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3.77 AVERAGE
3.77 AVERAGE
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This could also be entitled Five Jump the Shark. It eventually straightened out, but not before a creepy-Pied-Piper-toad-talking boy took over the first half. Also, much more abuse of exclamation points than there generally is, which is saying something.
Also also, for the love of all that is good and holy, stop torturing the poor dog as a plot device.
Rather glad this is the penultimate installment - it's getting weird.
Also also, for the love of all that is good and holy, stop torturing the poor dog as a plot device.
Rather glad this is the penultimate installment - it's getting weird.
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes
Nostalgia read. :)
I think that the "Famous Five" were the first real books (not picture books) I've ever read - the series that started it all!
I remember them being the favourites of my crush-at-the-time (apparently I've always had a thing for intellectuals). :P Books last, romances fade...
I remember not yet being able to pronounce English names correctly, but pronouncing them according to Croatian shallow ortography - and Uncle Quentin frustrated me with his unpronounceable Q!
And I remember being rather enthralled with their adventures. And the elements of the stories (this particular one, at least) have stuck with me, I see, in ways I didn't expect and wasn't conscious of.
Nostalgia reads! <3
I think that the "Famous Five" were the first real books (not picture books) I've ever read - the series that started it all!
I remember them being the favourites of my crush-at-the-time (apparently I've always had a thing for intellectuals). :P Books last, romances fade...
I remember not yet being able to pronounce English names correctly, but pronouncing them according to Croatian shallow ortography - and Uncle Quentin frustrated me with his unpronounceable Q!
And I remember being rather enthralled with their adventures. And the elements of the stories (this particular one, at least) have stuck with me, I see, in ways I didn't expect and wasn't conscious of.
Nostalgia reads! <3
I read this book as part of a Summer/Winter reading challenge. This author was a favourite from my childhood. Simpler and safer times, my son also enjoyed these adventures.
It's totally different as an adult, corny as heck and I see the author has a formula. But what can I say, it worked and I loved them back in the 70s.
The 5 have a mystery to solve and solve it they did.
It's totally different as an adult, corny as heck and I see the author has a formula. But what can I say, it worked and I loved them back in the 70s.
The 5 have a mystery to solve and solve it they did.