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A review by manwithanagenda
The Hidden Window Mystery by Carolyn Keene
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
Nancy is a menace to postal workers. Just like Ira Dixon in 'Nancy's Mysterious Letter', Mr. Ritter's mail bag fouls and mail is scattered everywhere. Nancy tries to gather up all the letters but a new neighbor, a nasty woman who clearly doesn't belong in this kind of neighborhood, accuses the mailman of stealing a letter from her brother that contained a hundred dollar bill.
Well.
Nancy is so well bred she gives the woman the benefit of the doubt. It so happens that said brother lives in Charlottesville, VA where a famous stained glass window may be hidden. The discovery of the window would lead to a cash reward that would be so useful to the children's hospital.
The book was fine and had some good detail about the art of making stained glass windows. There was just another moment like in the 'Secret of the Attic' where they come upon an old plantation home and Bess, on seeing the enslaved people's quarters, exclaims about how romantic it must have been. There's even some light commentary about the dark underground titles that the enslaved had to use to bring food to the house. Damn it, Bess, go to bed.
Can Nancy and Bess and George and their new one-book-only friends survive the dreaded peacock feather evil eye and get to the bottom of this mystery?
Of note is that this is the last book of the original series to have a revised text. I made it through all the original text. Yay. I have a stack of Wanderer paperbacks from the 1970s-80s that will occupy me, but I have a few more 1950s titles to read.
Nancy Drew
Next: 'The Haunted Showboat'
Previous: 'The Witch Tree Symbol'
Well.
Nancy is so well bred she gives the woman the benefit of the doubt. It so happens that said brother lives in Charlottesville, VA where a famous stained glass window may be hidden. The discovery of the window would lead to a cash reward that would be so useful to the children's hospital.
The book was fine and had some good detail about the art of making stained glass windows. There was just another moment like in the 'Secret of the Attic' where they come upon an old plantation home and Bess, on seeing the enslaved people's quarters, exclaims about how romantic it must have been. There's even some light commentary about the dark underground titles that the enslaved had to use to bring food to the house. Damn it, Bess, go to bed.
Can Nancy and Bess and George and their new one-book-only friends survive the dreaded peacock feather evil eye and get to the bottom of this mystery?
Of note is that this is the last book of the original series to have a revised text. I made it through all the original text. Yay. I have a stack of Wanderer paperbacks from the 1970s-80s that will occupy me, but I have a few more 1950s titles to read.
Nancy Drew
Next: 'The Haunted Showboat'
Previous: 'The Witch Tree Symbol'