Reviews

Die drei ??? und der Super-Papagei by Robert Arthur

juaco1975's review against another edition

3.0

Éste libro ya lo leí cuando era adolescente y a pesar del paso de los años sigue haciendo que me meta en la historia y viva la aventura igual que la viven estos jóvenes investigadores.

"Misterio del loro tartamudo" de Robert Arthur

swee's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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? N/A

3.5

hsemily's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

karpaten_hund's review against another edition

4.0

(Hörbuch gelesen von Oliver Rohrbeck)
Super Geschichte, die ich einfach nur schon zu gut kenne.

bev_reads_mysteries's review against another edition

5.0

The second book featuring The Three Investigators, Jupiter Jones, Bob Andrews, and Pete Crenshaw. This adventure starts with a request from their mentor Alfred Hitchcock to help his friend Malcolm Fentriss find his missing parrot. The boys wind up tracking down not one parrot, but six...plus a mynah bird. It winds up that the birds, named after literary and historical figures, can quote portions of a riddle taught them by a man named John Silver. And if they can find the birds and decode the message they just might find some buried treasure. But there is large man with a devilish temper and a cunning European thief hot on their trail. They're going to have to be quick to outwit those two. It all ends with a confrontation in a spooky, foggy graveyard.

I somehow missed this adventure in the Investigators' chronicles when I was young. And, boy, did I miss a good one. This has it all--adventure, nasty bad guys with threats, a hidden treasure, a coded message to decipher, and Pete gets to do some action hero moves on the bad guys in the end while Jupe figures out all the obscure clues and Bob plays decoy to try and lure the villains away from the treasure. We meet Carlos, a very observant Mexican boy who gives the young detectives some good clues and helps them identify the car belonging to the large man. This is one of the best of The Three Investigators' mysteries.

First posted on my blog My Reader's Block.

tartancrusader's review against another edition

3.0

I loved the Three Investigtors books as a kid and, inspired by Karl Ove Knausgaard's "Boyhood Island", I'm going to re-read it to see what, if any, childhood memories it unlocks.

Well, that was unsuccessful as a memory-evoking experiment but I'm glad I reread it nevertheless. A fun little book with nothing particularly objectionable in it.

I'm sure that some today wouldn't be happy about the almost complete lack of female characters, at least any that are in any way necessary to the plot. And there was a fairly straight-out-the-box Mexican peasant stereotype but these are typical of three time in which they are written. I certainly would have no qualms about letting children today read it.

bookhangover's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted relaxing

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

3.75

kryten's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious tense 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? No

5.0

rike_reads's review against another edition

fast-paced

3.0

ndjrpgs's review against another edition

4.0

Als Erzähler hat Oliver Rohrbeck natürlich nichts falsch gemacht, hingegen dem Fall richtig Leben eingehaucht. Vom Buch selbst bin ich nicht so begeistert wie bei den beiden anderen. Irgendwie weniger Atmosphäre und zum Teil ein bisschen langatmig. Dennoch gute vier Sterne, weil es halt schon ein Klassiker ist.