Reviews

Mystery of the Ivory Charm by Carolyn Keene

postitsandpens's review against another edition

3.0

I'll admit, considering this book involves Indian culture and the Hindi language, I was a bit concerned going in as to how it would be handled. However, while probably not entirely appropriate for today, the book didn't do too terribly much wrong, and the mystery, while a bit over the top, was enjoyable. Nothing spectacular, but definitely not the worst of the series that I've read!

nlwisz's review against another edition

5.0

This one was alright. I found it somewhat confusing but that’s my own fault—I’ve been to busy to give the story my full attention and it took me forever to get through it. So while I’m still not quite sure what the deal with Mrs Allison was, the book was okay. I will say that Nancy must be getting really sick of ending up in rivers and lakes fully clothed because I feel like this has happened in just about every prior book. However, in a highly atypicaltwist, Nancy’s dad almost blows the interrogation at a crucial point when he decides he needs to call and check on Nancy’s safety (since when, Carson? Since. When????). I also love how they wait until the child is kidnapped twice before they decide they should probably involve the police. Thank God it all works out!

erinmp's review against another edition

4.0

A mystery from India. The circus. Washington. The First Lady. Nancy has yet another exciting adventure!

lemeilleurs's review against another edition

4.0

Nothing quite like a Nancy Drew mystery!! These will always be nostalgic for me, and even the ones that are first-time reads feel so familiar. A different story that I expected, with some high stakes of a kidnapped Indian prince!! Nancy always putting herself in sticky situations, but I can’t get enough!

duck_rosey's review against another edition

5.0

4/3/20 age 9 - The story is about a girl named Nancy Drew who gets an orphan from India... or so everyone thinks. They find his father who thought he had died. I loved it! I liked the part where they found his father. I did not like the people who KIDNAPPED RISHI!
Words that describe this book: exciting, surprising, entertaining, sad. It was surprising when everybody found his father, Mr. Tillack, and they all had thought he had no guardians!
I would recommend this book to anybody who likes mystery.

bplayfuli's review against another edition

2.0

I read the revised text of this one and the plot was absurd but at least not quite as racist as the original. So far, this is my least favorite of the series.

anieeereads's review

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

hstapp's review against another edition

3.0

I expected this to be really bad due to racist depictions of Indian people. But overall I don't think it's too bad. We have 3 different Indian characters, who are pretty different from each other. There's no snake charming or rope tricks. I think it does okay.

zenithharpink's review against another edition

2.0

Frankly, I couldn't stand this "mystery." It was pretty much solved in the second chapter, but they had to wait for the dude to arrive from out of town. The half-hearted try at including the Indian culture was mostly just insulting, and completely unrecognizable. The villains were without real motivation, and the meditative trances that provided Nancy with most of her clues were unexplained. The only one so far worse than this book, was The Sign of the Twisted Candles. I only give a second star because it's in this beloved series, but I wouldn't recommend to any but those who intend to read all of the Nancy Drew mysteries (like me).

the_ghost_penguin_reader's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0