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SVT#11: Buried Treasure

Apr 18, 2008 13:25

Ellen Riteman is a major feature of this book, but sadly, she doesn't have the ditzy personality of later books. She's almost... normal.

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sweet valley twins, olivia davidson, ellen riteman, amy sutton, major continuity errors, recapper: loubeelou, class elections

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redacted April 18 2008, 03:57:37 UTC

Don't Despair with Peter is the saddest slogan ever. It's conjuring images of the Great Depression.

dirtywingsgirl April 18 2008, 04:54:46 UTC

Agreed! In SV Twins world, do you think they thought "despair" rhymed with "Peter"? Cos it really doesn't, unless you pronounce "Peter" with a bad French accent.

redacted April 18 2008, 08:18:32 UTC

If he was French, he could be named Pierre, and that would actually rhyme with "despair"! :D

loubeelou May 19 2008, 22:25:22 UTC

Ne despair pas avec Pierre!

(I have no idea what the French word is for despair, but I'll wager it doesn't rhyme with this anyway) :)

dirtywingsgirl April 18 2008, 04:53:34 UTC

=D When Mr Sweeney tries to intercept it, Ellen stuffs it under her sweater. That wouldn't stop Mr Collins!
Hahaha!

The weird thing is, the president job goes to Olivia Davidson, yet 3 books from now, someone called Linda Lloyd is president, and she's moving! CONTINUITY ERROR!
Not if you consider that maybe a year and another election passed in those three books. I mean, in Sweet Valley High they went from Christmas in book #100 to another Christmas again in book #112, so maybe it's not such a stretch, ya know? Gawd, what is wrong with us all? We should be reading Dostoyevsky or something.
And by that I mean, Sweet Valley rocks.

llew30 April 18 2008, 05:23:27 UTC

We should be reading Dostoyevsky or something.
Yes! I can easily picture Elizabeth totally losing it and going on a mad "Raskolnikov" ax murdering spree. Oh the horror! Eat your heart out Margo.
Great recap!

loubeelou April 18 2008, 05:45:51 UTC

I don't think a whole year passed in those books. Remember, this is early Sweet Valley, where the time warp was not as... warped yet. :)

dirtywingsgirl April 18 2008, 06:02:07 UTC

I washt sarcasming. :)

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anonymous April 18 2008, 09:56:09 UTC

This is one of the books I actually remember a fair bit of, even after all those years. Ellen was a weird one, the ghostwriters never seemed to be able to decide exactly how to depict her. Fab snark, and the Conchords reference made my day :D

loubeelou April 19 2008, 02:12:21 UTC

I loooove the Conchords. Bret really really does have it going on! :)

katranna April 18 2008, 10:41:15 UTC

Wow. Ellen looks like a mini Dita von Teese! That's the prettiest girl the cover artist has drawn, I think.

paperlibrarian April 18 2008, 10:42:16 UTC

Hey Ellen, 1956 wants its hair back.