The third adventure of The Famous Five. This group of kids is becoming a group of justice agents as Blyton bring us new stories. It's been a year since the time of their first adventure. The group is shown as really solid.

Julian is more mature and soon the others will be too. Anne is representing this view of girls as housewives but mixed with a girl who wants to experience from adventures, so not bad at all. Wonder how George's feelings about being a girl will change.

It's kind of incredible how we are presented to a group of kids that manage to live in an island by themselves. Or how they manage to carry such a lot of things to survive in a boat.

A final message when they hope Edgar could find another way in life far from the bad things he learned and suffered from his parents it's very nice wish for people to change. ( )

It was meant to be. At long last the unwanted thing happened. I got swayed by the review of one user here and consequently I couldn't enjoy The Famous Five book for what it is. Among the four kids, it was Julian's demeanor that spoiled the fun. I immediately noticed how bossy and slightly mean he was. He wouldn't say anything without cussing Anne or someone other than her. I found the entire adventure boring and even the tinned stuff they were having on the island didn't look yummy to me. It's the end of an era. I may either take another Famous Five book on the rebound, or take a break from the series. It's not the end of the world, and I'm not sad at all, but such a day, maybe, was bound to arrive. ( )

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