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rmadden's review against another edition
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
3.0
I love that ned plays every position on the football team. He really seems like he’d be a kicker though. Also Nancy is threaten like a million times in this book.
caytlynn's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
liketheday's review against another edition
3.0
More recycling! Nancy has a double again, except this time the double is in name, not in appearance. After a series of events that gets a bag of mail stolen, Nancy finds out that one of those stolen letters was for her, from a law firm in Britain. Her lawyer dad manages to get a copy of the letter from the firm, and though it is a really exciting letter about getting a huge inheritance, it is for a different Nancy Drew — who conveniently happens to be in the River Heights area just now.
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jrae_miller's review against another edition
3.0
4 stars for the story, minus 1 for not aging well: privilege, race, women, etc. - all things that went over my head when I read these as a young pre-teen and am acutely aware of now! I still couldn't put it down, despite the cringe-y bits.
dizzybell06's review against another edition
3.0
Book 8 was very quick and easy to read. The story was interesting as well.
postitsandpens's review against another edition
3.0
This was a bit silly overall, a bit convoluted, and not as interesting of a mystery as some of the others I've reread. I enjoyed getting to see more of Ned, and Bess and George's beaus as well, but there was a lot of running around trying to find the mysterious Nancy Smith Drew, and I felt like this made the story less tightly written. Nonetheless, it was still a decently good time, and pretty standard Nancy Drew fare.
situationnormal's review against another edition
3.0
It's a little laughable how dangerous these mysteries are for Nancy, and how high the stakes can be (but then how well everyone in authority seems to cooperate with her investigations, and how well they're wrapped up in the end). They do lend a certain sense of comfort, though, that makes them worth reading. ...more
nlwisz's review against another edition
5.0
I feel like I need to preface this review by saying that I love a good Nancy Drew mystery and I know that they tend to be farfetched in a lot of regards...but gosh, this one is just wacky. It’s not even plausible on so many levels. There are so many bizarre coincidences that it doesn’t even feel like a real “mystery” because somehow, some way, things just happen to work out. There’s a random girl who falls into an inheritance and she just so happens to also be named Nancy Drew, and she could be anywhere in the world but she just so happens to be in the vicinity of River Heights for a special production, and of all the Wilsons that could possibly be listed in the New York City phone book, Nancy just so happens to get in touch with the right one....and the sheer absurdity goes on. Also, her boyfriend Ned is *both* the quarterback and the kicker for the college football team, which makes NO sense at all and as a football fan it irked me, LOL. Nancy and her friends buy same-day flights to New York to solve the mystery and I’m thinking...if they could drive from River Heights (a fictional town in who-knows-where) to Emerson (which is in Boston presumably, unless we are to believe this is a fictional Emerson College) then why in the heck are they flying to NYC which is only a couple more hours’ drive?? Nancy is rich enough for this frivolous spending, I suppose. ANYWAY, Nancy and Co arrive at the airport and Nancy is knocked out with chloroform in the bathroom but she still manages to catch her flight. I am not sure why the couple they are seeking weren’t on the same flight but ok. The girls chase down the other Nancy Drew and warn her that she’s about to be scammed, the bad guy is arrested and confesses at once, and the ending is happy for all involved. Nancy, I love ya girl, I do, but this one was just a little too cray-cray for me. On to the next one.