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A review by ssshira
Jessi and the Jewel Thieves by Ann M. Martin
1.0
this is my first time reading this book!
in this mystery with the most obvious solution in the world, by mystery ghostwriter extraordinaire [a:Ellen Miles|286072|Ellen Miles|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png], jessi goes to nyc for the weekend with stacey. she's there to see quint perform in a ballet, but she also wants to take the opportunity to tell him she wants to just be friends from here on out. she and quint overhear a conversation between two men that talk like dick tracy villains about the jewel heist they are planning to orchestrate. they see quint and jessi, who are then convinced that the men are coming to get them (though, if it's not obvious from the ridiculous dialogue -- these men are actors rehearsing for a play). meanwhile, becca ramsey is stuck staying at the pikes' house, since the other ramseys have gone out of town for a wedding (squirt is too young to be left in stoneybrook alone, so they are getting a baby-sitter for him during the wedding). becca has trouble coping and is a total drama queen about the whole thing.
highlights:
-some of the things the "jewel thieves" say to each other are hilarious. one calls the other "you double-crossing weasel" and "you lily-livered, chicken-hearted wimp." and somehow, jessi and quint still believe that they're being serious.
-jessi and quint decide to be just friends. this is a good bit of story, even though I love their romance so much in both [b:New York, New York!|290506|New York, New York! (The Baby-Sitters Club Super Special, #6)|Ann M. Martin|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1387666058s/290506.jpg|281847] and [b:Snowbound|361718|Snowbound (The Baby-Sitters Club Super Special, #7)|Ann M. Martin|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1304489945s/361718.jpg|351817].
-I guess I appreciate when there aren't any obvious clues but I still solve the mystery. it makes me feel smart. though in this case I think it's just because the mystery itself was so dumb.
lowlights/nitpicks:
-if squirt has to get a babysitter at the hotel anyway, why not just bring becca and have her stay with the babysitter too?
-becca is SO annoying/terrible in this book. she calls herself an orphan at one point. wahhh, wahhh, wahhh.
-at the palm court and at a jewelry store, snooty people treat jessi and quint like little juvenile delinquents. jessi doesn't believe that it could be because they're black, especially because the jewelry store security guard is black. so? black security guards are also socialized to think that black kids are juvenile delinquents. once again (like in so many other books but especially [b:Jessi and the Awful Secret|290516|Jessi and the Awful Secret (The Baby-Sitters Club, #61)|Ann M. Martin|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1387742414s/290516.jpg|2227762]), I don't think jessi would actually be this oblivious to the possibility of racism, so I blame the ghostwriter.
-two chapters' bsc notebook entries are swapped! what a horrible snafu! claudia's bsc notebook entry for her sunday babysitting job is at the beginning of chapter 10, which is about mary anne's saturday babysitting job, and vice versa.
-jessi imagines newspaper articles about her and quint foiling the robbers' plans and in one it says something about heroic teens. jessi, you're 11. you're not even an almost teen.
snack in claudia's room:
-ruffles (n.s.)
in this mystery with the most obvious solution in the world, by mystery ghostwriter extraordinaire [a:Ellen Miles|286072|Ellen Miles|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png], jessi goes to nyc for the weekend with stacey. she's there to see quint perform in a ballet, but she also wants to take the opportunity to tell him she wants to just be friends from here on out. she and quint overhear a conversation between two men that talk like dick tracy villains about the jewel heist they are planning to orchestrate. they see quint and jessi, who are then convinced that the men are coming to get them (though, if it's not obvious from the ridiculous dialogue -- these men are actors rehearsing for a play). meanwhile, becca ramsey is stuck staying at the pikes' house, since the other ramseys have gone out of town for a wedding (squirt is too young to be left in stoneybrook alone, so they are getting a baby-sitter for him during the wedding). becca has trouble coping and is a total drama queen about the whole thing.
highlights:
-some of the things the "jewel thieves" say to each other are hilarious. one calls the other "you double-crossing weasel" and "you lily-livered, chicken-hearted wimp." and somehow, jessi and quint still believe that they're being serious.
-jessi and quint decide to be just friends. this is a good bit of story, even though I love their romance so much in both [b:New York, New York!|290506|New York, New York! (The Baby-Sitters Club Super Special, #6)|Ann M. Martin|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1387666058s/290506.jpg|281847] and [b:Snowbound|361718|Snowbound (The Baby-Sitters Club Super Special, #7)|Ann M. Martin|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1304489945s/361718.jpg|351817].
-I guess I appreciate when there aren't any obvious clues but I still solve the mystery. it makes me feel smart. though in this case I think it's just because the mystery itself was so dumb.
lowlights/nitpicks:
-if squirt has to get a babysitter at the hotel anyway, why not just bring becca and have her stay with the babysitter too?
-becca is SO annoying/terrible in this book. she calls herself an orphan at one point. wahhh, wahhh, wahhh.
-at the palm court and at a jewelry store, snooty people treat jessi and quint like little juvenile delinquents. jessi doesn't believe that it could be because they're black, especially because the jewelry store security guard is black. so? black security guards are also socialized to think that black kids are juvenile delinquents. once again (like in so many other books but especially [b:Jessi and the Awful Secret|290516|Jessi and the Awful Secret (The Baby-Sitters Club, #61)|Ann M. Martin|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1387742414s/290516.jpg|2227762]), I don't think jessi would actually be this oblivious to the possibility of racism, so I blame the ghostwriter.
-two chapters' bsc notebook entries are swapped! what a horrible snafu! claudia's bsc notebook entry for her sunday babysitting job is at the beginning of chapter 10, which is about mary anne's saturday babysitting job, and vice versa.
-jessi imagines newspaper articles about her and quint foiling the robbers' plans and in one it says something about heroic teens. jessi, you're 11. you're not even an almost teen.
snack in claudia's room:
-ruffles (n.s.)