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The Cabinet of Souls (R.L. Stine's Monsterville #1)
The creators of Goosebumps present a new series full of chills, thrills, and just the right pinch of humor. It's safe scares the whole family can enjoy. Dare to enter a mysterious realm where the cost of admission just might be your soul! When teenage friends Beth, Nicole, Kellen, and Luke visit a traveling Hall of Horrors, they can't wait to get spooked. But when Beth goes backstage and discovers a haunted cabinet that traps the souls of lost teens, she and her friends just might get trapped forever!
160 pages, Paperback
Published July 26, 2016
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R.L. Stine
1,672 books18.5k followersRobert 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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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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November 22, 2018
Start was good but in middle everything got messed up.. Characters could be written in a more better way ..I see why so less people have read this book ..
They have tried to inculcate elements of horror ,fantasy but couldn't make it .
It can be said that only and only children can be happy with it ..
It was a somewhat between 2.5and3star for me ..
Dare to enter a mysterious realm where the cost of entry just might be your soul! When teenage friends Beth, Nicole, Kellen, and Luke visit a traveling Hall of Horrors, they can't wait to get spooked. But when Beth goes backstage and discovers a haunted cabinet that traps the souls of lost teens, she and her friends just might get trapped forever!
They have tried to inculcate elements of horror ,fantasy but couldn't make it .
It can be said that only and only children can be happy with it ..
It was a somewhat between 2.5and3star for me ..
Dare to enter a mysterious realm where the cost of entry just might be your soul! When teenage friends Beth, Nicole, Kellen, and Luke visit a traveling Hall of Horrors, they can't wait to get spooked. But when Beth goes backstage and discovers a haunted cabinet that traps the souls of lost teens, she and her friends just might get trapped forever!
October 13, 2016
My 6-yr-old loves RL Stine just as I did growing up. This movie is cool and the book is a replica. Good fun,
January 30, 2023
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I picked this book up as a little pallet cleaner between books, just a little filler, so I wasn't expecting too much.
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It was a fun little book, with four main characters, and their interactions with a travelling show that has come to town over Halloween.
It does say at the beginning of the book that the book has been adapted from a script, and it felt quite obvious.
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This book is for younger readers, so maybe it was a bit lost on me, but the writing was extremely basic, often swapping from each characters POV between sentences, and not fully explaining certain situations (such as one of the characters,near the end of the book, throwing some holy water, and says she'd googled how to make it, but we'd not been given any context to any of that.)
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If you'd like a little evening read, that you can switch your mind off, then this isn't a bad little book, but if you're hoping for some goosebumps style book, I think you'd be disappointed.
However, I'll probably watch the film, as I think it's got some promise as a film.
🎪
I picked this book up as a little pallet cleaner between books, just a little filler, so I wasn't expecting too much.
🎪
It was a fun little book, with four main characters, and their interactions with a travelling show that has come to town over Halloween.
It does say at the beginning of the book that the book has been adapted from a script, and it felt quite obvious.
🎪
This book is for younger readers, so maybe it was a bit lost on me, but the writing was extremely basic, often swapping from each characters POV between sentences, and not fully explaining certain situations (such as one of the characters,near the end of the book, throwing some holy water, and says she'd googled how to make it, but we'd not been given any context to any of that.)
🎪
If you'd like a little evening read, that you can switch your mind off, then this isn't a bad little book, but if you're hoping for some goosebumps style book, I think you'd be disappointed.
However, I'll probably watch the film, as I think it's got some promise as a film.
🎪
March 8, 2021
Beth, Nicole, Luke and Kellen are four best friends, or as Luke would say, are a 'posse'.
They sure do have the weird love triangle going on, as is in every group, but the strings of their hearts ring true. That is, until Dr. Hysteria and his house of horrors comes it to town before Halloween.
Two new teens are also in town, Hunter and Lilith. Both are captivatingly beautiful. Beth, whom Kellen has a crush on, is taken by Hunter's handsome face, and Kellen is taken away by Lilith. A rift is born between the friends. What is with the new teens in town? Is Dr. Hysteria only smoke and mirrors as Hunter would have Beth believe? And what is the connection between Hunter, Lilith and Dr. Hysteria?
