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The Five Find-Outers #5
The Mystery of the Missing Necklace
"TOMBIK'IN KILIK DEGISTIRME BECERISI GELISTI! O balon satan kadinin ya da o huysuz adamin Tombik oldugunu kimse anlayamadi. Tombik kilik degistirerek her turlu bilgiyi kolayca topluyor. Bu bilgiler de gizem avcilarini cozulmesi gereken yepyeni bir gizeme goturuyor. Bakalim bizimkiler gerdanligi calan ceteyi yakalayabilecekler mi? Cocuk edebiyatinin klasik yazari Enid Blyton’dan yepyeni bir dedektifl ik serisi! Bes gizem avcisi ve kucuk kopekleri, her kitapta ayri bir gizemi cozuyor, polisten bile daha iyi bir is cikariyorlar!"Dili: TurkceYayinevi: Dogan ve Egmont Yayincilik
216 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1947
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Enid Blyton
5,132 books6,299 followersSee also:
Ένιντ Μπλάιτον (Greek)
Enida Blaitona (Latvian)
Энид Блайтон (Russian)
Inid Blajton (Serbian)
Інід Блайтон (Ukrainian)
Enid Mary Blyton (1897–1968) was an English author of children's books.
Born in South London, Blyton was the eldest of three children, and showed an early interest in music and reading. She was educated at St. Christopher's School, Beckenham, and - having decided not to pursue her music - at Ipswich High School, where she trained as a kindergarten teacher. She taught for five years before her 1924 marriage to editor Hugh Pollock, with whom she had two daughters. This marriage ended in divorce, and Blyton remarried in 1943, to surgeon Kenneth Fraser Darrell Waters. She died in 1968, one year after her second husband.
Blyton was a prolific author of children's books, who penned an estimated 800 books over about 40 years. Her stories were often either children's adventure and mystery stories, or fantasies involving magic. Notable series include: The Famous Five, The Secret Seven, The Five Find-Outers, Noddy, The Wishing Chair, Mallory Towers, and St. Clare's.
According to the Index Translationum, Blyton was the fifth most popular author in the world in 2007, coming after Lenin but ahead of Shakespeare.
See also her pen name Mary Pollock
Ένιντ Μπλάιτον (Greek)
Enida Blaitona (Latvian)
Энид Блайтон (Russian)
Inid Blajton (Serbian)
Інід Блайтон (Ukrainian)
Enid Mary Blyton (1897–1968) was an English author of children's books.
Born in South London, Blyton was the eldest of three children, and showed an early interest in music and reading. She was educated at St. Christopher's School, Beckenham, and - having decided not to pursue her music - at Ipswich High School, where she trained as a kindergarten teacher. She taught for five years before her 1924 marriage to editor Hugh Pollock, with whom she had two daughters. This marriage ended in divorce, and Blyton remarried in 1943, to surgeon Kenneth Fraser Darrell Waters. She died in 1968, one year after her second husband.
Blyton was a prolific author of children's books, who penned an estimated 800 books over about 40 years. Her stories were often either children's adventure and mystery stories, or fantasies involving magic. Notable series include: The Famous Five, The Secret Seven, The Five Find-Outers, Noddy, The Wishing Chair, Mallory Towers, and St. Clare's.
According to the Index Translationum, Blyton was the fifth most popular author in the world in 2007, coming after Lenin but ahead of Shakespeare.
See also her pen name Mary Pollock
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November 7, 2017
Findouters Challenge: Book 5. This is certainly among the most interesting of the Findouters’ cases. The story opens with Pip and Bets getting bored in their summer holidays, with the others at the seaside with their parents (they themselves have also been but have been back home for a few weeks now) and no mystery to solve. The children return soon and find Mr Goon busy at work with clearly a new case to solve which they have no clue about. Inspector Jenks doesn’t want them involved either but is happy to have them keep an eye open for a gang that’s been operating in and around the area and in Peterswood as well. But nothing short of solving the case will satisfy our findouters who put all of their detective skills into play, interviewing witnesses and employing disguises. Fatty this time around has grown much taller and his voice has begun to change really opening up the possibilities for disguises, and he uses this to his advantage. Mr Goon also manages to show that the children shouldn’t really underestimate him as they often do, almost neck-and-neck with them at every stage, though he does do something that was perhaps childish, considering his profession. Fatty also gets a taste of what Mr Goon always feels when the children are perpetually getting in his way. Still at the end, the findouters come out on top of course.
