Stay Out of the Basement
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Stay Out of the Basement

by Robert Lawrence Stine

1992•Horror•128 pages

Taste attributes: horrorteenscience fictionlightimaginarysimplelinearenclosedsolving the riddle/not as it seemsrescue/escape/jeopardyfighting evil

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Boxlist takeExpect an otherworldly, contained horror novel, light rather than heavy. Best if you like close-up stories over spectacle.

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: simple · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

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3.7 / 5

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About This Book

When Margaret and Casey see their father become weedy while working on his botany experiments, they worry that his plant-testing may not be entirely harmless.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

HorrorTeenScience fictionSolving the riddle/not as it seemsRescue/escape/jeopardyFighting evil

Subjects

Horror storiesBotanyBotany in fictionFathersExperimentsFathers in fictionHorror talesPlants

Details

Author
Robert Lawrence Stine
Published
1992
Pages
128
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