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n8duke's review against another edition
3.0
Kinda bad….but it was the first of its kind ever made, so I’ll give it a little leeway.
roach's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
2.0
"Don't be afraid, my child. Time is a magic circle here. When you stand up, you will lie down again soon enough."
"What is that supposed to mean?", you ask bewildered.
"Once you step on this island, you will leave it again eventually", the old man answered thoughtfully.
(Quote translated from German.)
Originally titled Sugarcane Island, this has a reputation for being basically the first book of its kind. Edward Packard invented or at least popularized this well-known form of a Choose Your Own Adventure book and Sugarcane Island seemed to have been the first one he wrote that was to be published.
Because of that, this book is interesting as a sort-of historical first for this sub-genre of childrens' writing but ultimately doesn't really live up to the ones that followed in its footsteps. While these books are essentially a collection of very brief story fragments by nature anyway, some of the later books developed into telling interesting and a bit more in-depth stories, making for more engaging decision-making. Sugarcane Island however really is an early bird that way with its super brief chapters, many pages really only making up a sentence or two, very jumpy story elements that feel more like a shuffle button than a coherent story, and not too much of a red thread aside from the initial set-up of being stranded on an island.
It's not a terrible book of its kind, but with how many there came after it, even from Packard himself, you could choose a much more interesting CYOA book instead.
Originally titled Sugarcane Island, this has a reputation for being basically the first book of its kind. Edward Packard invented or at least popularized this well-known form of a Choose Your Own Adventure book and Sugarcane Island seemed to have been the first one he wrote that was to be published.
Because of that, this book is interesting as a sort-of historical first for this sub-genre of childrens' writing but ultimately doesn't really live up to the ones that followed in its footsteps. While these books are essentially a collection of very brief story fragments by nature anyway, some of the later books developed into telling interesting and a bit more in-depth stories, making for more engaging decision-making. Sugarcane Island however really is an early bird that way with its super brief chapters, many pages really only making up a sentence or two, very jumpy story elements that feel more like a shuffle button than a coherent story, and not too much of a red thread aside from the initial set-up of being stranded on an island.
It's not a terrible book of its kind, but with how many there came after it, even from Packard himself, you could choose a much more interesting CYOA book instead.
roquerynn's review against another edition
4.0
Da werden Kindheitserinnerungen wach. Ich liebe es, Bücher/Geschichten in die Hand zu nehmen, die mich an früher erinnern. Zu meiner Überraschung bin ich gar nicht so oft gestorben, wie ich es von damals in Erinenrung hatte :D
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