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Adventure #4
The Sea of Adventure
A mysterious trip to the desolate northern isles leads to another exciting adventure for Philip, Dinah, Lucy-Ann and Jack. Bill is kidnapped, and the children are marooned far from the mainland. Will they rescue Bill in a dangerous game of hide-and-seek with an unknown enemy?
288 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1948
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Enid Blyton
5,133 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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October 9, 2022
Not my favourite of the series. The weakest plot and adventure by far. Not a lot happens at all.
There are no secret tunnels or passages which are a mainstay of these books. The villains are not even really described and hardly in it.
Most of it was on Puffin Island and we certainly got enough information about them.
Not one I'd read again.
There are no secret tunnels or passages which are a mainstay of these books. The villains are not even really described and hardly in it.
Most of it was on Puffin Island and we certainly got enough information about them.
Not one I'd read again.
February 7, 2022
The four children, Kiki the parrot, and Bill head to the Isles off Scotland for a break to recover from the measles. Of course it's never that simple as they fall into an adventure involving gun runners. With a pair of tame puffins to keep them company.
March 20, 2018
Not one of her best but lovely nonetheless - kids stranded on a remote Scottish island full to the cliffs with puffins, cormorants and guillemots, as well as smugglers, secret lagoons, hidden coves, kidnappings, escapes, mysterious seaplanes, friendly animals, a talking parrot, and walks through the heather. All with lashings of ginger beer and plenty of tinned fruit and biscuits.
September 27, 2018
The fourth book of the series. This one has an exciting start that kind of reminds one of Sherlock Holmes’ Final Problem. Criminals are out to get Bill Cunningham the detective friend of the children Jack, Phillip, Lucy-Ann and Dina. He is trying to move around town under cover and disappear for a few days. After an exciting start, things ease out a bit as the children journey along with their friends the isles in northern Britain. This was the fun part like a travelogue. We get to see puffins. Jack as a bird lover once again comes to fore; there had been no birds for Jack in the previous story. Phillip of course has his three rats and adopts a pair of exciting pets. The pets don’t play a role in the story though. Also, we see the return of nature as a major antagonist. In the first book, we had the sea flooding in, in the second, there were landslides. However, the third did not have the children contending against the forces of nature. Here the children are stranded in an island with no shelter during a sea storm with nothing but tents to protect them. Actually, the danger feels more real when the antagonist is nature than mere bad men. Because bad men, we know in Enid Blyton’s books do not kill children.
Valley of Adventure, Sea of Adventure and Mountain of Adventure have a good sound to them being closely associated with nature. After Valley of Adventure, it took me years before I finally got to read Sea of Adventure and Mountain of Adventure. So, there was always a sense of excitement about this book. And seas do have a kind of charm about them. And we see the poetic side of Lucy-Ann. For a change, this book does not have any secret passages. While secret passages are exiting, it becomes cliched when you have them in every book. Guess Enid Blyton realized that and decided to keep this story without them. In this book they are in uninhabited isles with limited trees and cliffs. So not much scope for passages of any sort. Also, while not a foreign country, being out in the open sea away from civilization is definitely exciting.
Continuing on from last book where the children were self-reliant, this book takes things further with children actually effecting a rescue rather than being rescued every time. The story has fair amount of excitement. The adventure starts earlier than the first two books and there is excitement around boat chases, hiding from enemies and escape. Of course, luck does play a role as usual. The situations in the book are so dangerous that I guess it is difficult for the author to get the protagonists out of the situations she has put them in without a lucky break or two.
It was overall a fascinating book with a good combination of nature exploration, food and fun, danger and adventure.
Valley of Adventure, Sea of Adventure and Mountain of Adventure have a good sound to them being closely associated with nature. After Valley of Adventure, it took me years before I finally got to read Sea of Adventure and Mountain of Adventure. So, there was always a sense of excitement about this book. And seas do have a kind of charm about them. And we see the poetic side of Lucy-Ann. For a change, this book does not have any secret passages. While secret passages are exiting, it becomes cliched when you have them in every book. Guess Enid Blyton realized that and decided to keep this story without them. In this book they are in uninhabited isles with limited trees and cliffs. So not much scope for passages of any sort. Also, while not a foreign country, being out in the open sea away from civilization is definitely exciting.
