Mystery #7 - Dawn and the Disappearing Dogs (Part 1)

[coconutberry]

Chapters 6-10
Chapters 11-15

Hello, all! I'm new here! ^_^ This is my first snark; I hope it's okay!

By the way, I know this has been snarked before; I actually didn't read it yet. I sincerely apologize if it's too similar, hehe.

Comments

[glitterberrys]

She explains that she's not an animal lover, and she's only a vegetarian because she doesn't like the taste of meat, not because she feels bad for the cow. I take it she has no idea how they're killed, then. Seriously, what kind of sense does that make? If she really doesn't care about animals, she shouldn't be as self-righteous as she is about being a vegetarian. Seriously! I understand being a vegetarian for health reasons, but then she wouldn't say shit like "murdered cow carcass." I guess the later ghostwriters didn't get the memo.

Iguanas do totally look like baby dragons. Lizards are awesome and Petie is such a cute name. I'm not a vegetarian but I enjoy the company of animals. It's weird, though, that Dawn doesn't like rabbits. I get not liking dogs, cats, rats, birds, reptiles...but seriously, BUNNIES?

[coconutberry]

LOL, "murdered cow carcass"?! When did she say that? :D

[glitterberrys]

I forget but I think she was saying it to Kristy about the school lunch

[cassandraclue]

stacey vs the bsc i think

[imamaryanne]

Yeah, I was totally wondering wht she seems more into the reptiles than the mammals.
Either way, Dawn sounds truly heinous in this book.

[coconutberry]

I think she only liked the iguana because she thought it was a "unique individual" like herself. XD

[kakeochi_umai]

*snort*

[otter_pants]

Does the iguana wear an "I'm Awesome" necklace?

[kerssido]

God, is there a book with Dawn where she's not a bitch?

Maybe being a vegetarian who doesn't like animals is just a way to be more individual. I hope the iguana eats her.

[saintrobert]

Some of the earlier ones, she actually was legitimately pretty cool and funky.

Then they repeated 8th grade for the second time and it all went downhill from there...

[coconutberry]

I remember liking Dawn well enough when I read the BSC and California Diaries books when I was younger, but this book in particular is ridiculous. D: It's good to know that she wasn't ALWAYS like that, though. I remember reading somewhere that she actually likes animals in other books, which I'm grateful for.

[saintrobert]

Due to being an old fart, I only really read the early books as a kid and thus they tend to stick out in my mind.

Dawn actually was pretty cool early on (and my favourite as a 10-11 year old). I don't recall Dawn being a vegetarian early on - it was more of a healthy eater that likes Tofu (which always came across to me as something Sharon installed into her and Jeff). Of course I guess later on in the ghosties minds, that Tofu = Vegenazi properly did it in for her.

Dawn actually was fun, logical and often just a 13 year old kid in some of the earlier ones (Impossible Three, Babysitters on Board).

My theory... around the time of Sharon & Richards marriage, Dawn's evil long lost identical twin came and swapped places with her (sending the real Dawn to some horrid place like a Mexican Brothel, Chinese Sweat Labour Shop or Alabama) and thus we started getting Pyscho Dawn hence forth.

[ruriruri]

That Claudia outfit actually sounds really cute.

[hungryandfrozen]

Yay, looking forward to the next installment.

Dawn seems awful in this one - her utter disdain for animals is really doing her no favours. Your "mauled by a gerbil" theory definitely has some weight. (And it made me laugh because I pictured a gerbil flying through the air and landing on her)

[coconutberry]

Gerbils are badass! :D

I'm glad you liked it. ^_^

[kahran042]

Badass gerbils...that reminds me of this entry from the Bad Kitty List:
I will not pick fights with Frisbie the gerbil, even if she IS fascinating because she is the same black and white colors as me. Fighting with her isn't very sporting and sometimes I don't even win.