This Stranger Things: Heroes and Monsters Choose Your Own Adventure is such a fun tribute to those old CYOA paperbacks, with loads of Stranger Things side quests to explore, until you inevitably get killed off in some of the bad endings. I liked this one a lot for the nostalgia factor, it’s a good fit for the retro nerdiness of the TV show. (there’s also a Stranger Things/D&D graphic novel, the show kind of alludes to the boys playing D&D, so it was fun to see them taking Eleven on a tabletop adventure) Besides the retro vibes, I enjoyed the chance to peek at some of the action happening offscreen in the Stranger Things TV show, and follow different leads.
Did you read choose-your-own-adventure books when you were a kid?
Had no idea these Stranger Things books were a thing. I remember loving those choose-your-own-adventure Goosebumps books as a kid though!
It was so fun! Really good companion to the show
This sounds fun. I haven’t watched Stranger Things but I like the idea.
I think it would still be fun if you liked CYOA books as a kid, but it connects to the show really well!
Sounds interesting. I prefer the more prominent themes this book deals with rather than the romance.
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