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A review by pghbekka
The Children on the Top Floor by Noel Streatfeild
5.0
"Wake up, sir. Merry Christmas, sir. We've had quads, sir."
I forget sometimes that this is really one of my absolute favorite of the Streatfield books. And sometimes I forget how much I love Streatfield until I re-read this book. Formulaic sometimes, and definitely stretching credulity, but so much fun!
My current quibble: I've always been able to hand-wave that the grownups just matter-of-factly accept that 4 babies were abandoned on their doorstep as Christmas presents. But on my recent re-read, I was bugged that the children kept wondering why they weren't back to advertising, but never got an answer. The answer seems to be, because if you went back to advertising, we wouldn't have this plotline. If the children just accepted this like their abandonment, it would bug me less, but it keeps popping up with no resolution.
I forget sometimes that this is really one of my absolute favorite of the Streatfield books. And sometimes I forget how much I love Streatfield until I re-read this book. Formulaic sometimes, and definitely stretching credulity, but so much fun!
My current quibble: I've always been able to hand-wave that the grownups just matter-of-factly accept that 4 babies were abandoned on their doorstep as Christmas presents. But on my recent re-read, I was bugged that the children kept wondering why they weren't back to advertising, but never got an answer. The answer seems to be, because if you went back to advertising, we wouldn't have this plotline. If the children just accepted this like their abandonment, it would bug me less, but it keeps popping up with no resolution.