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I feel like a curmudgeon for writing this review. I'm Archie Bunkering a book that has warmed the hearts of English children and adults for nearly 60 years.
But I can't help it. I found it boring and downright confusing, plus I abhor Scooby-Doo resolution. You know, the kind where it's all laid out in the last few pages of a story.
The book starts off OK. Tom gets shuffled off to a distant relative while his brother recovers from measles. He's lonely and isolated. Then one night, the clock strikes ...more

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Flo Colton
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