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Title: The Hardy Boys #7: The Secret of the Caves by Franklin W. Dixon, Bill Irwin ISBN: 0-8072-1679-8 Publisher: Listening Library Pub. Date: 22 July, 2003 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 2 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.08 (12 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: The Worst Book Of The First Ten
Comment: This review concerns the original 1929 edition. An elderly lady seeks Fenton Hardy's assistence in locating her twin brother who disappeared shortly after an accident. Meanwhile, Frank, Joe, Chet and Biff travel up the coast to camp at some caves where mysterious things are occuring. This book is easily the worst of books 1-10. The writing (language used, descriptive scenes, etc.) is excellent, like in all of the early originals; however the writing is the only saving grace of this book and the only real reason to read it. The plot is weak and their is no real mystery. There is only one criminal in the book. He is captured on page 139 and the manner in which he is captured was the second most pathetic way that I have seen in all of the Hardy Boys books that I have read; the worst being the criminal in #76 "Game plan For Disaster" that the Hardy's find already tied up on a motel room floor. Unfortunately for Frank and joe they had to tie the guy up this time, but; otherwise, it was somewhat similar. The book contains too many ridiculous coincidences. The Hardys are supposed to be miles from Bayport, yet when they look for a passing motorist to take the criminal to the police station in Bayport, not only is the very first car they stop going to Bayport, the driver is someone the Hardy's know. If that wasn't enough, a similar situation happens later in the book. The reader is left to figure out the explanation of the strange happenings at the caves because it is never explained. This book is worth reading for the writing, but that's about it.
Rating: 2
Summary: What Was The Author Thinking?
Comment: This review concerns the revised 1964 edition. A young girl asks Mr. Hardy, Frank and Joe to find her brother, a young university professor, who recently disappeared. A clue left by the professor leads Frank, Joe, Chet and Biff to the Honeycomb Caves, not far from Bayport, where the boys discover a connection to Mr Hardy's other case involving sabotage at a new radar station in Bayport. I don't know what the author of the revised edition was thinking; he/she took the original edition, that was already not very good, largely rewrote it, stripped away the only really good thing about the original (its rich language and descriptiveness) and made an already dull book even worse. This is a bad book with a boring mystery and not much action. If you're determined to read this title, read the original if you can, neither one is very good, but at least the original was well written.
Rating: 2
Summary: The cave collapsed.
Comment: I think this book is the worst Hardy Boys book ever.This book is so poor I think it wasn't even made by Franklin W. Dixon.I would give it one star but I have to give it some credit.Listen to me and don't get this book.
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Title: Mystery of Cabin Island by Franklin W. Dixon ISBN: 0448089084 Publisher: Price Stern Sloan Pub Pub. Date: September, 1929 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Great Airport Mystery (His Hardy Boys Mystery Stories) by Franklin W. Dixon ISBN: 0448089092 Publisher: Price Stern Sloan Pub Pub. Date: May, 1930 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Shore Road Mystery, (Hardy Boys Mystery Series, Case 6) by Franklin W. Dixon, Walter S. Rogers ISBN: 1557091498 Publisher: Applewood Books Pub. Date: December, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Hardy Boys #5: Hunting for Hidden Gold by Franklin W. Dixon, Bill Irwin ISBN: 0807212482 Publisher: Imagination Studio Pub. Date: 25 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: What Happened at Midnight (Hardy Boys Mystery Stories, 10.) by Franklin W. Dixon, Walter S. Rogers ISBN: 1557092680 Publisher: Applewood Books Pub. Date: April, 2000 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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