mothlight reviewed Five Have Plenty of Fun by Enid Blyton (Famous Five #14)
Review of 'Five Have Plenty of Fun' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
Wow, these keep getting worse and worse. So far, Blyton only has three plots, kidnappers (yep, got those here), smugglers (hmm, couldn't fit those in to this book), and circus folk (present and reporting for duty). And here we have added an American girl, who just won't pronounce words properly (i.e. like the British), so we better mock her mercilessly.
Then we learn that George's father is not just a terrible and neglectful husband, but he is an even worse father ("If my daughter is kidnapped, I wouldn't do a single thing about it.").
What is up with Blyton's obsession about girls dressing up like boys (4th one so far in the series). Does she have some sort of gender issue? And finally, "have plenty of fun"? Did somebody end up putting that title on the wrong manuscript? (I'm assuming she churned these out in an assembly line like Jackie …
Wow, these keep getting worse and worse. So far, Blyton only has three plots, kidnappers (yep, got those here), smugglers (hmm, couldn't fit those in to this book), and circus folk (present and reporting for duty). And here we have added an American girl, who just won't pronounce words properly (i.e. like the British), so we better mock her mercilessly.
Then we learn that George's father is not just a terrible and neglectful husband, but he is an even worse father ("If my daughter is kidnapped, I wouldn't do a single thing about it.").
What is up with Blyton's obsession about girls dressing up like boys (4th one so far in the series). Does she have some sort of gender issue? And finally, "have plenty of fun"? Did somebody end up putting that title on the wrong manuscript? (I'm assuming she churned these out in an assembly line like Jackie Collins.)
