Scan barcode
ranaelizabeth's review
2.0
This was pretty decent, informative and interesting enough to finish. However, my poor synopsis reading skills strike again; what I wanted was more about how Nancy and the stories evolves over time and their impact on modern authors. What I got was exactly what the title says: the story of the two women who wrote as Carolyne Keene.
silver_valkyrie_reads's review
3.0
It was interesting to hear the story behind some of my favorite childhood book series (since the same group of people was responsible not only for Nancy Drew, but also Hardy Boys, Bobbsey Twins, Happy Hollisters and others). I also enjoyed getting the historical context for a lot of events that shaped how those series unfolded, including the suffragette movement, but I did sometimes find the author's side excursions on feminism to be irritating. Worth reading though.
emileereadsbooks's review
4.0
Before I began a reread of all my Nancy Drew yellow hardbacks, I wanted to provide some context for the history of these stories and what made them the cultural staple they are today. Plus this book has been on my shelf since 2013 and I wanted to finally read it! This book came through and I fulfilled all those goals! I learned about the beginnings of Nancy and how “Carolyn Keene” was a carefully crafted pseudonym for an ghostwriting operation that has now run for decades. If you are a Nancy fan would like this to know more about the backstory of this childhood hero, I really suggest this book.
More...