2 stars
This was an okay read.
I think I was just too much in a rational mindset to enjoy this book. I can suspend my disbelief enough to accept that Stanley was flattened by a bulletin board while sleeping in the original book series. I can even pretend that you can send a flat human being through the US Postal Service. But I just can’t get over the ridiculousness that Stanley’s “goose disks” (flat goose bumps) would allow him to stick to walls like a starfish. He is wearing a long-sleeved shirt and pants. How does he have enough exposed skin to stick to the wall, ignoring the fact that human pores (even if flat) do not turn into suction cups? This was just too much for me. Apparently I am too much of a grown up for this part of the series. This whole thing just doesn’t make sense.
The entire book was pretty ridiculous with tons of plot holes. It is a pretty typical “Egyptian” story full of treasure in secret tombs and creepy mummies. There’s a fairly predictable “twist”, but the story seems kind of lazy. While there are some facts about Egypt at the end of the book, the story is based on various stereotypes and misunderstandings about Egypt. Though I have not been to Egypt, I don’t think anyone there says “Holy sarcophagus!” This book is based on a very basic concept of Egypt, mainly that there are really old pyramids that people try to steal from.
I actually really enjoyed the original Flat Stanley chapter book, but this one is just too ridiculous. It fells like an attempt to imitate the Magic Treehouse books, but is a complete failure. This thing makes no sense. Did not enjoy.