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Liar, Liar (Nightmare Room: Open The Door To Terror, No. 4) (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)

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I have read this book about three month ago or something like that.Anyway,I thought it was quiet smart.A kid who always lies to get out of trouble runs into himself oneday! Who is this guy,his twin? How will he solve this mystery before his 'twin' silences him forever?

The first thing I thought of when I read this book was #6 of the Goosebumps 2000 series. I Am Your Evil Twin much? The idea was pretty lame, and the book was fairly predictable. And the obvious ending will make you groan. As will the rest of the book. So save your money and skip this one.

This is the fourth in the Nightmare Room Series and in this volume we meet Ross Arthur who has a bit of a problem with the truth...telling it, that is. Ross can't seem to stop himself from telling lies...and they aren't little one's either, he finds himself instinctually telling huge whoppers for no reason at all. It's not until he lies and winds up inviting two girls to the same party that this becomes a very real problem for him. Upon discovering his deception, the girls push him into the pool and after almost drowning, Ross finds himself in a place that is very familiar, yet different in subtle but important ways and where he seems to have a destructive touch that goes beyond a few lies.

Will Ross be able to find his way home...to his REAL home or will he be doomed to disappear forever? You'll have to read to find out. I have to say that this was my least favorite of all this series so far. While the premise is interesting, it's not really horror to my way of thinking, It's more of a Sci-Fi/Thriller type story...with the exception of a bit of gore when Ross touches the boy on the street, there isn't really any true horrific elements to Liar, Liar. Also, I don't really identify with the main character at all. I mean sure, we've all told a lie...sometimes for not reason other than it seemed like a good idea at the time, but the main character is just a self-absorbed jerk who can't seem to see he has a great life and seems determined to continue to lie in self-serving and unnecessary ways. Additionally, while twisted and appropriate, I think, the ending was entirely predictable and has been seen before in this authors work. Overall, I give it a C+, its ok, but not good and miles away from great.

If you have ever wanted to find a scary, creepy, open-ending book, you would have found one here-- you have opened the right door to "the night mare roo." Over 300 million books were sold, R.L.Stine-the best selling children's author in history, have created a new series named "THE NIGHTMARE ROOM"
"The nightmare room. Liar Liar" is the fourth volume. And it is best read by those kids who start to lie. It is a wonderful story about Ross Author that would carry you along in a new complicated world. He has everything that one person would ever crave for: rich, popular, good-looking, smart, and a father who works on studio business. However, no one is perfect. Ross's problem is to keep lying and nothing can stop him from doing that. He thinks that he could lie because he can do that naturally. But it really leads to a big trouble. And the most important thing is that no one trusts him when he is really in a tough situation.
One day, Ross fell to a parallel world where an intruder like him would be tortured in horrible pains, then gradually become lighter and lighter and vanish. Intruders are people who from a different world and become dangerous for another parallel world. They would damage everything they touch in a certain time that they can not control and end up dying in 1 or 2 days. Losing all control in a new universe, and being under the risk of disappeared for ever; Ross met himself, and things are more complicated when his identical person told lies to him too. How is Ross ever going to find a solution for this? Can he escape from that horrible world?
This book is not just a simple scary and unrealistic book. It gives us a message along with Ross's weird journey. It teaches children not to lie. Ross is a great example for the result of liars. Because Ross had lied too much, he broke the reality in his own world and got lost in another world. He had suffered in pain and in the extreme worried of touching the death. This book tells us that you should consider twice when you tell someone a lie. Is it a white lie or a bad lie? If it is a bad lie, it will serve you right
With the marvelous nib, R.L. Stine had created such a fabulous story. Especially, his ending left open, sparing room for our imagination, giving us a change to continue with the book. I really enjoyed reading the book a lot.

Ross Arthur has pretty much everything a kid could want. His dad is an executive for a big movie studio, and the Arthur family lives in a mansion with a swimming pool in Beverly Hills. But Ross doesn't exactly show his appreciation - in fact, he doesn't show it at all. To get out of doing things he's supposed to do, like chores and schoolwork, he makes up outrageous stories. And then one day, strange things begin to happen. They start out when Ross sees an exact double of himself. Then, he starts to get terrible headaches, and things he touch get destroyed. Ross learns that his constant lies broke the barrier between fact and fiction, and as a result, he is trapped in a nightmarish parallel world. Now Ross must figure out how to return to his own world. I really enjoyed this extremely creepy addition to The Nightmare Room series.

Very unoriginal, and as you read the book, R.L. Stine's "I Am Your Evil Twin" keeps popping in your mind. A little scary, but nothing horrorfying.

this book is just like my name is evil. the ending is better but other than that few chills and scares.