When I was young, living in a house with sisters, there were all these "girl" books about the house that I also read, some of which had been handed down from someone in the family from the previous generation: Hardy Boys, Bobbsey Twins, Nancy Drew, mysteries for children/tweens/ya. There were romances, too. And I just devoured them all, reading for escape, not edification.There have been other efforts to resuscitate Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys, of course, in books/tv/films, but this is a solid...

I've never been the biggest Nancy Drew fan, but I remembered the characters well enough that my favorite thing about this graphic novel was seeing them re-imagined as modern, fun teens. (HIGH key loving the fact that my fave from my childhood, George, grew up to be a queer punk girl?!) The plot was okay—a little underwhelming, maybe, and certainly predictable—but the characters were fun and the art was lovely, so I feel pretty comfortable giving this 4 stars. I assume this creator is going to ma...

UPDATE: Buddy read this with my brother and it's still top notch 👌Time to be honest: this was the very first Nancy Drew anything I've ever read. Same for the Hardy Boys. I even had some of their books on my shelf growing up. I just didn't really care enough or thought they would be boring since they weren't about fairies or sharks (I had eclectic interests, okay).So forgive for being surprised, but this reimagined graphic novel was kinda amazing?? And it's making me want to read actual Nancy Dre...

Nancy Drew: The Palace of Wisdom by Kelly Thompson and Jenn St. Onge (Illustrator) is a 2019 Dynamite entertainment publication. This is not your grandmother’s Nancy Drew! This graphic novel gives our favorite teenage detective a long overdue makeover of sorts. I’m not sure if one would categorize it as an updated version of the classic or if it might qualify as a reboot. Either way, these teenagers might stun fans of the traditional version. Young Adult readers, however, will probably love it.

Nancy Drew is back and reimagined as a modern teenaged sleuth.I'll be the first to admit that I am not a Nancy Drew fan. My mother handed me the first three books in the series with a "I loved these, you love them too" (no, not you'll—this explains much about my very complicated relationship with her) and I hated them. I felt that 95% of the time was Nancy matching her pumps to her purse and explaining that George was a girl, and that the other 5% was her bumbling about into mysteries and then g...

Welcome Back,Before I even start to talk about plot with this one I have to say I have always been a huge Nancy Drew fan since I was a tiny child. I used to read the Nancy Drew books (I would get them from the library constantly, and whenever I saw one in a thrift shop it was mine), I played the video games (which my library also had but I have several still on PC today, thank you Steam), watched the newer movie when it came out (even got a copy as a birthday gift one year), and now I highly ant...

These days, beloved classic characters aren't what they used to be...and this book is a perfect example of that.Between the profanity and misuses of God's name, the sexual references, and the drug content, this is not what I'm used to from Nancy Drew. Granted, the Files series--aka my favorite incarnation of the famed teenage sleuth--is a bit edgier than the original novels, but it still keeps things clean-cut; there may be violence, peril, and intensity, but it still feels like a Disney Channel...

A solid graphic novel adaptation of Nancy Drew! I liked that the characters and setting are updated to be more diverse: there are characters of colour, queer characters, and a plus-sized character. There are also a few pop culture references sprinkled. The plot is just okay, the mystery is a bit more violent than the old Nancy Drew - just a head's up. I liked the art!

Fun! I really liked this cast of characters, and of course especially grumpy George and her girlfriend Danica! Shout out too to Bess being fat and a romantic lead. I will admit that I was never a Nancy Drew fan as a kid, so I don't have any prior connection to these characters, but I really liked this. It's definitely slightly more adult than the originals (including drugs and murder), but there's still a lightness and humour in the band of friends working together to solve a mystery. I'll defin...

