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FindingJane
Aug 11, 2015FindingJane rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
The plot thickens, simmers and—gets a little overdone. The mystery of the Incorrigible children gets no closer to a solution although the questions continue to accumulate. Mr. Quinzy (who was revealed to be a bogus judge with the previous installment) has a plot concerning the children but it’s not clear as to why or what is involved. Suffice it to say, the zaniness of the story gets a decided jolt as the characters encounter an escaped ostrich, not-so-feral wolves, a botched séance, a scheming fortune hunter and a picnic basket of replenishing sandwiches. New characters are introduced, old ones reappear and through it all the capable Miss Penelope Lumley manifests the same steadiness of character that has defined her in the two previous books. The Giddyap, Rainbow! series that she relied upon has started to lose its appeal by this third book and the author is cannily aware of that fact. Just as the reader starts getting bored and a little irked by the constant references to it, so does Miss Lumley. The heroine is getting older, maturing and learning to put aside childish things. She is an admirable character, one to keep watching and reading. I look forward to reading about her as much as about her curious charges.