Post by sugarmonkey on Apr 1, 2007 8:12:47 GMT -5
I was all set for this one to be boring. And it wasn't. I liked it so much more than I thought I would. Except the baseball descriptions, not my thing.
First, it should not have been called "Copycat." The CC stuff was the subplot (I hate when they do that). The hazing stuff was so much more interesting. I love when the BSC are bad. It shows a more realistic and normal side to their characters. I am glad that Kristy didn't smoke though. I thought that Dilys (which I am assuming rhymes with Phyllis which reminds me of Phyllis Diller) not choosing whose side to be on (Kristy's or Tonya and Bea's) was realistic. As was Tonya acting like a veteran girls teammate in training and Bea going along with her. I HATE HAZING! Kristy's reaction to the whole ordeal was pretty expected. I've seen it on a million tv shows. The burned up guy in critical condition surprised me. That seemed a little much for a BSC book.
I'll admit that I was wondering how the situation was going to be resolved. It was a MAJOR coincidence that the SHS students just happened to burn down the shed on the same night that Kristy and the others vandalized it. And their confession was announced the same morning that Kristy was going to confess. All the loose ends were wrapped up in one breath pretty much. The guy that had been in critical condition for most of the book was suddenly going to be just fine. Dilys confessed to writing the threatening notes, because she didn't have the guts to just go and confess to the authorities. (Although Kristy didn't either until the very end.)
Kudos to the ghosterwriter for some consistency! They mentioned many things that happened in other books. Even a mystery. Kristy mentioned the Haunted Mansion, MA mentions Stacey's Crush on Wes, and Stacey mentions her ordeal with the Cheerleaders.
Question: Why does the BSC always throw away the threatening notes they receive? At least the first one. You'd think with all the mysteries they've solved and notes they've gotten they would've learned not to buy now.
What about the hazing? It was said it was against school policy and that Coach Wu didn't know about it. I feel better knowing the coach wasn't aware of it. Although it would've made a better story if she had been and approved of it. I've never been athletic, but isn't it a little much for middle school softball players to be so serious?
And what kind of "evidence" do you think they had against the boys softball team that warranted disbanding it? Or was it just a guilt trip type play on the schools part to get the guilty party to come forward?
Finally, do you think the girls should've confessed anyway? They certainly justified why they didn't need to, but doing so could lead into exposing the hazing. Do you think the school would believe it given the special treatment athletes receive? I wonder about Logan and hazing, since he's on so many sports teams. Maybe that's another dark side to his character, he likes hazing, giving and receiving.
First, it should not have been called "Copycat." The CC stuff was the subplot (I hate when they do that). The hazing stuff was so much more interesting. I love when the BSC are bad. It shows a more realistic and normal side to their characters. I am glad that Kristy didn't smoke though. I thought that Dilys (which I am assuming rhymes with Phyllis which reminds me of Phyllis Diller) not choosing whose side to be on (Kristy's or Tonya and Bea's) was realistic. As was Tonya acting like a veteran girls teammate in training and Bea going along with her. I HATE HAZING! Kristy's reaction to the whole ordeal was pretty expected. I've seen it on a million tv shows. The burned up guy in critical condition surprised me. That seemed a little much for a BSC book.
I'll admit that I was wondering how the situation was going to be resolved. It was a MAJOR coincidence that the SHS students just happened to burn down the shed on the same night that Kristy and the others vandalized it. And their confession was announced the same morning that Kristy was going to confess. All the loose ends were wrapped up in one breath pretty much. The guy that had been in critical condition for most of the book was suddenly going to be just fine. Dilys confessed to writing the threatening notes, because she didn't have the guts to just go and confess to the authorities. (Although Kristy didn't either until the very end.)
Kudos to the ghosterwriter for some consistency! They mentioned many things that happened in other books. Even a mystery. Kristy mentioned the Haunted Mansion, MA mentions Stacey's Crush on Wes, and Stacey mentions her ordeal with the Cheerleaders.
Question: Why does the BSC always throw away the threatening notes they receive? At least the first one. You'd think with all the mysteries they've solved and notes they've gotten they would've learned not to buy now.
What about the hazing? It was said it was against school policy and that Coach Wu didn't know about it. I feel better knowing the coach wasn't aware of it. Although it would've made a better story if she had been and approved of it. I've never been athletic, but isn't it a little much for middle school softball players to be so serious?
And what kind of "evidence" do you think they had against the boys softball team that warranted disbanding it? Or was it just a guilt trip type play on the schools part to get the guilty party to come forward?
Finally, do you think the girls should've confessed anyway? They certainly justified why they didn't need to, but doing so could lead into exposing the hazing. Do you think the school would believe it given the special treatment athletes receive? I wonder about Logan and hazing, since he's on so many sports teams. Maybe that's another dark side to his character, he likes hazing, giving and receiving.