Continuing on from last book where the children were self-reliant, this book takes things further with children actually effecting a rescue rather than being rescued every time. The story has fair amount of excitement. The adventure starts earlier than the first two books and there is excitement around boat chases, hiding from enemies and escape. Of course, luck does play a role as usual. The situations in the book are so dangerous that I guess it is difficult for the author to get the protagonists out of the situations she has put them in without a lucky break or two.
It was overall a fascinating book with a good combination of nature exploration, food and fun, danger and adventure.
November 6, 2016
This is one of the Adventure series that I actually didn't read as a child. It was definitely interesting to see how this one differed from the previous three considering I've read those several times in the past and I think I had some preconceived notions of how good they were, but with this one it was all new.
So as in the past, the four children (and Kiki, of course!) manage to get themselves into an improbable amount of trouble, this time while holidaying in some remote Scottish islands with their good friend Bill. This time, Police chief/secret agent/spy Bill has to "disappear" because the enemy are on to him, and the children are recovering from measles, so they decide to go away together. Lo and behold, who should they stumble upon in these apparently remote islands, but the enemy?!
As usual for Enid Blyton, a lot of the language and ideas in this story are a little outdated - although usually the girls are just as good as the boys, in this one both Lucy-Ann and Dinah take a bit of a back seat, preferring to prepare meals and make up the beds than anything else. To be fair, this could be partly blamed on their recent measles outbreak but also those were just the general ideas in the time this was written.
It's still a lovely little kids story though.
So as in the past, the four children (and Kiki, of course!) manage to get themselves into an improbable amount of trouble, this time while holidaying in some remote Scottish islands with their good friend Bill. This time, Police chief/secret agent/spy Bill has to "disappear" because the enemy are on to him, and the children are recovering from measles, so they decide to go away together. Lo and behold, who should they stumble upon in these apparently remote islands, but the enemy?!
As usual for Enid Blyton, a lot of the language and ideas in this story are a little outdated - although usually the girls are just as good as the boys, in this one both Lucy-Ann and Dinah take a bit of a back seat, preferring to prepare meals and make up the beds than anything else. To be fair, this could be partly blamed on their recent measles outbreak but also those were just the general ideas in the time this was written.
It's still a lovely little kids story though.
August 23, 2023
When I want to take a break from dark psychological thrillers, I go for historical mysteries. When even historical mysteries seem too much (even my historical mysteries are a bit dark, I don't like cosy mysteries) I turn to children's stories: either Elinor M Brent-Dyer's Chalet School books or Enid Blytons. The Adventure series is probably the Enid Blyton series I love best so when my daughter got this as a birthday present I knew I had to read it. Though I remember other books in the series (ship of adventure for example) having more complex mysteries, the sheer pleasure of reading this book about 4 children stranded in an island off Scotland where only birds live and where they stumble across an international mystery makes me give this 4 stars.
April 9, 2020
I just really really like this one. Philip, Dinah, Jack, and Lucy-Ann are British children. They are recovering from getting the measles, so they go to islands with lots of birds to help get better. But then, their government agents friend who has taken them to the islands disappears. Their boat is chopped up, and they are stuck on the island. As you can imagine, a lot of action and suspense follows. I think this is the best in the series because it shows how the children can help rescue adults too. I really recommend this to anyone age 10+, because it has a great story to tell!
January 20, 2013
I've got such a lovely feeling," said Lucy-Ann, looking the picture of happiness. "You know - that feeling you get at the very beginning of a lovely holiday - when all the days spread out before you, sunny and lazy and sort of enchanted."
"You'll end up by being a poet if you don't look out," said Philip from the wheel.
"Well, if a poet feels like I feel just exactly at this moment, I wouldn't mind being one for the rest of my life, even if it meant having to write poetry," said Lucy-Ann.
Oh, Enid. I can't be too mad, though, because I've just realized where my fondness for the dash comes from, so thanks for that.
September 5, 2025
Once again the four children accidentally fall into mortal danger. As you'd expect there's not a bother on them, facing a gun-smuggling criminal gang as just part of the standard holiday occurance.
