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The Wrong Girl by R.L. Stine

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

1.5

A Return to Fear Street that’s twice as long as any of the originals, but with no more plot. It also takes 2/3 of the book, so roughly 200 pages, before anything teased on the back of the book happens. In the meantime we have to suffer through endless tiresome pranks played by an awful bunch of tiresome idiots. 

Plus there is some really problematic handling of self-harm / mental health. If anything, it’s somehow worse than most of the 90s books, but with less excuse. This was published in 2018. Stine, or whoever he pays to write these books, should have known better by then.
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Blink of the Mind by Dorothy Brenner Francis

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dark mysterious medium-paced

2.5

The Gilda Stories: The immortal cult classic by Jewelle Gomez

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challenging medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

My Death by Lisa Tuttle

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challenging dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Who Killed the Homecoming Queen? by R.L. Stine

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slow-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

1.5

Second RL Stine today. He’s still a misogynist with no understanding of plot structure.
The Runaway by R.L. Stine

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

1.75

Ill-conceived nonsense from RL Stine. The most horrifying thing here is how much he hates women and girls.
The Twilight Book: A New Collection of Ghost Stories by James Hale

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dark medium-paced

3.5

Curtain by Agatha Christie

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mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Swan by Naomi Campbell

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medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

The Persian Boy by Mary Renault

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adventurous emotional informative slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5