The Clue of the Hissing Serpent (Hardy Boys Mystery Stories)

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Summary: Hard To Get Into
Review: A wealthy balloonist enlists Frank and Joe's help to protect him and a valuable life-size chess piece, the Ruby King, with which he has been entrusted. I didn't find this book very good; it was very hard to get into this book, the reader doesn't learn much about the mystery in the first few chapters. The mystery is not very interesting, there is little action and many of the chapter endings aren't exciting enough to make you want to read more. In my opinion, this is one of the five worst books of the series.

Rating:
Summary: a pretty good book
Review: I thought that this was a pretty good book because there are lots of actions and good scenes in there. Once I started to read the book, I couldn't put it down until I was finished with it. So I highly reccomend you to read it.

Rating:
Summary: Drab
Review: This is certainly one of the worst books in the series not to be outdone by a few others. The book is packed with an adequate amount of action - yet it was still rather difficult to remain interested. The brothers are hardly in Bayport, the writing is weak, and the is little to no mystery whatsoever. The theme is ballooning and naturally it is Chet's hobby. ... The brothers had a lot of interaction with the criminals which was good, and I rank this a strong one star, but not deserving of a 2. RATED D.