A review by elementarymydear
The Island of Adventure: Macmillan Classics Edition by Enid Blyton

3.0

I read quite a lot of Enid Blyton as a kid, and this is the first I've read since. It's classic, stereo-typical Enid Blyton; children who go for 'jolly hols' with their pets and end up uncovering some sort of grand evil scheme, in a very Scooby-Doo-esque fashion. I absolutely did not see the ending coming; I had no idea what was actually going on on the island. The biggest thing to jar, however, was that it's definitely a product of its time; every character is a walking 1940s stereotype, particularly when it comes to the female or POC characters.