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The Secret of the Old Clock - Community Reviews back

by Carolyn Keene
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Abandoned by Booklikes
Abandoned by Booklikes rated it 6 years ago
I was just as shocked as anyone when I started to read "The Secret of the Old Clock" and found Nancy to be annoying. She and the other characters are sketched so thin and the whole story in this one was just off-putting. I also didn't think that Nancy was some great detective. She went snooping (tho...
A Man With An Agenda
A Man With An Agenda rated it 6 years ago
A little over a year ago I read 'Secret of the Old Clock' and mentioned being intrigued, but not necessarily interested in reading the original versions of the classic juvenile detective novels. Of course, in a year's time I've become convinced I need to not only read the old volumes, but to collect...
Portable Magic
Portable Magic rated it 7 years ago
After reading and comparing the 1930 original with the 1959 revision, it’s clear that much of the original charm was lost in the update. The original version featured a boisterously independent Nancy and a raucous cast of characters and events, but also some horrifyingly racist caricatures. In clean...
Pippin & The Book Next Door
Pippin & The Book Next Door rated it 9 years ago
Just for your awareness, I am knowledgeable about the fact that as a person who makes an effort (to an almost intolerable degree, might I add) to word everything I speak and/or write eloquently, my saying that this novel is boring because of its cumbersome dialogue is most likely not in my favor. In...
the reading chronicles
the reading chronicles rated it 9 years ago
Nancy Drew's keen mind is tested when she searches for a missing will. [ synopsis (stretching a bit calling it that) from goodreads ] So I recently found this book at Goodwill and bought it on a whim. Yeaaaars ago, my mom gave me what she had of the series but she didn't have the first couple. ...
Amara's Eden
Amara's Eden rated it 11 years ago
If you're a reader, you've almost certainly heard of Nancy Drew; she's the Girl Detective, originating in the thirties, getting revamped in the fifties, and ultimately carrying on into the 2010s--and hopefully beyond.And this, The Secret of the Old Clock, is a fair bet for the most well-known Nancy ...
Bibliophile on Parade
Bibliophile on Parade rated it 11 years ago
I have two words for great mysteries, NANCY DREW. Ever since my grandmother gave me the first book in this series when I was 8 years old I have been a devote lover of the Nancy Drew series. Nancy is a awesome character and great role model for young girls every where. She is her own person and is...
VeganCleopatra
VeganCleopatra rated it 11 years ago
I remember reading many of my mother's old yellow spined Nancy Drew books as a young child but as an adult I do not recall them at all. Some of the books from my childhood I remember quite well and still have a soft spot for them, but Nancy Drew was never one of them. Perhaps that is why after readi...
UNICORN PORN FOR ALL
UNICORN PORN FOR ALL rated it 11 years ago
I almost didn't give this a star rating. Tough to know how to judge a book like this. When I was a kid I blasted through all of these books one summer, and came away with a lifelong automatic crush on any woman who has strawberry blonde hair. Which, btw, she doesn't even have in this first book, it'...
Don't Panic - Megan's BookLikes
Don't Panic - Megan's BookLikes rated it 11 years ago
Another of the books I never read as a kid but wish I had (see also: [book: Little House in the Big Woods] et al). I think I probably would've enjoyed it as a child. It features an easy to follow, exciting mystery featuring a well-to-do teenage girl. That's something I probably could've gotten behin...
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