Nancy Drew: The Palace of Wisdom is quick, thrilling and fun to read. We get to follow teenage detective Nancy Drew as she and her friends solves mysteries in her old hometown. I have never read any Nancy Drew books and at first I didn't understand that this was one either. I'm from Sweden and here Nancy Drew is called Kitty so I guess it was quite understandable that I didn't get it at first. But once I figured it out the story itself became more captivating and interesting. My mother was

"We have so much history...those ties go deep and aren't easily cut." Friends, this was such an enjoyable read! I've been suffering from the worst reading slump for the past couple of months and just wanted to read and finish something. I grew up reading Nancy Drew and Hardy Boy books, and I figured that there is probably no better cure for a slump that a dose of nostalgia -- and how right I was! One of the things I loved most about reading Nancy Drew was how strong, smart, and capabl

Nancy Drew (and the Hardy Boys) are back in graphic novel form! It was only about a decade that Nancy was gone as she had a running series with Papercutz until about 2010 (see Nancy Drew Vampire Slayer. Nancy is now with Dynamite and is much edgier than any other version Nancy Drew. My wife is a lifelong Nancy fan, so I've seen the movies, the shows, and am familiar with the books. This is not the first attempt to modernize Nancy, but it's the first time that her stories have much more adult th...

I read a handful of Nancy Drew books as a kid, but nothing about them stuck with me (probably because they were ridiculously bland), so I didn't have any expectations going into this. I did like Kelly Thompson was writing it though - she's helmed some of my favourite comics I've read in recent years. Luckily, this title didn't disappoint!After receiving a threatening letter in the mail, Nancy Drew finds herself heading back to her hometown to re-investigate the area where her mother suffered a f...

One of my favorite teen detectives is Nancy Drew and with the upcoming TV series coming, I have been on a Nancy Drew kick. So when I saw this graphic novel at work, I knew I had to read it. Nancy Drew and the Palace of Wisdom starts off with Nancy Drew in her new school and hanging with her new friends and then she arrives home and finds a letter regarding her mother's death and threatening her. The letter is postmarked Bayport - her old hometown where she moved away three years ago when her mot...

Thank you so much to Diamond Book Distributors for giving me a free copy of this book!Recently I’ve discovered my love for graphic novels & although I love reading them in physical form, unless I can get them from the library, ebooks are the way to go!Unfortunately the quality of the images weren’t so good but I still really enjoyed this book :)It was a nostalgic trip with a basic whodunnit & great characters (Bess & Joe were the cutest!). Slightly aged up a bit (as contains drugs) but really en...

The art was really really good, but I really didn't feel Nancy Drew that much. I loved the added diversity that we don't see in the original, but Nancy herself didn't feel like Nancy. She really only focused on herself, and continuously did things that would have made me ditch her as a friend. I was really bored through a lot of it, and it was just super eh. But that art was so good, though.

We've had the woke millennial rework of Riverdale and Sabrina the Teenage Witch – now it's time for Nancy Drew! I enjoyed this. The artwork looks good, the characters are distinctive, and the story is interesting. Also props for having the queer female characters look 'hot to queer woman' rather than 'hot to straight guys'. I'll be reading the next one.

I received an ARC copy of this book from NetGalleySo pretty much the only experience I've had with either Nancy Drew or the Hardy Boys [who are in every issue of this as well, despite not being mentioned in the title] was another reboot comic I read a little over a year ago called The Big Lie [from the same company I think, although I'm not sure if they're supposed to be connected or not]. That being said, I really enjoyed this but I'm not sure how die-hard fans of the originals will feel about

A fresh take on Nancy Drew, though nothing extraordinary. I appreciate the addition of some diversity, since that has historically been lacking in River Heights. (Something that is actually worked into the story...) You won't find Ned Nickerson here, though you will find the Hardy boys. And honestly, I'm just a little bitter that they did not work a Frank/Nancy romance into the story since we've been shipping these two for how long....?!

I’m not a Nancy Drew fan. I never read one of those classic books and maybe someone who knows the characters would have a better opinion of it all. But for me, this wasn’t really good. The story isn’t so bad but the characters really get on my nerves. I never was able to like any of them, don’t really know why, but this was very irritating while reading. Maybe it’s my fault...