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emark's review against another edition
4.0
I got this BSC book recently to add to my collection and I had never read it before!! I like the Super Specials a lot. I also LOVE anything set at camp!!! This one is fun and shows off the different personalities of all of the BSC characters. Logan’s chapters were super fun too. I only wish that there were more adventures outside of the cabins - maybe canoeing or crafting or something. I really do love these characters and these books and it’s so much fun to finally be reading the stories that I didn’t before!
fatimah_karolia's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
13iscute's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
The Netflix show made this plot much better when they adapted it. This version showed a lot of peer pressure, some racism and ableism, and was fairly mean-spirited. Logan is still a jerk. Also, how did Dawn's group get lost in the woods for an extra day and no one really seemed all that worried?
situationnormal's review
4.0
I was never very interested in camp. Who wants to sleep in a cabin, be eaten alive by mosquitoes, and then have to go to a dance near the end? But reading about the girls on their little adventure is way more fun. Poor Stacey--no wonder I always liked her best. I have no doubts that if I went to camp, I would also end up with every imaginable illness at once. But, surprisingly enough, Dawn's section getting lost in the woods was by far my favorite. The stakes weren't very high, but they were high in relation to some other BSC books for sure.
bibliotequeish's review against another edition
The baby sitters got to do the coolest things.
As a kid my best friends sister had the whole BSC series on a book shelf in her room. I thought she was so grown up. And I envied this bookshelf. And would often poke my head into that room just to look at it.
And when I read BSC, I felt like such a grown up.
And while I might have still been a little too young to understand some of the issues dealt with in these books, I do appreciated that Ann M. Martin tackled age appropriate issues, some being deeper than others, but still important.
As a kid my best friends sister had the whole BSC series on a book shelf in her room. I thought she was so grown up. And I envied this bookshelf. And would often poke my head into that room just to look at it.
And when I read BSC, I felt like such a grown up.
And while I might have still been a little too young to understand some of the issues dealt with in these books, I do appreciated that Ann M. Martin tackled age appropriate issues, some being deeper than others, but still important.
kricketa's review against another edition
3.0
i get nostalgic when i'm sick. too bad these books don't age well...
missamandamae's review against another edition
3.0
After listening to the Worst Bestsellers podcast on the Baby-Sitters Club books, I had an intense compulsion to reread this one, one of my favorites. I, too, had a fascination with camp after The Parent Trap and Molly McIntire's Summer Story. Never went to a camp like Camp Mohawk, but I always wished to. This time I read I made snarky comments in my Kindle as I went along. "Sophisticated" was used at least 5 times as a descriptor for a girl 13 or under. Everyone kind of needed to chill out badly about everything. And I'm pretty sure I read a hiking handbook after reading this to emulate Heather. (I also associate every Heather with this one.)
I still had a delightful time revisiting this old favorite of mine. Really want to read Snowbound, my other Super Special favorite, but maybe I can hold off until the weather turns.
I still had a delightful time revisiting this old favorite of mine. Really want to read Snowbound, my other Super Special favorite, but maybe I can hold off until the weather turns.