Treasure
Island, probably the most classic pirate story ever told, with its countless
adaptations, my favorite of which is Disney’s Treasure Planet, the movie that
prompted me to get the book and read it. So let’s dive in, shall we?
Young Jim Hawkings is given the opportunity to go on a
seafaring mission to the legendary “Treasure Island”, to which he possesses a
map. Along for the ride (uh, voyage) are some trustworthy personnel, some less
trusty. Amongst the latter is none other than dreaded one-legged pirate captain
Long John Silver himself.
As far as an adventure book goes, I suppose this one is
pretty good. It really hooked me in the first part, but I gradually lost
interest in reading it in the last third or so. The writing style was a bit
hard to get through (and dated, obviously). It has a lot of action, which is
good, I suppose. But sometimes a little bit more breathing room would be nice,
too.
The characters were not my cup of tea, either. Long John
Silver is probably the one I enjoyed the most out of all of these, with his
side-switching and all, but the others I didn’t find particularly interesting
or noteworthy, including our protagonist, which is a bit of a downer.
So overall, this wasn’t really my cup of tea, but I
definitely think there’s people out there that can enjoy it more than me. If
you want to explore the inspiration behind countless other forms of pirate
media and stories, I’d say give it a read. If you don’t end up liking this
version of the story, there’s always countless adaptations that do things
differently that may satisfy your needs.
Rating: 3/5
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