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What Happened at Midnight? (Hardy Boys, Book 10) Reviews
The Hardy Boys Books : What Happened at Midnight? (Hardy Boys, Book 10) Reviews
| 7 of 7 people found the following review helpful  An Awesome Book, By A Customer This review is from: What Happened at Midnight (Hardy Boys, Book 10) (Hardcover) This is the best Hardy Boys book. The excitement never ends. If I could only own one this would be it. They get to do all kinds of cool stuff, meet neat people and even jump out of a crashing plane. And the end eludes to technology available today. 6 of 6 people found the following review helpful  Return to the Caves!, By This review is from: What Happened at Midnight (Hardy Boys, Book 10) (Hardcover) The Hardy Boys find themselves in an unusual situation. Their father asked them to break into someone's home to retrieve a mysterious package. The boys find a way into the house, but almost as quickly as they have entered the house they see car headlights. Soon another set of thieves enter the house. After a tussle with the thieves the Hardy Boys are able to locate the mysterious package in a secret hiding place.Soon the Hardy Boys are in the midst of one of their most dangerous cases. One of the boys is kidnapped. The boys tail a criminal to New York City and are nearly run down in a subway. Later the boys are in a plane that develops serious engine trouble, threatening the boys with death! Even with all the danger the boys face, there is yet more to come when the boys learn what is in the mysterious package and why the crooks want the package. The author seems to be hooked on caves. The caves that appeared in "The Shore Road Mystery" appear... Read more 13 of 16 people found the following review helpful This review is for the original text version by Applewood., By HardyBoys.us (Long Island USA) - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: What Happened at Midnight (Hardy Boys, Book 10) (Hardcover) This is a good story but, it's got some things that annoy me.For one thing, Leslie McFarlane seems to be pandering to his audience here. The "innocent horseplay" that is so glibly dismissed as youthful hijinks in the first two chapters is only slightly short of criminal behavior and certainly is not what we expect of our heroes or their chums. And how about that party at Chet's for 15 to 17 year olds that goes on until 2 AM, complete with orchestra and in the middle of the greatest economic depression in the country's history? For another thing, Aunt Gertrude is at her obnoxious, overbearing worst in this story. For whatever other faults the villian Chris may have had, one can only admire his audacity for standing up to the old hag. Just once I'd like to see perennial jellyfish Laura Hardy get enough gumption to stand up to Gertie and say something along the lines of "Gertrude, you old battle axe, this is my house and these are my boys, so kindly shut up and mind your... Read more |
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