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swim559's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
monitamohan's review against another edition
1.0
I read the first issue of the book and I hate it. I hate the concept, the assassination of every single character, the horrendous writing, the story and the art. Yup, there is no redeeming factor in this comic. It’s an utter outrage.
Who the heck thought it was a good idea to make the first issue of the celebration of Nancy Drew all about Joe Hardy and his man-pain? Don’t get me wrong, I used to love the Hardy Boys as much as I loved Nancy Drew - it was not a competition, all these characters were my favorites as a child. But this book? These people are a shadow of themselves, barely above being utter cliches. What a bunch of crap.
Joe is in love with Nancy; why? Can’t they be friends? Nancy is some kind of obsessive conspiracy theorist - she looks completely deranged in the few panels we see of her. Joe can’t even get his grammar right. ‘Frank and I’? Really? Didn’t he go to school - he failed and did high school twice, so he should know better.
Most of the book is in narrative form, which makes it a passive reading experience. And of course, Nancy isn’t dead, Joe is just ruining her case. Are we in 2020? Because this book is more regressive than when Nancy was first introduced. Have you noticed how Nancy’s female friends are down and out, but Ned is the ruddy Mayor doing good? Notice how Nancy’s grave is about her being a good friend and daughter, not a successful detective, or hero?
This book came across as a joke. As if the team behind its creation desperately wanted a job and picked this one because Dynamite is still living in the Middle Ages.
Is it going to get better? Do I care? No, I don’t. I’m not going to continue reading a series that will most likely feature more man-pain, and will undoubtedly make Nancy a passenger in her own celebration. I mean, it’s an all male team celebrating one of the earliest female detectives that most people have read and love. There’s no hope. None whatsoever for this series. Let’s just read the back catalogue of Nancy Drew books and forget this series ever existed. Zero stars for this one.
Who the heck thought it was a good idea to make the first issue of the celebration of Nancy Drew all about Joe Hardy and his man-pain? Don’t get me wrong, I used to love the Hardy Boys as much as I loved Nancy Drew - it was not a competition, all these characters were my favorites as a child. But this book? These people are a shadow of themselves, barely above being utter cliches. What a bunch of crap.
Joe is in love with Nancy; why? Can’t they be friends? Nancy is some kind of obsessive conspiracy theorist - she looks completely deranged in the few panels we see of her. Joe can’t even get his grammar right. ‘Frank and I’? Really? Didn’t he go to school - he failed and did high school twice, so he should know better.
Most of the book is in narrative form, which makes it a passive reading experience. And of course, Nancy isn’t dead, Joe is just ruining her case. Are we in 2020? Because this book is more regressive than when Nancy was first introduced. Have you noticed how Nancy’s female friends are down and out, but Ned is the ruddy Mayor doing good? Notice how Nancy’s grave is about her being a good friend and daughter, not a successful detective, or hero?
This book came across as a joke. As if the team behind its creation desperately wanted a job and picked this one because Dynamite is still living in the Middle Ages.
Is it going to get better? Do I care? No, I don’t. I’m not going to continue reading a series that will most likely feature more man-pain, and will undoubtedly make Nancy a passenger in her own celebration. I mean, it’s an all male team celebrating one of the earliest female detectives that most people have read and love. There’s no hope. None whatsoever for this series. Let’s just read the back catalogue of Nancy Drew books and forget this series ever existed. Zero stars for this one.
ashction's review against another edition
4.0
Had to read this one since there was so much initial controversy over this! Pretty good - and very dark - Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys team-up.
lisloves2reid's review
adventurous
challenging
emotional
informative
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
dangerpronedaphne's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
agustplz's review against another edition
4.0
Had to read this one since there was so much initial controversy over this! Pretty good - and very dark - Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys team-up.
thecandiegirl's review
dark
mysterious
tense
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
4.25
whitneymouse's review against another edition
2.0
**Thank you to Diamond Book Distributors in connection with SLJ's Teen Live! programming for librarians for the eARC of this title. This in no way changed my rating**
I loved Nancy Drew as a kid, so the idea of a grown up Nancy Drew story was appealing to me. This was very weakly drafted. I don't think even seasoned mystery readers would be able to use context clues to determine who the murderer is and would probably just use their knowledge of tropes to make a guess. There were next to no clues for the reader to follow along with. The characters make wild accusation after wild accusation without thinking anything through. It's a string of people who "know who did it" (spoiler alert: they don't) and a TON of exposition. The entire first chapter is mostly expository boxes and very little dialogue between characters. While this gets better as it goes on, the lack of evidence and the amount of time wasted bickering due to a love triangle between Nancy and the Hardy boys is too much. I really don't care how much either of them love her. I'm here for the mystery. The ending chapter also seemed very out of left field, given that we had only a small amount of interaction with the character at the end. The art was interesting but ugly in a few places. Overall, I think I'd rather just pick up one of the old Nancy Drew books or a Hardy Boys book in place of this one.
I loved Nancy Drew as a kid, so the idea of a grown up Nancy Drew story was appealing to me. This was very weakly drafted. I don't think even seasoned mystery readers would be able to use context clues to determine who the murderer is and would probably just use their knowledge of tropes to make a guess. There were next to no clues for the reader to follow along with. The characters make wild accusation after wild accusation without thinking anything through. It's a string of people who "know who did it" (spoiler alert: they don't) and a TON of exposition. The entire first chapter is mostly expository boxes and very little dialogue between characters. While this gets better as it goes on, the lack of evidence and the amount of time wasted bickering due to a love triangle between Nancy and the Hardy boys is too much. I really don't care how much either of them love her. I'm here for the mystery. The ending chapter also seemed very out of left field, given that we had only a small amount of interaction with the character at the end. The art was interesting but ugly in a few places. Overall, I think I'd rather just pick up one of the old Nancy Drew books or a Hardy Boys book in place of this one.