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Didn’t Like It “Chronologically the first of the Biggles books It's a collection of related stories about Biggles' exploits as a raw youth in World War One. It is different though, as this has the quality of having been written out of experience. The opening chapters really do convey the experience of a boy...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“Chronologically the first of the Biggles books It's a collection of related stories about Biggles' exploits as a raw youth in World War One. It is different though, as this has the quality of having been written out of experience. The opening chapters really do convey the experience of a boy in wartime, qualities you do not find in his later novels. However the middle sections display all the features I dislike in W.E. Johns' writing especially his crude caricatures of anyone foreign. His characterisations of the French saboteur and the ruthless German pilot could be comical if they were not so exaggerated. And when Biggles outlines his cunning plans, we need to be reminded that in this book he is supposed to be eighteen years old. I admire, however, how he always convinces his superior officers to adopt his plans. Would that this were true in real life.”
Oakgall wrote this review Thursday, October 25 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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