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StuartB

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Enid Blyton: Good Work, Secret Seven (2009, Hodder Children's Books) 2 stars

Peter and Janet are the only witnesses when a car is stolen! They saw the …

Good Work Secret Seven

2 stars

These are getting tired and formulaic, now - the Secret Seven are horribly middle-class and horribly proud of how clever they are (even though, actually, they aren't very clever at all), and the writing, plot, and character development are dire. I'm beginning to regret deciding to re-read all these!

Robert Jordan: Winter's Heart (Wheel of Time) (Hardcover, 2000, TOR) 4 stars

The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. …

9 books in, and still a solid read - it's amazing how much of this I had forgotten in the intervening 20 years, and the ending was totally unexpected - I think I might have been reading the last 20 pages or so for the first time! Books 10-14 are coming up, and all are entirely new to me.

Enid Blyton: Go Ahead, Secret Seven (2009, Hodder Children's Books) 2 stars

A little shadowing practice by George goes awry and his parents force him to resign …

I'm not sure who hates me more, 8 year old me who thought they were awesome, or old, middle-aged me, who thinks there were much better books than this, aimed at the same age range, even back then. sigh I've started so I'll finish...