Sep 07, Bryan rated it liked it Shelves: An enjoyable book for young boys - most modern readers will find some of the dialogue a bit corny. The Cadwill Quill character could have been quite cool, but the book barely used him. Main drawback of the book - the resolution takes place in about 4. I'd like to read the original, lo An enjoyable book for young boys - most modern readers will find some of the dialogue a bit corny.
I'd like to read the original, longer version, as this version is the shorter, revised one, and perhaps that's the main reason it seems chopped off at the end.
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Worth a buck at a yard sale if you've know a younger boy who might want to read this. Aug 03, Jerry rated it really liked it. A Quickie Review If you've followed the series up to this point--or even if you haven't--you know what to expect from this series, and that's just what you'll get. More mystery, more suspense, more old-school fun; what's not to like? Mar 01, Dan Kelly added it. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here.
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The Hardy Boys delve into William S. Burroughs' "cut-up" technique…the only possible explanation for this choppy, dream-logic seventh installment of the , volume series. Unlike most Hardy Boys series antagonists, the bad guys are surprisingly competent, and achieve their primary goal of knocking over the radar tower within the first few chapters, without tipping their hands as the villains by wearing black hats, mustaches, or acting "gay" though the boys do foil a somewhat queeny college professor without addressing their own excessive neatness, fondness for sweaters, arms-length relationships with their supposed girlfriends, and ongoing obsession with stripping down with their buddies whenever they encounter a body of water.
I swear to God I am not making that part up. Meanwhile, endomorphic pal Chet prepares for a lonely retirement by buying a metal detector, and asks the Hardys and friend Biff Loman to join him in a search for pirate doubloons, engagement rings, or whateverthehell he's looking for down at Honeycomb Caves near Rockaway Beach the town of Bayport provides all manner of geological anomalies to climb, fall into, and almost die in.
And almost die they do indeed. Dixon—who vamp-hypnotized real-life writer Leslie McFarlane into writing his books for him—seemed intent on near-killing the living crap out of Frank, Joe, Chet, Biff, Tony, and any other friends still fool enough to hang out with the two danger-magnets. The boys even manage to involve their beards, Iola and… Flopsy?
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It's a plan so dumbfoundingly purposeless and obvious, it not only immediately comes to naught, it allows the French commernists already tipped off that two idiot teenage boys are investigating their criminal organization to stick a bomb into Chet's metal detector, blowing the Hardy Boys' wheels all to hell. Joe and Frank may have a death wish, and their parents remain remarkably cool about involving them in investigations of weapons dealers, smugglers, and the Mob, but there's no need to blow hilariously chunky Chet into stringy nuggets.
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At least he gets some female attention from potential Girlfriend 3, because girls always make excellent nurses. Surprisingly, the suggestion of swimming in one's skivvies is addressed but once. The Hardy Boys approach new levels of brain damaged behavior as they befriend the Captain, who is plainly a person to be trusted with his labyrinthine meanderings about serving in the Royal Navy and his trusty shotgun. Joe and Frank try to investigate Captain Kook's cave and rifle through his possessions not once but twice, leading to them being near-blasted to kingdom come.
Likewise, loving life no more, the Hardys and their friends repeatedly enter Honeycomb Caves, despite the threat of gun play, terrorists, food-stealing tramps, and hidden holes to hell, one of which Joe falls into, concussing himself unto unconsciousness it's all right, they find him hours later and he walks it off. Biff, their two-fisted fighting buddy also gets his ass handed to him in the parking lot, again knocked unconscious just a tad shortly before the previously mentioned bomb goes boom.
I'm reminded of the Far Side cartoon with the bear holding up two skulls, making them talk like puppets for the enjoyment of her cubs: Oh, and they find Morton Todd, whom I forgot to mention, since he and his weepy sister are more plot devices than characters. The book ends with the hysterical revelation that Aunt Gertrude—despite her frigidity, virginity, and status as the only person in the Hardy household to recognize that the brothers will probably be dead before they reach drinking age—managed to fix the spinning wheel. At this moment, Hardy dad Fenton says to his wife, "Well, Laura.
Looks like its time for our William Tell act. No, not really, but it would have made just as much sense in this mess. Jul 22, Jason rated it really liked it.
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This one seemed a little off-the author seemed to be phoning it in in parts. Still an enjoyable romp through the small towns on the Atlantic with the Hardy Boys and their group of friends as they piece together the common thread between a new radar station, a hermit, a french restaurant and an antique spinning wheel! May 27, Emma Grace rated it liked it. It was exciting and I enjoyed listening to it with my siblings, but it's not exactly my favorite type of book.
Dec 02, Samantha rated it really liked it Shelves: I liked the setting of this one for sure, although the ending is what left me rather empty as a reader. It was abrupt and too short, and we barely got to speak to the one person we needed to the most I disliked the lack of dialogue between the Hardys and the criminals as well. Apr 29, Jeremiah rated it it was amazing Shelves: Entry 1- The Hardys and Chet ar the protagonists and main characters. Commander Wilson, the people working at Palias Paris, and the foreign spy ring are antagonists.
Entry 2- The theme is people are not as they may seem to be. The point is third-person. The setting is mainly at the Cobblewave Coves in Rockaway. Entry 3- When Morgan Todd goes on the case. It leads the to Rockaway and the Palias Paris. They uncover the plot of a anti-American country infilrating the U.
