The Boy Who Ate Fear Street

Ghosts of Fear Street #11

by R.L. Stine, Stephen Roos

Sam Kinney used to be a very picky eater. But after a friend’s eccentric Aunt Sylvie put a weird spice in his mac and cheese, suddenly, Sam can’t stop eating. Paste and pepper. Dishwashing soap. Even dog food. Sam has to find out what is making him eat...and eat...and eat. Before he eats his house. And all his friends on Fear Street…

Genres: Horror, Childrens, Young Adult, Fiction, Fantasy, Horror Thriller, Thriller

128 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1996

About the author

Robert 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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Reviews

[Greg Kerestan · Rating 1 out of 5]

Just... what? Rambling nonsense even by Ghosts of Fear Street standards. I'll save you a hundred pages. He's a living doll. It doesn't explain anything, it doesn't make a cool, cruel or spooky twist, it just is. He freaks out about his need to eat weird stuff for a whole book, there's a curse and then there isn't, his tongue gets huge, and then we find out he's just a doll that came to life. What.

[Austin Smith · Rating 1 out of 5]

wtf was this.

[random name · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've devoured this book once, and I did it again! I forgot how nerve-wrecking it was, especially the end (I'm not a spoiler so I won't say what happens) I recommend this splendid (but short) book for everyone ;)

[Nguyên Trang · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hồi bé đọc Stine suốt sợ vãi ra =)) lớn lên - hoặc do cuốn này không kinh dị - nên thấy không sợ. Anw cái sự twist của Stine thì vẫn thế. Thật sự không ngờ luôn =)))

[Midori · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mỗi khi chan chán đọc thì làm một liều tuội thơ R.L. Stine, hết chán liền!

[Kris · Rating 4 out of 5]

I seriously love these kinds of books. It is made for adolescents yet I enjoy it.. What does that say about me? R.L. Stine's books are the ones that you can read in one sitting for a good rewinding and relaxing night, preferably before you go to bed.

[Gage · Rating 5 out of 5]

My mom read this to me and I read some of it. It was REALLY good!

[andthesix · Rating 5 out of 5]

HOLY SHIT WTF JUST HAPPENED

[Jayme Kilby · Rating 4 out of 5]

Its a wounderful book

[Nicole Rojas · Rating 3 out of 5]

3/5⭐
Ni lo mejor, ni lo peor que ley por ahora... Pero de que me entretuve, me entretuve

[Yoyomaus Die Büchereule · Rating 4 out of 5]

Zum Inhalt:
Er wurde verhext, da ist sich Sam ganz sicher. Seit er der unheimlichen Tante Sylvie begegnet ist, scheint ein Fluch auf ihm zu lasten. Mörderischer Heißhunger zwingt ihn plötzlich, die widerlichsten Dinge in sich hineinzustopfen. Nicht einmal vor Regenwürmern macht er Halt. Als ihm dann auch noch schwarzes Blut aus einer Wunde sickert, ist Sam verzweifelt. Wie kann er den Fängen der Zauberin entkommen?

Cover:
Wie alle Cover der Reihe begeistert dieser Teil durch eine weitere gruselige Darstellung. Hier zu sehen ist eine grüne Hexe, welche in ihrem Hexenkochtopf rührt, während sich eine Schlange aus dem Topf heraus windet. Das ist auf jeden Fall sehr ansprechend und entzückt große und kleine Gruselfans. Ich persönlich finde das Cover wirklich sehr gelungen und finde es sehr passend zu der Geschichte, welche hier präsentiert wird.

Eigener Eindruck:
Sam lebt in der Fear Street. Doch noch nie ist ihm etwas gruseliges widerfahren. Seine Eltern sind bodenständig. Seine Mutter bastelt Puppen, die sie gut verkaufen kann und sein Vater ist ein talentierter Handwerker. Sein bester Freund Kevin und seine kleine Schwester leben ebenfalls in der Nähe der Fear Street und auch ihnen ist noch nie wirklich etwas gruseliges widerfahren. Das ändert sich, als Kevins Tante Sylvie zu Besuch ist. Sie bringt Sams ganzes Weltbild ordentlich durcheinander. Sie besitzt eine Schlange, gruselige Masken und braut in der Küche scheinbar widerliche Dinge zusammen, die sie versucht dem Jungen schmackhaft zu machen. Während seine Freunde sich liebend gern den Bauch mit ihren Kreationen vollschlagen, kann Sam der Sache nichts abgewinnen, denn er isst nur Dinge die weiß sind – Käsemakkaroni, Grießbrei, Milchreis. Als Tante Sylvie ihm jedoch Milchreis kocht, scheint sich etwas in Sam zu ändern. Plötzlich hat er Hunger auf Putzlappen, mag aber keine Käsemakkaroni mehr. Er nascht gern Klebstoff, mag aber keinen Grießbrei mehr. Nicht nur Sam scheint sein neuer Geschmack zu schockieren, auch seine Freunde sind total perplex. Sam ist sich sicher, dass Tante Sylvie eine Hexe ist und ihn verflucht hat. Doch wie soll er diesen Fluch nur loswerden?

