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A review by house_of_hannah
Switched (Fear Street Series) by R.L. Stine
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.
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.