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Switched (Fear Street Series) by R.L. Stine

torigroves47's review

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adventurous dark lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This was my favorite Fear Street book as a teenager. I was OBSESSED. I even wanted to make a movie of it.
As an adult, I still love it for the most part. I don’t love the ending
where you find out Nicole is just mentally ill and has been hallucinating her dead best friend and all the murders
because it feels a bit cliche
and extremely stigmatizing
, but up until then I was completely on board. This book is a wild ride and an easy read, highly recommend.
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kaceylaine's review

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dark mysterious
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

bookswithbonnie's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

house_of_hannah's review

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dark mysterious sad fast-paced

2.0

Re-reading the Fear Street books that I own, and this one is the first disappointment. First, the description is wrong; it's a wall, not a cabin. The major twist is incredibly predictable, but I don't hold that against it as this is for teens.
What I dislike is the use of mental illness as the horror.
This book isn't scary, it's just straight up sad.

I also could not get over how every other character reacted in this book. It was so stupidly repetitive, and fully leaned into the trope of not saying the important stuff right away. Out of the three Fear Street titles I own, this was the first one I was actively bored with. I thought the concept was interesting, and I honestly wish they had just kept with what the description makes it out to be. 

uhhlexiconic's review

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dark mysterious fast-paced

2.25

Gruesome in an over the top way, Switched has a plot that doesn't play to RL Stine's strength
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