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The Witch Tree Symbol by Carolyn Keene

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jennderqueer's review

3.0

I was actually a little disappointed in this book. There's no real mystery - you know who the bad guy is very early on and most of the book is just Nancy chasing him. Eh. Still a decent read.

hannah_dillard's review

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4.0

Book 8 of RGC: it was great to reread a choice from my favorite childhood series! I think this might have been the one book I actually skipped when I read the entire series. Hurray for Nancy Drew!

mmdebish's review

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lighthearted 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

4.0

invisibleninjacat's review

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adventurous lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The Nancy Drew reread continues! This one was the 1955 edition. This one is set in Amish country, and has a lot of cultural details. The mystery was fun, and Nancy had the unusual problem of people not trusting her, which was an interesting challenge. Lots of being bonked on the head as per usual.

trips's review

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adventurous lighthearted slow-paced

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

2.0

This book was pretty awful to read, but overall it wasn't the worst ND book I've read.

Then again, it does sound pretty difficult to make visiting Amish Pennsylvania to find stolen furniture all that exciting. I will say, my least favorite moments in these ND novels written by Harriet Stratemeyer Adams is when the boys show up. It both belittles the girls work so far in the story and they also tend to have very little plot purpose.
Some of the plot points were a bit whoa! like

Nancy getting hit in the neck with a rock that had been sling shot towards her was a 'well, Nancy's dead' situation. Luckily, she is immortal so it was no issue for her. But also it was incredibly frustrating because this event happens towards the end of the book and hardly serves any purpose, they could have just woke up the next morning and had their car stolen but noooo Nancy needed a brush with death. Also, I had to look up when seatbelt laws began to be enforced after Bess flew out of her seat in the car accident scene. Damn, people were so unsafe back in the day!

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