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A review by paulabrandon
Bad Hare Day by R.L. Stine
2.0
Tim is an aspiring magician and is thrilled to get tickets to his idol Amaz-O's show, despite being forced to take his annoying little sister, Ginny, along. Afterwards, when he tries to meet Amaz-O, the guy is a jerk who tells him to go away. Angry, Tim swipes his bag of secret tricks. However, when Tim tries them out, things get wacky and out of control.
Stealing the bag of magic tricks could almost be considered a spoiler, because it doesn't happen until at least the mid-point of the book! I had been looking forward to this one as a little breather from psychological thrillers with dumb-asses for protagonists, but wound up quite disappointed by it. It has the usual fast pace of the series, but never really goes anywhere. I like the Goosebumps books that manage to be a little creepy and maintain the logic of its own universe. This book is just silly, the why and what behind the bag of magic tricks is left unexplained and unexplored, and the reveal is simply arbitrary. The obligatory twist ending also falls short of satisfaction. The title has very little to do with anything.
Stealing the bag of magic tricks could almost be considered a spoiler, because it doesn't happen until at least the mid-point of the book! I had been looking forward to this one as a little breather from psychological thrillers with dumb-asses for protagonists, but wound up quite disappointed by it. It has the usual fast pace of the series, but never really goes anywhere. I like the Goosebumps books that manage to be a little creepy and maintain the logic of its own universe. This book is just silly, the why and what behind the bag of magic tricks is left unexplained and unexplored, and the reveal is simply arbitrary. The obligatory twist ending also falls short of satisfaction. The title has very little to do with anything.