I don't know if it was the books or my mood, but I struggled with these until partway through the second one. Mallory Towers is better, I think, but they are pretty similar.
Yeah, I never liked St Clare's quite as much as Malory Towers, either, but I think maybe it does also depend which ones you read first as a child. And, ha, having said that, Fifth Formers remained one of my all-time favourite Blytons even after I stopped reading most of them. (That's the one with the v funny chapter with the night time shenanigans, isn't it? Or at least, wee!me thought they were hilarious shenanigans, at any rate.)
Primula of the Chalet School by Helen Barber. This turned up just before Easter, but I really can't start it until I've finished some others.
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Date: Thursday, April 24th, 2025 08:19 am (UTC)Yeah, I never liked St Clare's quite as much as Malory Towers, either, but I think maybe it does also depend which ones you read first as a child. And, ha, having said that, Fifth Formers remained one of my all-time favourite Blytons even after I stopped reading most of them. (That's the one with the v funny chapter with the night time shenanigans, isn't it? Or at least, wee!me thought they were hilarious shenanigans, at any rate.)
Primula of the Chalet School by Helen Barber. This turned up just before Easter, but I really can't start it until I've finished some others.
Oh, nice. <3