
The New Boy
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Narrated by:
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C. J. Critt
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By:
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R. L. Stine
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Short & Sweet
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Nostalgia feeling
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Good story
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the new boy
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So much fun to listen to!
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Huh!!!?
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That ending though. Nope. No, ma'am. That guy has too much red flag behavior for my tastes. I also was not thrilled by how dumb Janie's character is. I know RL Stine is not known for writing complex, layered characters, but the way he writes female characters sometimes makes me shake my head. I have to tell myself that this book is a product of its time though.
One really cool thing, if you are an Easter Egg, Stineverse fan, there are many regular Fear Street characters and places mentioned in this book. This might be the book with the most Easter Eggs that I have read, so far.
A solid but not too memorable Fear Street thriller
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The twist in the end
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This story plods along at fever pitch, which is great. The narrator does a pretty good job, although she sounds very cartoonish, in my opinion, all the way through. But she does give life to the main character.
This ending was disappointing for me only because it leaves a whole potential plot line completely open. One of the suspects is totally glanced over. It seemed obvious who the killer was going to be close to halfway through, but then it ends up being someone else. I'm not disappointed I didn't guess correctly, but it seemed obvious that another character had to be in on the crime because of the backstory.
Fun Until the Ending Leaves Too Many Loose Ends
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The story though is very much stuck in its era. No real internet, cordless phones are noted, and some of this tension would be changed with internet access (not removed but different). so I don't think it can transition into modern tweens and teens readers. I also think the group dynamics would be different. I do like at the end how Janie asserts herself.
I think C.J. Critt is doing the best she can to act the roll but this isn't an easy lift. She has a sometimes flat voice for tense scenes that doesn't work. I like C.J. Critt but I think she had a struggle here. I really dislike how she says "huh" in this book and any reader of R.L. Stine knows how much he loves that exclamation.
The problem is the audio quality is extremely poor with a strange reverb in most of the book making it sound like an odd delayed echo. I think this undermines C.J. Critt's voice acting and the story. I don't know if it can be cleaned up but it really hurts the overall work.
weird reverb on an okay story
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