Deflection Book

Actual rating: 2.5 stars



The Boxcar Children has been one of my favorite series since childhood. I stopped reading it many years ago because I could never find the next books in the series and my OCD brain wouldn't allow myself to simply skip one book and move on to the next one. Thanks to the rise of e-books, I finally was able to get back into reading the series and found that I still loved the characters and the different scenarios they found themselves in. However, this book just didn't do it for me. Many of the siblings that I love weren't featured nearly enough as Benny. I also found myself wondering where Watch the dog was for the entire book. Was he on vacation? They mentioned him at the beginning but where was he? Moreover, the mystery this time was fairly predictable and boring. I still enjoyed reading this book but I just think it could have been more interesting and believable at times.