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Post by sugarmonkey on Feb 20, 2006 17:28:00 GMT -5
HUGE waste of time. They were ACTORS?! The rest of the BSC only makes minor appearances which doesn't fair well for Jessi. So boring.
The biggest problem I had was this huge freakin' mistake. Chapter 10. Claudia's handwriting. Talks about how Becca is no long upset and "you should've seen what happened when her parents came to pick her up." Well, the chapter is about Mary Anne! Then in Chapter 13 it's Mary Anne's handwriting and she talks about how the Becca problem might be drawing to a close. Well, duh, I already knew that from reading Claudia's entry. Then chapter 13 is about Claudia! They mixed them the F up! Actually, now that I think about it the mix up was probably the most interesting things about this book.
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Post by hitzpink on Feb 20, 2006 18:50:37 GMT -5
I haven't read this book in ages, although interestingly enough, it is the only BSC book of mine that survived the many garage sales and donations that claimed the other books. I do remember thinking the ending was incredibly lame - them being actors was such a cop-out! I think this book definitely ranks up there as one of the most boring (and far-fetched) in the series.
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Post by jen on Feb 21, 2006 7:08:07 GMT -5
Oh, the mistake annoyed me too!! I wanted to cut out the pages and put them in the proper spot. Do they not have editors for these books?
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Post by macca on Feb 21, 2006 17:36:37 GMT -5
I haven't read this book, unfortunately, but it seems to be universally hated. For that reason alone, it sounds interesting!!!
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Post by jen on Feb 22, 2006 4:15:57 GMT -5
I swear, this book violates the rule that English teachers use in creative writing: never make the ending "And she/he woke up and it was all a dream!" because it's a cop out ending. It isn't *exactly* "she woke up and it was a dream", it was just "Oh, they were actually actors! How silly of me! Hahaha!". It pretty much makes the mystery a non-mystery.
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Post by macca on Feb 22, 2006 16:44:20 GMT -5
I admit, it's a piss-poor ending. But I guess they figured what could two eleven yr olds really do about jewel thieves? Those BSC mysteries (the few I've read) didn't really seem to be mysteries - think Stacey and the Missing Ring. Finding out that the ring was actually just hidden by the cat doesn't really seem like a big "a-haa!" moment. It's just like, oh okay.
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Post by booboobrewer on Feb 24, 2006 19:35:31 GMT -5
For another lame-o ending, check out Claudia and the Mystery at the Museum...omg, it is boring and probably took Ellen Miles about 10 minutes to write.
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Post by macca on Feb 25, 2006 5:52:59 GMT -5
Ellen Miles was useless. I lost all respect for her after Kristy and the Baby Parade.
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Post by jen on Feb 26, 2006 2:53:31 GMT -5
Mystery at the Museum had a real criminal, though! They caught them. Better than "OMG they were really ACTORS!"
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Post by buffykay70 on Feb 27, 2006 7:29:00 GMT -5
this book was a piece of crap. what a waste of paper and ink! such a stupid plot and premise.
one of the worst mysteries, actually, one of the worst bsc books ever.
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Post by aln1982 on Mar 21, 2006 17:45:29 GMT -5
HUGE waste of time. They were ACTORS?! The rest of the BSC only makes minor appearances which doesn't fair well for Jessi. So boring. The biggest problem I had was this huge freakin' mistake. Chapter 10. Claudia's handwriting. Talks about how Becca is no long upset and "you should've seen what happened when her parents came to pick her up." Well, the chapter is about Mary Anne! Then in Chapter 13 it's Mary Anne's handwriting and she talks about how the Becca problem might be drawing to a close. Well, duh, I already knew that from reading Claudia's entry. Then chapter 13 is about Claudia! They mixed them the F up! Actually, now that I think about it the mix up was probably the most interesting things about this book. I noticed the handwriting too. This book is one of my least favorites. Not much to it and the whole actors thing is so overdone with kids books. I also don't get why they have to make such a big deal about all of these 11 and 13 year olds having "relationships". What would be so terrible about having Jessi and Quint just be friends without any thoughts of kissing and other boyfriend/girlfriend stuff? There are some people who can have platonic relationships when they are 13 (or even older). Why don' t the authors let kids know this is okay and perfectly normal?
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Post by macca on Mar 21, 2006 22:17:39 GMT -5
I much preferred Mallory and Ben. It was stupid that she had to refer to him as her "sort of" boyfriend, but at least they didn't do the whole "romance" thing. So dumb.
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Post by jen on Mar 22, 2006 1:17:53 GMT -5
This was the book where Jessi realises that she's not old enough for a long-distance relationship, and has the Talk with Quint. So I guess she gets bonus points for that!
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Post by macca on Mar 22, 2006 6:34:21 GMT -5
Ah, at least they got rid of that ridiculous Jessi/Quint thing. The first kiss scene in New York, New York was ridiculous - as was Quint's visit to Stoneybrook in Snowbound (Remember? Heaven. I'm in heaven. The dance was wonderful. Quint is wonderful. Life is wonderful)
Very mature eleven yr old, finding his way to a dance school in a town he's never been to before - in the middle of a snowstorm, no less.
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Post by jen on Mar 23, 2006 4:27:56 GMT -5
Yeah, I bet immature Ben Hobart could never have done it.
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