I had Sea of Adventure as an audio book as a child (an excellent Christmas present). I hate to compare but my cassette version was much better with its sound effects. Made it much more exciting with the 1980's version of surround sound of 100s of puffins, boat engines and gun shots.
Still it was a great story, hilariously implausible as always, with the usual convenient secret hiding place.
I had Sea of Adventure as an audio book as a child (an excellent Christmas present). I hate to compare but my cassette version was much better with its sound effects. Made it much more exciting with the 1980's version of surround sound of 100s of puffins, boat engines and gun shots.
Still it was a great story, hilariously implausible as always, with the usual convenient secret hiding place.
February 4, 2025
Another fun, wholesome, mildly outrageous adventure story. I love sharing these with my boy.
And all of us grown-ups know Bill Smugs and Mrs. Mannering have the hots for one another right? Let’s get these two down the aisle already!
And all of us grown-ups know Bill Smugs and Mrs. Mannering have the hots for one another right? Let’s get these two down the aisle already!
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June 3, 2020Probably read sometime between 2001-2005
December 21, 2023
Samalla kaavalla mennään pitkälti.
March 12, 2025
Rated it 4 because I kinda hate Lucy-Ann. She’s such a dumbass.
4.40 ⭐️
4.40 ⭐️
February 13, 2024
I enjoyed this, being set amongst Scottish Islands, with lots of birds and the comical pairing of Huffin and Puffin. Enid Blyton doesn't shy away from violence and international gun running, but done in such a way that children both back in 1948 (so just post war) and now won't find overtly frightening
October 18, 2015
To assist their recovery after contracting measles Jack, Lucy-Ann, Philip, Dinah and Kiki set off with their friend Bill 'Smaugs' (who needs sanctuary too) to the northern isles of Scotland for much needed rest and recuperation. But it isn't long before their carefree ornithological holiday turns into a new adventure.
This is the 4th in the Enid Blyton adventure series which I have thoroughly enjoyed great characters although the bad guys are generally faceless and not developed at all but really the adults are bookends. They help set the story up and then come in at the end to help tidy up a few loose ends in between the children endure all the excitement and derring do.
I have great affection for Kiki and Enid Blyton paints her in such a charming way. In fact animals feature in a big way in the stories mainly through the character of Philip who has a great affinity with them usually carrying a few around his person. This time we have the addition of Huffin and Puffin a couple of puffins who feature heavily in the story. Enid Blyton certainly knows how to capture a child's imagination.
This is the 4th in the Enid Blyton adventure series which I have thoroughly enjoyed great characters although the bad guys are generally faceless and not developed at all but really the adults are bookends. They help set the story up and then come in at the end to help tidy up a few loose ends in between the children endure all the excitement and derring do.
I have great affection for Kiki and Enid Blyton paints her in such a charming way. In fact animals feature in a big way in the stories mainly through the character of Philip who has a great affinity with them usually carrying a few around his person. This time we have the addition of Huffin and Puffin a couple of puffins who feature heavily in the story. Enid Blyton certainly knows how to capture a child's imagination.
April 28, 2017
THIS WAS AN WONDERFUL BOOK. BILL GOT KIDNAPPED AND THE 4 CHILDREN[ JACK, LUCY-ANN, PHILIP AND DINAH] WERE WORRIED AND TENSED LIKE ANYTHING. THEY USED TO SEARCH AND FINALLY GOT AN IDEA! READ THE BOOK FOR FURTHER DETAILS
August 22, 2024
Quick comfort reread of my favourite Blyton after a rough day. I feel cleansed and happy.
February 20, 2023
Re-reading for the 3rd or 4th time and loving every minute - Good old Enid Blyton
November 6, 2020
The book "The Sea of Adventure", written by one of the world's best writers, Enid Blyton, is the fourth book in the Adventure series. Philip, Dinah, Lucy-Ann and Jack, along with their pet parrot, Kiki, find themselves in the mist of yet another amazing adventure.
Measles has ruined their vacation and now instead of sending them to school, Mrs. Mannering is planning to send the kids for a change to some place by the sea. But with a governess, of course! No matter how much they love the first part, the children are adamant not to have a governess for them. And then, Aunt Allie's plan to send them off with an ornithologist fails too. Luckily, Bill comes to their rescue and offers to take the children to the northern seas as he himself have to disappear for some time.
