Goosebumps: Horrors of the Witch House by Denton J. Tipton

Goosebumps: Horrors of the Witch House Reviews

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  Amber

  This was a pretty good graphic novel about a bunch of kids who try to stop a witch from controlling their town. Be sure to check this book out at your local library and wherever books are sold.
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  Hew La France

  Unfortunately, I feel these Goosebumps comics keep going more and more downhill. The story is lackluster, the characters are non-existently developed... it is just missing some of Stine's finer touches.
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  Jennifer McCallum

  This is a fun graphic novel that brings the modern day into its story writing. The Witch uses an iPad to cast her spells and control the town. I have not given it five stars as the characters were not well developed, and for the age of reader I would suggest of it, could have had a lot more information about them before their adventure starts together. Having said that however, this would provide a brilliant point for a series of literacy lessons. This book could be used as a hook for children to write their own horror stories. Picking out that the story needs more developed characters would give children a clear aim for their writing, and the story line begin to help shape their own ideas. Illustrations can be used to help build ideas, teaching children about visual reminders rather than just written notes. These illustrations could then be later developed to turn the children’s stories into graphic novels.
  This story could then be illustrated either in an art lesson or a computing lesson and a series of learning could be guided through that. Other short horror stories could be taught alongside this book in order to show the traditional ‘story hill’ they follow (Something creepy in the town, a new problem develops, protagonist has to work out how to stop it).
  The book is full of colour and small details which help to build the picture. For example, the witch’s long nails and spindly fingers lead you to the idea that she is a witch before it is announced. This graphic novel could therefore be used to teach children about using descriptive devices, using the characters in the book to write both personality and physical feature profiles about.
  I would also use this book to explore other art mediums such as stop motion animation. Once the children have written their own stories can they use a computer/camera and either plasticine or themselves (or even something else) to bring this story to life? It would provide lessons in developing computer skills and patience as stop motion animation takes a jolly long time to achieve! It would be important for children to think about their use of colour, and use the novel to demonstrate this. Anything evil and magic is shrouded in green so can be easily identified for it is.
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  Shaun

  The Goosebumps novel series by this point has literally hundreds of entries. For all those books, a mere few really probably stand out to most readers, and most are "just another Goosebumps book." This related comic series is pretty small so far, but I would put this particular story in the "Just Another Goosebumps Comic" pile, as it really doesn't stand out. Weak story, weak villain, the only standout is the always pleasant artwork they have. It's fine, and if you are a reader of Goosebumps, here is another one for you, but it doesn't do anything to elevate itself.
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  James Calefato

  I grew up reading and owning the whole set of Goosebumps and all the spin offs that came with it including R. L. Stine’s other works so I was surprised to find some GNs existed as well! This is a fun read and really worth your time even if you feel you have outgrown Goosebumps into adulthood. The art is very engaging and the story keeps you interested. Well done to IDW for reimagining the franchise this way. I hope to read many more Goosebumps GNs.
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  Lorryn

  I thought about giving it 3 stars but this could have been so cool because goosebumps and graphic novels but it was boring. There wasn't any suspense or mystery. I know it's intended for kids so I'm not expecting to be mortified or anything but they literally had it all sorted and done in like 10 pages. And what witch would actually use abracadabra for every spell?
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  Shannon

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  Total review score: 2
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  Wolverinefactor

  Look at that title! It holds so much promise!
  
  Sadly it’s brain dead web comic style art, a witch that says Abracadabra? The scariest thing is tools building a house on their own?
  
  I actually hit 3 stars but as I typed my blurb it’s clearly a 2 star comic and that’s me being generous.
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  Deanna Siegel Bergen

  A quick and fun read for fans of Goosebumps. Very fast paced and included some nods to modern technology.
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  Lindsay Ross

  Plot holes and zero character development.
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  Madeleine Hernandez-g

  This was once again a very quick read and I liked the fact that the witch could control the town with some spells on her IPad!
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  Mikala Charron

  Didn’t really have the creepy feel the old Goosebumps books have.
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  Dax

  This was adorable, which is to say probably not what they were shooting for. The art is nice and man would I kill for that digital grimoire!
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  Lea

  Fun 🤩 (no rating- decided not to rate children’s books anymore )
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  Carina Gerlits

  I liked the artwork and the story was okay. I wished it had more of a twist.
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  Elyena Rollins

  No thank you. I think R. L. Stine has gone off the deep end
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  Steph

  My review is closer to 3.5. It was fun, but narratively felt weirdly paced. I definitely think it was a case of being a single run volume where the story might have warranted a sequel. But it would be an enjoyable book for any school library, for sure.
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  Dahlgren General Library

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