Reviews - Five on a Treasure Island

432 reviews for:

Five on a Treasure Island

Enid Blyton

3.91 AVERAGE

bookchatwithbeth's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Content Warnings

pratip_vijayakumar's review against another edition

4.0

Five on a Treasure Island of the infamous "The Famous Five" series is my first encounter with Enid Blyton. I heard it is a Children's book and I was recommended to read this book by my Mentor for the description used in the book and also he asked me to note how Enid Blyton has used the punctuations in her writings.
Now, over to the book. I am fairly impressed with the book, though it was predictable for me being an Adult but Children will thoroughly enjoy this book.
This book is setup in an age where people where not exposed to Mobile phones or any such the so-called-technology of sorts it just reminds me of my childhood where I wasn't exposed to Technology the so called 80's Kid and I remember visiting my Granny's place during vacation and getting along with my cousins and finding friends.
Out of the 5 I love Timothy the most because I could imagine How Tim would react to situations? How happy he would wag his tail when he meets George and Julian? Such a beautiful narration.
As an adult I thoroughly enjoyed the book and I believe Kids would definitely enjoy the book too for the adventures it takes place.

nenekoii's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Loveable characters: Yes

ran_sophia's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

The book is awesome. The story and its ending are beautifully written. My favorite character is George because he doesn't shy away from being himself.

akshaya07's review against another edition

3.0

Re-read it after many years just to check why I loved it so much! I really wanted to read "the secret seven" first but since I didn't got a copy, I read this instead. I will try to read all of Enid Blyton books I loved, slowly at some point just to relive my childhood reading days haha!

Also I remember loving George as a character and really not liking Anne. Like Anne used to frustrates me but this time around, it was the opposite. The amount of time, it was written how George wanted to be perceived as a boy instead of a girl kind of was annoying and repetitive. Like don't get me wrong, she is a teenager and I have gone through that phase myself of being like a tomboy and stuff, but it was so much emphasized through out the book which I personally thought was unnecessary. And I really thought Anne was an Angel even though she could have a loose mouth at times but again she is a kid so it's fine!