*** WARNING: This review contains spoilers!! ***
Don't get me wrong. With a rating of 3 1/2 stars, I still liked this book - just not as much as some of the others.
Let's start with the positives. I liked that in the end, the mystery actually served as a history lesson on the American Revolution. Very cool discoveries were made. I liked the old-fashioned references to "long distance" phone calls and the concern over how much they cost. Kids today probably wouldn't understand what all the fuss was about! I also chuckled at the way New Englanders were portrayed - taking things slowly and never being in a rush. Haha. Finally, it's obvious now that there's something between Jessie and Mr. Carter! Can't wait to see where it leads.
Overall, though, besides the American Revolution angle, the book was just a little too reminiscent of The Yellow House Mystery in one major respect. Basically, years ago, a young man leaves town and is never heard from again, only to re-surface in the present day as an old man. Despite the passage of time, relationships pick up exactly where they left off.
Also, a caveat to anyone reading this book to young children: the mystery involves a gun. It's an old flintlock from the American Revolution, but a gun nonetheless.
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