The first Dana Girls book I had ever read and the last one of the revised series written which began in 1972. The Witch's Omen was written in 1979 and was book 17 in the revised series.
The first chapter I wasn't hooked due to the fact the writing style had been so different from what I had been reading lately (Beverly Gray Mysteries of the 1940's and 1950's.) After a few chapters I was more interested and started to really enjoy the idea of reading other Dana Girls books.
As a mystery goes I struggled with the portral of the policeforce in the story who seemed to be on beck and call to accompany the Dana Girls for whatever the Dana girls wanted. The ending to the story was also a bit disappointing and I felt it was a cop out (pun intended for those that have read the book)
Several different characters through the book gave their philosphical / historical quotes from famous people but as they were stated out of the blue from different characters as opposed to just being a trait from one character in the story they came across as forced and quite self indulgent on the authors part and therefore lacked true impact or possible humour if they had been a part of one characters way of communicating with others.
That said I was left very interested to read more in the series especially some of the early ones in the series.
The revised series from 1972 was:
1. Mystery of the Stone Tiger 1972
2. *The Riddle of the Frozen Fountain 1972
3. *The Secret of the Silver Dolphin 1972
4. *Mystery of the Wax Queen 1972
5. The Secret of the Minstrel's Guitar 1972
6. The Phantom Surfer 1972
7. *The Secret of the Swiss Chalet 1973
8. The Haunted Lagoon 1973
9. Mystery of the Bamboo Bird 1973
10. *The Sierra Gold Mystery 1973
11. The Secret of Lost Lake 1974
12. The Winking Ruby Mystery 1974
13. The Ghosts in the Gallery 1975
14. The Curious Coronation 1976
15. The Hundred-Year Mystery 1977
16. The Mountain-Peak Mystery 1978
17. The Witch's Omen 1979
The first chapter I wasn't hooked due to the fact the writing style had been so different from what I had been reading lately (Beverly Gray Mysteries of the 1940's and 1950's.) After a few chapters I was more interested and started to really enjoy the idea of reading other Dana Girls books.
As a mystery goes I struggled with the portral of the policeforce in the story who seemed to be on beck and call to accompany the Dana Girls for whatever the Dana girls wanted. The ending to the story was also a bit disappointing and I felt it was a cop out (pun intended for those that have read the book)
Several different characters through the book gave their philosphical / historical quotes from famous people but as they were stated out of the blue from different characters as opposed to just being a trait from one character in the story they came across as forced and quite self indulgent on the authors part and therefore lacked true impact or possible humour if they had been a part of one characters way of communicating with others.
That said I was left very interested to read more in the series especially some of the early ones in the series.
The revised series from 1972 was:
1. Mystery of the Stone Tiger 1972
2. *The Riddle of the Frozen Fountain 1972
3. *The Secret of the Silver Dolphin 1972
4. *Mystery of the Wax Queen 1972
5. The Secret of the Minstrel's Guitar 1972
6. The Phantom Surfer 1972
7. *The Secret of the Swiss Chalet 1973
8. The Haunted Lagoon 1973
9. Mystery of the Bamboo Bird 1973
10. *The Sierra Gold Mystery 1973
11. The Secret of Lost Lake 1974
12. The Winking Ruby Mystery 1974
13. The Ghosts in the Gallery 1975
14. The Curious Coronation 1976
15. The Hundred-Year Mystery 1977
16. The Mountain-Peak Mystery 1978
17. The Witch's Omen 1979
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