Vincent has reimagined the Famous Five as a group of twenty(?) something adults whose adventures have become rather more prosaic exercises in navigating modern life. Coupled with cunningly repurposed illustrations from the original books, the result varies in success from pillow bitingly funny to merely amusing.Five give up the booze deals with their realisation that at least one of them is a borderline alcoholic and the new year offers the chance to try a dry January. But with a stag do and wedding in the offing, will they succeed?
The author has captured what are plausible adult extrapolations of the original characters really well.
Verdict: Enough fun to make me seek out others in the series.
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