Review: Dead End (Fear Street #29) by R.L. Stine

Title: Dead End

Series: Fear Street #29

Author: R.L. Stine

Genre: YA, horror, mystery thriller

Publication date: March 1995

Published by: Archway Paperback

Source: Purchased paperback

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Synopsis: Natalie Erickson and her friends share a terrible secret. They were all in the car that foggy night — the night someone died at the dead end.

Now someone knows too much, and there's danger ahead. Natalie just wants out of this nightmare. But that's the problem with dead ends — there's no way out!

My rating: ★★★☆☆

A bunch of teens are driving home from a party when all of a sudden BAM! They run into another car! But do they stop and help or call for help? No, because this is a Fear Street book and these characters are dumb. Lol. And do they go to the police afterward when they find out that they killed this person? Also no, because it could ruin their lives or whatever *insert eyeroll here* Lol.

So it turned out the kids didn’t kill the person, the person was already dead when they ran into them. One part I didn’t understand was that it was a drunk Keith who did it. It doesn’t make sense because Natalie and her friends left the party first and were way ahead of him. Although, I guess because he was drunk he was probably driving way over the limit... but I don’t know.

This was a fine read. The characters were kinda dumb and the mystery was just okay. It was, however, pretty thrilling. And I really liked the gore! It was very 😬🙈 but that’s what I liked about it! R.L. Stine is really good at writing these types of scenes!

A couple of mentions: They went to Talia Blanton’s (from The Thrill Club) party right at the beginning of the book. Corky Corcoran from The Fear Street Cheerleaders, Janie Simpson from The New Boy, and Ricky Schorr and Pete Goodwin from The Overnight were also mentioned.

The Fear Street connection: At one point they nearly turn onto Fear Street... but they don’t. That’s it. The accident doesn’t even take place on Fear Street. And if it did, it wasn’t mentioned 🤷‍♀️

Have you read this book? If so, what did you think about it? If not, what do you think? Does it sound like something you might want to read? Leave me a link to your review or comment below! 😊