Reviews for What Does a Mail Carrier Do?

The average rating for What Does a Mail Carrier Do? based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-06-28 00:00:00 Jeremy Johnson This is one of the "modern" Hardy Boys adventures. The Hardys travel to France where they participate in program to restore an old village while trying to figure out why the group is being threatened, harassed and potentially chased away. The village lies underneath the ruins of an ancient chateau, which is a source of some of the problems, and includes a mystery over a lost treasure, which if rediscovered, could help restore the whole area. The dialog is very modern unlike older Hardy books, and the story line is also plausible and modern: potentially a wealthy development company wants to chase away the non-profit volunteer restoration group. There is also a tie-in to Mr. Hardy's work on a case involving international diamond smuggling. It is a shame this Hardy Boys book is now out of print, because it is well-written and a good adventure that I think children today would continue to enjoy it. Like many of the "Minstrel" paperbacks, the paper is of very poor quality, and even though this book is only 20 years old, the pages of my book were already self-destructing, with t the cheap, acidic paper discoloring the paper and the pages already becoming brittle. If you can find 2 copies, you might want one for a reading copy and one as a collectible but I don't know how these poor quality paperbacks will stand the test of time!! Nonetheless, this is one of the better "modern" Hardy Boys books!

Review # 2 was written on 2009-01-13 00:00:00 JANE BROWN Wasn't too good, wasn't too bad, pretty average. Setting was sort of interesting, characters were all completely undeveloped and bland. The writing in this one seemed worse than usual. And the plot, honestly, made much less sense than usual also. Still had good parts, but eh.