And hence they set off for a mysterious trip to the desolate Northern Isles with Bill disguised as an ornithologist. Days went on just fine with wild islands to explore, delicious foods to devour and the blue sea to dive in. They even befriended two puffins who never left their side and went everywhere with the children. They were having a great time with an ideal place for vacation and with Kiki to entertain them with her jealous remarks at the puffins that make them double in laughter.
And then they spotted aeroplanes up in the sky dropping something like parachutes into the sea. Mysterious as it appeared, the incident left them wondering at the range of possibilities. But never had they imagined in their wildest dreams that the vacation would soon turn into a terrifying adventure with Bill getting kidnapped by the same enemies he had been hiding from!
With Bill's sudden disappearance, and with their boat's engine as well as their radio smashed to pieces, the children finds themselves forlorn and at their wit's end. They are now literally the prisoners on the Puffin Island with no way to escape. And then to top it all, a terrible storm blows off their tent; so that the poor children had to take refuge in the burrows of the puffins. Well, the hiding gives them an upper hand with their enemies as well-- or so it seems!
Marooned far from the mainland on a deserted coast, the children struggled to find a way of escape and rescue Bill somehow, when they find themselves playing a dangerous game with unknown enemies. But soon they discover a secret lagoon and with a bit of exploring they uncover the enemies' secrets hidden in the depths of the sea of adventure. But they need to rescue Bill to catch the dangerous criminals before they can get away with their secret game. Will they be able to rescue Bill and escape with their lives?
Get your hands upon "The Sea of Adventure" by Enid Blyton and join the children as they embark on yet another thrilling adventure!
"Hiding is an adventure. Escaping is an adventure. But rescuing somebody else from the very jaws of the enemy is the greatest adventure of all."
Measles has ruined their vacation and now instead of sending them to school, Mrs. Mannering is planning to send the kids for a change to some place by the sea. But with a governess, of course! No matter how much they love the first part, the children are adamant not to have a governess for them. And then, Aunt Allie's plan to send them off with an ornithologist fails too. Luckily, Bill comes to their rescue and offers to take the children to the northern seas as he himself have to disappear for some time.
And hence they set off for a mysterious trip to the desolate Northern Isles with Bill disguised as an ornithologist. Days went on just fine with wild islands to explore, delicious foods to devour and the blue sea to dive in. They even befriended two puffins who never left their side and went everywhere with the children. They were having a great time with an ideal place for vacation and with Kiki to entertain them with her jealous remarks at the puffins that make them double in laughter.
And then they spotted aeroplanes up in the sky dropping something like parachutes into the sea. Mysterious as it appeared, the incident left them wondering at the range of possibilities. But never had they imagined in their wildest dreams that the vacation would soon turn into a terrifying adventure with Bill getting kidnapped by the same enemies he had been hiding from!
With Bill's sudden disappearance, and with their boat's engine as well as their radio smashed to pieces, the children finds themselves forlorn and at their wit's end. They are now literally the prisoners on the Puffin Island with no way to escape. And then to top it all, a terrible storm blows off their tent; so that the poor children had to take refuge in the burrows of the puffins. Well, the hiding gives them an upper hand with their enemies as well-- or so it seems!
Marooned far from the mainland on a deserted coast, the children struggled to find a way of escape and rescue Bill somehow, when they find themselves playing a dangerous game with unknown enemies. But soon they discover a secret lagoon and with a bit of exploring they uncover the enemies' secrets hidden in the depths of the sea of adventure. But they need to rescue Bill to catch the dangerous criminals before they can get away with their secret game. Will they be able to rescue Bill and escape with their lives?
Get your hands upon "The Sea of Adventure" by Enid Blyton and join the children as they embark on yet another thrilling adventure!
"Hiding is an adventure. Escaping is an adventure. But rescuing somebody else from the very jaws of the enemy is the greatest adventure of all."
December 11, 2023
I read all of these Adventure books when I was a nipper as well as all the Famous Fives. Ok, so they’re not Kafka, but you know what ? They’re fun and they’re exciting, and ok, so the characters are all paper thin, I can think of quite a few well respected novels where the characterisations leave a lot to be desired, so it’s not that Blyton has a monopoly on this style of writing.
