more like Good Luck Charlie. How many times did the author write the equivalent of “all hope was lost, but then suddenly…”?

after the pains the first book took to tell us just how smart Charlie is, I was really hoping he’d actually act smart in this book.
but nope, he and pretty much all the characters, are mind boggling naive. beyond some ridiculous MacGyver’ing of random earth equipment, he has the foresight of a 10 year old.

still somewhat entertaining, but the novelty of the first book is starting to wear thin.