( 7 reviews )
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Posted: May 20 2009
My daughter said this is a good book. She is 10. Of course she likes all Nancy Drew books. She said give it a 4 or 5.
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Posted: Mar 2 2009
This was one of the better Nancy Drew stories. It had a great deal of mystery and suspense without being to creepy. I really enjoyed reading about the different talents that Nancy had, and how she used them to help and a daughter and her mother be reunited. I loved seeing how Nancy took all the different clues and linked them together until she was able to figure out the end of the mystery.
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( 4 of 6 found this review helpful ) Posted: Apr 12 2003
This review concerns the original 1953 edition as well as the revised 1974 edition. Both books tell a similar story. Nancy is given a horse charm bracelet as a gift; however, one of the charms is missing. There is also a story connected with the bracelet that says that it was presented to a circus performer by a queen who loved horses. The circus performer later had to reluctantly sell the bracelet, but refused to give her true identity and she is in desperate need of help. Later, Nancy goes to the circus and meets a young girl, Lolita, who has a horse charm similar to the ones on Nancy's bracelet. The girl's parents were trapeze artists, but died many years before and she is now being raised by the cruel ringmaster of the circus and his wife. Many people in the circus believe that Lolita's mother may actually still be alive. Nancy is determined to find the truth and hopefully free Lolita from her cruel guardians. Most of this book is pretty good, the mystery is rather interesting and there is quite a bit of action. However, the ending of the book is not good. Everything happens much to quickly, there is little action and it takes all of one sentence for the criminals to be captured. For the most part this is a good book, it just has a bad ending.
