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  • Hawkins Horrors (Stranger Things)

  • A Collection of Terrifying Tales
  • By: Matthew J. Gilbert
  • Narrated by: Barrett Leddy
  • Length: 4 hrs and 21 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (47 ratings)

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Hawkins Horrors (Stranger Things)

By: Matthew J. Gilbert
Narrated by: Barrett Leddy
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A collection of terrifying tales from the thrilling world of Netflix’s hit series Stranger Things!

Prepare to visit the darkest and most chilling corners of Hawkins. Dustin, Lucas, Max, and their friends want to rent videos one night. But when a blackout changes their plans, they swap seven twisted tales based on their hometown. What secrets lurk in an old asylum? Does a mutant creature live at the bottom of Lovers’ Lake? Is a harmless teddy bear actually controlled by a supernatural force? These are just a few of the monstrous mysteries in this creepy collection that is sure to thrill fans of Stranger Things ages eight to 12.

Welcome to the thrilling world of Netflix's hit series Stranger Things. Follow Eleven, Dustin, Max, Lucas, and their friends for mystery, suspense, and supernatural adventures in 1980s Hawkins.

©2022 Matthew J. Gilbert (P)2022 Listening Library
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A decent collection of campfire tales

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 liked 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 like 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 like 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.

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Ghost stories, Hawkins style

some of the times when things were kind of normal for the kids they had some interesting things that happened like most kids do in their childhood. here is one evening during those times. enjoy.

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Great

Probably not the best Stranger Things book but I enjoyed it. I liked the setting and style of storytelling

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The Lore of the Town is starting to come.

We have more expanded knowledge of Stranger Things in this anthology, this time about the town of Hawkins itself. Love the Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark vibes here. Narration isn't bad, though he doesn't seem to do well with character voices, sorry to say.

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The best of the series.

This is the best of the series because it has stories of monsters, not just regular life like all the other Stranger Things novels. All the stories are good.

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