DeusExNonSequitur
This is like the third time Frank got killed. He was hit by a plane! The editor must have had to keep removing Frank’s deaths.
14: The Hardy Boys Casefiles #61: Grave Danger Franklin W. Dixon
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The trail to ancient fortunes is a shortcut to danger.
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gellaho
It all worked out in the end
Old Man Brendan
Frank respawns because Joe is an angry god.
DeusExNonSequitur
Thank God the American police are here to arrest these guys for their Mexican crimes.
gellaho
And with this wacky airport crime, we end the book. Joe and Ronnie would never meet again
Old Man Brendan
...Santos was Conrado's son?
gellaho
The End
gellaho
Yeah, I didn't mention that because it kinda came out of nowhere
Old Man Brendan
Eduardo's distress is warranted yet played for laughs. The real fuckin' hero here yet again.
gellaho
I have defeated Grave Danger
That was pretty good
Maybe the most poorly plotted book I've ever read
My favorite part about the Hardy Boys books is how they seem to be apologetic about tension and conflict
They'll raise the stakes and go, "whoops, I'm sorry. Let's just get everything back to being safe and sound right quick"
DeusExNonSequitur
My favorite part is how the crime was already solved before the Hardys showed up.
gellaho
pretty much
I don't think I can express just how weird this book really is
Every couple of paragraphs somebody just reveals something with no real reason
It was not a mystery, like at all
DeusExNonSequitur
To be fair, the originals were geared toward 11- and 12-year-olds. The ‘90s series has more adult themes but definitely has the same feel.
Old Man Brendan
I read one in '92 after inheriting a couple from the '50s of my dad's, and that difference was the first thing kid me noticed.
"Oh, this one blew up the girlfriend, that's...new."
gellaho
In terms of the books I've done, I would recommend this one, it goes by quick too
This is very consistently entertaining
GDC
This book makes a lot more sense if you assume the Hardy Boys are as intellectually developed as a 12 year old.
gellaho
That was a solid one
Photon and Grave Danger were very revitalizing after SD Hunter's destruction of Steele
gellaho
The Book Cage may require the third shelf soon
Old Man Brendan
Have the books begun eating one another in there?
gellaho
Getting close. I gotta separate the Hardy Boys from the Simon Hawke
A Serbian Fox
Man.
I need to paint Steele and send him to you.