The Mysterious Benedict Society

I am reading The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart. This is kind of my second time reading it. What I mean by that, is that in the beginning of fourth grade my mom wanted to read it to me so I let her. Every night before I went to sleep she would read a little bit to me, so I kept renewing it and after about the fifth time renewing I was not allowed to renew the book anymore and we still had not finished the book. So then my mom bought the book for me, and ever since fourth grade it just sat on my shelf, and one night I started reading it.



I don't have that many connections to the characters in the book The Mysterious Benedict Society. One of the connections I do have is to a character in the book named Reynie Maldoon. and I both tend to doubt ourselves. For example, in the book Mr. Benedict sends out a message that Reynie, Sticky, Kate, and Constance have to figure out what Mr. Benedict means. Reynie suggests that Mr. Benedict's message means cheating but then he starts to doubt himself even though he is right. I tend to do the same exact thing as Reynie. Another connection I have to this book is that the Mysterious Benedicts Society's mission is that they have to spy and not get caught. When I want to know something that I'm not being told, I usually eavesdrop and find out what I want to know. For example, I climb up on the kitchen counter and look out through the window and watch my neighbor and her boyfriend cook dinner--ha, ha, ha!



As I said the characters in the Mysterious Benedict Society and I don't really have very much in common. Like Kate, another character in the book is very risky, and she likes to take chances. I on the other hand prefer to keep it safe. Also Constance, another character in the book is annoying and complains like no tomorrow. I try not to complain, because my sister does it all the time, so I know how annoying it can be. Also, all of the kids in this book are incredibly smart, and I'm pretty smart, but not as smart as any of them.

I think that one of the reasons I like this book so much is since I'm very different to the people in this book and it's interesting to see how different people can be from one another.