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THE SECRET OF THE OLD CLOCK. Nancy Drew Mystery Stories No. 1.
Carolyn Keene, Carolyn Keene
3.75 AVERAGE
1.44k reviews for:
THE SECRET OF THE OLD CLOCK. Nancy Drew Mystery Stories No. 1.
Carolyn Keene, Carolyn Keene
3.75 AVERAGE
adventurous
hopeful
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
I remember my mom reading these books to me as bedtime stories when I was young. Reading it as an adult is fun and nostalgic
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
The one I remember reading as a kid. Not as satisfying now that I know it could have been better!
Kind of made me mad because it was so much better written than the one I grew up with!
I grabbed this book on the way out the door to a doctor's appointment. I wanted something lightweight and easy to get into and Nancy Drew is perfect. Even though I've read it before I still found it a fun read, not for the mystery, but for the nostalgia. I'm thinking of having a few more on hand and going through the series again over the summer. Like a little sorbet between bigger books.
slow-paced
adventurous
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
Reread the first Nancy Drew mystery last night and oh, what a fun couple of hours that was!
I am seriously thinking of revisiting all the way up to #54 before reading the the last two volumes published by Grosset & Dunlap after I stopped reading them...and before those freaks at Simon & Schuster got hold of her and started putting out new stories with a new Nancy...in paperback! (It is probably unfair of me to say "freaks" since I never read any of the New Nancy Drew series, and since many of the the books I read in the seventies were 1960s sanitized re-writes of the edgier books originally published anyway. But still...they put Nancy in paperback! That is just so wrong!)
Re-write or original, I had forgotten how nosy and meddlesome Nancy was before people starting actually requesting her help later in the series!
Come to think of it, those meddlesome kids, Daphne and Velma were basically just each one-half of the fabulously attractive and brilliantly smart Nancy Drew. (Which means Fred is Ned Nickerson, and Scooby and Shaggy are....Bess and George???)
Five Stars because that is what my 10-year old self would have rated it, if GoodReads had been around back then.
I am seriously thinking of revisiting all the way up to #54 before reading the the last two volumes published by Grosset & Dunlap after I stopped reading them...and before those freaks at Simon & Schuster got hold of her and started putting out new stories with a new Nancy...in paperback! (It is probably unfair of me to say "freaks" since I never read any of the New Nancy Drew series, and since many of the the books I read in the seventies were 1960s sanitized re-writes of the edgier books originally published anyway. But still...they put Nancy in paperback! That is just so wrong!)
Re-write or original, I had forgotten how nosy and meddlesome Nancy was before people starting actually requesting her help later in the series!
Come to think of it, those meddlesome kids, Daphne and Velma were basically just each one-half of the fabulously attractive and brilliantly smart Nancy Drew. (Which means Fred is Ned Nickerson, and Scooby and Shaggy are....Bess and George???)
Five Stars because that is what my 10-year old self would have rated it, if GoodReads had been around back then.
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No