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judythereader's review
4.0
I learned how to save a drowning swimmer from this book. In theory at least.
mvprince's review against another edition
3.0
Fun fact: I seem to have started the Trixie Belden series with book 3, as a kid -- so books 1 and 2 were totally new to me. I enjoyed them, but ... boy howdy, could Julie Campbell have made a bigger deal of the fact that Mrs. Smith was fat? It seemed that every time the character spoke, she referred to her size; Trixie described her as fat but "with such a pretty face"; she was constantly eating and cooking. She was a sweet lady, so at least there's that -- but it was overall a very stereotypical "jolly fat lady" portrayal and I found it problematic.
nday's review
3.0
The second book in the Trixie Belden series, and I’m not sure if I’d read this one before or not. I didn’t remember the plot, and I really only read what I had available when I was a kid which was a few here and there from the series.
Anyway, this one didn’t carry quite the charm of the first book. I found the characters quite judgemental in this one and not as likeable.
The first half of the book was pretty slow going, but I really liked the way the mystery came together and wrapped up. Most of the clues are pretty darn obvious as a reader, but I’m a bit older these days I guess
Anyway, this one didn’t carry quite the charm of the first book. I found the characters quite judgemental in this one and not as likeable.
The first half of the book was pretty slow going, but I really liked the way the mystery came together and wrapped up. Most of the clues are pretty darn obvious as a reader, but I’m a bit older these days I guess
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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