Comments | 1bruce1: #26 Hostage!

kiwiria in 1bruce1

#26 Hostage!

May 13, 2007 14:30

Since sundancekid just did a review of "Kidnapped" I thought it was appropriate to do a review of another mystery SVH.

Sweet Valley High #26, Hostage! or, Girls Who've Read Too Many Whodunnits.

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recapper: kiwiria, sweet valley's finest, sweet valley high, heroically deaf regina, bruce patman

Comments 26

punkyami_chan May 13 2007, 13:49:22 UTC

There sure are a lot of parties in these books. I don't remember attending THAT many parties in high school.

kiwiria May 13 2007, 13:56:27 UTC

LOL! No, neither.

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kishmish May 13 2007, 19:29:06 UTC

It's like, a miracle or something

LOL seriously, it's such a complete 360 that Regina must have a the healing touch of a saint or something. And then when she's gone he reverts doesn't he?

hanfastolfe October 4 2007, 05:24:18 UTC

Totally. That was one thing that bugged me about SVH in the years since I kind of abandoned the series - how Bruce goes right back to being a completely insensitive arse after Regina dies.

versipellis May 13 2007, 18:22:38 UTC

There are far too many criminals/kidnappers/maniacs in these books. Surely statistically it's unlikely Jessica and Elizabeth would meet so many? *resists urge to propose some kind of Sweet-Valley-as-Hellmouth-type theory*

kishmish May 13 2007, 19:27:33 UTC

It IS some kind of Hellmouth! That's the only way to explain those not to mention all the vampires, evil lookalikes, and infinite number of proms and dances they seem to have. Time must be repeating in Sweet Valley!:P

versipellis May 14 2007, 07:09:35 UTC

Of course, IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW :D (it totally never occurred to me to blame the timeline on that too ^^)

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kiwiria May 13 2007, 18:31:56 UTC

Not only that, but instead of just telling them the code straight out, she has them cover their ears and repeats "money is heaven" until they realize it. How likely is that? If I were Jessica, I'd be too taken in by the severity of the situation to play games like that.

... but then, I'm not fictional ;-)

ez_oz May 14 2007, 00:52:05 UTC

Diddly - I never if any of my classmates' parents had siblings or not. Since when does that come up in conversation?

Thanks for the recap, and have a lovely day! :-)

kiwiria May 14 2007, 05:52:09 UTC

It was Bruce who knew that Regina's parents didn't have any siblings. I guess it's more likely for it to come up in conversation with your boyfriend than a classmate.

Thanks - you too :)