This was a proper “meaty” mystery with plenty going on, clues and suspects, secret messages, a gang of thieves, and a stolen necklace, with poor Goon managing to do a good job, with part of the case at least. The solution, definitely creative which once again little Bets works out. In fact, even if she doesn’t know as much as the other children, she manages to see through Fatty’s disguises, catch on to the important clues, and her intuition is always spot-on but the others, particularly Pip don’t seem to see that continuing to treat her shabbily and laughing at her for being a “baby”, with only Fatty to stand up for her. In this one though, the others do contribute in solving the mystery, coming up with some pretty good ideas, Pip, especially. Fatty of course is clever again with his “grown-up” disguises but in this one I felt he did act a little oversmart, getting involved in things much too dangerous just to show himself cleverer than Goon. Plenty of lemonade and ices in this one, in fact much of their detective work is based out of the lemonade shop :) I also enjoyed the summer atmosphere, tourists, fairs, lots of cold drinks and icecream. This I think (if I haven’t missed anything in the earlier books) was the first one in which Goon uses what becomes a favourite expression―“that toad of a boy!” Very enjoyable.
This was a proper “meaty” mystery with plenty going on, clues and suspects, secret messages, a gang of thieves, and a stolen necklace, with poor Goon managing to do a good job, with part of the case at least. The solution, definitely creative which once again little Bets works out. In fact, even if she doesn’t know as much as the other children, she manages to see through Fatty’s disguises, catch on to the important clues, and her intuition is always spot-on but the others, particularly Pip don’t seem to see that continuing to treat her shabbily and laughing at her for being a “baby”, with only Fatty to stand up for her. In this one though, the others do contribute in solving the mystery, coming up with some pretty good ideas, Pip, especially. Fatty of course is clever again with his “grown-up” disguises but in this one I felt he did act a little oversmart, getting involved in things much too dangerous just to show himself cleverer than Goon. Plenty of lemonade and ices in this one, in fact much of their detective work is based out of the lemonade shop :) I also enjoyed the summer atmosphere, tourists, fairs, lots of cold drinks and icecream. This I think (if I haven’t missed anything in the earlier books) was the first one in which Goon uses what becomes a favourite expression―“that toad of a boy!” Very enjoyable.
November 28, 2014
they get told not to solve the mystey but they do it any way
February 10, 2021
A really good book ,an excellent piece of work by Enid Blyton, I finished it the same day. It is about a gang in Peterswood which was doing robberies in places and used Peterswood as it's headquarters. The find outers didn't know anything about it till fatty asked Inspector Jenks what Mr. Goon was doing, they found out about the gang and tried to help . Then fatty found out where the meetings were being held, but was caught by Mr. GOON and had to give the message to him (Mr. goon) .It happened that the meeting was held in a waxwork museum . Fatty used his disguises and disguises himself as waxwork figure of Napoleon but what did he find? Mr. Goon had the same idea as he had . fatty didn't reveal his identity to Mr. Goon in the waxwork hall, so Goon had no idea that anybody beside himself was in the room. After the meeting started Goon wanted to sneeze and he ended up giving a gentle blowing expression to the men but enough to make them suspicious . As Napoleon (fatty) was in the front row, he blinked at the torch light but nearly got away with it though one of the men caught fatty and they locked him in a cupboard . Goon, as we know, never liked fatty and didn't help him instead caught the thieves red handed whilst they were in the building .
But wait what happened to fatty?
Well Larry (Lawrence Daykin) came to his rescue . That night fatty slept soundly but not Mr. Goon , he got a big shock when he had found the cupboard in which fatty had been locked up empty ,whenever he went to sleep, he would dream of getting praise from inspector Jenks but then fatty would come into the dream shouting for help. The next day when Mr. Goon went to the inspector and told the story to him . The inspector was not pleased at all with goon because he had left fatty .
