Treasure Island

Treasure Island

1847 • 191 pages

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A pirates life for me

May 23, 2024

What can be said that hasnt been said already? It's a classic adventure of buccaneers and buried gold. And a perfect book for an afternoon.

October 19, 2017
August 14, 2019

Shiver me timbers
land lubbers learn the hard way
treasure hunting blows.

June 30, 2021

A brilliant narration of an engaging story
This is a dramatization, so you do feel like you're in the story with Jim, listening to the sea roar, seagulls and silver's parrot squawking in your ear.

November 21, 2019
December 26, 2017
November 27, 2016

4.5 stars

May 9, 2024

thought i would like this more than i did but it was kind of dull a lot of the time and jim is an annoying protagonist... sorry. long john silver was the most interesting part of the book by far. the whole time i was reading this i was just thinking... I should rewatch treasure planet...

September 30, 2023

A masterclass on how to make an adventure story really bloody boring.

December 1, 2017
January 15, 2020

Classic for a reason. I felt that this was significantly better than any of the movie adaptations.

January 10, 2021

dnf @ 42%

August 10, 2023

I think I would've given this story 5 stars if I didn't have to google a word every other page because I don't know sailor lingo, but despite that I thought it was a captivating story and a fun read.

May 21, 2021

I was curious about this one for a while, and Ive found myself enjoying retellings of this story, so that tells me that the concept isn't the problem for me. I think the writing is just too dry, and I couldn't really engage with it past the halfway point.

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Ev

July 30, 2015
November 17, 2019
July 4, 2024

Read this back in ‘92. A deserved classic of pirate literature.

January 1, 1992
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“There are sound scientific reasons why some in this world are rich and some are poor. It comes down to character, and no amount of piracy can counterbalance that. A pirate never died rich.”
“Unless he pretended he wasn't a pirate at all.”

May 23, 2023
October 8, 2021
August 18, 2022

It's a fantastic book but descriptions aren't so good and when it talks about boats it may be boring

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I can see why this would have been very exciting to read in 1893. LOL. Read this after becoming obsessed with Black Sails. I listened to it on audio and the actor was giving it all he had.

October 24, 2019