Published: Jan. 17, 2010
Words: 83005 (approximate)
Language: English

Description

Detective "Biggles" Bigglesworth meets up with Joan Worralson otherwise known as Worrals. Worrals loves adventure, and doesn't see anything wrong in getting involved with Biggles' investigations, much to his annoyance. Please note: This story was written in 1979, but never published until now. It may have a few flaws and was intended for teens.

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crime, mystery, detective, biggles, worrals, we johns

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Review by: clarebelle on April 23, 2011 :
The basic concept - that of working a storyline round all of Johns' wartime characters in a combined operation - is brilliant, but the execution falls a long way short of the idea. I can make allowances for the fact that it's always difficult for a different writer to fully capture the flavour of the original, but my main gripe with the writing of this story is that there are scene/action changes from one character (in one country) to a different character (in a different country) with no chapter or even asterisk break in the text.

That said, I'm a longtime fan of Biggles/Gimlet/Worrals/Steeley and I found the plot and action quite consistent with Johns' later books. There were some shortfalls in dialogue (Copper wasn't quite as Cockney, and Bertie wasn't quite as English-upper-crust, for example), but they can be excused.

Overall, I'd say a rather good tribute-idea from a Johns fan, whose writing skills unfortunately weren't up to the calibre of his/her imagination. Still on the whole an enjoyable read for Johns devotees.
(reviewed the day of purchase)

Review by: Doug Pardee on March 13, 2010 :
This is a well-written pastiche of the W.E. Johns adventure stories from the middle of the twentieth century. If you're an ardent fan of the originals, you might appreciate this story. I'm not a fan, and I didn't appreciate it--I bailed out early on.

The good-guys vs. bad-guys action/adventure (with zero emotional content) format is aimed at boys and tomboys of maybe age 9-14. But I suspect that any kid who's read a Harry Potter story is going to find these old-style adventure yarns to be cartoonish and unengaging. Maybe if the story had been updated the way that Indiana Jones was, it might have worked.

The target audience is further limited by frequent British terms, idioms, and cultural references that American kids won't understand.

This book looked to me like a well-executed attempt to redo something that wasn't worth redoing.
(reviewed the day of purchase)

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