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It didn't dissapoint.in fact it has encouraged her to read more. I bought this book for my niece because I remember how much I enjoyed it when I was her age.
When she's there she figures out that she has a double. In the book there are life threatening moments for Nancy.
My favorite part was when there was an earthquake (a fake earthquake). Like when the fake Nancy and her friends put Nancy in a submarine and try to sink her.
This book is about a girl named Nancy. Her double is pretending she's Nancy, but at the same time she's trying to kidnap the real Nancy.
I recommend this book to anyone who likes mysteries and exciting stories.By Allie In this book she goes to the Lilac Inn for her friend's wedding.
A double is someone that looks exactly like you.
It takes me back to my youth and the girls are loving the "old time" stories. The girls and I loved listening to this Nancy Drew.
The ending was surprising. Out of the three other Nancy Drew books I've read this one was the hardest to figure out. Good ending.Thank you for you time,feel free to comment thisreview,Loran I never really thought that person was the culprit. The books are well written and good for light reading. This book was suspenseful in the sense that I had a hard time trying to figure out who the culprit was.
They are also good "comfort reading" for grown-ups who recall their childhood reading fondly. In the 1950s and 1960s the earlier novels were re-written to reflect this change in character.Every book in the Nancy Drew series repeats certain basic elements, but even so THE MYSTERY AT LILAC INN is something of an exotic. But this is only the start; before the story ends Nancy and her friends will cope with auto theft, blackmail, impersonation, and two attempted murders.As is always the case with the original series, the book is very much of its era: there are no cell phones, computers, or similar modern gadgets and although she is allowed to loose her temper a few times in this title Nancy remains the "perfect good girl" according to the standards of the day. And not only is LILAC INN surprisingly violent for a Nancy Drew mystery, it also permits the normally unflappable herione to show her temper more than once.This particular story finds Nancy invited to act as a bridesmaid for friend Emily, who--along with her future husband--has bought Lilac Inn, a resort hotel they hope to update and operate once married.
Originally written by Mildred Wirt Benson from outlines by Edward Stratemeyer, the Nancy Drew series was first published in 1930s. THE MYSTERY AT LILAC INN is certainly one of the better efforts, and both old fans and young newcomers will enjoy it. Even so, the unusual nature of this particular book lends a bit more spice to the proceedings than usual, the result is particularly enjoyable.The Nancy Drew books are not great literature by any stretch of the imagination--they are too distinctly formula for that--but they are competently written, literate, and never talk down to their target audience. THE MYSTERY AT LILAC INN was the fourth book in the series, and it and those that followed presented its heroine as a rich, headstrong, and distinctly reckless teenager who sometimes carried a pistol and who wasn't above breaking the law when it suited her purposes.
Accompanied by friend Helen Corning, Nancy visits Emily at the Inn, only to discover the property is beset by a host of mysterious happenings: employees have resigned, "ghosts" are stalking the grounds, and in short order Emily's inheritance of valuble diamonds are stolen. GFT, Amazon Reviewer As the series progressed and other writers began to generate Nancy Drew novels, the character changed and Nancy was "toned down;" instead of flatly rich, she became reasonably affluent; recklessness was replaced by commonsense caution; and while she might be willing to bend the law a bit she would never knowingly break it. The original 1930 book concerned a jewel theft; the 1961 re-write kept the idea of a jewel theft but threw out the rest of the plot and very unexpectedly involved Nancy with everything from identity theft to espionage.
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