Comments on: Sweet Valley High #13: Kidnapped!

By: Beautifully Flawed | The Writer's Republic

Beautifully Flawed | The Writer's Republic — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 00:32:13 +0000

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By: Twisted Sister

Twisted Sister — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:25:16 +0000

I hope that severed hand finds its way back to the wax figure it came from…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 20:52:12 +0000

Yep, they actually are upset over what happened.

By: Meredith

Meredith — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 05:32:29 +0000

I never say this but I liked the tv show version of this book better

By: Kylie90210

Kylie90210 — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 05:52:38 +0000

And Liz gets rescued in such a timely manner too. Soo not realistic!

By: messigirl

messigirl — Fri, 14 May 2010 18:55:53 +0000

Regina, who is deaf, and Nicholas, who is handsome.

HAHA – these are their only defining characteristics, apparently

By: Jessica Squits the Quad

Jessica Squits the Quad — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 02:38:26 +0000

LOL!! Mid book snack of frozen pancakes, that’s hilarious. Real kidnappin’ food! I always felt so sorry for Carl that he forgot to buy syrup so Liz had to eat the pancakes dry. But as Shannon points out, Liz is a total spoiled brat for making such a big deal out of that!!! It was probably the most traumatizing part of the whole ordeal. But Shannon, you left out the Max Dellon stuff! I thought his interactions with Todd were fun.

By: dirtywingsgirl

dirtywingsgirl — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 03:42:11 +0000

“Liz’s arm / hand has always bothered me”
Agreed, it’s a total man-hand!

“I would have been deeply traumatized and scarred for life if Carl had done to Liz what Bruce Patman tried to do in book #7 (Dear Sister).”
Me too, but it sort of annoys me that Liz & Jess are too perfect to have anything really bad happen to them. They only get near misses, and then inexplicably don’t seem to get upset at all. The only time the rape issue was handled with any ounce of maturity was in “Don’t Go Home With John”. Lila was totally traumatized (as one probably would be), and it took her a while to become herself again. I don’t get why the Wakefield twins had it happen to them a few times throughout SVH, yet never seem to care at all except for being all “Ugh, don’t remind me! Rape is icky! Haha!”.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:13:32 +0000

Jenna, it made you wanna experiment with chloroform and frozen pancakes? What an awesome and weird desire!
Also, I don’t think I read this one as a child, but this recap really makes me want to. What’s up with the scene with Jess and Steven? Why is he wearing a towel in her bedroom? I can’t remember which book it’s in, but in one of the earlier books, Jess and Steven have a game where they talk about how ugly the other one is. For instance, Steve might say to Jess: “Hello, you ugly girl.” And Jess will say, “What are you doing home from college, you mutant?” They think it’s so funny, and it’s like their reverse way of complimenting their sibling’s looks. It was strange to me, even when I was a child. The thing about Steven in his towel also reminds me of how whenever we get Liz’s point of view, she thinks inappropriate thoughts about how handsome her father is. She always thinks about his muscular chest and dark hair. Creepy.

By: Jenna

Jenna — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:58:18 +0000

WTF? I never commented on this one before? Weird. This was my FAVORITE book! It was so exciting! For some reason it always made me want to experiment with chloroform. And frozen pancakes. I read it right around the time those mini-frozen pancakes were popular, and a re-read of this book always called for a mid-book snack.