They sure do have the weird love triangle going on, as is in every group, but the strings of their hearts ring true. That is, until Dr. Hysteria and his house of horrors comes it to town before Halloween.
Two new teens are also in town, Hunter and Lilith. Both are captivatingly beautiful. Beth, whom Kellen has a crush on, is taken by Hunter's handsome face, and Kellen is taken away by Lilith. A rift is born between the friends. What is with the new teens in town? Is Dr. Hysteria only smoke and mirrors as Hunter would have Beth believe? And what is the connection between Hunter, Lilith and Dr. Hysteria?
November 9, 2022
This is one of my favorite scary book. I love how the book has personal of 3 characters with more to be added. This is about a group of friends that decide to go to a in town carnival for Halloween. They took the opportunity and went to see what was it about. Little do they know there's a couple of real things behind the scene!!! I love it!!!
August 17, 2018
I picked up this book as I love reading goosebumps and I must say I’m impressed I really enjoyed just great
June 14, 2019
Got this for $1 from a book sale. Yikes. Didnt realize this was a novelization for a bad movie and that it wasn’t actually written by R.L.Stine.
September 22, 2021
Cool and scary
September 1, 2023
Not a bad story, but I would think the movie would be better. I feel as if there are still a lot of missing parts to the story.
July 6, 2024
Honestly I just picked it up because it had halloween theme and I had thought I finished all R.L Stine books until this. Did feel a little off with character writing but otherwise, not bad.
November 5, 2019
I thought I would read this on Halloween to get in the mood. I saw the movie a few years ago so I picked up the book.
In all honesty, it wasn’t that great. It wasn’t bad! But it wasn’t an attention grabber. Even though the book was short I still felt like it was dragged out. I kept getting distracted and I even ended up skipping a few pages. If you love the author you should pick it up but if you’re just intending to read this as a fun Halloween book, don’t.
In all honesty, it wasn’t that great. It wasn’t bad! But it wasn’t an attention grabber. Even though the book was short I still felt like it was dragged out. I kept getting distracted and I even ended up skipping a few pages. If you love the author you should pick it up but if you’re just intending to read this as a fun Halloween book, don’t.
July 16, 2021
Love this book!!
I absolutely love this book!! I recommend it to anyone who loves scary mystery stories or movies! Definitely a 5 star rating
I absolutely love this book!! I recommend it to anyone who loves scary mystery stories or movies! Definitely a 5 star rating
July 25, 2016
This book was provided to me as an uncorrected digital copy by the publisher via Edelweiss.
Beth and Kellen are best friends, though Kellen would like for them to be more. He has decided that Halloween is the perfect time to finally ask Beth on a date. Unfortunately, Kellen may have waited too late, because The House of Horrors is in town, and Dr. Hysteria has brought his Cabinet of Souls along.
The Cabinet of Souls is pretty typical juvenile horror fare. Some of the dialog feels pretty contrived and cheesy, but it’s not so bad that young readers will be put off. As a matter of fact, this book will probably go over well with horror fans between the ages of 8 and 12, and will definitely be a hit with kiddos who already enjoy the Goosebumps series. There is no gore or anything close to profanity, just a few good scares.
Beth and Kellen are best friends, though Kellen would like for them to be more. He has decided that Halloween is the perfect time to finally ask Beth on a date. Unfortunately, Kellen may have waited too late, because The House of Horrors is in town, and Dr. Hysteria has brought his Cabinet of Souls along.
The Cabinet of Souls is pretty typical juvenile horror fare. Some of the dialog feels pretty contrived and cheesy, but it’s not so bad that young readers will be put off. As a matter of fact, this book will probably go over well with horror fans between the ages of 8 and 12, and will definitely be a hit with kiddos who already enjoy the Goosebumps series. There is no gore or anything close to profanity, just a few good scares.
December 28, 2016
Pretty good, a little cliche, though, not really that scary, okay character development, overall short quick read which helped.
March 18, 2018
reqally good book
December 4, 2018
I didn't check to see if the book came out before the movie but it's pretty accurate. Only a few minor differences. I enjoyed both.
February 19, 2019
I loved this movie and I thoroughly enjoyed the book too.
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