Anyway, I have still got all my hardcover FFs complete with beautiful dust jackets, and also the 8 Adventure books, so as its been a while Ive decided to relive my mispent childhood and see how these stories stand up in 2023/4.
Now, I read the first 3 books in this series a few years back so am jumping ahead and starting with Book 4 - The Sea Of Adventure.
The kids + Kiki have been wiped out with a bout of measles so Mum hasn’t been able to send them off to boarding school whilst she organises whist drives and WI meetings :). No idea where Daddy is. I think maybe he died before the first book ? Which is kinda grim.
Anyway, after much faff the children and their so-called keeper Bill head off on a bird-watching holiday somewhere south of Iceland by the sound of it. Blyton is always great at journeys. See also Five Go Off In A Caravan. You really get the sense of travel and adventure in her books. The children travel by train and then boat until they finally make it to an unnamed island where no human lives and the only company are seabirds.
Bill has come along because he is being watched by some gang. Now, you would have thought that a tiny island miles away from the mainland would be the ideal hideout for a bunch of kids, a detective and a parrot. Wrong. Within a day of landing there an aeroplane sinisterly flies overhead and next thing you know Bill is kidnapped by baddies and the children are to all intents and purposes left trapped and abandoned on their tiny island.
This is well described by EB. I love the scenes where Bill is set upon by the thugs, and then it slowly dawns on the children that they are alone and trapped.
From this point the adventure picks up and as is often the case with Blyton books, the grand finale whizzes along and then ends. We get the comedy character, more bad guys, an exciting rescue and a couple of puffin friends who help tie things up.
My copy is the second run apparently, and some of the language is very old fashioned. There are a couple of instances where things are described as “queer”, which I suspect would be a no-no nowadays. My dust jacket version is certainly a lot nicer than the photo cover thats on the Goodreads page.
So, not bad. Not as good as Valley which I remember being an excellent story. Island was good too, but I can’t remember much about Castle. 4 stars.
Anyway, I have still got all my hardcover FFs complete with beautiful dust jackets, and also the 8 Adventure books, so as its been a while Ive decided to relive my mispent childhood and see how these stories stand up in 2023/4.
Now, I read the first 3 books in this series a few years back so am jumping ahead and starting with Book 4 - The Sea Of Adventure.
The kids + Kiki have been wiped out with a bout of measles so Mum hasn’t been able to send them off to boarding school whilst she organises whist drives and WI meetings :). No idea where Daddy is. I think maybe he died before the first book ? Which is kinda grim.
Anyway, after much faff the children and their so-called keeper Bill head off on a bird-watching holiday somewhere south of Iceland by the sound of it. Blyton is always great at journeys. See also Five Go Off In A Caravan. You really get the sense of travel and adventure in her books. The children travel by train and then boat until they finally make it to an unnamed island where no human lives and the only company are seabirds.
Bill has come along because he is being watched by some gang. Now, you would have thought that a tiny island miles away from the mainland would be the ideal hideout for a bunch of kids, a detective and a parrot. Wrong. Within a day of landing there an aeroplane sinisterly flies overhead and next thing you know Bill is kidnapped by baddies and the children are to all intents and purposes left trapped and abandoned on their tiny island.
This is well described by EB. I love the scenes where Bill is set upon by the thugs, and then it slowly dawns on the children that they are alone and trapped.
From this point the adventure picks up and as is often the case with Blyton books, the grand finale whizzes along and then ends. We get the comedy character, more bad guys, an exciting rescue and a couple of puffin friends who help tie things up.
My copy is the second run apparently, and some of the language is very old fashioned. There are a couple of instances where things are described as “queer”, which I suspect would be a no-no nowadays. My dust jacket version is certainly a lot nicer than the photo cover thats on the Goodreads page.
So, not bad. Not as good as Valley which I remember being an excellent story. Island was good too, but I can’t remember much about Castle. 4 stars.
April 12, 2022
Revisiting a beloved book from childhood does not always work, but this one worked better than many.
