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agw622's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
This is a fine read to see where pirate stories really came from. The wording and tone make it feel slower than a modern book of same plot. There is not much charecter development of any kind, and you can see how this spawned several clichés.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Racism, Slavery, Death of parent, Colonisation, and Classism
whynotreadwithalex's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
THE pirate adventure tale of pirate adventure tales.
Robert Louis Stevenson was a brilliant storyteller: an artist who painted vivid pictures with clever words and crafted characters you love to hate and hate to love.
Many "classics" don't measure up to the hype (in my humble opinion), but that is not the case with Stevenson's writings.
Treasure Island truly is a masterpiece of fiction.
Epic. Fast-paced. Adventurous. A swash-buckling tale for the ages.
Robert Louis Stevenson was a brilliant storyteller: an artist who painted vivid pictures with clever words and crafted characters you love to hate and hate to love.
Many "classics" don't measure up to the hype (in my humble opinion), but that is not the case with Stevenson's writings.
Treasure Island truly is a masterpiece of fiction.
Epic. Fast-paced. Adventurous. A swash-buckling tale for the ages.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, and Alcohol
yaminagabe's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Violence, Murder, and War
lvr_17's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence
super_maher_io's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
phaedruus's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Blood, Murder, and Alcohol
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail
kjm_x's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
lighthearted
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Colonisation
deehaichess's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
I cheated a bit on this - unintentionally though. I was on a long haul flight, thought "I'd like to listen to an audiobook", found an Audible copy of this on the entertainment system and hit play. Never listened to an audible book before. Discovered that this one was basically like a play, with different actors playing different characters, and only occasionally reading the (non-speaking) text of the actual book.
Even so, I was pretty engaged by it. Got to about the 3/4 mark when my flight landed, so finished it in a more traditional format. Unsurprisingly, the prose was a fair bit different to what I had been listening to.
Anyway, long story short (haha) I feel like I have and yet haven't read this, but I'm adding it as read anyway. I can see why it was considered a classic. I enjoyed it immensely.
Even so, I was pretty engaged by it. Got to about the 3/4 mark when my flight landed, so finished it in a more traditional format. Unsurprisingly, the prose was a fair bit different to what I had been listening to.
Anyway, long story short (haha) I feel like I have and yet haven't read this, but I'm adding it as read anyway. I can see why it was considered a classic. I enjoyed it immensely.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence
jakessrn's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Mental illness, and Injury/Injury detail
books_and_fairy_lights's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
From Stevenson I had read Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde, which I loved, and I had very high hopes and expectations for Treasure Island. I think I was a little disappointed?
It was really good. It was a bit of a weird reading experience because while I was taken into the story when reading, it stopped whenever I closed the book and so I went some long stretches of time before keeping on reading. That being said, it is a great story of pirates and adventure and you can definitely see of it's a classic and how it really defined the genre. It's an agreeable read, with the right amount of suspense and adventure and plot twists. It's quite masterfully written. Reading it nowadays, some parts were a little harder to follow with all the sea/boat vocab and the accents and ways of speaking, but it does also really contribute to the reading experience and the atmosphere of the book.
I don't think I'll read it again, but I'm glad to have checked it off my to read list of classics 🧭
It was really good. It was a bit of a weird reading experience because while I was taken into the story when reading, it stopped whenever I closed the book and so I went some long stretches of time before keeping on reading. That being said, it is a great story of pirates and adventure and you can definitely see of it's a classic and how it really defined the genre. It's an agreeable read, with the right amount of suspense and adventure and plot twists. It's quite masterfully written. Reading it nowadays, some parts were a little harder to follow with all the sea/boat vocab and the accents and ways of speaking, but it does also really contribute to the reading experience and the atmosphere of the book.
I don't think I'll read it again, but I'm glad to have checked it off my to read list of classics 🧭
Content Warnings
Minor: Cursing, Death, and Violence