R.L. Stine begeistert schon immer mit seinen Kriminal- und Gruselgeschichten für Kinder und Jugendliche. Mit dieser Geschichte hat er es sogar geschafft, dass mir die Haare zu Berge gestanden haben, denn das was Sam da alles in sich hinein stopft und was er erlebt ist wirklich mehr als gruselig. Auch die Auflösung der ganzen Sache hat ein eher flaues Gefühl bei mir hinterlassen. Seit seinem Besuch bei Kevin und seiner Tante ist es so, als würde bei Sam alles schief laufen. Er isst die verrücktesten Sachen und er ist sich sicher, dass Tante Sylvie dahinter steckt, weil er ihre Kochkünste so verschmäht hat. Als Leser geht man ebenfalls davon aus, dass der arme Kerl von der Tante verhext wurde und man hofft, dass er bald eine Möglichkeit findet seinen Fluch zu lösen, denn je weiter die Geschichte fortschreitet, desto kurioser werden die Dinge, die er isst. Allein bei dem Gedanken, was da alles in den Mund wandert, schüttelt es mich schon. Da hat R.L. Stine wirklich gut in die Fantasiekiste gegriffen. Mir jedenfalls hat es sehr gut gefallen, auch wenn es an manchen Stellen dann doch etwas langatmiger war.

Empfehlen möchte ich die Geschichte allen jungen, aber auch erwachsenen Gruselfans, die einer Gänsehautgeschichte aus der Fear Strett nicht widerstehen können. Mit dem Buch werdet ihr definitiv eure Freude haben.

Idee: 4/5
Gruselspaß: 4/5
Charaktere: 4/5
Spannung: 4/5

Gesamt: 4/5

[Alejandro Joseph · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is, like, the Planet of the Lawn Gnomes of the Ghosts of Fear Street series. If you don’t know already, POTLG is one of the all-time worst kids horror books ever imo. This pulls a lot of similar disharmonial elements from it, and it even has an awful cover art as well. Fuck this book—minus like a thing or two. There’s a scene involving fleas and it was the genuine, only real highlight of this book. I also appreciate (but not much) the attempt to convey SOME KIND of message here, even if it was utterly lost in translation—getting to the negatives now. There’s a clear attempt to convey a message and it just doesn’t stick, and I can’t even pin-point what it is. My best guess is “don’t be a picky eater,” which isn’t even a good message; that about as useless and I agreeable as the “don’t hunt and kill animals” message from The Tale of the Hunting (AYAOTD). And that’s just my guess, mind you. The book is random as shit and whilst it made sense at the end, the making-of-the-sense is shitty. Spoiler alert: this book has the same fucking ending of Planet of the Lawn Gnomes (minus some of the agonizing story beats, like with the dog and a friend character). It’s a crap reveal and just adds to the overwhelming insanity of this book. The aunt character is a piece of shit and is the biggest red herring in the history of kids horror. I’m just spoiling now bruh lol. The characters all-in-all are dull, the plot is lackluster, there’s some massive coincidences like Aunt Silvia’s tall-tale and all this starting RIGHT AFTER that for the first time ever I assume, even though it is logical in how (for what it is). It’s just… god, this book just slaps you across the face with boring tropes and scenes, awkward and forced exposition, and shittily tacked-on reveals and ideas that could’ve been left out for a far better story. Overall, 1.5/10. It’s bad. Really, really bad. The cover says it all lmao. Worst GoFS I’ve ever read.

[Nam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Classic Stine. A mixture of grossness and creepy. I warn you not to read if you have a weak stomach or are about to eat dinner. This boy is a picky eater, only eating white foods: macaroni and cheese, mayonnaise sandwich, cream of wheat, etc. After a strange encounter, he will eat anything but normal foods: paste, worms, fleas, leaves, dirt, sponges, soap, etc. What happened to him, and can it be fixed?

