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Post by aln1982 on Mar 21, 2007 7:39:19 GMT -5
I didn't care for this one very much and found it a bit pointless. know there was supposed to be a connection between the teacher's strike and pranks but I found the relationship very weak. Also, I'm not a big Cary fan anyway and never really like the books that he is in. He just seems so weird and kind of creepy. I couldn't figure out either if the clues war (which I found extremely pointless) was supposed to be related to the sabotage. I did like the scavenger subplot okay but it wasn't one of my favorites. In all, I think this was one of my least favorite mysteries.
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Post by wanderingfrog on Mar 27, 2007 10:58:04 GMT -5
I don't remember this one very well, so I guess it didn't make much of an impression on me. And it's not like I read it when it was first published; I read it less than two years ago and still can't really remember it.
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Post by booboobrewer on Mar 30, 2007 0:12:21 GMT -5
I was just very "I don't care" the whole way through. I do like Kristy/Cary and thought their clue war was a tad fun, but it was something in the way it was executed that didn't make it very interesting to read. I dunno how any of of them could have possibly figured out that first clue so quickly (or maybe I'm just slow). "Get Your Mother (Understands)." ? Turns out the next clue is under the bleachers in the gym -- first letters G,Y,M, and "under the stands". Um, whatever. The teachers' strike was boring, colorblind Troy Parker was boring, I don't really remember the scavenger hunt, but that's a little better than holding their one millionth carnival or something. Now I feel like going back and reading the subplot to see if I remember liking it.
Although, Cary somehow taking off Kristy's watch w/o her noticing? Nice touch. I like Cary, though I know not many people do. I like when Kristy's all "What's your problem, do you have a twitch?" to his constant eye-brow raising. He looks like a bit of a slob on the cover, though. And I always remember that this book has no blurb on its front cover.
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Post by wanderingfrog on Mar 30, 2007 18:26:49 GMT -5
I like Cary, too. I never noticed that this book didn't have a blurb on the cover. Weird.
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Post by bscfan81 on May 31, 2007 14:24:49 GMT -5
Wow, I never noticed that either. That IS odd. And yeah, I kinda like Cary, too. He's a tough one to figure out, and that, to me, is what makes him interesting.
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Post by aln1982 on Aug 31, 2007 16:46:53 GMT -5
Bumping this thread for lark. I haven't reread for a while. What was the subplot in this one? I remember not liking it much - plot or subplot.
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Post by greer on Sept 1, 2007 20:03:29 GMT -5
It is hard to distinguish between plot and subplot in this one because there isn't a sitting part. maybe that's why i've always liked this one.
The first part is Cary and Kristy's mystery war. The second is that someone is being a copycat mischief knight, only doing way more destructive things than the real one.
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Post by aln1982 on Sept 1, 2007 23:16:21 GMT -5
^ Thanks. I didn't remember there being a actual subplot about charges or anything. You're right about the plots being hard to distinguish, from what I remember. The whole "mystery war" thing always seemed a bit strange to me. I think that's why this is one of my least favorites (along with having too much of Cary in it ;D)
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Post by alula on Sept 2, 2007 21:53:39 GMT -5
Hmm. I think the kids do a scavenger hunt of their own as the subplot in this one? Wih different themes?
This isn't in my top ten or anything, but I kind of liked it, probably just because in our "gifted" classes, they used to give us puzzles like Cary's clues all the time, so I'm really good at them. It is a totally useless skill--I mean, it probably was meant to translate into some kind of lateral/critical thinking or something, but you know, being smrtr than the babysitters at age 26 makes me feel cool. ;D I'm also still really good at those logic puzzles you fill out on a grid--you know "the person who owns the cat does not live on Elm Street" and I'm insane about crossword puzzles, so obviously the elementary school system served me well.
Also, I think Mary Anne looks adorable on the cover, although Cary looks like a total slob, which is totally not how I picture him. If anything, I see him as one of those guys who would be almost jaunty--like the boys who would randomly wear a fedora to school or something like that, just to be different. But then, I hated and still hate the sloppy loose clothes look (with the exceptions of PJs, the gym, being pregnant, etc). I don't say this often, but I totally related to Cher Horowitz in Clueless when she complained about how gross high school boys were.
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Post by msstock87 on Sept 4, 2007 20:27:35 GMT -5
This wasn't one of my favorite mysteries but it wasn't horrible. I liked the whole clue war more than the actual mystery. I actually thought the scavenger hunt with the kids was cute too in this one. I guess I liked the subplots in this book more than anything else.
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Post by aln1982 on Sept 4, 2007 23:17:45 GMT -5
^ I remember the scavenger hunts now as being pretty cute. I liked some of the creative things that the kids found, even though I can't remember specifics right now.
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Post by wanderingfrog on Sept 5, 2007 22:24:07 GMT -5
I'm also still really good at those logic puzzles you fill out on a grid--you know "the person who owns the cat does not live on Elm Street" and I'm insane about crossword puzzles, so obviously the elementary school system served me well. I did about a billion of those grid puzzles in elementary school gifted class, too. I wonder why they thought they'd be so good for us.
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Post by bscfan24 on Feb 24, 2008 14:39:41 GMT -5
I was just rereading this one earlier and was like 'since when did Logan have brown hair?' I'd settle for dirty blonde hair, but brown??
Sorry....that was kind of random....but it sticks out to me.
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Post by maryanne13 on Feb 24, 2008 15:00:54 GMT -5
i always knew Logan to have dirty-blond hair!!
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Post by booboobrewer on Feb 24, 2008 17:19:53 GMT -5
He's usually described with having "blondish-brown" hair. I guess they thought they would just say brown, kind of like how Mallory's "reddish-brown" hair just became red.
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