Title: The Hardy Boys: The Deadliest Stunt Volume 13
Author: Scott Lobdell
Artist: Paulo Henrique
Genre: Mystery / Adventure / Thriller / Crime
Year Published: 2008
Year Read: 4/7/2016
Series: The Hardy Boys #13
Publisher: Papercutz
Introduction:
Here I am again and I have
once more picked up another volume in the “Hardy
Boys” graphic novel series, which is called “The Deadliest Stunt,” the thirteenth volume in this series! Even
though this still is not the five star “Hardy
Boys” graphic novel that I am looking for, it was still a fun read from
this interesting series!
What is this story
about?
In this volume, Frank and Joe Hardy are asked to go on a
mission that involves assisting a famous female stunt performer as she goes on
to enter an international competition that decides the best female stunt
performer. Unknown to both Frank and
Joe, it turns out that Lindsay Rider, the female stunt performer that they are
supposed to look after, is actually an American Teen Against Crime agent
(A.T.A.C) just like the Hardy boys themselves and Frank and Joe are actually her
backups! Now, all three A.T.A.C. members
must solve the case that involves a contestant from the competition actually
smuggling diamonds into America before it is too late!
What I loved about
this story:
Scott Lobdell’s writing: Once again, Scott Lobdell’s writing continues to
impress me as the characters are extremely well written and the case was pretty
interesting to read about! I loved the
fact that in this volume, Scott Lobdell
focused on a female character who turns out to be an agent on the same team as
Frank and Joe and it was interesting seeing a female character become a part of
the action in this series since it adds a bit of diversity, in terms of having
more female protagonists, to this series.
Frank and Joe’s portrayals in this volume continues to amaze me as Frank
is still shown as being the more level headed of the brothers while Joe is
shown to be more eager to jump into action without thinking and I just loved
their brotherly banter with each other as it was entertaining to read!
Paulo Henrique’s artwork: Paulo
Henrique’s artwork is as usual gorgeous to look at as the action sequences
are done extremely well, especially during the scenes where the female stunt
performers were performing various tricks, such as jumping off of high
buildings and smashing down bricks in the process!
What made me feel
uncomfortable about this story:
Now, the reason why I gave this book a four star rating was
because once again, I felt that the ending of this story felt a bit too
rushed. There were many scenes in this
volume where the details to solving this case were not developed very well and
it felt like they just threw in a culprit out of nowhere without mentioning
about this culprit prior to the events in this story. I would have liked it better if the clues to
this case were better developed and were not rushed out at the last second just
to solve this case in a matter of seconds.
Final Thoughts:
Overall, “The Hardy Boys: The Deadliest Stunt” may have felt a bit
rushed at certain points of the story, but it was still quite an enjoyable read
for this series!
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