I'm ashamed to say that I haven't read this one yet. Who here has read it, and is it good?
It's really good, but it's creepy. Scary, even. I think Mr. Jacques wrote it on Halloween, or something!
BJ wrote something scary? :o I must have this, must have this, must have this...! How is it scary? Is it like thriller scary or horror scary?
I've read a bit, it really is pretty scary. I didn't finish it though, it used big words that at the time I had no idea what they meant! I'll read it again though, sometime...
It's scary. If you want the details, read it yourself. It's kinda of both thriller and horror combined, I guess. It's actually a collection of short stories written by Mr. Jacques. I really liked it, but I had nightmares after reading about the Ribbajack itself. :o It's really quite a shocker. I think you'd like it. He also wrote another book along the same lines, called "Seven Strange and Ghostly Tales." It wasn't nearly as scary though. And I finished it in an hour.
What a talented man, being able to write such charming kids' books and something truly scary as well. I must have this book now. Must. Have. It.
But since I've never actually read it, I'll leave the thread now. ;D
Everyone! Get the Ribbajack and read it!!!
Ah juzt ordered it, zae it zhould be comin' any day na'.
OK i get nightmares often ill wait thanks
Great stuff, the Ribbajack. It also contains a few other goodies about various topics. Some are amusing and one is about an animal hero. Read Miggy Mags and The Malabar Sailor. Justice is served at the paws of a brave critter. Enjoy.
The one aboat werewolves was more intereztin' than zcary.
I loved the one with the Malabar Sailor!!! Mongooses are so cute!
They are scary!
Ah wizh tha' ah could be a werewolf. Tiz nay fair...
no never want to be a ware wolf it may come true ohoooooooooooooowoooooooooooo just kiddin
the one about the girl in the library and the madusa are just wierd
Ooh I finally got my hands on this book a little while ago! I haven't had a chance to read it yet, though - been watching too many scary movies, haha. I must say the illustration on the cover is awesomely creepy. 8)
The Ribbajack itself is weird. ::) Not that scary. The evil little boy that commands it is more fearsome!
Whats it about?
thiz book iznae zcary :(
I tend to agree, the stories themselves aren't really scary. I think it's meant more to be a story that could be scary if you stop and think about it for a while, and think about all the ways it could have turn out, or how something like that could affect you.
When it comes right down to it, I'm not sure Mr. Jacques could have written a truly scary story even if he had wanted to. Not a bad thing, in my opinion, since one's writing reflects his character and personality.
I'm only about halfway through right now, but I really like The All-Ireland Champion vs. the Nye Add. I liked the accent in which he wrote it, the way he tells it in a rambling, almost aimless manner, and the little bit at the end about Mickey Hennessy.
Quote from: Bragoon on January 19, 2012, 12:35:35 AM
I tend to agree, the stories themselves aren't really scary. I think it's meant more to be a story that could be scary if you stop and think about it for a while, and think about all the ways it could have turn out, or how something like that could affect you.
When it comes right down to it, I'm not sure Mr. Jacques could have written a truly scary story even if he had wanted to. Not a bad thing, in my opinion, since one's writing reflects his character and personality.
I'm only about halfway through right now, but I really like The All-Ireland Champion vs. the Nye Add. I liked the accent in which he wrote it, the way he tells it in a rambling, almost aimless manner, and the little bit at the end about Mickey Hennessy.
True. Too true.
The mongoose in "Malabar Sailor" is awesome.
I wish he'd had time to put a mongoose in a Redwall story. I'd imagine the villain'd be a snake, naturally.
I would guess a mongoose would be a vermin, though, since it's a lot like a weasel or a ferret.
it could kill ol' poisonteeth
I don't think a mongoose would have been a vermin. The Medusa story wwas weird. But I loved the All-Ireland Champion vs. The Nye Add, because of how funny it was. And I LOVED the Malabar Sailor one.
i'm thinking about getting it from the library and i looked it up the cover was creepy so what is it about?
It's a compilation of stories. It has one ghost story, and the rest are more like fables (stories that are meant to teach a lesson). The cover is of one of the fables, The Ribbajack, which isn't all that scary.
