( 6 reviews )
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Posted: Jun 1 2009
this book is heart beating it's so cool in one part Nancy's friend bess is standing right next to a ghost. This book is my 5th favorite book.
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Posted: Feb 1 2008
I loved this book. Let's start with the art on the cover. Absolutely beautiful. Between the art and the description of the window, I really wanted to see it in person. There are many mysteries in this book to be solved, and Nancy does an excellent job as usual. It was a page turner and I really enjoyed the background information about peacocks as well as the making of a stained glass window. I'm still new to the series, and I'm reading the books that have been revised. I still love them and I love the unique writing and the way Nancy is able to always get to the bottom of things.
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( 6 of 7 found this review helpful ) Posted: May 15 2003
This review concerns the original 1956 edition as well as the revised 1975 edition, which is a shorter version of the original. Nancy reads a magazine article about an Englishman who is offering a reward for a centuries old stained-glass window believed to have been brought to the U.S. many years ago, but it has since vanished. Believing that the window could be located around Charlottesville, Va, near Richmond, Nancy, Bess and George set off to stay with Nancy's cousin who lives in the area. While there, an actress and her daughter beg Nancy to solve the mystery concerning the mysterious noises that they hear in their new home, Ivy Hall. How Nancy locates the hidden window and discovers the truth behind the ghost of Ivy Hall is a rather interesting story. Personally, I feel that this is the last of the really great books of the series. From #35 on, the books are typically nothing more than horribly-written, boring mysteries that (if Nancy goes to an actual place) read more like tour guides than anything else. The exceptions to this are few and far between. Thankfully, this book is nothing like that. The mystery is interesting, there is plenty of action and the book is fairly well-written. The book also manages to keep you wondering just who is friend and who is foe. I enjoyed reading this book and I would be surprised if other people who read this book couldn't say the same.
