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A review by daphne2000
The Clue in the Jewel Box by Carolyn Keene
2.0
Even though I know who Nancy Drew is, I never really read her books as a kid. I was much more into Scooby Doo. And honestly, I kind of think young Daphne was correct in not reading many Nancy Drew novels. This book was seriously bad.
The writing style wasn't my favorite, but since this book is old I can forgive that. What I can't forgive is how god-awful the mystery was. This mystery was SO OBVIOUS! I am not a good detective, but I guessed who the 'bad guy' was from page 1. Also, for a mystery book there were so few clues! I feel like clues just fell onto Nancy's lap and she never had to do any real sleuthing.
Honestly, the only reason I'm giving this book 2 stars instead of 5 stars is because my friend annotated this for me and I loved the annotations. I'm not sure if all Nancy Drew books are like this but since I'm probably too old for them anyway I don't think I'll bother finding out.
The writing style wasn't my favorite, but since this book is old I can forgive that. What I can't forgive is how god-awful the mystery was. This mystery was SO OBVIOUS! I am not a good detective, but I guessed who the 'bad guy' was from page 1. Also, for a mystery book there were so few clues! I feel like clues just fell onto Nancy's lap and she never had to do any real sleuthing.
Honestly, the only reason I'm giving this book 2 stars instead of 5 stars is because my friend annotated this for me and I loved the annotations. I'm not sure if all Nancy Drew books are like this but since I'm probably too old for them anyway I don't think I'll bother finding out.