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3.63 AVERAGE
3.63 AVERAGE
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
adventurous
hopeful
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
In typical Nancy Drew style, our plucky girl detective risks bodily injury trying to solve a mystery that falls in her lap. We get more Ned time, too, and now I have to research early football rules because nowadays the QB is not also the kicker and that is bugging me.
adventurous
dark
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I thought continuing my read of the Nancy Drew series would help with my reading slump, it helped a little bit. I think my enjoyment of this one was tainted by my god-awful reading slump.
Type of read: Weekend/Lunch time read.
What made me pick it up: Here's the deal, sometimes you just need an easy read for lunchtime or appointment waiting or those little moments where you can sneak in a few pages, Nancy Drew is just that. As a child of the 90s, I grew up on Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys. These were the books that taught me how to read and adventure through pages. It's been fun revising the Nancy Drew series.
Overall rating: As I reread through the Nancy Drew series, I'm not going to rate them significantly or provide a detailed review. I'm simply reading these because it makes me happy and makes me think of simpler times. I will always recommend books like Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys, Box Car Children, Babysitters Club, Goosebumps, Animorphs, and so on as those are the books that drew me into reading and kept me excited to continue turning pages.
What made me pick it up: Here's the deal, sometimes you just need an easy read for lunchtime or appointment waiting or those little moments where you can sneak in a few pages, Nancy Drew is just that. As a child of the 90s, I grew up on Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys. These were the books that taught me how to read and adventure through pages. It's been fun revising the Nancy Drew series.
Overall rating: As I reread through the Nancy Drew series, I'm not going to rate them significantly or provide a detailed review. I'm simply reading these because it makes me happy and makes me think of simpler times. I will always recommend books like Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys, Box Car Children, Babysitters Club, Goosebumps, Animorphs, and so on as those are the books that drew me into reading and kept me excited to continue turning pages.
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Book eight of the Nancy Drew series finds Nancy receiving mysterious letters in the mail about an inheritance from someone she’s never met. She soon comes to find that not only is there another “Nancy Drew” but mail is being stolen around the area and poor family is desperately awaiting money from their father to help survive.
The mysterious letters have Nancy searching all over for not only the other Nancy Drew but a connection to the missing mail, and money. She meets the father who has been away working to help his family only to find out that he has no idea how much trouble they are really in.
I enjoyed this story and the connection between the two Nancy’s. It might be one of my favorites so far.
The mysterious letters have Nancy searching all over for not only the other Nancy Drew but a connection to the missing mail, and money. She meets the father who has been away working to help his family only to find out that he has no idea how much trouble they are really in.
I enjoyed this story and the connection between the two Nancy’s. It might be one of my favorites so far.
lighthearted
mysterious
When reading a book like this, I try to remember the target audience, which, in this case, is 20 years younger than me. And a couple of generations before mine.
Despite the antiquated feel of the book, the suspense was surprisingly strong. Even though I thought to myself many times, This could never happen, I kept reading because I wanted to know how everything would work out in the end. Of course, with Nancy Drew, it really is "how" and not "if."
There were a lot of redundant passages that get in the way of the narrative and I wish the author had always followed the rule of "show, don't tell," but I enjoyed this nostalgic read. I wish young adult books were still written with this much innocence.
Despite the antiquated feel of the book, the suspense was surprisingly strong. Even though I thought to myself many times, This could never happen, I kept reading because I wanted to know how everything would work out in the end. Of course, with Nancy Drew, it really is "how" and not "if."
There were a lot of redundant passages that get in the way of the narrative and I wish the author had always followed the rule of "show, don't tell," but I enjoyed this nostalgic read. I wish young adult books were still written with this much innocence.
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced