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Sophie Hamley – Five Go Down Under | Review

May 2, 2019 danecobain

Title: Five Go Down Under

Author: Sophie Hamley

Type: Fiction

Page Count/Review Word Count: 108

Rating 3.5/5

This is another entry in the Famous Five for grownups books that parody the children’s series by Enid Blyton. All of the books in the series have been pretty fun, but I also noticed that this is by a different author as the other ones I’ve read were by Bruno Vincent. Still, Hamley does just as good of a job and I have no complaints, although I wouldn’t recommend going out of your way for it either. Unless you’re from Australia, of course.

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Bruno Vincent – Five Give Up the Booze | Review

March 31, 2018 danecobain

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Title: Five Give Up the Booze

Author: Bruno Vincent

Type: Fiction

Page Count/Review Word Count: 107

Rating: 3.5*/5

Bruno Vincent – Five Give Up the Booze

This is one of the new Ladybird books that are written for grownups and so as such, it’s a delightful pastiche of what made Enid Blyton’s Famous Five so famous in the first place. In this one, they try to take part in Dry January with entertaining results, and what I liked is that it does have all the elements of a great story. It’s funny but it also works, which was nice. Worth reading if you’ve ever tried to cut down.