Trenton L Stewart: The Mysterious Benedict Society: Ending

Rose: Trenton L Stewart: The Mysterious Benedict Society: Ending: “I rate this book (out of 10) because…”

The Mysterious Benedict Society is a well-written, witty tale about four gifted children, Reynard, Sticky, Kate and Constance. They become members of “The Mysterious Benedict Society” and are sent on a mission to investigate L.I.VE, a school that’s brainwashing orphans, run by the dastardly Mr. Ledroptha Curtain. This book is all about friendship, justice and perseverance. I thought it was pretty good overall,but it could have been better. If I had to give this book a rating , I would give it 7.5 out of 10. Why? I’ll explain.

First off, I adored the oddball cast. They were each unique in their own way and there were no filler characters, designed to extend the book. The author actually put thought and time into making them all special and useful in some way. I’m really curious about the character design process of The Mysterious Benedict Society. How did he think of them? Were they inspired by anyone? However, I think the book would have been better with more character growth. It would have made it more realistic and deep. Also, when I read this book, one of the characters, Constance Contraire, a

This really ruined the novel for me. The book was meant to be quirky and mind-blowing, but, the author made it more mind boggling than mind-blowing in the end. For example, how do the children succeed in making such impossible logical leaps to find the answers to abstract, inconceivable riddles? A scene that show that is when they try to decode the message sent in the chapter, Beware of the Gemini. The children had to all but guess the meaning! The society is supposed to solve puzzles and riddles using out of the box thinking, not guessing skills. In the quest for making this story puzzling but clever, the author lost all sense of