Treasure Island
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This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.
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i have read a lot of books in my life and this has been in my lowest ranked books along with chinese cinderalla, kira-kira, and out-of-the-dust. very dissapointing. even though i am just a kid, i think it was too violent and boyish. Yuck.
Rating: 1 / 5
i read 5 pages and i did not under stand 1 word
i hated every single word and thing in the book!
Rating: 1 / 5
I have tried to read Treasure Island numerous times. A couple times when I was younger and once as an adult. Every time I found it to be a bit boring and ended up not finishing it. This time I was determined to make it through it. I made it, and the book was okay but I think compared to modern day adventures the adventure in this book was pretty tame. I read this on my Amazon Kindle
I think everyone knows the basic story. A young boy and some companions form a company of sailors and take off to find buried treasure on Treasure Island. Ends up part of the company are pirates and mutiny upon landing at the Island. Struggles on Treasure Island commence between the loyal sailors and the pirates.
The writing style of this novel has definitely aged with time. It isn’t horrible to get through; it’s pretty readable and the beginning of the story really grabbed my interest. As time goes on though the story gets bogged down with description and predictability. This isn’t a story where characterization or action scenes are a strong point. It is an excellent adventure in the sense that they end up on a tropical island in the middle of nowhere; the struggles they face though are more related to dealing with the pirates than dealing with any trouble the Island throws at them.
Maybe this story is just too well known, but for some reason I found it very predictable and this made getting through the lengthy descriptions even tougher. This book does do a wonderful job describing pirates and personifying their characters, but it isn’t much fun.
I think younger readers will find the story tedious and boring, they may also struggle with the stilted language. Older readers may appreciate the lush descriptions, but will ultimately find the action scenes lacking and the adventure to be not quite as adventurous as in modern day works.
Overall an okay novel. Not as exciting and engaging as I had hoped for. Now I can say I read it and move on. I don’t know that this is one I will read to my son when he gets older, I think it would bore him. When compared to other classic novels I have read this year, this was my least favorite. I found both “The Left Hand of Darkness” and “Pride and Prejudice” to be more engaging and interesting.
Rating: 3 / 5
Pirates, treasure, sea adventures..need there be more? This book is a classic and definitely deserves that claim. It not only was a good read many moons ago, but still today can capture keep the attention of young readers. The storyline and characters are all very believable and followable. With a doctor, a squire, a good hearted kid trying to help his family, lots of pirates, a captain, and an island with treasure, you get entwined with the story from the first page. In it you watch a young boy grow into a young man who has to learn about trust, integrity, adventure, duties, and survival. You learn to love and hate Long John Silver, and feel compassion for the doctor and captain and squire. The ease at which the writer uses the pirate’s language is amazing and I felt very well versed in it by the end of the book. Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!!!
Rating: 4 / 5
i really appreciated how this novel developed the characters and really gave a great taste of the time period. phenominal book!
Rating: 5 / 5