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blueyorkie's review against another edition
3.0
The first time I read Treasure Island, I was 11 or 12, and although it is a challenge for a child whose literary excursions confining to the Famous Five, I loved every page. There is an adventure, violence (hilly), boats, good and bad guys, maps, treasure, and pirates! At that age, there is something profoundly evocative in words like a pirate, ambush, musket, and so forth, and I have remembered Jim's adventures with great pleasure over the years.
I decided to reread it in a fit of nostalgia, even though I was genuinely worried that I would enjoy it again. However, it is even better, as have all the elements I remembered from childhood. Still, now I can appreciate it on a different level and see that it is not all adventure on the high seas, and Treasure Island is a book with live and complex characters. Long John Silver continues the charismatic bandit I remember, and although he is a villain who cheats on Jim, we can not help liking him.
You might say that Treasure Island will not be accessible to toddlers today, but this book is immediately available to any child with imagination and attention for over 2 minutes. In the same way, grown children will also like it because they can revive their childhood a little.
I decided to reread it in a fit of nostalgia, even though I was genuinely worried that I would enjoy it again. However, it is even better, as have all the elements I remembered from childhood. Still, now I can appreciate it on a different level and see that it is not all adventure on the high seas, and Treasure Island is a book with live and complex characters. Long John Silver continues the charismatic bandit I remember, and although he is a villain who cheats on Jim, we can not help liking him.
You might say that Treasure Island will not be accessible to toddlers today, but this book is immediately available to any child with imagination and attention for over 2 minutes. In the same way, grown children will also like it because they can revive their childhood a little.
gr33nb00ks's review against another edition
3.0
pretyt much jsut read this because I hadn't before. Made me want to watch Pirates of the Carribean and Muppet Treasure Island. Love the characters <3
esztokam's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
ashleydavies's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
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? No
5.0
scrillionaire's review against another edition
5.0
If you look up the phrase "rollicking adventure" you will probably find a link to Treasure Island, because lemme tell you this book is rollicking as all hell. There's a reason it's the literal archetype for the modern concept of (and infatuation with) pirates – Long John Silver walked (er, limped) so that Jack Sparrow could run (er, stagger). You can't even get mad at Robert Louis Stevenson for making the protagonist nothing more than a narrative device wearing the clothes of a 13-year-old boy, because the story is just *too damn rollicking.*
jamessmith82's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-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? No
5.0
oz617's review against another edition
4.0
I love seeing the hints of Stevenson’s politics within this children’s story. You’d expect the fact that Silver’s wife is Black to be a big deal, given the time period, but it’s just a small detail not relevant to the plot, fleshing out the world.
valentinavivaas's review against another edition
3.0
Empecé La Isla del Tesoro con muy pocas expectativas y me parece que esa fue una de las ventajas a la hora de leer este clásico. La manera en que la historia es contada se me hizo muy ligera, con personajes entrañables pero no necesariamente memorables. Es un libro corto y fácil de leer, ideal si lo que se desea es distraerse con una historia poco profunda y rápida, y sobre todo si se tiene un particular gusto por los cuentos de piratas.
smelfungus's review
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-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
3.5
pathofpages's review against another edition
adventurous
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0