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However, one of the names it gives – "Light Moves" – is the name of a company whose van runs over the bully. Anthony ends the story with a prelude to Isabella being admitted to a mental hospital and Isabella’s dad developing murderous intentions. Would have been better if Harriets father owned the Sawney Bean and she had eaten from there many times. The narrative then shifts to Belinda thinking about how foolish and stupid Isabella was of thinking the bath was haunted whilst entering her own bathroom.

Which will scare you to your worst nightmares but is still a very enjoyable book(if you like horror). Big corporate companies using unethical practices is somewhat common which gives a little bit of realism to the story. The racism is amplified further by the fact the audiobook’s narrator felt the need to affect extremely stereotypical, awful “Asian” accents one would expect in a horrible shock comedy show from the 90s. They might seem harmless enough – a camera, a computer, a bath tub and so on but the havoc they wreak in the lives of people is rather unimaginable. I don’t think I need to explain how harmful it is to perpetuate the idea that young children, girls in particular, should be concerned with their weight, let alone be engaging with toxic diet culture when they are literally still growing and developing.It is clear from his first appearances that psycho Bill is not someone you want to do business with.

The villains of ‘A Career in Computer Games’ are a Japanese couple (what does Horowitz have against Japanese people? A better twist would have been if Belinda had sabotaged the bath and convinced her it was haunted because she was jealous of Isabella’s popularity. But here I am, writing a book in which I have no idea what's going on, following in the footsteps of a character who refuses to tell me anything.This story is one of my favourites; its intriguing, well plotted but the only reason I didn't give this five stars is because the premise of an evil camera isn't original enough and has been done countless times - from Goosebumps to Are You Afraid of the Dark?

A boy who defaces Mother Nature gets his comeuppance when he finds he is lost in the middle of the countryside. The main character of ‘Bath Night’ speaks badly about her best friend who is overweight, and says how she herself used to be fat when she was 9 but now is “getting in shape” and dieting at the age of 12. However, I feel “Killer Camera’s” entire premise is exactly the same as “Say cheese and Die” with a camera snap that leads to misfortune to the objects or people snapped. Upon printing the photos, he finds the third of four pictures is not of him at all, but of an ugly man with a yellow face. Anthony Horowitz is the best selling author of many classic teen-series including his infamously frightening horror series.Horowitz successfully puts together a collection of shorts aimed at a young audience who might just be getting their introduction into the space of the horror short story. Bath night 2/5- Anthony uses effective imagery techniques to make the bath and Isabella’s visions horrifying and frightening. It’s a myth that a lot of young people get sucked into which makes them make a lot of poor decisions in life. If you are an adult, then sit back and enjoy a quick ride through stories that might have given you a chill if you read this as a kid. Henry continues asking for predictions and the bar continues to rise until it is close to the limit.

Out of the nine stories, two ( Light Moves and The Man with the Yellow Face) are conveyed from the viewpoint of the leading character. Ranging from being generally awful to his mother and grandmother, to opening a farm gate in the hope the cows will escape. The story was predictable and it was obvious that Harriets bad behaviour would lead to some Calamity. The Hitchhiker" and "Twist Cottage" are written in first-person, while "Burnt" (renamed as Burned in the US release) is expressed as a series of diary entries.A take on the classic tale ‘The Monkey’s Paw’ (which is referenced here, albeit attributed to Edgar Allen Poe rather than W. What if a certain camera has been imbued with dark magic and anything the camera photographs gets destroyed. Twist Cottage – A man goes to sinister lengths to rid himself and his son of his dreadful second wife by moving to a cottage haunted by the ghost of a witch who kills any woman who enters. Troublesome young people being taught a terrible lesson seems to be a continuous theme for Anthony in this book.