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offictionandfantasy's review against another edition
3.0
This book was mostly Trixie thinking about wanting to find Jim and some other missing people, with the addition of her sometimes taking to Honey about how they both want to find Jim and some other missing people, and the few chapters where they actually did something.
nikod6e08's review against another edition
3.0
3.5*
it was a cute little mystery, about at Nancy Drew level. However, I have one rhetorical question: why do the child and teen detectives always get so invested and nosy about poor people’s lives? some people are just poor, there isn’t always a tragic story behind it.
it was a cute little mystery, about at Nancy Drew level. However, I have one rhetorical question: why do the child and teen detectives always get so invested and nosy about poor people’s lives? some people are just poor, there isn’t always a tragic story behind it.
howjessicareads's review against another edition
3.0
Preposterous, of course, but totally fun. Makes me remember how desperately I wanted to be Trixie as a 10 year old.
satyridae's review against another edition
3.0
This was fun, if melodramatic. I loved Mrs. Smith, of course. And Miss Trask, slacker governess who can't even cook. Who wouldn't like Miss Trask?
The bad guys were satisfyingly bad without being terrifying, the parents mystifying but unimportant, and the story hummed along at a nice pace.
The bad guys were satisfyingly bad without being terrifying, the parents mystifying but unimportant, and the story hummed along at a nice pace.
brona's review against another edition
3.0
The Red Trailer Mystery was basically about Trixie and Honey. There wasn't enough relationship stuff going on for me. This story didn't really advance our understanding of Trixie and Honey. We didn't meet any new characters that would continue on with us, except for a brief mention of Mr Lynch and his family of five children.
It made me realise that I read my Trixie's over and over again not for the mysteries or the crime solving, but for the connections, the friendships and burgeoning romances of the main characters.
The whole way through The Red Trailer Mystery I was impatient with the whole secrecy surrounding the red trailer. I wanted to get past all that annoying amateur sleuthing, which I considered mere fluff, and just find Jim!
http://bronasbooks.blogspot.com.au/2016/03/trixie-belden-2-red-trailer-mystery-by.html
It made me realise that I read my Trixie's over and over again not for the mysteries or the crime solving, but for the connections, the friendships and burgeoning romances of the main characters.
The whole way through The Red Trailer Mystery I was impatient with the whole secrecy surrounding the red trailer. I wanted to get past all that annoying amateur sleuthing, which I considered mere fluff, and just find Jim!
http://bronasbooks.blogspot.com.au/2016/03/trixie-belden-2-red-trailer-mystery-by.html
silver_valkyrie_reads's review against another edition
4.0
I'm glad I finally read this one. (The perks of being an adult with a good library system--my childhood library was missing this crucial installment in the series.) To be honest, while I love Jim just as much as I ever did, I now occasionally get annoyed that Trixie never trusts adults with any real information, or sometimes even the truth. I think I'll end my re-read of the series here, because I'm sure it just would get worse the farther I go, but I am really glad to have re-visited the series as much as I did.
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