A review by stephibabes
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

3.0

I quite enjoyed this in the end, but it took me a while to get into it. The thing that was initially jarring and acting as a bit of a barrier was how so many aspects of the book are throughout so many contemporary popular culture depictions of buccaneers and pirates. It was almost off putting because my mind would wander to where I had seen or heard these things. The answer was everywhere!

However, I got over this and realised that actually what I was reading was incredibly culturally significant and gave way to all kinds of things that have almost become to be thought of as tropes. Once I relented and got into the hunt and quest I enjoyed it as a little jolly.

I listened to this on a free trial of Audible (won't be keeping it after the trial).