I possessed. He says some funny little one liners like “You waited a long time for me. But I’m worth it! Hahahaha!” and I want to embody that as I go into 2025.
CAWPILE rating: 3.5
Characters: 4
Atmosphere: 4
Writing: 6
Plot: 4
Intrigue: 1
Logic: 2
Enjoyment: 4
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