It's sometimes difficult to rate Nancy Drew books as an adult

I absolutely loved Nancy Drew growing up. This was a series I latched on to for dear life and never let go. Anytime my mom and I would go to antique stores, we'd peruse the Nancy Drews and add them to the collection (oftentimes my mom had to make deals with me on how many I could buy). So, while I don't remember the exact details of each and every one, the entire series was amazing and really fed my love for reading (especially novels full of suspense and mystery). Thank you, Carolyn Keene, for giving us an intelligent female character to fall in love with in Nancy Drew! ( )

Not as entertaining as some of the earlier written ones, but none the less still Nancy Drew. ( )

I've no specific memories of reading this one as a child, but bits of it felt familiar--perhaps only because as a Nancy Drew book it can't help but be formulaic. I picked it up for the Scottishness of it, and the little pieces of information about Glasgow, Edinburgh, the Highlands, bagpiping, and kilt-wearing were probably the most fun for me. While I enjoyed Nancy Drews as a sprout, I find them harder to enjoy as an adult than many other books I read at about the same age, and this one is no exception. It's not a bad representation of the series (though the mystery is perhaps a tad less meaty than in some other installments), but overall I enjoyed it most for the nostalgia it stirred about reading these books as a kid. ( )

Probably my favorite one, Nancy travels to Scotland and I think catches some sheep thieves. ( )