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THE SECRET OF THE OLD CLOCK. Nancy Drew Mystery Stories No. 1.

Carolyn Keene, Carolyn Keene

3.75 AVERAGE

alexreads22's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

sylviaafayee's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious 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

wellread123's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

chelsealauren17's review against another edition

2.25

mysterious slow-paced

artsbookhaven's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous mysterious relaxing fast-paced

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I'm reading this collection as a nice piece of nostalgia from my childhood. Nancy Drew was one of my favorite series I would check out from my school's library as often as I possibly could. Now, 15-20 years later, I've been checking these out of my local library — talk about nostalgia. These age gracefully and will always be completely adored by me.

Keene's stories are always well structured, with just enough to go wrong to balance all the things that go right. This first book shows this balance, and I loved every second of it.

yesiblah's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

melbell's review against another edition

3.25

lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

zoejjj's review against another edition

3.0

lighthearted mysterious relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I was reading this to see if it was easy enough to read for my niece and I forgot how charming the Nancy Drew books are. Everyone is “handsome” and “comely” except for the bad guys who are always a little ugly. So simplistic.

waterspirit's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

ja_mehess's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No