Reviews for The Castle Mystery (The Boxcar Children Mysteries #36)

The average rating for The Castle Mystery (The Boxcar Children Mysteries #36) based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-06-19 00:00:00 Dawn Kerber The four Alten kid and their grandfather are going to help an old friend of his, who has landed a gig restoring historic Drummond Castle. The kids are excited to help with the cleaning and repairs, though more excited to be visiting a real castle with a real cave in the cliff underneath it. The people already in the castle, though, except for their grandfather's friend, pretty much give the kids the cold shoulder and try to get rid of them as much as possible. There are rumors that a valuable Stradivarius has gone missing, so the kids determine to find it. Two guesses as to whether they do, and the first guess doesn't count. I adored the first book in this series when I was a kid, but had never read any of the mysteries that followed so I thought I'd give one a try. I don't know if I would have enjoyed it as a kid--probably, considering I adored the Famous Five series--but it didn't do much for me now. The characters they met at the castle might as well have been named Suspect #1, Suspect #2, and Suspect #3, and everything here was about a subtle as a train wreck. Plus I listened to it as an audiobook, and while the added sound effects were an interesting touch (not really necessary), why in the name of all that's literary did the narrator give the 6 year old boy the voice of GILBERT GOTTFRIED. I am seriously not kidding. He sounded like a total cartoony joke and it ruined any interest I might have in the character. So, not a winner.

Review # 2 was written on 2010-07-26 00:00:00 Thomas Sage The Boxcar Children are at it again!!! There grandfather is taking them to and old castle were one of his friends works. As the Boxcar Children wind up the mountain to the castle, they see that one of the castles towers lights are on, but when they get there they find out that the tower that they saw the light in is of limits. Then they found out that when the owner of the castle died, his violin went missing. But with the Boxcar Children they'll surely find the violin...... right?