Retrieved from: my library
(1582345112), 2004
Suggested by: I cataloged it, and Amy read it first
My Ratings: 8 Merit, 8 Interest, 8 Fun
First of all, if you haven't read Nancy Drew or the Hardy Boys, this books will be drudgery. If you inhaled the whole series over and over every summer as I did, this is a quick and amusing trip back through time, breaking all of Stephen King's writing rules. The one that cracked me up when I finally noticed it--on about page 30--was that no one "says" anything. Everyone "exclaims" or "nods" or "declares." Of course, Tom Swift says things "obviously" and "inventively," bringing tears of laughter to my eyes.
Yes, all the sleuthing heroes of the 40s through the 60s are here: Trixie Belden, Cherry Ames, even Encyclopedia Brown makes a cameo appearance! The chapters are as brief as the chapters in the books always were, and there is much drama, discussion of the combing of titian hair, and mention after mention how slim and attractive Nancy always is. The more I think about the book, the funnier it becomes.
Maybe I'll read it in the bathrub again tonight.
Wednesday, May 04, 2005
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