A review by zenithharpink
The Bungalow Mystery by Carolyn Keene

3.0

Another fun Nancy Drew mystery! This story was definitely more engaging than The Hidden Staircase, and the characters were a little bit more enjoyable, if generally vanilla and one-dimensional. The title isn't quite as relevant to the mystery as most of the other installments are, the bungalow really wasn't very significant, and per the usual, everything was neatly wrapped up during a typical rant from the "bad guy" at the end of the book. It felt a lot like a Scooby Doo, with similar comments of "that snooping kid" in reference to Nancy and her great "sleuthing." Though I can't say these are truly great books for literature, they are truly enjoyable, fast, light reads that bring me back to when I first started discovering the magic of books. As simple as they are, I always get completely immersed in the mystery and can't put the book down. Of course, after a few hours, I'm done anyway so it's usually fine with my schedule :)