tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157530669780468545.post44033958817911541..comments2024-03-21T21:37:03.772-05:00Comments on Series Books for Girls: Hardy Boys Undercover Brothers #1 Extreme Danger, #2 Running on Fumes, and #3 Boardwalk BustJennifer Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10405593758228423001noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157530669780468545.post-38040607114838408032016-08-08T15:21:40.667-05:002016-08-08T15:21:40.667-05:00Agreed. I read the first trilogy - Murder House. I...Agreed. I read the first trilogy - Murder House. It was physically painful to continue reading, the books were that bad. It was a flimsy plot spread out over THREE books! the same things happened over and over, never advancing the plot. I was amazed that someone "wrote" these books, then shocked that someone "edited" these books, then floored that they were published!CvilleTedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17833165348884891833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157530669780468545.post-45730899990898600202016-08-08T14:59:44.699-05:002016-08-08T14:59:44.699-05:00The authors are a real problem, and some of them a...The authors are a real problem, and some of them are quite bad. Later in the series, I will comment on one of the trilogies that I kept thinking of the author as a "hack writer" the entire time. The writing is <i>awful</i> in some of the books and trilogies.<br /><br />Better stories and better presentation is all they needed.Jennifer Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10405593758228423001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157530669780468545.post-80950935171972065022016-08-08T14:31:29.404-05:002016-08-08T14:31:29.404-05:00Glad you are reviewing this series. I didn't a...Glad you are reviewing this series. I didn't agree with replacing the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys digest series at the time, the excuse being that sales dipped. I think if they just wrote better mysteries and updated the look of the books it would have helped. As you point out, sabotage plots over and over are not good. The change to the first person was jarring, and differentiating between Frank and Joe became a problem. They "sounded" the same from chapter to chapter. A good author could have really made them distinct, especially how they view the same situation and clues.CvilleTedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17833165348884891833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157530669780468545.post-18714327136693630852016-08-07T17:47:53.600-05:002016-08-07T17:47:53.600-05:00This post was written in June. When I write these...This post was written in June. When I write these reviews, they express how I feel immediately after finishing the books. If I were to go back and read the books again, my feelings would change. I did enjoy these books, but the way I feel about the later books would negatively influence me if I were to read these early books again. A few aspects of the series wore on me as I read through the set.<br /><br />Each book begins with the wrap-up of a previous case. I tolerated those scenes in these early books, but by halfway through the series, I found them intolerable. I also found the method with which the boys receive their cases to be obnoxious, and I skimmed those scenes in later books.Jennifer Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10405593758228423001noreply@blogger.com