When he was going larry ,fatty ,bets, daisy and pip decided to ask goon where fatty was and tried to frighten him with the thought that fatty had disappeared . While coming back from the inspector ,Goon met fatty who told him that he had been home that night ,when he asked how he had come back fatty didn't tell him about larry coming but just made an excuse and went . The inspector had told goon about the pearl necklaces that had been stolen and were with the fifth member who had escaped. After goon told him that fatty had been safely back at home the inspector frustrated with goon thought, that he had had many confessions with many people about the case but not with someone who seemed to know a lot about the case that person was of course fatty . the inspector called fatty and told him about the the missing necklace .THE MYSTERY IS NOT OVER YET .
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But wait what happened to fatty?
Well Larry (Lawrence Daykin) came to his rescue . That night fatty slept soundly but not Mr. Goon , he got a big shock when he had found the cupboard in which fatty had been locked up empty ,whenever he went to sleep, he would dream of getting praise from inspector Jenks but then fatty would come into the dream shouting for help. The next day when Mr. Goon went to the inspector and told the story to him . The inspector was not pleased at all with goon because he had left fatty .
When he was going larry ,fatty ,bets, daisy and pip decided to ask goon where fatty was and tried to frighten him with the thought that fatty had disappeared . While coming back from the inspector ,Goon met fatty who told him that he had been home that night ,when he asked how he had come back fatty didn't tell him about larry coming but just made an excuse and went . The inspector had told goon about the pearl necklaces that had been stolen and were with the fifth member who had escaped. After goon told him that fatty had been safely back at home the inspector frustrated with goon thought, that he had had many confessions with many people about the case but not with someone who seemed to know a lot about the case that person was of course fatty . the inspector called fatty and told him about the the missing necklace .THE MYSTERY IS NOT OVER YET .
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February 11, 2021
A really good book ,an excellent piece of work by Enid Blyton, I finished it the same day. It is about a gang in Peterswood which was doing robberies in places and used Peterswood as it's headquarters. The find outers didn't know anything about it till fatty asked Inspector Jenks what Mr. Goon was doing, they found out about the gang and tried to help . Then fatty found out where the meetings were being held, but was caught by Mr. GOON and had to give the message to him (Mr. goon) .It happened that the meeting was held in a waxwork museum . Fatty used his disguises and disguises himself as waxwork figure of Napoleon but what did he find? Mr. Goon had the same idea as he had . fatty didn't reveal his identity to Mr. Goon in the waxwork hall, so Goon had no idea that anybody beside himself was in the room. After the meeting started Goon wanted to sneeze and he ended up giving a gentle blowing expression to the men but enough to make them suspicious . As Napoleon (fatty) was in the front row, he blinked at the torch light but nearly got away with it though one of the men caught fatty and they locked him in a cupboard . Goon, as we know, never liked fatty and didn't help him instead caught the thieves red handed whilst they were in the building .
But wait what happened to fatty?
Well Larry (Lawrence Daykin) came to his rescue . That night fatty slept soundly but not Mr. Goon , he got a big shock when he had found the cupboard in which fatty had been locked up empty ,whenever he went to sleep, he would dream of getting praise from inspector Jenks but then fatty would come into the dream shouting for help. The next day when Mr. Goon went to the inspector and told the story to him . The inspector was not pleased at all with goon because he had left fatty .
When he was going larry ,fatty ,bets, daisy and pip decided to ask goon where fatty was and tried to frighten him with the thought that fatty had disappeared . While coming back from the inspector ,Goon met fatty who told him that he had been home that night ,when he asked how he had come back fatty didn't tell him about larry coming but just made an excuse and went . The inspector had told goon about the pearl necklaces that had been stolen and were with the fifth member who had escaped. After goon told him that fatty had been safely back at home the inspector frustrated with goon thought, that he had had many confessions with many people about the case but not with someone who seemed to know a lot about the case that person was of course fatty . the inspector called fatty and told him about the the missing necklace .THE MYSTERY IS NOT OVER YET .
For more content read actual copy of book!
But wait what happened to fatty?
Well Larry (Lawrence Daykin) came to his rescue . That night fatty slept soundly but not Mr. Goon , he got a big shock when he had found the cupboard in which fatty had been locked up empty ,whenever he went to sleep, he would dream of getting praise from inspector Jenks but then fatty would come into the dream shouting for help. The next day when Mr. Goon went to the inspector and told the story to him . The inspector was not pleased at all with goon because he had left fatty .
When he was going larry ,fatty ,bets, daisy and pip decided to ask goon where fatty was and tried to frighten him with the thought that fatty had disappeared . While coming back from the inspector ,Goon met fatty who told him that he had been home that night ,when he asked how he had come back fatty didn't tell him about larry coming but just made an excuse and went . The inspector had told goon about the pearl necklaces that had been stolen and were with the fifth member who had escaped. After goon told him that fatty had been safely back at home the inspector frustrated with goon thought, that he had had many confessions with many people about the case but not with someone who seemed to know a lot about the case that person was of course fatty . the inspector called fatty and told him about the the missing necklace .THE MYSTERY IS NOT OVER YET .
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April 12, 2019
The fifth installment of Enid Blyton's Five Find-Outers and Dog series, in which a group of children solve mysteries during their school holidays, The Mystery of the Missing Necklace follows Fatty, Larry, Daisy, Pip, and Bets (together with Buster the dog) as they spend their summer trying to catch a ring of jewel thieves. Determined to stay one step ahead of Mr. Goon - the village police bobby and the children's nemesis - the Find-Outers find themselves relying more and more on Fatty's extraordinary disguises. But will their clever leader get in over his head...?
I continue to enjoy this juvenile mystery series, despite the paper-thin plots and formulaic prose, and particularly relish the Find-Outers' hilarious conflicts with old "Clear Orf," the nickname given to Mr. Goon. As mentioned in previous reviews, Blyton has created engaging, well-developed characters in Fatty and Bets, although I still feel that Larry, Daisy and Pip are underutilized. All in all, this was another enjoyable contribution to my education in all things Blyton, and an inducement to continue with this series.
I continue to enjoy this juvenile mystery series, despite the paper-thin plots and formulaic prose, and particularly relish the Find-Outers' hilarious conflicts with old "Clear Orf," the nickname given to Mr. Goon. As mentioned in previous reviews, Blyton has created engaging, well-developed characters in Fatty and Bets, although I still feel that Larry, Daisy and Pip are underutilized. All in all, this was another enjoyable contribution to my education in all things Blyton, and an inducement to continue with this series.
February 20, 2021
It is always enchanting to revisit our infancy, through the menas of these Blyton adventures!
And it is also refreshing the way the Author manages to pass sound, lovely humor!
Maria Carmo,
Lisbon 20 February 2021.
And it is also refreshing the way the Author manages to pass sound, lovely humor!
Maria Carmo,
Lisbon 20 February 2021.
June 14, 2018
I liked this Book very much and I rate it five star. recommend others to read the series of find outers by Enid Blyton.
June 12, 2020
Great
Great book in enjoying reading this series again read as a kid with my gran now again as an adult and plan to read them with my son when he's a bit older
Great book in enjoying reading this series again read as a kid with my gran now again as an adult and plan to read them with my son when he's a bit older
September 27, 2019
A good Five-Find-Outers mystery. I have mentioned before how I don't enjoy this series as much as the Famous Five or the Adventure series, but it's due to my personal preference. With the more adventure-oriented series, I enjoy the variety of settings and the freedom and independence the children have to organize their holidays on their own. The Find-Outers, at least so far, operate in their own town, where they live with their parents, which is more realistic for a band of children but less fanciful and fun.
However, this series offers quite good mysteries for children, with their investigations, clues and deductions. I also enjoy the children's battle against Mr. Goon, the unfriendly local policeman. And, of course, Fatty's costumes and the resulting confusion are always fun. The Find-Outers outwitting Mr. Goon is always a childlike pleasure. As an adult I feel a bit sorry for Mr. Goon, even if he is rather boorish. Here he deserved all he got, though, after leaving Fatty locked in that cupboard.
In this one, watching suspects and fooling them (and Mr. Goon, of course!) with disguises plays a big role in the story, rather than interrogating witnesses or physically looking for clues. It has a memorable scene, with the criminal's meeting attended by two different spies, unbeknownst to each other.
However, this series offers quite good mysteries for children, with their investigations, clues and deductions. I also enjoy the children's battle against Mr. Goon, the unfriendly local policeman. And, of course, Fatty's costumes and the resulting confusion are always fun. The Find-Outers outwitting Mr. Goon is always a childlike pleasure. As an adult I feel a bit sorry for Mr. Goon, even if he is rather boorish. Here he deserved all he got, though, after leaving Fatty locked in that cupboard.
In this one, watching suspects and fooling them (and Mr. Goon, of course!) with disguises plays a big role in the story, rather than interrogating witnesses or physically looking for clues. It has a memorable scene, with the criminal's meeting attended by two different spies, unbeknownst to each other.
June 5, 2023
As predicted 5 stars for pure nostalgia alone. Also, I know it was written for literal children but the main characters are extremely dim in not being able to figure it out. It was actually frustrating me towards the end.
October 7, 2025
This is a good book of Enid Blyton. The book has started with bets and pip getting bored in their summer. All their friends were not there in the town they all went with their family to seaside. All these children loved to solve mysteries. They didn't allow Mr. Goon to solve any mystery. One day they all found that Mr. Goon was busy with a mystery which they don't know. Mr. Goon didn't want to involve them in solving this mystery. This mystery was about the robbery in the city, done by a gang of thieves, making peterswood as their as their headquarters. Then fatty found about where do the thieves made the plans & where the meetings were held, but was caught by Mr. Goon & had to tell him about what he found. The meetings were held in the waxwork museum.
Fatty used his disguises and disguises himself as waxwork figure of Napoleon but what did he find? Mr. Goon had the same idea as he had . fatty didn't reveal his identity to Mr. Goon in the waxwork hall, so Goon had no idea that anybody beside himself was in the room. After the meeting started Goon wanted to sneeze and he ended up giving a gentle blowing expression to the men but enough to make them suspicious . As Napoleon (fatty) was in the front row, he blinked at the torch light but nearly got away with it though one of the men caught fatty and they locked him in a cupboard . Goon, as we know, never liked fatty and didn't help him instead caught the thieves red handed whilst they were in the building .
Larry (Lawrence Daykin) came to his rescue . That night fatty slept soundly but not Mr. Goon , he got a big shock when he had found the cupboard in which fatty had been locked up empty ,whenever he went to sleep, he would dream of getting praise from inspector Jenks but then fatty would come into the dream shouting for help. The next day when Mr. Goon went to the inspector and told the story to him . The inspector was not pleased at all with goon because he had left fatty .
When he was going larry ,fatty ,bets, daisy and pip decided to ask goon where fatty was and tried to frighten him with the thought that fatty had disappeared . While coming back from the inspector, Goon met fatty who told him that he had been home that night ,when he asked how he had come back fatty didn't tell him about larry coming but just made an excuse and went . The inspector had told goon about the pearl necklaces that had been stolen and were with the fifth member who had escaped. After goon told him that fatty had been safely back at home the inspector frustrated with goon thought, that he had had many confessions with many people about the case but not with someone who seemed to know a lot about the case that person was of course fatty . the inspector called fatty and told him about the the missing necklace .THE MYSTERY IS NOT OVER YET .
This book is really amazing. It is becoming more interesting when we go on reading it.
Fatty used his disguises and disguises himself as waxwork figure of Napoleon but what did he find? Mr. Goon had the same idea as he had . fatty didn't reveal his identity to Mr. Goon in the waxwork hall, so Goon had no idea that anybody beside himself was in the room. After the meeting started Goon wanted to sneeze and he ended up giving a gentle blowing expression to the men but enough to make them suspicious . As Napoleon (fatty) was in the front row, he blinked at the torch light but nearly got away with it though one of the men caught fatty and they locked him in a cupboard . Goon, as we know, never liked fatty and didn't help him instead caught the thieves red handed whilst they were in the building .
Larry (Lawrence Daykin) came to his rescue . That night fatty slept soundly but not Mr. Goon , he got a big shock when he had found the cupboard in which fatty had been locked up empty ,whenever he went to sleep, he would dream of getting praise from inspector Jenks but then fatty would come into the dream shouting for help. The next day when Mr. Goon went to the inspector and told the story to him . The inspector was not pleased at all with goon because he had left fatty .
When he was going larry ,fatty ,bets, daisy and pip decided to ask goon where fatty was and tried to frighten him with the thought that fatty had disappeared . While coming back from the inspector, Goon met fatty who told him that he had been home that night ,when he asked how he had come back fatty didn't tell him about larry coming but just made an excuse and went . The inspector had told goon about the pearl necklaces that had been stolen and were with the fifth member who had escaped. After goon told him that fatty had been safely back at home the inspector frustrated with goon thought, that he had had many confessions with many people about the case but not with someone who seemed to know a lot about the case that person was of course fatty . the inspector called fatty and told him about the the missing necklace .THE MYSTERY IS NOT OVER YET .
This book is really amazing. It is becoming more interesting when we go on reading it.
June 20, 2023
In rare break from the usual immortal children of Enid Blyton there's a mention of the child characters getting older. Fatty's voice has broken, and amazingly Bets get a bit of maturity, in the a sense she gets to not be an idiot (but not too much - as we still need the childish character who needs simple things explain no matter what their age).
Like the other books this one is very much about the brilliance of Fatty and his disguises, Even better he can now disguise himself as adults, which leads to more ways to bring down the criminals of Peterswood and getting one over Mr Goon.
This book is also has classic examples of Blyton Bias - plenty of dim working class types with shameful pasts or horrible traits. Stereotypes which are so OT it's funny.
Like the other books this one is very much about the brilliance of Fatty and his disguises, Even better he can now disguise himself as adults, which leads to more ways to bring down the criminals of Peterswood and getting one over Mr Goon.
This book is also has classic examples of Blyton Bias - plenty of dim working class types with shameful pasts or horrible traits. Stereotypes which are so OT it's funny.
October 6, 2021
Fattys new talent for disguises soon puts the children on the trail of a group of jewel thieves that seem to have a connection with a nearby fair and thei waxworks. A thrilling scene where both Fatty and Goon disguise themselves as waxworks to eavesdrop on a meeting of the thieves leads to trouble for Goon when his sneeze leads to Fatty being captured and locked in a cupboard - and Goon actually leaving him there overnight! (Spoiker, Larry rescues Fatty)
But once again its Fatty and the FFO that shine as they are able to find the missing necklace, and reveal the last unapprehended thief!
But once again its Fatty and the FFO that shine as they are able to find the missing necklace, and reveal the last unapprehended thief!
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October 1, 2020
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The Find-Outers is a clever mystery series from bestselling author Enid Blyton, and perfect for fans of The Secret Seven. Fatty uses his best ever disguises to outwit a gang of thieves which are using Peterswood as their headquarters.
Amarina - The Book Grocer
The Find-Outers is a clever mystery series from bestselling author Enid Blyton, and perfect for fans of The Secret Seven. Fatty uses his best ever disguises to outwit a gang of thieves which are using Peterswood as their headquarters.
Amarina - The Book Grocer
April 24, 2021
In every series, a few exceptional books stand out, making them memorable. This one was that for the mystery series, apart from the first book.
The perils were graver, the stakes higher, and the kinds smarter. Amazing.
For young minds, these books proved to be so thrilling, the zest, the tumble into adventures, cracking puzzles, finding clues and finally putting criminals and robbers behind bars!
The mystery series were one of the best series in the Enid Blyton collection.
The perils were graver, the stakes higher, and the kinds smarter. Amazing.
For young minds, these books proved to be so thrilling, the zest, the tumble into adventures, cracking puzzles, finding clues and finally putting criminals and robbers behind bars!
The mystery series were one of the best series in the Enid Blyton collection.
December 24, 2021
Nostalgia re-read! Don't buy these for your kids! Plenty of inclusive, non-terfy/racist authors for kids nowadays.
I think this one really highlights how different it is to read a book for kids when you're not one - the idea of a policeman letting a child tied up and locked in a cupboard out of sheer pettiness makes me want to see him fired, not just mildly scolded. How dare you mistreat my fave, jerk.
Side-note I'm starting to ship Larry and Fatty, oops.
I think this one really highlights how different it is to read a book for kids when you're not one - the idea of a policeman letting a child tied up and locked in a cupboard out of sheer pettiness makes me want to see him fired, not just mildly scolded. How dare you mistreat my fave, jerk.
Side-note I'm starting to ship Larry and Fatty, oops.
June 19, 2022
Liburan hampir usai, tapi Pasukan Mau Tahu belum bertemu satu pun misteri! Dan Pak Ayo Pergi makin pandai saja. Walaupun tetap menyebalkan. Dan kejam juga. Heran, orang seperti dia kok masih jadi polisi!
Sudah lama tidak baca seri ini, jadi agak lupa gaya bahasanya. Tapi, karena saya sedang baca Lima Sekawan juga, kalau dibandingkan memang kurang enak dibacanya. Tapi secara cerita sih tetap mengasyikkan buat diikuti.
Sudah lama tidak baca seri ini, jadi agak lupa gaya bahasanya. Tapi, karena saya sedang baca Lima Sekawan juga, kalau dibandingkan memang kurang enak dibacanya. Tapi secara cerita sih tetap mengasyikkan buat diikuti.
January 6, 2025
This probably deserves three stars, maybe I'm being a bit harsh but I never seem to jell with the five find-outer books. Every Blyton series has its own particular niche, and I find the slow, low-stakes rambling around the village to be unexcited compared to the exotic locations and daredevil escapades of the Famous Five, Adventurous Four or Adventure series. There are some nice twists in this book, and all the plot threads are tied together skillfully at the end, with the wax figures being the linchpin that holds everything together. So I feel guilty, but it's two stars from me.
February 1, 2020
I personally prefer the 5 find outers to the famous five. There is much less sexism and ageism amongst the children. Fredrick (Fatty) is the main character and is very good at disguises and acting. The children use their intelligence to solve mysteries and of course there is also a dog - Buster
July 17, 2021
Entertaining but something of a misstep. Fatty proves fallible, Goon shows himself to have brains, and the Five Find-Outers shadow and disrupt a police investigation rather than go about solving the mystery themselves. (Also, the gang members’ secret communications seem needlessly convoluted.)
July 15, 2024
One of the better ones so far for sure. Riddled with plot holes but it’s quite cute and I liked the mystery in this. Also, however vague, I did not expect to see an anti colonialism sentiment from Bets pop off
November 13, 2025
The story keeps read as curious and entertain from beginning to end the twist make it enjoy able for both children and adults witty fatty boy and clever student. the rivalry between find outers and Mr goon adds fun and light comedy to the story.
July 14, 2018
it was very exciting and I loved it.😍😃😻😺
December 15, 2018
It is an amazing book and I liked it because I love reading mysteries.
It lends a great friendship vibe and talks about how children are more active and have more ideas running through their minds.
It lends a great friendship vibe and talks about how children are more active and have more ideas running through their minds.
December 10, 2019
The most boring out of the five Find-Outer books, but I still read it hundreds of times lol
December 28, 2019
My favourite 'fatty' book, the best of Enid Blyton
February 2, 2020
Nicely built up plot and suspense. I enjoyed the book!
April 4, 2020
Very entertaining
December 15, 2020
Long time since I read this as a kid. The writing has not withstood the test of time. But as I'm now using this translation to improve my German it's all fine with me. At least the pace is good.
January 20, 2021
Such a cute story! I adore little Bets and Fattys disguises are hilarious.
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