Mar 10, Grace rated it really liked it. Cute mystery, and I can see why the Hardy boys were so popular. I loved the old slang. It may have been a little too cute, but I pretty much figured that would be the case. Sep 29, Elliot rated it it was amazing. The older editions are unabridged and thus longer. I read the first six Hardy Boys volumes in the new editions, and none of them used certain vocabulary that I found in this book, which is No.
And now, on to my spoiler-free review Still, this is fun, clean, family-friendly entertainment. Apr 30, Matthew rated it really liked it. But there pal Chet Morton with his new metal detector and buddy biff Hooper turn up a clue that sends the young detectives on an exciting search in another directon" this book is another in the hardy boys series of books and it starts out with the boys meeting a person named Mary comes and tells them of her missi " Triggered by the disappearancce of a brillant young professor this mystery takes the hardy boys first to Kenworthy college , where they find a puzzling message on a examination paper.
But there pal Chet Morton with his new metal detector and buddy biff Hooper turn up a clue that sends the young detectives on an exciting search in another directon" this book is another in the hardy boys series of books and it starts out with the boys meeting a person named Mary comes and tells them of her missing brother and they go to find him. Feb 09, Rex Libris rated it really liked it.
A professor is missing from a local college and the Hardy brothers have to find. Meanwhile their dad is trying to find foreign spies sabotaging a U. S Army radar facility. I bet the two are related! The Hardy heads escape unscathed. Unfortunately that cannot be said for Biff Hooper. He gets a twofer in this book. Once is self inflicted when he falls in a hole in a cave, but the second time he is cold-coked by one of the baddies. Poor Chet gets in on the action when his metal detector is booby trap A professor is missing from a local college and the Hardy brothers have to find.
Poor Chet gets in on the action when his metal detector is booby trapped and blows up in the car. For once, common sense takes over, and after is rendered unconscious, they take him to the hospital. Alas this veritable bloodbath visited upon the Hardy chums does not count toward the count. We are only counting Frank and Joe. The KO count as it stands up to and including book 7: Aug 04, Jane Irish Nelson rated it liked it Shelves: I read the original edition; the story may have been changed later. After solving The Shore Road Mystery , the Hardy boys and their friends are at loose ends — but that won't last for long!
First they rescue a woman who just happens to be on her way to see their father about her missing brother, a college professor. While Fenton Hardy undertakes his search, the boys, along with Chet and Biff, decide to go down the coast to explore some caves there. In the process they have a number of adventu I read the original edition; the story may have been changed later.
In the process they have a number of adventures, including multiple rescues from near-death. Very exciting, but this books seems to be more of an adventure, rather than a straight mystery. This wasn't my favourite mystery of the Hardy Boys. I felt at the beginning that the story was forced in a bit too many directions.
It was pitchy as if he was just going through puberty though I thought age-wise he would have been done that by now. I had a hard time lis This wasn't my favourite mystery of the Hardy Boys. I had a hard time listening to his dialogue and was glad when any other character began speaking. Mar 28, Elaine rated it liked it Shelves: I was still in elementary school, but I remember thinking I was reading more grown up books because these were long more than 20 pages, lol and there was more than one book you could read with the same main characters!
The innocence of these mysteries and recalling my own innocence just makes me happy. All parents should give their kids Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew when they're young - only good things can come of it. Frank and Joe Hardy are at it again! Friends Chet and Biff want to go camping at some caves and test out Chet's new metal detector, but the guys get called into a couple of cases their dad is working on. The cases as well as the camping trip all seem to have something in common though! Another fun adventure for the Hardy Boys!
May 08, Peter rated it liked it Shelves: A college fraternity tries hazing the Hardys, a shifty leftist professor may know something about a vanished colleague, and we are off to Rockaway and the mysterious caves! Some Frenchies in a fake antique store and restaurant, a crazy British mariner, and possibly a Russian sub! Tuttle warns them to keep away from Honeycomb Caves because people have seen strange lights and heard shooting coming from the caves.
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Instead of leaving, the boys decide to camp at Honeycomb Caves with their friends Chet and Biff. At the caves they meet a strange hermit who invites them for breakfast, then chases them off and even shoots at Frank. Their adventure continues with Callie Shaw , Iola Morton and Mary Todd trying to get jobs at the Palis Paris , Biff getting knocked out while waiting in the parking lot, Chet's metal detector suddenly exploding and the Hardy boys' boathouse catching on fire.
The story concludes with the Hardy boys finding a submarine delivering supplies to the hermit in the caves. They explore the cave and learn that the caves have an underground passage to Palis Paris where a device was being built to interfere with the new Coastal Radar Station. The Hardy boys trap the criminals, including Cadmus Quill, in the cave while the State Police enter from the other end and arrest them all. The Navy is alerted and intercepts the submarine to find Morgan Todd being held hostage.
The revised edition was used for an episode of the Hardy Boys animated series and a View Master version also exists. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The Secret of the Caves Original edition. Secrets from the Syndicate Files Revealed [1]. Children and Young Adult Literature portal Novels portal. Dead on Target Evil, Inc. Edward Stratemeyer Franklin W.