A review by jasperburns
Treasure Island by Paul Wenzel, Robert Louis Stevenson, Lisa Norby, Fernando Fernández

4.0

Listening to books from Audible already seems like cheating as "reading," and this was all the more true for this rendition of Treasure Island. This was less of an audiobook and more of audio theater—rather than reading the text it was fully acted out with sound effects and everything. So I cannot comment on the prose, but the story was certainly entertaining. I had no idea how much of pirate lore was born from this book. For those who haven't read it, this is the book that creates "Captain Long John Silver," the stereotype of the peg legs, of X marks the spots, parrots for pirates, and more. The protagonist, a child named Jim Hawkins, is a great example of moral rectitude, and seeing the adventure from his eyes was enjoyable.

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