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Treasure Island (Great Illustrated Classics) - Community Reviews back

by Deidre S. Laiken, A.J. McAllister, Robert Louis Stevenson
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Bookish Blerd
Bookish Blerd rated it 5 years ago
Great performance, meh story. I love pirates, adventure, historical settings, classics, and full cast performances. This story had all of that, yet it didn't entertain me like I hoped/expected. I couldn't get into it, even with the very excellent voice cast carrying me through the tale. I suspect...
Beyond Strange New Words
Beyond Strange New Words rated it 8 years ago
This was a refresher reread for me due to the TV show Black Sails, which was created as sort-of a prequel for Treasure Island and you should totally watch if you haven’t already.I first read Treasure Island in 5th or 6th grade (I remember taking it from the 5/6th grade literature section in our scho...
The better to see you, my dear
The better to see you, my dear rated it 8 years ago
Ha! Double Ha! I Looooved how everyone turned on everyone at a drop of a hat on the "Pirates of the Caribean" movies. Now I know where they got it from. Bases, teams and situations changed constantly in this one. It's great fun. One gets so used to classics staying in print for serious reasons, ...
Philosophical Musings of a Book Nerd
Despite this book being the progenitor of pretty much all of the pirate books of the 20th Century, as well as being an influence of many of the adventure and 'boys' books that came afterwards, I found this book rather dull. Maybe it has a lot to do with my lack of enthusiasm for 19th Century English...
Sheila's Reads
Sheila's Reads rated it 8 years ago
Action adventure story of Jim Hawkins and Long John Silver. I enjoyed this classic. I'm not sure that it is for children but I had a good time reading it. It was fun reading the phrases that come to mind when thinking of pirates of days gone by (Shiver my timbers, Yo Ho Ho and a bottle of rum.) It's...
Dang Rover: Cover to Cover
Dang Rover: Cover to Cover rated it 8 years ago
I love that my 7th grader was assigned Treasure Island for English Class. In school my English teachers did their very best to kill my love for reading. Grapes of Wrath? Snooze. Thank goodness for Cliffs Notes. Treasure Island, though? Winner. I hadn't read it myself, though it'd been holding ...
Reading is my ESCAPE from Reality!
Reading is my ESCAPE from Reality! rated it 9 years ago
This is my first time reading Treasure Island. I guess I'm not good at reading "the classics". I am a big fan of dystopian stories and current fiction. So, maybe classics just aren't my thing. But, I feel like I should try to get through some of them, just because they are classics. Treasure Isla...
 Spooky's House Of Books
Spooky's House Of Books rated it 9 years ago
after all this time I finally picked it back up,can't believe it to me this long to do so because it's been years since I've read this book which is sad because this one and Dracula got me in to read classic.Read this for # lindseyalong Aug.21st -28 Classic reads , and I'm so glad I did,even though ...
Bookers are at our Fingers
Bookers are at our Fingers rated it 10 years ago
Thsi book written by RL Stevenson is really the best adventure book ever written. Treasure Island takes the readers on an unforgettable journey in the ocean. The twists and turn are really breath taking. I reccommend it to everyone.
blackguysdoread
blackguysdoread rated it 10 years ago
I love pirates and pirate stories. The adventure and independence on the high-seas is something that speaks to old boyhood fantasies. Sadly, I didn't find much of that adventure in Treasure Island. It was interesting seeing where all of the pirate story conventions originated, but otherwise it wasn'...
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