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3.57 AVERAGE
3.57 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
adventurous
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Read this for a book club and was surprised how much I enjoyed it.
Interesting to see the ableism in these tropes they came to be central to all pirate stories that followed after. Esp cially after reading Amanda Leduc's short masterpiece Disfigured, on disability tropes in folklore, fairy tales, and modern books, films, and shows. Disability as villain is crystal clear in this story. Pew and Silver's disabilities being played for horror, pity, and to keep us from identifying too much with them... It was interesting.
I was impressed with how well Stevenson depicted Silver's disability, describing the grace with which he moves on his crutch and the accommodations he had on ship like ropes functioning like railings to help him pull himself around. I looked it up and was rather horrified to find out he based the depiction off a friend, William Henley, who he only notified after the book was published. I would be fucking livid if someone based a villain off me because of my disability, and then that villain becomes so notorious that it's basically what I'm most remembered for!
Interesting to see the ableism in these tropes they came to be central to all pirate stories that followed after. Esp cially after reading Amanda Leduc's short masterpiece Disfigured, on disability tropes in folklore, fairy tales, and modern books, films, and shows. Disability as villain is crystal clear in this story. Pew and Silver's disabilities being played for horror, pity, and to keep us from identifying too much with them... It was interesting.
I was impressed with how well Stevenson depicted Silver's disability, describing the grace with which he moves on his crutch and the accommodations he had on ship like ropes functioning like railings to help him pull himself around. I looked it up and was rather horrified to find out he based the depiction off a friend, William Henley, who he only notified after the book was published. I would be fucking livid if someone based a villain off me because of my disability, and then that villain becomes so notorious that it's basically what I'm most remembered for!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Violence, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Colonisation
Moderate: Racism, Classism
Minor: Racial slurs
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
After years of hearing I should read this book and watching countless movie adaptations, I can finally say I read it! I'm very glad I did! I love the way Jim is written as a human being with flaws and good traits as well. So often protagonists suffer from holier-than-thou syndrome. Jim was just a regular teenager, making mistakes and discoveries along the way.
If this book were a movie, it would be a big summer blockbuster, a truly great blockbuster. Maybe not Jaws, but definitely on the level of Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, or Die Hard. It's a great rollicking adventure, a thrill ride told masterfully. It doesn't have a moral -- good people die while the biggest villain gets away with part of the treasure -- but that doesn't stop it from being a fantastic tale. There's a good reason that both the story and the character of Long John Silver have been adapted, parodied, and otherwise reused so many times: they are wonderful inventions. But it's not just the story or the characters that make Treasure Island so great, it's that they are presented here by a masterful writer at (or at least near) the height of his craft. Taken on its own terms, it's hard to conceive how this novel could have been any better.
adventurous
funny
inspiring
fast-paced
Un bon classique !
adventurous
lighthearted
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Intriguée au début, puis je me suis lassée et ennuyée. Il y avait beaucoup de vocabulaire que je ne comprenais pas... Je ne suis pas rentrée dans l'histoire. Peut-être un peu trop vieillot pour moi... J'essayerais peut-être de le relire en Anglais.
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated