Fun, quick, creepy read for those wanting more ST while we wait for S5. Short stories...the kids getting into more adventures. It's simple but fulfilling. The one thing that bothered me was Nancy's dialog. It just didn't seem her at times. Still entertaining and enjoyable though! Another one all my fellow ST fans!69 s Cristina (bibliotecadepueblo)168 53

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This collection is set between Season Three and Four. The Party is gathered at Family Video in a blackout telling scary stories when their movie night gets ruined. So I'm going to review each short story along with the book itself. This is one of the stories within a story, so this will be a review within a review!

A Little Voice (4 Stars)

There was no way I wasn't going to a story set in Pennhurst. The asylum setting already sets it up to be creepy as all get out. I was a hundred percent ready for his to be a ghost story. What I wasn't expecting was the twist at the very end. Which I think was more creepy than an actual ghost haunting some poor guy. This was a great story to kick this collection off with it, even if Nancy isn't my favorite character. I'll give her this, she told a good ghost story. I still think she's kind of the worst though...

Do or 20-Sided Die (2 Stars)

Oh Dusty-Poo, why did you let me down! Of the Party, Dustin is my favorite character. But, this story was just not for me. I got bored pretty quickly. It had potential, and I loved that his story had a cursed 20-sided die. But, yeah I kept getting distracted by other things instead of focusing on the story. It bummed me out that Dustin's story fell short. And maybe I'm a little bummed that we could have gotten an Eddie cameo in this story, but was denied this for another Dungeon Master.

Lovers' Lake (5 Stars)

Steve and Robin for the win! I'm a sucker for a scary story that features a lake monster. For me, nothing is creepier than was lurks in the water. I this story was almost a Hawkins Urben Legend as well. Something that Steve and Robin had heard growing up. The story was solid, gross, so very gross, and a hundred percent Robin and Steve. I love that they stopped their own story to argue about what it was in the lake. I loved everything about this.

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (4 Stars)

Max taking us back to Hawkins Lab and bringing us all the way back to season one. I do miss the Demogorgons, they were creepy AF. Their height, the oversized limbs, the flower petals with teeth, and the noise they made! I'd love to see more of them in the current season, but it was great to see them pop in one here. I thought the story was solid, nothing is more creepy than the dark, especially when you are stuck in the woods with a creature after you. Mad props for the mention of the satanic panic and the 20/20 special that helped spur the chaos. It was almost a small nod to The Craft in places, which I appreciated. I enjoyed this one.

Don't Be a Pest (3 Stars)

Oh, Erica! I'm so glad this character got a larger role after season two. Her story was told in the vein of Goosebumps or Are You Afraid of the Dark. Definitely very creepy for younger readers, but just a classic spooky tale for older ones. I enjoyed this one and its main character. I'm not a huge fan of bugs, so it hit the gross factor for me. I also really d how clever it was, especially toward the end. Because for half a second I thought the killer might be the mom!

Two Lunches (3 Stars)

Lucas' story was also solid. I really d that everything kept coming back to Pennhurst in some way. This was the third story to center around the inmates at Pennhurst. This was a classic spooky store of two brothers, and being at the wrong place at the wrong time. It definitely feels a story Lucas was told as a bedtime story by his dad, or around the campfire. The best part of this story is how it ends because it doesn't really.

Talk Back (4 Stars)

While personally the Wheeler's are my least favorite characters of this show, both Mike and Nancy had solid stories. This one plays on my theory at all Furbies and Teddy Ruxbins are evil, but also with a little hint of Chucky. This one was definitely on the creepy side with a solid wrap-up. There's a sort of 80's horror movie vibe to it which I d considering when the show is set. This was the prime horror movie era.

In all, I enjoyed this one. It was a fun read after shifts to wind down, and a great way to fill the time until volume two got released.5 s cierra ? ???.??????173 7

I’m a huge Stranger Things fan and I love reading some canon stories.
This book was cute and had most of the main cast camped out in the video store during a blackout telling scary stories that supposedly happened in Hawkins, although most are made up by the group.
Nothing too exciting but also not too bad either.
The stories were an odd mix of actual eerie and middle school level scare - it made it difficult to really enjoy the book all the way through.
My favorite stories were the pest story Erica told and the insane asylum one Nancy told. The rest were pretty basic.
This book is a nice addition to my Stranger Things collection but nothing to really rave about.

3/5 ??3-stars genre-misc physically-owned ...more4 s Barbiibooks462 99

Aburrido, repetitivo y serio escalofriante. Lo positivo es el formato, un grupo de amigos contando historias de “terror” en un ambiente tenebroso, era corto y al ser relatos se leía rápido. De resto, deja mucho que desear. Las historias no me parecían muy escalofriantes como dice el libro, y cada historia seguí el mismo patrón. Esperaba que tuviera escenas más misteriosas o una narrativa que te envolviera más, pero no sentí que fuera así.

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This was so much fun. It’s obviously not canon compliant, but to see the characters we know and love and tighter and just sharing spooky stories, it was so much fun. A couple of the stories genuinely creeped me out too, and I wanted more of a few of them! It was kind of Goosebumps but in Hawkins. I’d love it if there were more ST books that came out this!3 s Olivia Regis1,078 7

Situada entre la tercera y la cuarta temporada estamos ante una serie de relatos de terror que suceden en Hawkings, el pueblo de Stranger Things. Esta colección cuenta con 7 relatos escalofriantes en dónde nos encontramos con nuestros personajes favoritos de “Stranger Things”. Me gusta mucho el estilo general del libro y mientras lo leía podía ver a los personajes en mi cabeza. Es un libro perfecto para amantes de la serie que quieren que llegue la nueva temporada lo antes posible. Mientras esperan no se pueden perder “Horrores de Hawkins: una colección de relatos escalofriantes”.3 s Sabrina Frang151

I did this to myself. I was missing Stranger Things, and I wanted to spend time with those characters again, and this audiobook gave me an opportunity to do that. I also d that it was short.

Hawkins Horrors has a good premise: the Hawkins kids crew, minus Eleven, Will, and Jonathan, go to the video store to watch some horror movies. Their plans are derailed when a blackout takes out the power. The kids are not ready to go home yet, so they decide to utilize the darkness and a flashlight to tell campfire tales. The strongest stories are "A Little Voice," which takes place in an asylum, and "Girls Just Want to Have Fun," which was a bit of a nod to The Craft. "Lover's Lake" would have been a strong story, if I had not read something it before.

The problems with this collection are:
1) I am not sure who the intended audience is. The stories range from middle grades to young adult, and "Lover's Lake" borders on adult horror.
2) "Lover's Lake" is too derivative of Stephen King's "The Raft". It changes some elements from King's story, but it is mostly the same.
3) Some of the stories were too rushed to really have an impact.

I would recommend this to young readers who Goosebumps and Are You Afraid of the Dark? I would just caution parents to read or listen to "Lover's Lake" before they let their young ones read it.2 s Katrina34 10

It was fun to catch up with the kids in Hawkins. Definitely not for the faint of heart. A quick fun read. 2 s Juan 16

The stories were not scary at all. Giving the book 3 stars because it has most of the main characters from Stranger Things and it was an easy read. 2 s Aletheiia362 5

Entretenido pero no horroriza
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