Philosophical Musings of a Book Nerd

Well, I am getting close to reading all of the Enid Blyton books that I intend on reading (I have no interest in Mallory Towers or the Naughtiest School Girl, and since Blyton wrote heaps of books, and I have already read quite a few, I think I will leave it with the Famous Five and Secret Seven) so I am slowly getting there and hopefully once they are out of the way I can then look at reading some other series that I have been itching to read again for a while (though I won't say what they are just yet). Actually, come to think of it, there are a few series I want to read again, but I think I am getting a little ahead of myself.

Anyway, not surprisingly, the Famous Five are once again on holidays (I wish I had as many holidays as these kids get) and once again they are off on a bicycle adventure. This time it is to a harbour which is apparently the second biggest harbour after Sydney Harbour (which I must admit is some feat because Sydney Harbour is huge, but then again San Francisco also has a pretty massive harbour, or is it technically a bay, not that I would know the difference). I didn't think there were any massive harbours in England, and even if there were wouldn't they be located in some huge industrial city such as Liverpool or Newcastle?

Anyway, let us leave the issue of this harbour behind and get on with the story, not that there is all that much to say about this story because it tends to follow the same pattern that many of the other Famous Five stories follow. Basically they meat a kid at the cottage where they are staying (and this kid has a strange affinity with animals – including Timothy) which they start off hating but then after he saves their lives they decided that he his pretty cool. There is also a mysterious island with a ruined castle on it (much like the one back at George's house) which they decide to go an explore, even though people tell them that bad things happen to nosey people there (not that it's stopped them before).

Well, you can probably guess what happens because, well, this is an Famous Five book, and they all tend to pretty much follow the same pattern. Yep, they find some bad people who are involved in smuggling antiques, get captured, manage to escape, get the police involved, who then storm the island and arrest the bad guys, all the time while the Famous Five are watching, and then they (the Famous Five that is) go off and have an enjoyable rest of the holidays.

However these days when I read about the police storming an island and arresting the bad guys I cannot help but think that they look something like this: