Reviews

A Clash of Steel: A Treasure Island Remix by C.B. Lee

lisbethwhite's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

pterawaters's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

raelin's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I reread Treasure Island before starting this remix, to make sure I remembered the story, and to better be able to understand the things that were retained, left out, added, or changed for the remix. I am glad I did because I can confidently say that Clash of Steel is vastly superior to Treasure Island. 

The action is more exciting, the plot is thicker and more intense, the characters are much more developed and interesting, the setting is more spectacular and vivid, the ending is more satisfying, basically it is better in every way and rereading the original made that very clear to me. 

historianvik's review

adventurous slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

Meh. I liked the remixed concepts but it was so hard to get through this story. 

charliehq's review

adventurous slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

the last 100 pages were quite enjoyable. everything leading up to that wasn’t super engaging and dragged a lot.
still a decent story but I don’t think the last portion was enough to warrant reading the whole book.

sunshinebunni67's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

3.75

triplebriiii's review against another edition

4.0

This was great, I appreciated that while it was YA the characters weren't TOO young. Well paced and entertaining. 

curlysue6's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

bea_reads_books's review

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

birdee_'s review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5