tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157530669780468545.post8986756536487745566..comments2024-03-21T21:37:03.772-05:00Comments on Series Books for Girls: Nancy Drew #6 The Secret of Red Gate FarmJennifer Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10405593758228423001noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157530669780468545.post-6331310108094507942013-01-20T13:40:47.525-06:002013-01-20T13:40:47.525-06:00I must amend my last comment - after I thought abo...I must amend my last comment - after I thought about what I wrote, I realized that the criminals would not have returned to the gas station to pass the bill. Nancy definitely paid with the counterfeit money that she received from her father.<br /><br />This is not a plot hole as I had originally thought. It makes sense that Nancy was the only one that paid with $20 and is therefore accused of passing bad money. The criminals are innocent in this case.<br /><br />However, I'm puzzled about why the criminals would pay with real money at the gas station? They would not have any knowledge of Nancy possessing a counterfeit bill and using it at the gas station? Why would anyone make counterfeit money and not use it in places where they are unknown?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14624544298432376315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157530669780468545.post-42891774014614556202013-01-19T16:00:36.876-06:002013-01-19T16:00:36.876-06:00I agree that both versions of this book are very g...I agree that both versions of this book are very good and I liked them. I didn't notice that the criminals paid for their gas with a $10 bill in the revised book, which Nancy paid her charges with $20. At this point, the criminals could not have passed this bill. Did they return to the gas station later (before the owners made a bank deposit) to pay charges with $20? Not likely. Also, the waitress declares that Nancy's bill was the only $20 bill they took in that day (page 111).<br /><br />This is obviously a plot hole in the revised text. :-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14624544298432376315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157530669780468545.post-10154057054412039582012-01-26T07:37:06.178-06:002012-01-26T07:37:06.178-06:00This has always been one of my favorites. I think...This has always been one of my favorites. I think the quality of the original really shines when the revised editions are essentially condensed versions.<br /><br />I think the reason this one is so particularly good is that while it has the "spook" factor, much like Shadow Ranch and Lilac Inn, the truth of who's behind it is truly scary. There were so many victims of the bad guys in this one rather than the usual one person or family Nancy had the extraordinary fortune to bump into.Idylatoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13842500139108672967noreply@blogger.com