Thoughts on IDW comic Omnibus Ponyville Mysteries

This is an Omnibus that I picked up, which goes over the CMC and them solving mysteries all over Ponyville.

This isn't the first MLP comic I've read, but I've read a few of them now, and I have to say this isn't great. It was fun to read but compared to others, it wasn't that interesting. But it wasn't bad, as the comics were fun to read.

The first story is about the CMC trying to find out who is stealing the fabrics and bandages from Ponyville General to help Nurse Redheart. Turns out it was a bunch of birds.

In the second mystery, they discover that Snips was stealing bowling pins to help his granddad because he was scared that somepony would beat his record. (which was honestly pretty wholesome)

In the third mystery, the CMC solves the mystery that somepony almost burned down the Retirement home, making sum'yums (a form of smores made of prickly pears, chocolate, and vanilla wafers).

In the fourth mystery, they find out Flim and Flam were draining the Spa's spring, and they tried to frame the Apples.

In the final mystery, this has to be the best, with the CMC having to solve a theft of Abyssinia Albatros, a treasure that belongs to Songbird Serenade (aka Sia). The little fillies figure out that it is Songbird's assistant Onyx. But then it was revealed that the real thief was Jagged Clamp (I assume Onyx's boyfriend or something), who was tricked by Onyx, who tried to steal the statue for herself. Also, it was revealed that the figures were fake and worthless as a gift to Songbird Serenade from her Great Grandmother, who won it at a carnival.

Overall it was fun to see the CMC getting into hijinks, but the stories felt weak and poorly thought out. Mystery is hard to write; I'll give the writers that. But it just felt as most of the stories weren't given much thought outside of the CMC stumbling on the answers half the time. I think they should've focused on the Blowing Pin mystery and the Songbird Serenade one, as those two were the best IMO.