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A review by inkstndfngrs
The Secret of the Mansion by Julie Campbell
3.0
I recently re-read this book for the first time since I was probably 9 years old. My Mom was a big mystery reader as a kid, so Trixie and Nancy were always available in my house growing up. I remember putting down Trixie in favor of the Boxcar Children, and then going on to Nancy Drew, without a look back at Trixie.
While 9 year old me was a pretty decent fan of Trixie, 29 year old me is not...particularly enthralled. Mostly, it's the time shift and the writing of the era. Everything is "Golly gee!" and self-created drama (Case and point: Jim, calm down. Talk to an actual grown up, please?)
However, I do think that the world could use an updated Trixie. Crabapple Farm would make a delightful television show. Updating Honey to a today's troubled little rich girl would be extremely entertaining in my view. We've refreshed Nancy Drew how many times now? Let's give Trixie Belden and Honey Wheeler their next fifteen minutes.
While 9 year old me was a pretty decent fan of Trixie, 29 year old me is not...particularly enthralled. Mostly, it's the time shift and the writing of the era. Everything is "Golly gee!" and self-created drama (Case and point: Jim, calm down. Talk to an actual grown up, please?)
However, I do think that the world could use an updated Trixie. Crabapple Farm would make a delightful television show. Updating Honey to a today's troubled little rich girl would be extremely entertaining in my view. We've refreshed Nancy Drew how many times now? Let's give Trixie Belden and Honey Wheeler their next fifteen minutes.