The X of adventure was my favourite of the Enid Blyton book series, I loved them (though my original covers were a lot better than this silly kids drawing) and though I remember as an adult first trying to read them and being sad at how bad they were - this one is actually pretty good.
The kids are impossibly naïve and nice. The era... is what it is... so it is horrifically misogynistic; the two boys have torches, cameras and binoculars ect but the girls only get to borrow them when the boys don't want them. The girls are scared of rats, clearly second class citizens compared to the boys, in every way and also portrayed as domesticated and incompetent on a regular basis. So, not a good role model for kids.
The adventure is fun however, as always I loved the location and the birds and the children's interactions and adventures are fascinating in that reading-about-completely-alien civilisations sort of way. So I enjoyed this brief revisit of childhood reading joys.
I would positively %100 NOT recommend it for modern children. The role models are appalling in this era where we are trying so hard to bring about gender equality. So it saddens me to have found it in the children's section of the library.
The X of adventure was my favourite of the Enid Blyton book series, I loved them (though my original covers were a lot better than this silly kids drawing) and though I remember as an adult first trying to read them and being sad at how bad they were - this one is actually pretty good.
The kids are impossibly naïve and nice. The era... is what it is... so it is horrifically misogynistic; the two boys have torches, cameras and binoculars ect but the girls only get to borrow them when the boys don't want them. The girls are scared of rats, clearly second class citizens compared to the boys, in every way and also portrayed as domesticated and incompetent on a regular basis. So, not a good role model for kids.
The adventure is fun however, as always I loved the location and the birds and the children's interactions and adventures are fascinating in that reading-about-completely-alien civilisations sort of way. So I enjoyed this brief revisit of childhood reading joys.
I would positively %100 NOT recommend it for modern children. The role models are appalling in this era where we are trying so hard to bring about gender equality. So it saddens me to have found it in the children's section of the library.
December 28, 2023
Menjadikan salah satu hasil belanjaan dari @semestabuku_id sebagai bacaan sebelum menutup tahun 2023 adalah suatu bentuk rasa tanggungjawabku (setidaknya buatku begitu 🤪) sebagai seorang book hoarder. Bagaimana tidak, sudah terlalu sering beli doang tapi bacanya nggak tahu kapan. 😆
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Seri petualangan karya Enid Blyton yang satu ini belum pernah kuicipin di masa kecil aku dahulu. Aku hanya mengenal Lima Sekawan waktu itu, belum tahu seri ini tersedia karena tidak terjangkau di kampung halamanku.
Aku senang sekali membaca kisah-kisah petualangan anak-anak yang seperti ini karena berasa nostalgia kembali. Rasanya hangat dan menyenangkan.
Seri ini ada lima tokoh (empat anak-anak dan satu hewan) yang mirip dengan Lima Sekawan, hanya saja yang ini peliharannya adalah Kiki, si burung kakaktua yang cerewet. Mereka kali ini akan mempertaruhkan nyawanya dengan liburan di kepulauan lepas pantai utara Inggris.
Ceritanya, ada kawanan penjahat yang menculik teman baik mereka, kemudian anak-anak ini berjuang untuk membebaskan temannya dari tawanan penjahat. Sebagai anak-anak yang masih berusia belia, keberanian mereka patut diacungi jempol, karena lawannya adalah orang dewasa.
Dikarenakan #petualangandilautsunyi ini adalah perkenalanku dengan seri ini, saya masih belum merasakan fully connected; perlu membaca seri berikutnya supaya bisa lebih masuk lagi dengan para karakternya.
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Seri petualangan karya Enid Blyton yang satu ini belum pernah kuicipin di masa kecil aku dahulu. Aku hanya mengenal Lima Sekawan waktu itu, belum tahu seri ini tersedia karena tidak terjangkau di kampung halamanku.
Aku senang sekali membaca kisah-kisah petualangan anak-anak yang seperti ini karena berasa nostalgia kembali. Rasanya hangat dan menyenangkan.
Seri ini ada lima tokoh (empat anak-anak dan satu hewan) yang mirip dengan Lima Sekawan, hanya saja yang ini peliharannya adalah Kiki, si burung kakaktua yang cerewet. Mereka kali ini akan mempertaruhkan nyawanya dengan liburan di kepulauan lepas pantai utara Inggris.