It is creepy scary. Also humorous scary. Kinda makes you wonder if everything you perceive through the senses is all there is??? I'm sure you will be reminded of strange events in your life when you read these tales.
I'm reading that book right now NAND my favorite is the ribbajack I love the reverend. I think I'm up to the end of the battle of the nye add.
I have not read it eather :-[
i finished it last night
what is it like
Not scary, but entertaining to be sure.
I haven't read it yet.
I read it last night whoooooooooo that is really scary the scariest one is the ghost with the flower
Yea.
Well! I've finally cracked the cover on my copy of this book and read through The Ribbajack - just the one story so far. I would like only to say how much I approve of the chaplain's methods for dealing with problem children... XD Or just Rev. Miller in general. I shall be his loyal fan for life.
I thought the story itself was a great idea. The whole thought of one's hatred consuming one isn't new, but this particular illustration was. Fabulous short story, ought to be part of school curriculum, says I.
I wanted a ribbajack when I first read it.
It figurez a Dalek wid want one.
And what's wrong with that?
What iz wrong and what is wright?
The wright brotherz of courze!
Zorry. Couldnae rezizt.
Quote from: HeadInAnotherGalaxy on October 03, 2012, 03:16:29 PM
What iz wrong and what is wright?
The wright brotherz of courze!
Zorry. Couldnae rezizt.
;D ;D ;D
I love this book and I don't think it is scary @ all!!! It had a great moral and was humorous. Some of them were kinda weird though:
{SPOILER (I don't know how to hide it sorry....)
the medusa and the bully was just weird........... so was the ghost girl one.}
The Ribbajack was awesome, someday you tell your kids:
If you are to mean to your sister, the ribbajack is gonna get you.....JK :D
I read somewere that there is a lesson behind the story. Having not read it yet, may I ask if this is true or not?
I REALLY want to read it, but it's not at the library and one of my brothers said it's not worth buying :-[
*sigh*
Quote from: Ungatt Trunn on February 20, 2013, 01:02:06 AM
I read somewere that there is a lesson behind the story. Having not read it yet, may I ask if this is true or not?
All of the short stories in the
Ribbajack have an underlying moral lesson. :)
Romsca, does your library have a transfer system -- for example, can different libraries in your area trade books? That's how I got a hold of some of the audiobooks from my local small town library a while back. :D
It might...I'll check...I'm busy reading other stuff anyway. I'll think about it! ;)
I read the Ribbajack! A Smile and a Wave scared me a little.
Ah liked ze fizhin' vone.
The one about the Nye Add? That was good.
Just read the Ribbajack on my Nook. It was FREAKY!
I still want one as a pet
Quote from: Dalek Fur on March 22, 2013, 07:06:40 PM
I still want one as a pet
Why ??? The Ribbajack was a monster used for the will of revenge and hatred. How can you want one as a pet??
Becauze nay vone vould mezz vith ye ven ye took it oot for valkz?
Quote from: HeadInAnotherGalaxy on March 26, 2013, 02:33:41 PM
Becauze nay vone vould mezz vith ye ven ye took it oot for valkz?
Exactly
Quote from: HeadInAnotherGalaxy on March 26, 2013, 02:33:41 PM
Becauze nay vone vould mezz vith ye ven ye took it oot for valkz?
If you did that, anybody it came across it would...uh...vanquish that person!
Only if ye told it tae.
I just recently read this. Well-written, but
spooky! In fact, I would call A Smile and A Wave downright creepy. (Yes, I am an absolute wimp when it comes to stories, movies, etc. that are even a little scary. But these were a fun, good kind of scary.)
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Quote from: KitrallStreamrippler on May 06, 2013, 09:03:15 AM
I just recently read this. Well-written, but spooky! In fact, I would call A Smile and A Wave downright creepy.
Yea, that was the creepyest one in the hole book!
Sounds very, very interesting, especially if you want nightmares for a week.
Quote from: CrazyPug37 on May 08, 2013, 10:16:28 PM
Sounds very, very interesting, especially if you want nightmares for a week.
Yup!
I read a preview of this book, it stopped at about the 8th page of The Ribbajack, so far it's really funny!
