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nimnanaicken's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
ikuo1000's review against another edition
4.0
How grand it must be to have a rich grandfather to take you on an extended vacation with a private guide to an uninhabited island in the South Seas!
I like that this vacation brought all new, exciting adventures, and that Grandfather went along, too. Plus, we see good old Mike again!
The mystery basically involved the group having some unexpected encounters on the island, and they wondered what it was all about. There was a relatively dramatic twist in this one, I think. It could have been a lot more suspenseful along the lines of the TV series Lost, but Gertrude Chandler Warner manages to keep it pretty low-key. As you might expect, everything comes together very nicely in the end.
I was happy to see the children continue their schoolwork while on vacation, but it seemed awfully quaint that Grandfather was able to procure each of the kid's lessons ahead of time from their respective teachers, and somehow, those lessons came collated in personalized bound books!
Finally, one caveat for those who may be reading this book to younger children: The book does mention cannibals and shark attacks.
I like that this vacation brought all new, exciting adventures, and that Grandfather went along, too. Plus, we see good old Mike again!
The mystery basically involved the group having some unexpected encounters on the island, and they wondered what it was all about. There was a relatively dramatic twist in this one, I think. It could have been a lot more suspenseful along the lines of the TV series Lost, but Gertrude Chandler Warner manages to keep it pretty low-key. As you might expect, everything comes together very nicely in the end.
I was happy to see the children continue their schoolwork while on vacation, but it seemed awfully quaint that Grandfather was able to procure each of the kid's lessons ahead of time from their respective teachers, and somehow, those lessons came collated in personalized bound books!
Finally, one caveat for those who may be reading this book to younger children: The book does mention cannibals and shark attacks.
fernandie's review against another edition
3.0
Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book through Edelweiss.
liannakiwi's review against another edition
1.0
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This was riddled with white privilege, racism, and sexism. The kids and their grandfather go on vacation on a remote island (that doesn’t belong to them) with only a few supplies to live off the land. They were terrified of cannibals (with no real evidence they would be there other than to be racist, especially the part where they said a cannibal wouldn’t have been speaking English to a bird). Also, Peter takes a native bird that is perfectly healthy and not dependent on him whatsoever off the island back to Boston. What the hell man. That bird shouldn’t be in a freaking cage forever...white people shit (unfortunately white people do that dumb and ignorant shit). They also compared Peter to girl because he had long hair and they compared him to a dog because his feet were rough.
This was riddled with white privilege, racism, and sexism. The kids and their grandfather go on vacation on a remote island (that doesn’t belong to them) with only a few supplies to live off the land. They were terrified of cannibals (with no real evidence they would be there other than to be racist, especially the part where they said a cannibal wouldn’t have been speaking English to a bird). Also, Peter takes a native bird that is perfectly healthy and not dependent on him whatsoever off the island back to Boston. What the hell man. That bird shouldn’t be in a freaking cage forever...white people shit (unfortunately white people do that dumb and ignorant shit). They also compared Peter to girl because he had long hair and they compared him to a dog because his feet were rough.
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