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ladybouse's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
This truly is a period piece. The classism, sexism, racism... pretty much all the ism's are represented here. It's awful, but in the best ways. It made me laugh I'll give it that. π
"We could have uniforms. "
"Yeah, maybe with red hats."
"Like the Black Muslims. "
"Don't laugh man, not funny."
"Hey, you a Muslim Harry?"
"I am for me, I am with nobody."
I don't know why, but I laughed harder at this than I should have π
"I don't come with much of a dowry," said Mr. Rocque, laughing.
" Only a head full of books," said Kate "that will do nicely." π₯°
The best part of this entire book is Kate.π
"It's in a trust for you until you're 35. He picked that age, I'm sure, because he always said a man didn't know anything Until he was 35, and a woman didn't know anything. " π€£π€£π€£
"Cut it out, Charlie. Let's take the kid home and talk to the father."
"What'll we do with the rest of Ellis island back there?"
π²π΅π π€£
That is top self, grade A racism at its finest. Of all the things said in this book, that one got me!
Every scrap of this:
"You know, if you have to die, and we have to die,
you'd think it would be easier to die rich."
"It is."
"Well, yeah. But on the other hand, now picture this. I go to the house and charlotte is there sobbing dutifully, and Carrie is there putting on a very tidy show of hysterics. I say, okay, I'm going over to the funeral home now, and they both look up through their tears and practically in unison they say, 'Not too expensive a casket.' I haven't naturally, a price list of caskets on me, so I say, "What would you like? A nice pine box?" and they're both horrified.
'Something suitable.' says Carrie demurely. 'No one will see it anyway,' says Charlotte. 'It will be covered with flowers.' 'Randolph's was very nice,' says Carrie. Randolph is her husband who is dead some four years,' she says as though she got it on sale at Macy's.
"So, I say, shall I try for two thousand?" and Charlotte looks at me and bursts
into tears. 'You always were brutal," she says to me!"
"I don't believe it," Kate said.
"Brutal! Are you ready for that? They're sitting there bargaining, and I'm brutal.
So I leave. I go to the funeral home. Some man ushers me into a room
full of caskets. I look at them. You could go to Europe in so of them,
first class. They've got silver handles, gold even. He points to one
that looks so much like a Mercedes, I get out of the way.
He says, 'This is very nice.' I feel like saying 'Listen the guys dead,
he won't be able to trade it in next year,' but I say nothing and ask
the price. He says ten thousand. Are you ready?"
"Ten thousand dollars?!"
"That's right."
"That's ridiculous."
"Now here's the payoff. That's the lowest price they have."
"No."
"What'd you do then?"
"I say, I think I'm in the wrong room."
He looks very sad. I say, We're interested in something less expensive.'
He looks even sadder. 'It will be covered anyway,' I say
desperately, and he looks like he will cry. We stand there at a loss.
I'm not going to give in and he is not going to give in."
"What happened then?"
"We'd still be standing there if Wilton hadn't walked in. When he walks in
the whole thing changes. He doesn't even say hello to the guy.
Wilton marches up to him and says, 'Five thousand.'The one in the
black suit glides like with roller skates right over to an exact
duplicate of the Mercedes and points to it. Wilton nods and that's the
end of it. We walk out."
"Fascinating."
"Five thousand dollars!"
"Look at the accountant," he said fondly.
"Seymour's father cost three thousand."
"They will arrive at their intended destinations no matter what it
costs."
"No matter what they're driving."
And they laughed
"What a day you've had."
"We could have uniforms. "
"Yeah, maybe with red hats."
"Like the Black Muslims. "
"Don't laugh man, not funny."
"Hey, you a Muslim Harry?"
"I am for me, I am with nobody."
I don't know why, but I laughed harder at this than I should have π
"I don't come with much of a dowry," said Mr. Rocque, laughing.
" Only a head full of books," said Kate "that will do nicely." π₯°
The best part of this entire book is Kate.π
"It's in a trust for you until you're 35. He picked that age, I'm sure, because he always said a man didn't know anything Until he was 35, and a woman didn't know anything. " π€£π€£π€£
"Cut it out, Charlie. Let's take the kid home and talk to the father."
"What'll we do with the rest of Ellis island back there?"
π²π΅π π€£
That is top self, grade A racism at its finest. Of all the things said in this book, that one got me!
Every scrap of this:
"You know, if you have to die, and we have to die,
you'd think it would be easier to die rich."
"It is."
"Well, yeah. But on the other hand, now picture this. I go to the house and charlotte is there sobbing dutifully, and Carrie is there putting on a very tidy show of hysterics. I say, okay, I'm going over to the funeral home now, and they both look up through their tears and practically in unison they say, 'Not too expensive a casket.' I haven't naturally, a price list of caskets on me, so I say, "What would you like? A nice pine box?" and they're both horrified.
'Something suitable.' says Carrie demurely. 'No one will see it anyway,' says Charlotte. 'It will be covered with flowers.' 'Randolph's was very nice,' says Carrie. Randolph is her husband who is dead some four years,' she says as though she got it on sale at Macy's.
