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A review by themagicalinbetween
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma by Trenton Lee Stewart
4.0
Book #3 another brilliant adventure for the Society!
This has been recommended to me for a few years and I finally picked it up! What an epic, fun and wacky adventure! Something I loved immediately about The Mysterious Benedict Society was the timelessness of the story, while there is technology involved, it feels like it could be taking place in the past as well as in the present. There are quirky adult characters, spies, bad guys and a bunch of kids who are misfits in their own way who come together to learn about how they can save the world IF they work together as a team. One thing the author did really well was creating the children in such a way that they were believable. Oftentimes in "save the world" kind of stories there's an overwhelming amount of leaping in logic or improbabilities to overcome that make it less than authentic. Somehow, Trenton Lee Stewart was able to write it in such a way that felt like these gifted and interesting children actually could achieve what they did through their genius, determination and teamwork.
There were times the story felt like it dragged on just a bit (496 pages worth) but overall it was a brilliant adventure filled with high risk, mystery, hard choices and the meaning of friendship and loyalty.
This has been recommended to me for a few years and I finally picked it up! What an epic, fun and wacky adventure! Something I loved immediately about The Mysterious Benedict Society was the timelessness of the story, while there is technology involved, it feels like it could be taking place in the past as well as in the present. There are quirky adult characters, spies, bad guys and a bunch of kids who are misfits in their own way who come together to learn about how they can save the world IF they work together as a team. One thing the author did really well was creating the children in such a way that they were believable. Oftentimes in "save the world" kind of stories there's an overwhelming amount of leaping in logic or improbabilities to overcome that make it less than authentic. Somehow, Trenton Lee Stewart was able to write it in such a way that felt like these gifted and interesting children actually could achieve what they did through their genius, determination and teamwork.
There were times the story felt like it dragged on just a bit (496 pages worth) but overall it was a brilliant adventure filled with high risk, mystery, hard choices and the meaning of friendship and loyalty.