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rdyourbookcase's review against another edition
5.0
Hard-boiled with a sense of humor, this book is delightful. Little girls will LOVE it and want to be just like the girls in this story.
ssejig's review against another edition
3.0
The book opens with a newly orphaned girl staring out a window and remarking on how much she hates life. We learn that her name is Mary Branwell and that she is being assigned as a partner to another girl "Pop" Popowski. The nun in charge of the orphanage says that Pops is a weird kid and needs socialization. Oh yeah, and they're kid detectives. Kid detectives that are going to solve the murder of Mary's parents.
This was an odd book. I liked the premise and the illustrations. The ending was just a bit too weird for me.
This was an odd book. I liked the premise and the illustrations. The ending was just a bit too weird for me.
wordnerd153's review against another edition
4.0
Funny, fast read with tons of references that will go over kids' heads, but be appreciated by adults.
erine's review against another edition
4.0
Weird. Weirdly funny. The reveal at the end was incredibly strange. But awesome.
2021: I read this again because somehow I forgot I'd already read it? This short, punchy, detective story really packs a sassy punch. And the end... really resonates with that lawyer cat video.
2021: I read this again because somehow I forgot I'd already read it? This short, punchy, detective story really packs a sassy punch. And the end...
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the butler is a cat, which
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