That’s why Amy’s dad buys her a new dummy when he finds it in an antique shop for a bargain price. The only problem is that Dennis’ head keeps falling off. Amy’s the funny one, and she has a ventriloquist act that she does with her dummy Dennis. Amy’s older sister Sara is a perfectionist and an artist, and Amy’s younger brother Jed likes gross boy things like farting. I love the whole concept it’s delightfully cheesy in a way that encourages creativity.
All of the kids claim to hate it but you can tell they secretly like it. Thursday night is “Family Sharing Night” in the Kramer household. Score: 3ĮRMAHGERD #31:Night of the Living Dummy.
Overall, Night of the Living Dummy II was a mostly fun read and a vast improvement over the first book, even as it shared some of the same flaws. I wasn’t sold on the twist in the third act, it felt too contrived for the sake of creating a twist. It was another missed opportunity to do something way scarier. He exists to play mean pranks and has a weird obsession with making children his slaves with no obvious means of enforcing said enslavement. Unfortunately, like the first book, there isn’t a lot of logic behind the living dummy or his motives.
I also thought the book did a really good job building tension and escalating the stakes up until the third act. I liked Amy as the middle child protagonist I don’t think I’ve seen that before in a Goosebumps book. In fact, the only returning character from the first book is Slappy. Unlike its predecessor, Night of the Living Dummy II does not waste a full two-thirds of the book on exhausting fake scares, and it doesn’t star the same insufferable and bratty twin protagonists. This isn’t quite the Terminator 2 or Empire Strikes Back level of the sequel being better than the original, but kudos to Stine for pulling off the rare fete.
Night of the Living Dummy II is a huge improvement on the original book, which is fondly remembered by many as being better than it actually is. Goosebumps #31: Night of the Living Dummy
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