Mystery of the Aztec Warrior (Hardy Boys Mystery Stories)

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Summary: Pure Luck Detectiving!!!
Review: A dead mans will enlists the aid of the Frank and Joe Hardy along with their Detective Father, Fenton to find a person who's only description is 'The Aztec Warrior'. The case takes the boys, along with their best pal, Chet, to Mexico. Among the ruinded temples and ancient pyramids, they find themselves against a group of people who will do 'anything' to get to this Aztec Warrior before they do.

This is the least enjoyable Hardy Boy book I have read so far. Their detective skills in the book relies solely on pure luck and coincidence with not much, if any, detective work being done by the duo. Action sequences are all a let down. A chapter will end with a Bull bearing down at them giving the boys no escape. This will all be resolved in the next chapter within one very small paragraph saying that it suddenly turned down a side street. This is what I call 'A COP OUT!!!". A majority of all the exciting parts of the novel end this way making the novel a very frustrating read. I would recommend this only to Hardy Boy completists out there.

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Summary: Hardy Boys
Review: Are we allowed to curse on here? Probably not - so I shall refrain - but what in the name of crimony were these people thinking when they published this compilation of letters and sentences and stamped the name Hardy Boys Mystery on it????????????? This WAS without a doubt the WORST book in the entire series. My opinion - they got this mixed up with the Bobsey Twins series and put the wrong name on it. Written by Harriett Adams - no surprise! Anyone who has read her works (Namely Nancy Drews volumes 35-56) will understand why this book is as bad as it is. First of all this book deals with genealogy and a descendant of an Aztec Warrior getting an inheritance. Now come on people - think about this.......Everytime I hear this sort of thing I wince. Aztec Warriors lived in what century?? Let us suppose this Aztec Warrior was born in 1700 (And I'm being Conservative) Do you realize how many descendants this person would have? THOUSANDS! Not one. How could anyone legally or logically determine who was the rightful heir of someone who lived so long ago! What a legal battle that would bring. Volume #44 should not be The Haunted Fort. It should have been titled THE HAUNTED LAW OFFICE. Utter ridiculous plot. Furthermore this was the most boring of any Hardy Boys book. The cliff hangers in plain English - [were bad]. Actually WHAT cliff hangers? You mean there were some? I read this book once and that was enough. I do not intend to ever read it again - unless alzheimers kicks in. A one star rating is much to good for this one. There had to be a worst book in the series somewhere and this was it. RATED F Triple Minus Infinity!

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Summary: Less excitin than a Cookbook Or Will There EVER Be a Rainbow
Review: Are we allowed to curse on here? Probably not - so I shall refrain - but what in the name of crimony were these people thinking when they published this compilation of letters and sentences and stamped the name Hardy Boys Mystery on it????????????? This WAS without a doubt the WORST book in the entire series. My opinion - they got this mixed up with the Bobsey Twins series and put the wrong name on it. Written by Harriett Adams - no surprise! Anyone who has read her works (Namely Nancy Drews volumes 35-56) will understand why this book is as bad as it is. First of all this book deals with genealogy and a descendant of an Aztec Warrior getting an inheritance. Now come on people - think about this.......Everytime I hear this sort of thing I wince. Aztec Warriors lived in what century?? Let us suppose this Aztec Warrior was born in 1700 (And I'm being Conservative) Do you realize how many descendants this person would have? THOUSANDS! Not one. How could anyone legally or logically determine who was the rightful heir of someone who lived so long ago! What a legal battle that would bring. Volume #44 should not be The Haunted Fort. It should have been titled THE HAUNTED LAW OFFICE. Utter ridiculous plot. Furthermore this was the most boring of any Hardy Boys book. The cliff hangers in plain English - [were bad]. Actually WHAT cliff hangers? You mean there were some? I read this book once and that was enough. I do not intend to ever read it again - unless alzheimers kicks in. A one star rating is much to good for this one. There had to be a worst book in the series somewhere and this was it. RATED F Triple Minus Infinity!

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Summary: One of the worst
Review: Of the original 58 titles, this one ranks 57th. It was awful. No mystery, no action, and ABSOLUTELY no creativity. Very poor. Some of the books I've read of a dozen times. I read this one once and that was enough!!

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Summary: Hardy Boys
Review: This one is GREAT. My favorite character is Chet because he likes eating and so do I. He helps solve the mystery by saving the Hardy Boys. It has a few pieces of history in it, but it's not real accurate.

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Summary: Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Review: When the will of a deceased man requests that an Aztec Warrior be returned to its rightful owner, Private Detective Fenton Hardy and his sons, eighteen year old Frank and Joe, seventeen are called in. The two boys immediately begin to search for clues: who or what is the Aztec Warrior and where can they find its rightful owner? Their quest for the truth will eventually lead them to the ruined temples of Mexico and, as always, into danger.

�The Mystery of the Aztec Warrior� is not one of the best of the Hardy Boys� books. There is little suspense or plot and I did not feel a great compulsion to keep reading in some parts. The descriptions are good and the characters act as they should but this book lacked originality and did not possess the action and tension of some of the others. Like all the Hardy Boys� mysteries, it was fairly enjoyable although I don�t think I will be re-reading it any time soon. Of all the spinoff and original series, my favourite would have to be the more recent casefiles series, designed to appeal to older readers and dealing with complex issues and serious crimes. The Aztec Warrior, however, I would only recommend to the avid collectors.

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Summary: Below Average
Review: While I wouldn't put this book among the worst in the Hardy Boys series, it's definitely below average in terms of quality and plot. The story (like many Hardys books) starts out as somewhat interesting and then gets bogged down by boring writing and plot. The boys go to Mexico to find the descendant of an Aztec warrior. Very unoriginal. This book started a long downturn in quality in the series. Every book from Aztec through the Arctic Patrol Mystery is mediocre to terrible. Avoid the mid to late 1960's Hardy boys books if you can.