[Braveheart · Rating 2 out of 5]

Okay, I'm going to be honest. I know that these books aren't the creme de la creme of RL Stine's works but for the love of God this book made no sense. Like it was extremely anti-climactic and I had a feeling about halfway through that the main character was either a robot or a living doll. It just feels like false advertising. This is the first Ghosts of Fear Street novel I've read so I don't know if they are all this...poorly written.

[Idalis · Rating 1 out of 5]

Nếu mình đọc ngắt quãng cuốn sách này thì dám cá vào lần đọc tiếp theo mình chắc chẳng thể hiểu nổi nội dung đã, đang nói về cái gì.
Một cuốn sách giải trí nhưng mình không cảm nhận được chút giải trí nào.
Có 1 đoạn ngắn về ăn bọ chét làm mình hy vọng vào những sự kiện sau đó và hoàn toàn thất vọng.
Thứ cứu dỗi mình là mấy trang cuối giải đáp cho toàn bộ những gì xảy ra, giúp mình cảm thấy hoá ra cuốn sách này không vô nghĩa.

[Brandon · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was fun and mysterious. It had me guessing until the end ,which i did not guess, even as a adult . 4 out of 5 stars for me

[Ngọc · Rating 2 out of 5]

2,5 sao.
Twist được đấy chứ đùa =)))))))

[Gloria · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great trip down memory lane. Still have images of this story stuck on my brain twenty years later.

[Yeon · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

Đoạn kết ok đấy, làm nhớ truyện "Hamburger ăn thịt người".

[Thanh Binh]

hay

[Aurora Dimitre · Rating 3 out of 5]

I will say, one of the best uses of 'minor thing is mentioned as a detail, then becomes the twist at the end' in the series.

[Mad Bracki · Rating 4 out of 5]

Komische Ideen hat er, aber war gut. Schöner kleiner Schmöker für nebenbei

[Nguyễn Vy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tập này rợn nhất là khi Sam ăn ngấu nghiến một đống đồ không thể ăn

[Glendy C · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not scary but creepy at times and some gross scenes. Overall it was a fun read with a crazy twist ending.

[Quy Dang · Rating 3 out of 5]

Truyện đọc có tính giải trí! :D

[LaGranVacaCosmica · Rating 2 out of 5]

R L Stine es mi zona segura, siempre paso un gran rato con sus obras mas allá de la calidad de las mismas. Giros sorprendentes, tramas ingeniosas y personajes que son agradables o interesantes de seguir de un modo u otro. Este no es de sus mejores libros, mas no negare que se disfruta bastante mas allá de su mediocre desempeño, esto ultimo lo digo porque ninguno de los elementos presentados es explotado tanto como la portada o la trama dan a entender, nuestra imaginación vuela mientras que el libro hace lo justo y necesario para no ser calificado como malo. Aun así, repito, lo disfrute mucho, no lo recomiendo.

[Jenny Kampa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Inhalt:
Gnadenlos verflucht!
Er wurde verhext, da ist sich Sam ganz sicher. Seit er der unheimlichen Tante Sylvie begegnet ist, scheint ein Fluch auf ihm zu lasten. Mörderischer Heißhunger zwingt ihn plötzlich, die widerlichsten Dinge in sich hineinzustopfen. Nicht einmal vor Regenwürmern macht er Halt. Als ihm dann auch noch schwarzes Blut aus einer Wunde sickert, ist Sam verzweifelt. Wie kann er aus den Fängen der Zauberin entkommen?

Fazit:
Ein tolles Buch für zwischendurch. Die Story war schon total gut, aber der Schluss hat mich dann nochmal richtig überrascht :-)

[Thomas · Rating 2 out of 5]

This has one of the odder executions of the fake out chapter ending I've seen. Someone gives Sam human eyes which turn out to be stones. But the chapter just ends with "I screamed", and it's not until over half a page into the next chapter that it's revealed that he thought he saw eyes to being with, much less that they were actually stones. It was just weirdly done.

Also, this was weirdly dull for a book where someone eats a sponge.

[Jesse Salcido · Rating 3 out of 5]

What I thought of the story was funny, shocking, and cool. What my favorite was that a boy named, Sam Kinny who disliked everything but foods the color of white. When he has a curse from what he thinks of his friend's wierd aunt spice placed in his ice-cream. Now he starts eating everything no human would eat.

[Trieu Luong · Rating 4 out of 5]

Truyện lôi cuốn, có nhiều tình tiết gây tò mò cùng với kết thúc bất ngờ.