Good Old Secret Seven
ISBN: 9780340917657
Description
There are strange happenings indeed at Torling Castle. Someone is hiding out in the ruined tower, making the resident jackdaws very unsettled. Who is it, and what do they want? The Secret Seven are on it.
Reviewed on 11th January 2025
The Secret Seven come into possession of a Telescope, and as well as spying on their neighbours finally get to visit the Enid Blyton classic venue of a ruined castle.
As I read through the Secret Seven novels I’m more and more convinced that they are terrible children.
They bully Susie relentlessly, and I am almost always finding her a much more sympathetic character than I think I’m meant to be.
The boys in particular are really sexist again in this story, which is a weird counter to how other women in this story are presented. But the girls are even joining in with the sexism in order to hate Susie even more. It’s bizarre, especially with the knowledge of how girls are treated in later Blyton novels.