Quote from: Mask on May 16, 2013, 04:08:48 AM
I read a preview of this book, it stopped at about the 8th page of The Ribbajack, so far it's really funny!
HAHAHAHAHA, you won't be laughing for a month after you read it! You probably wont be sleeping for a month, either...
it's very interesting.... and strange, but extremely good
Read it forever ago. Didn't give me nightmares (not much stuff will) but was.... odd. But good.
Quote from: BadgerLordFiredrake on July 10, 2013, 02:15:50 PM
Read it forever ago. Didn't give me nightmares (not much stuff will) but was.... odd. But good.
I don't get nightmares easily either, at least, not from reading, even the Sherlock Holmes horror stories don't scare me, but movies do.
Yup, probably because books let you imagine your own things.
Hope the library has it soon!
I don't think I want to read a book about things that will give me nightmares :o
It won't, don't worry
Aye, ye vill probably nae be able tae even get tae zleep, zae ah doubt zat ye vid 'ave tae vorry aboot nightmarez.
Quote from: HeadInAnotherGalaxy on July 19, 2013, 04:23:44 PM
Aye, ye vill probably nae be able tae even get tae zleep, zae ah doubt zat ye vid 'ave tae vorry aboot nightmarez.
Don't scare the Dibbuns, naughty weasel!
It's not scary. Just...interesting.
Quote from: BadgerLordFiredrake on July 19, 2013, 04:26:12 PM
Quote from: HeadInAnotherGalaxy on July 19, 2013, 04:23:44 PM
Aye, ye vill probably nae be able tae even get tae zleep, zae ah doubt zat ye vid 'ave tae vorry aboot nightmarez.
Don't scare the Dibbuns, naughty weasel!
It's not scary. Just...interesting.
Aye, zat'z ze perfect vord for it: Intereztin'.
the ribbajack is really not so scary to me!!! but,however,i very strongly recommend that you not read this at bed time!!
*Readz it after bedtime 'oldin' a lightzabre* Vot? Tiz juzt for protection!
Quote from: Cornflower MM on September 30, 2013, 05:13:47 PM
the ribbajack is really not so scary to me!!! but,however,i very strongly recommend that you not read this at bed time!!
im quoting myself!! anyway, the ribbajack does not give me nightmares, but the spiders from harry potter movie number too does.............my sis is potter freak, but won't even TOUCH my redwall books.........im not that afraid of spiders!! still, even with light sabers, i really don't recommend reading this before/at bedtime!!!or after bedtime either!!!
I actually got The Ribbajack on my Nook...I read the first two storys in it...I took a flashlight with me outside when it was just evening that day! Man, that was scary!
I bought the Ribbajack on amazon, and I'm waiting for it to arrive. ;D
Quote from: Redwaller on November 22, 2013, 11:33:33 PM
I bought the Ribbajack on amazon, and I'm waiting for it to arrive. ;D
Hope you don't get nightmares...
Didn't read it, is it scary?
Quote from: Firetail on November 26, 2013, 04:28:30 PM
Didn't read it, is it scary?
Yes! Expesually the second story in it. It still gives me the shivers!
I had an opportunity to read some more of this one over the Thanksgiving holiday, I really liked the Medusa one. :D And the haunted school was super creepy!
I actually haven't read all of the Ribbajack book. I read the first two and part of the third...I have it on my Nook, so maybe I'll read it tonight.
As soon as I finish Watership Down, I'll read the Ribbajack. ;)
Update:
Finished reading it a little while ago! ;D
'Twas pretty good. :)
Quote from: Redwaller on December 06, 2013, 03:57:31 PM
Update:
Finished reading it a little while ago! ;D
'Twas pretty good. :)
Um, 'twas it scary?
'Twas not very so, for I am not of an impressible sort.
Quote from: Redwaller on December 06, 2013, 04:56:42 PM
'Twas not very so, for I am not of an impressible sort.
Oh, then I guess you started listening to Dubstep when you were 2. ;D
Unfortunately no. I only started early this year. :P
Quote from: Redwaller on December 06, 2013, 08:35:07 PM
Unfortunately no. I only started early this year. :P
JK ;D
Reaaly, it's not scary at all!!!