The
S&M series has always had a lot of character work and philosophical tangents, and while they sometimes felt a bit overbearing, they never intruded on the mystery plot too much. But in
Switch Back it feels like Mori has really drank his own Kool-Aid. I don’t know if
Switch Back is my least favorite S&M book, but it’s definitely in the bottom tier. While the mystery plot isn’t bad, it’s incredibly bare, leaving the rest of the page count to be filled by awful character work.