Ceritanya, ada kawanan penjahat yang menculik teman baik mereka, kemudian anak-anak ini berjuang untuk membebaskan temannya dari tawanan penjahat. Sebagai anak-anak yang masih berusia belia, keberanian mereka patut diacungi jempol, karena lawannya adalah orang dewasa.
Dikarenakan #petualangandilautsunyi ini adalah perkenalanku dengan seri ini, saya masih belum merasakan fully connected; perlu membaca seri berikutnya supaya bisa lebih masuk lagi dengan para karakternya.
August 3, 2024
Love this children's series and I'm grateful to my British friends for waxing nostalgic about Enid Blyton or I'd likely never have found it. In this 4th entry, the children have just recovered from the measles and after being very ill for quite a while, they're looking pale and still a little on the wobbly side. Their doctor forbids them from going back to boarding school, instead saying they should spend a little more time off and take a holiday trip to help them recover their strength.
After a couple of failed attempts to find someone to take them on a trip because Phillip and Dinah's mother has to work, their friend Bill (who is running from some bad guys) returns to their village. He needs to escape and hide, so he agrees to take the children camping for a couple of weeks. They'll choose one of 100 islands (up North, I'm assuming near Scotland) where there are loads of birds for the boys to watch and photograph.
When Bill is kidnapped and the children are left to fend for themselves with no way to communicate with the outside world, what will happen? Another adventure, of course. Wow, Enid Blyton was a plotting genius. It's amazing to me how each book is consistently unique and exciting. This one got off to a slow start but even the slow bits are fun because they take you back to a time and place with a lot of "Oh, my word" and "Golly!"
After a couple of failed attempts to find someone to take them on a trip because Phillip and Dinah's mother has to work, their friend Bill (who is running from some bad guys) returns to their village. He needs to escape and hide, so he agrees to take the children camping for a couple of weeks. They'll choose one of 100 islands (up North, I'm assuming near Scotland) where there are loads of birds for the boys to watch and photograph.
When Bill is kidnapped and the children are left to fend for themselves with no way to communicate with the outside world, what will happen? Another adventure, of course. Wow, Enid Blyton was a plotting genius. It's amazing to me how each book is consistently unique and exciting. This one got off to a slow start but even the slow bits are fun because they take you back to a time and place with a lot of "Oh, my word" and "Golly!"
April 6, 2023
Pretty good, I would definitely recommend.
Even though this was the first book in the series I have read, I could still read it perfectly fine, and it felt like its own little story, instead of some part of a series that required reading previous parts to even begin understanding. The story really lets you paint the picture. Well, maybe it's a little to lenient with your imagination. I was starting to get confused with what kind of motorboat was being driven half the time, especially Horace's. I had trouble picturing a cabin with a tiny little motorboat. Also, as a new reader to Enid Blyton's Adventure series, I have trouble trying to figure out the kids' ages. They seem really mature for (probably) 12 year olds. They can drive boats?? What??? They even manage to save Bill when he was trapped in some cabin on a boat. The girls weren't even there! It was done by two young boys! How?? One time I had to stop reading entirely just to find out if they had even mention the children's ages. Overall, though, I would still read it, despite my troubles. 9/10
Even though this was the first book in the series I have read, I could still read it perfectly fine, and it felt like its own little story, instead of some part of a series that required reading previous parts to even begin understanding. The story really lets you paint the picture. Well, maybe it's a little to lenient with your imagination. I was starting to get confused with what kind of motorboat was being driven half the time, especially Horace's. I had trouble picturing a cabin with a tiny little motorboat. Also, as a new reader to Enid Blyton's Adventure series, I have trouble trying to figure out the kids' ages. They seem really mature for (probably) 12 year olds. They can drive boats?? What??? They even manage to save Bill when he was trapped in some cabin on a boat. The girls weren't even there! It was done by two young boys! How?? One time I had to stop reading entirely just to find out if they had even mention the children's ages. Overall, though, I would still read it, despite my troubles. 9/10
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February 11, 2018
Good pre-adventure part, with the children recovering from measles and sent on a holiday to regain their strength before returning to school (yeah, like that's going to happen in real life, but you can't blame kids for dreaming!), Bill visiting in secret while being hunted by criminals (isn't he putting the children and Mrs. Manning in danger?)... good stuff!
The adventure part is fine, but maybe not as exciting as the previous novel (The Valley of Adventure, which is probably my favorite in the series). We get the weird criminal plots and the dangerous situations characteristic of the Adventure series, and there are some very funny elements that make the story better, like the birds Puffin and Huffin, and Horace Tipperlong (aka Tripalong).
Very enjoyable.
The adventure part is fine, but maybe not as exciting as the previous novel (The Valley of Adventure, which is probably my favorite in the series). We get the weird criminal plots and the dangerous situations characteristic of the Adventure series, and there are some very funny elements that make the story better, like the birds Puffin and Huffin, and Horace Tipperlong (aka Tripalong).
Very enjoyable.
April 29, 2018
A neat little mystery set in the lonely waters off the Northern Isles. The plot is not as happening as the rest in the series but I really liked the idea of the children and Bill going off together on a boat trip. Huffin and Puffin are hilarious too. I remember the twinge of sadness when Bill told Lucy-Ann that they couldn't bring the puffins back with them. I also like how plucky the children were. They could have gone back to the mainland safely but they chose to rescue Bill.
"You're only kids - but you're the finest company of friends anyone could have. You know the meaning of loyalty already, and even if you're scared you don't give up. I'm proud to have you for my friends."
I have my eyes set on the next adventure in the series!
"You're only kids - but you're the finest company of friends anyone could have. You know the meaning of loyalty already, and even if you're scared you don't give up. I'm proud to have you for my friends."
I have my eyes set on the next adventure in the series!
July 3, 2023
Es hat mich genervt dass das n-wort wiederholt gefallen ist. Und es hat mich genervt dass Lucy als Bills Favorit gekennzeichnet wurde so bro hä dachte er mag alle gleich gerne. Ich persönlich finde Lucy manchmal nervig. Ausserdem hat es mich genervt dass schon wieder die Jungs im Endeffekt bill gerettet haben und die Mädchen nur im boot saßen. Naja denke man kann an all den Sachen nix machen, weil sie dadurch entstanden sind dass das buch einfach so alt ist. Das Abenteuer fand ich gut und das buch hat vier Sterne bekommen weil es einfach zu meiner Kindheit gehört aber ja. Ich werde noch die anderen Bücher lesen aber glaube nicht dass das meine neue Lieblingsreihe sein wird. Dazu gab es schon zu viele Sachen die mich an der Buchreihe stören.
August 12, 2020
I thought I would love this one when I started reading because the opening is seriously exciting and I remembered the plot like it was yesterday. I even named a plushy toy Huffin the Puffin after this adventure (though I'd forgotten the name came from a Blyton novel). Though the start is great, the middle sags quite a bit and the ending is pretty abrupt. Also, did anyone else find it hilarious that Bill led his enemies to the children and Aunt Allie's house? And then took the kids on a holiday when he knew said enemies were after him? I love Bill, but come on. What a guy!
August 18, 2021
Just finishing The Sea of Adventure, number four in Enid Blyton's Adventure Series. Definitely a dated story, (written in 1955), but still found it to be entertaining. Although written for a juvenile readership, I'm finding myself wanting to continue with the series. Some truth to the expression, going through a second childhood. The story itself is of lesser quality than her earlier Adventure books, but still fun to follow the exploits of the four children, their policeman friend, and their pet parrot. Fun read.
September 26, 2021
After the measles or some equally horrid childhood disease, our heroes are packed off with Bill for a few weeks to recover on the remote Scottish Islands - home of a zillion birds. Bill needs to disappear for a bit, and for some reason Aunt Allie thinks that leaving the kids with him won't end up in disaster!?!?
Bill disappears during a storm, and the children find themselves facing International gun runners! Some very humorous moments involving Horace Tipperlong, but very touching ones too, when the children decide to try and rescue Bill rather than save themselves. Fab read
Bill disappears during a storm, and the children find themselves facing International gun runners! Some very humorous moments involving Horace Tipperlong, but very touching ones too, when the children decide to try and rescue Bill rather than save themselves. Fab read
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