"So, I say, shall I try for two thousand?" and Charlotte looks at me and bursts
into tears. 'You always were brutal," she says to me!"
"I don't believe it," Kate said.
"Brutal! Are you ready for that? They're sitting there bargaining, and I'm brutal.
So I leave. I go to the funeral home. Some man ushers me into a room
full of caskets. I look at them. You could go to Europe in so of them,
first class. They've got silver handles, gold even. He points to one
that looks so much like a Mercedes, I get out of the way.
He says, 'This is very nice.' I feel like saying 'Listen the guys dead,
he won't be able to trade it in next year,' but I say nothing and ask
the price. He says ten thousand. Are you ready?"
"Ten thousand dollars?!"
"That's right."
"That's ridiculous."
"Now here's the payoff. That's the lowest price they have."
"No."
"What'd you do then?"
"I say, I think I'm in the wrong room."
He looks very sad. I say, We're interested in something less expensive.'
He looks even sadder. 'It will be covered anyway,' I say
desperately, and he looks like he will cry. We stand there at a loss.
I'm not going to give in and he is not going to give in."
"What happened then?"
"We'd still be standing there if Wilton hadn't walked in. When he walks in
the whole thing changes. He doesn't even say hello to the guy.
Wilton marches up to him and says, 'Five thousand.'The one in the
black suit glides like with roller skates right over to an exact
duplicate of the Mercedes and points to it. Wilton nods and that's the
end of it. We walk out."
"Fascinating."
"Five thousand dollars!"
"Look at the accountant," he said fondly.
"Seymour's father cost three thousand."
"They will arrive at their intended destinations no matter what it
costs."
"No matter what they're driving."
And they laughed
"What a day you've had."
charlottesometimes's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Minor: Racial slurs
mschrock8's review against another edition
2.0
Rounded out this series.
I like Kate a lot and was amused by the boy-speak.
I like Kate a lot and was amused by the boy-speak.
ellingtonfeint's review against another edition
4.0
The last book was Beth Ellen's fault because this one was fine even if it was a bit weird to see Harriet while being disembodied from her thoughts. Just seeing a girl sit there and write makes it clear why everyone thought she was so weird!
But no, this book was great, Sport is good fun, and I enjoyed it. It's not high liturature, but it's not garbage either.
But no, this book was great, Sport is good fun, and I enjoyed it. It's not high liturature, but it's not garbage either.
luckylumpia's review against another edition
dark
funny
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
lucyblack's review against another edition
5.0
Lucy Longstocking review http://www.wcl.govt.nz/blogs/kids/index.php/category/lucy-longstocking/
Harriet only plays a guest role in the third book which is set back in New York. Sport focuses on Harrietβs friend Simon who is nicknamed Sport, and lives with his really nice but really hopeless Dad. There is not so much mystery in this one, but a lot of action. Poor Sport is really put through the wringer as his evil mother (no, not evil stepmother β just plain old evil mother) tries to gain custody of him so she can get her greedy mitts on his inheritance. This book is intense! Heaps of yelling and cussing and hiding and running and worrying and laughing. (Lots of laughing from me actually, especially when Sport and his friends get their own back against rich ladies and cops -ha-ha).
Harriet only plays a guest role in the third book which is set back in New York. Sport focuses on Harrietβs friend Simon who is nicknamed Sport, and lives with his really nice but really hopeless Dad. There is not so much mystery in this one, but a lot of action. Poor Sport is really put through the wringer as his evil mother (no, not evil stepmother β just plain old evil mother) tries to gain custody of him so she can get her greedy mitts on his inheritance. This book is intense! Heaps of yelling and cussing and hiding and running and worrying and laughing. (Lots of laughing from me actually, especially when Sport and his friends get their own back against rich ladies and cops -ha-ha).
dreamofbookspines's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
3.0
Content warning for emotional and physical abuse (of child by parent), kidnapping, use of the n-word (once humorously, by a black person; the other as a slur by a non-black person)
HOLY SHIT.
Is Fitzhugh ok??
The first two books in this series were mostly wacky and silly and entertaining. This one was unexpectedly heavy. And yeah, I was trying to use it to lighten my other reading material (WWII POW biography), so that only compounded the intensity of this book.
Sure, it's a quick read like the other books in this series, but if you're seeking that classic Harriet the Spy aesthetic, this ain't it. This felt like traumatic YA. There's nothing wrong with YA that discusses trauma, but when it's the third in a series and it's out of nowhere... ΰ² _ΰ²
HOLY SHIT.
Is Fitzhugh ok??
The first two books in this series were mostly wacky and silly and entertaining. This one was unexpectedly heavy. And yeah, I was trying to use it to lighten my other reading material (WWII POW biography), so that only compounded the intensity of this book.
Sure, it's a quick read like the other books in this series, but if you're seeking that classic Harriet the Spy aesthetic, this ain't it. This felt like traumatic YA. There's nothing wrong with YA that discusses trauma, but when it's the third in a series and it's out of nowhere... ΰ² _ΰ²
Content Warnings
Graphic: Kidnapping
Moderate: Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Racial slurs