bnadams's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
absinthe's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.25
lorienwen's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
smthuriot's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
thekindworthreading's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
magnetgrrl's review against another edition
4.0
Re-read this in October after buying this new edition, which I thought was going to be a comic (but it's not).
Still a GREAT October seasonal read!! Very nice new edition, too. Cover artwork is fantastic.
Still a GREAT October seasonal read!! Very nice new edition, too. Cover artwork is fantastic.
alliepeduto's review against another edition
3.0
Keeping in mind this is really a middle grade/YA book, I thought it was well done. It explained the history of Halloween in a fun way that was just this side of fantastical. I mostly read it to fulfill my last prompt in the Popsugar Reading Challenge! Another one bites the dust.
trippalli's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
A fun adventure starts with trick or treating Halloween night and a poetic dance through the night, yet one of the 9 kids is sick. They all love this boy and he yells them to meet him at the spooky house on the hill and they agree, after trick or treating they get there and meet a spooky old man in the house behind a Marley spirit knocker.. This gentleman naturally takes them through time and places like a little treehouse just adventure they visit all kinds ofthe historic Halloween places and history and art each they find their sick friends Pippin... They do more and more daring thinks in their efforts to save Pippin.. They learn the history of their costumes.. The mummy takes them to Egypt and the funeral of a12 year old Tutenkamen the skeleton takes them to Mexico and Dia delos Murrtos and cookies on plates for the people and spirits to share, the Witches to Europe and pagan roots and the narrator speaks of how witches are still in every town, a wise person, as witch means wit of each town, and then to the gargoyles of Notre Dame, and so on until they return home to see if they saved their friendsPippin, who they saw in the hospital during their adventures tohear of they saved him with their adventures and hear the bells of midnight on Halloween night.