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4.0 out of 5 stars
Still Enjoyable After All These Years,
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This review is from: Nancy Drew 10: Password to Larkspur Lane (Hardcover)
Intrepid sleuth Nancy Drew has two mysteries to solve. It begins when a homing pigeon crash lands on her property. The message the pigeon is carrying is strange, if not a little ominous. As more unusual developments happen, Nancy realizes that the message is connected to the mysterious absence of an elderly woman named Mrs. Eldridge. The second mystery centers around a frightening ring of blue fire showing up near the home Helen Corning's grandparents after dark. When Helen asks Nancy to find out what's causing the fire ring of fire, she agrees, of course. It isn't long before she discovers that the two mysteries could be related.Password to Larkspur Lane is one of my favorite Nancy Drew mysteries, and perhaps the one I remember most from forty years ago, when I first read this series. It was a treat to step back in time and remember why I loved these mysteries. The plotting is pretty good in this one, and Nancy's resourcefulness in solving her own problems is one of the book's best aspects. Young readers will find the language pretty corny. Still, mystery buffs curious to know why this series was so successful should give this one a read.
5.0 out of 5 stars
'LARKSPUR LANE " Blooms,
By Sens4ever "Wood" (Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Nancy Drew 10: Password to Larkspur Lane (Hardcover)
When Nancy accidently has a mail pigeon drop in on her she finds a message which seems to be a code of some sort. Eventually the pigeon leads her to a gruff character who has suspicions about Nancy's visit.Meanwhile a friend of Nancy's has asked her to help in finding out why her grandparents are seeing a blue light at their house on the lake. It seems that every night the light seems to be creeping closer to their house. Also Morgan their housekeeper has begun acting very strange to them. The clues eventually lead Nancy, Bess, and, George to a huge mansion on Larkspur Lane where a elderly lady seems to be held prisoner. A suspicious doctor is evidently after something else from his patients. This book was awesome ! Highly recommend it !
4.0 out of 5 stars
The most poetic title in the Drew series.,
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This review is from: Nancy Drew 10: Password to Larkspur Lane (Hardcover)
"Password" and "Larkspur Lane" -- these terms echo each other as much as "Lenore" and "Nevermore" do in Poe's "The Raven." It is fitting, then, that this is one of the better Keene books in the Nancy canon. I am reviewing my childhood reading, made possible by Applewood reissues and the continued availability of the Grosset & Dunlap revised titles. It is a truism that the early books (despite their out-of-fashion references and language, and their social stereotypes) are always better than the revisions, and it's often true that the originals are more satisfying, stylish stories. I enjoy the mysteries screeching to a halt while the girls indulge in their noon "luncheon." However, in this title I have to go with the revision. It's a masterful rewrite, condensing and reorganizing the early story while cutting out a lot of leisurely pacing that slows the story down. Perhaps Nancy's greatest strength as a detective is her unwillingness to give up; when she has no clues or prospects of any in this novel, she drives the roads outside of her midwest town until she finds one (a crude sign on a tree with "L. L." posted on it). Can't get into a prison-like old folks' home? Impersonate an elderly lady. Get thrown into a deep cistern? Use the pieces of a ladder thrown in after you to claw your way up the wall. The criminals are getting away in a small plane? Let the gas out of it before they can take off. Meanwhile she still has time to win first prize in a flower arranging competition. Nancy is simply too much, and knowing her has been one of the delights of my life.
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