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Treasure Island
by Robert L. Stevenson
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
From Stevenson I had read Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde, which I loved, and I had very high hopes and expectations for Treasure Island. I think I was a little disappointed?
It was really good. It was a bit of a weird reading experience because while I was taken into the story when reading, it stopped whenever I closed the book and so I went some long stretches of time before keeping on reading. That being said, it is a great story of pirates and adventure and you can definitely see of it's a classic and how it really defined the genre. It's an agreeable read, with the right amount of suspense and adventure and plot twists. It's quite masterfully written. Reading it nowadays, some parts were a little harder to follow with all the sea/boat vocab and the accents and ways of speaking, but it does also really contribute to the reading experience and the atmosphere of the book.
I don't think I'll read it again, but I'm glad to have checked it off my to read list of classics ðŸ§
It was really good. It was a bit of a weird reading experience because while I was taken into the story when reading, it stopped whenever I closed the book and so I went some long stretches of time before keeping on reading. That being said, it is a great story of pirates and adventure and you can definitely see of it's a classic and how it really defined the genre. It's an agreeable read, with the right amount of suspense and adventure and plot twists. It's quite masterfully written. Reading it nowadays, some parts were a little harder to follow with all the sea/boat vocab and the accents and ways of speaking, but it does also really contribute to the reading experience and the atmosphere of the book.
I don't think I'll read it again, but I'm glad to have checked it off my to read list of classics ðŸ§
Content Warnings
Minor: Cursing, Death, Violence