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A review by meganchristine
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey by Trenton Lee Stewart
3.0
This wasn't even close to my favorite book in the series. Quite frankly, there wasn't anything special to this book at all! Of course I always love an adventure from the gang.... but I just thought that this plot was way to easy!
This installment of The Mysterious Benedict Society starts off with an adventure that Mr. Benedict created for the children. An adventure that specifically highlights the children's strengths and forces them to work together for the desired outcome. When the adventure goes sideways for Mr. Benedict, the children are forced to do what they can to help him out of his predicament. Of course. if Mr. Benedict is in danger... the only culprit can be Mr. Curtain. Will the children be able to follow the clues to save Mr. Benedict? Will Mr. Curtain and his 'ten men' be able to finally retrieve what they are seeking?
Overall, I did enjoy reading the book. There are some new characters that I really enjoyed! The sailors on the ship seemed very nice and devoted to the cause. Along with the ship's rich passengers (even though they werent necessarily the good guys). Not to mention the return of SQ! I also really liked how much Milligan is in this story. He is such an underrated character in this series! I also enjoyed how they touched more on Mr. Benedict's narcolepsy, which is something that bothered me in the first book. I mean how is it that someone so smart cant figure out how to stay awake!? I also enjoyed the level of difficulty that come with the clues (the windchimes being my favorite). Also, I liked how scary the ten men were! I felt genuinely scared for the children when they were faced them. They were real bad guys in a childish book!
However, the resolution of this book wasn't good! It was WAAAYYYYY to easy for Mr. Benedict to resolve the situation . LIKE WHY DID HE EVEN NEED THE KIDS?!
This installment of The Mysterious Benedict Society starts off with an adventure that Mr. Benedict created for the children. An adventure that specifically highlights the children's strengths and forces them to work together for the desired outcome. When the adventure goes sideways for Mr. Benedict, the children are forced to do what they can to help him out of his predicament. Of course. if Mr. Benedict is in danger... the only culprit can be Mr. Curtain. Will the children be able to follow the clues to save Mr. Benedict? Will Mr. Curtain and his 'ten men' be able to finally retrieve what they are seeking?
Overall, I did enjoy reading the book. There are some new characters that I really enjoyed! The sailors on the ship seemed very nice and devoted to the cause. Along with the ship's rich passengers (even though they werent necessarily the good guys). Not to mention the return of SQ! I also really liked how much Milligan is in this story. He is such an underrated character in this series! I also enjoyed how they touched more on Mr. Benedict's narcolepsy, which is something that bothered me in the first book. I mean how is it that someone so smart cant figure out how to stay awake!? I also enjoyed the level of difficulty that come with the clues (the windchimes being my favorite). Also, I liked how scary the ten men were! I felt genuinely scared for the children when they were faced them. They were real bad guys in a childish book!
However, the resolution of this book wasn't good! It was WAAAYYYYY to easy for Mr. Benedict to resolve the situation . LIKE WHY DID HE EVEN NEED THE KIDS?!