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Summary: Everything old is new again
Review: I picked this book up with some trepidation. Nancy has survived many things over the years- the rewrites,the move to Simon & Schuster (who seemed determined to burn her out to make short term money) the DREADFUL college series, the soft core Casefiles-and it's nice to see she's back to being as close to Mildred Wirt Benson's Nancy as one could hope.I have some reservations about the first person narrative. And it is VERY annoying that George is a nickname for "Georgia" when the originals stated that George was named George because her dad wanted a son. Making Bess a gearhead is also stretching things a bit but these are minor irritations. It's nice to see good old reliable Ned back and to have a Nancy who is not perfect. Trixie Belden (thankfully also getting a new lease on life) was always lovable because she was flawed. Some of the vocabulary in the new Drews seems to be lifted from the 50s versions but I would rather see Nancy err on the side of grammar than be forced to hear her use gangsta flavored words. In short, this series was touted as updating Nancy and making her edgy. The edge is a delightful surprise- she's back to how she was when the series was at its peak. No sex, no messy romance, just an icon solving formulaic mysteries in a way that will hopefully delight new generations of readers.
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