I love adventure games but was disappointed in this one. It's just one puzzle after another, with no exploring or adventuring. Fine if that's what you like -- but it's billed as an adventure game not a puzzle game. Also all the puzzles are timed. Most are annoyingly simple, but part way through book 2 I failed to solve one in time and had to start again at the beginning of the book! I'm going back to Nancy Drew.