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A review by nday
The Island of Adventure by Enid Blyton
3.0
The first book in Enid Blyton’s Adventure series.
I’ve read a few books in this series over the years, but I’ve never read the series in its entirety, or the first book, so it was great to read where it all began.
It had all of the trademarks of a Blyton novel; a group of kids, a cool pet, obvious bad guys, plenty of good eats and a rollicking, good adventure.
This one was very similar to the first book in the Famous Five series as far as the setting, with the Island, underground tunnels, ring of impassable rocks around said island, etc.
The contents of the adventure were, fortunately, quite different, so that was good. The group of kids had quite a different dynamic than that of the Famous Five, the guys were definitely the adventurers in this one, with the girls not having much to do in this particular book. Kiki, the parrot, gave me a lifelong desire to one day own a cool, talking pirate like her.
All in all, a bit draggy in the middle but otherwise plenty of good reading.
I’ve read a few books in this series over the years, but I’ve never read the series in its entirety, or the first book, so it was great to read where it all began.
It had all of the trademarks of a Blyton novel; a group of kids, a cool pet, obvious bad guys, plenty of good eats and a rollicking, good adventure.
This one was very similar to the first book in the Famous Five series as far as the setting, with the Island, underground tunnels, ring of impassable rocks around said island, etc.
The contents of the adventure were, fortunately, quite different, so that was good. The group of kids had quite a different dynamic than that of the Famous Five, the guys were definitely the adventurers in this one, with the girls not having much to do in this particular book. Kiki, the parrot, gave me a lifelong desire to one day own a cool, talking pirate like her.
All in all, a bit draggy in the middle but otherwise plenty of good reading.