Una de mis novelas preferidas porque está endiabladamente bien escrita, porque no puedes parar de leer, porque es pura aventura y por supuesto, por John Silver

Really fast paced and thrilling! I would rather read a good, entertaining classic with convincing characters with an unpredictable plot than the average hyped books.

I love this book so much!

The writing is so easy and the plot twists are so well done. Yes, I am talking about a dark adventurous story of a boy who has the secret map of a treasure who has to go along with a bunch of cheeky adult men.

I love the writing more so because of the realistic characters (yes, I know the characters are based on times which is quite historical yet they do sound so alive and realistic like the adults us and so I like them for who they are despite their unlikeliest parts).

But damn I was up the entire day and night just to know what happens next each time until I reached the last line. That shows how thrilling the entire book is! The betrayals, the fights, the eerie moments the boy had to endure. It’s so worth it. The ending wraps up all the chaos and the games the characters played.

Yes, we have to survive the storm of a story here and close the book with a thud because it’s so damn satisfying how it ends!

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4 out of 5 stars to Treasure Island, a coming-of-age-of-sort novel, written in 1882 by Robert Louis Stevenson. I read this book as a young adult when I received it as a Christmas present from an aunt and uncle. At first, although I knew it was a classic, I wasn't too anxious to jump into it. I wasn't a big fan of pirates and boats. I wasn't a normal kid, what can I tell you. But... it was a gift and I thought I should give it a chance. And once I did, I loved it. I had read Peter Pan recently and felt a kismet connection of sorts between them. From the adventures to the bonds, to the test of good versus evil, the book had so many wonderful moments. And since then, I've sampled many different iterations, from movies to other books with pirate stories, all the way to Once Upon a Times interpretation. It's truly a remarkable story that helps young adults figure out how to approach a world full of fears, hopes and questions. And to think it's a pirate and a cook who help you to figure some of it out. But it's more. There's bonding. And team work. And treasure hunting. And challenges. And mystery. All culminating in reaching one's goals in ways you didn't necessarily expect.

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4.0 to 4.5 stars. Having not read this book as a child and thinking that I had probably "outgrown" the story as an adult, it took me along time to get around to reading this book which has been part of my Easton Press library for years. All I can say is...WOW, was a missing something special. This was a fantastic tale, superbly written with amazing characters (Long John Silver was just amazing) and a plot that never let up or lost any steam. A "classic" adventure story that truly lives up to its name. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!

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Ho letto, come tutti, credo, il libro da bambino, nella sua versione illustrata. Ho poi visto il film della Disney con Charlton Heston, ho ammirato i disegni del libro di Pratt; più di recente, mi sono divertito e intrigato con la versione di Radice e Turconi su Topolino, l’ho infine riletto nell’edizione degli Oscar.
Sono stato indaffarato con Jim Hawkins all’Ammiraglio Benbow, nella botte delle mele, sulla coffa di maestra, a Bristol, alla locanda di Long John Silver, ed in ogni altro angolo e recesso ove si sia svolta questa meravigliosa avventura.
Chi, fortunato mortale, avesse vissuto sino ad ora senza sapere cos’è un Pezzo da otto, ha ancora l’opportunità di poter vivere una formidabile avventura in compagnia di pirati, gentiluomini e casse di … real de a ocho!

Arr, me matey!
I've finally downed the children's classic, Treasure Island.
Sadly, these pirates weren't nearly as sexy as I was expecting. Where were all the sweaty pirate abs I've come to expect from the plethora of trashy romance novels I've gobbled down over the years?
Not here, that's for damn sure.



And mainly because of the overabundance of bodice rippers on my bookshelf, I felt like I maybe needed to expand my maritime horizons, and it seemed that going with a classic sailor story wouldn't be a bad way to accomplish that goal.



Unsurprisingly, this is a pretty boring book by today's standards. And if this was what they gave kids to read back in the day, I'm no longer shocked that people found long walks and/or journaling about said long walks a valid form of entertainment.



When I'm done churning this butter, should I whittle for a bit before we have a family sing-a-long around the fire?

Going to be totally honest, I don't understand the yearning for a simpler lifestyle, as this scenario sounds like my own personal version of Hell.



Alright!
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson and why you should read it.
It's short! <--not as much of a time suck as Count of Monte Cristo
It's a classic! <-- therefore, you will sound classy
It's got pirates! <--remember: dirty rum-bloated pirates, not shirtless Fabio pirates
You can learn new drinking songs! <--Yo ho ho and a bottle of Zima, bitches



That all sounds great.
But what is Treasure Island about, Anne?
The gist is that our young hero, Jim Hawkins, has the shittiest luck ever.
His dad dies and leaves a tweenage Jim and his mother with a ramshackle inn to run, complete with a scary drunken sailor (Billy Bones) who's not too keen on paying his tab as a tenant.
He's what the kids these days call a scallywag.



Why does it matter that Bones is continually dodging rent?
Well, after Billy Bob meets his maker with the help of a few of his old sailing pals, Jim and his mother have to rifle through his things to get payment.
AND JIM FINDS A MAP. <--to a place called Treasure Island
*choir vocalizes*



Back in the day, if you found a map it was apparently adventure time. You and your neighbors would rent a ship, hire a sketchy crew, and set out for parts unknown full of high hopes that you'd be coming back with gold doubloons! The reality is that you'd be lucky to come back alive without scurvy or syphilis.
And dark thoughts like that are why I would have made a terrible pirate-adventurer...



The adults (of course) make some really bad decisions when it comes to securing an efficient crew. They have a competent captain, but instead of listening to him, they hire a fairly obvious villain as the cook and then proceed to take his advice over the captain's. This ensures they have quite a surly group of sailors to man the SS Mutiny.
Who is this cook?
Long John Silver. <--yes, exactly like the sub-par seafood restaurant!
When your cook's name is synonymous with chewy shrimp poppers and diarrhea, you might want to rethink your hiring process.



Luckily for all the grown-ups, Jim is a brave and hearty lad who manages to save the day! <--not really
Ok, so this was written back when it was a big deal to keep your word. Like, if you promised your kidnappers that you wouldn't try to run for it, then you couldn't try to run for it because that would make you a liar. Which, for some unfathomable reason, was worth more than your life.
SWEAR TO GOD, THESE OLD-TIMEY PEOPLE WERE RIDICULOUS.



Naturally, there comes a point in the story where Jim needed to hop a fence and get the hell out of there, but wouldn't - because INTEGRITY. And I suppose we're meant to think he's a better person for it, but all I could think was that maybe Stevenson based his story around a child with special needs.
Except, no. Because the doctor agreed with Jim, so apparently in the days of yore, the good guys couldn't just win, they had to win by a set of idiotic rules.
Which is nuts! What are you teaching our kids, Robert!?



Looking someone dead in the eyes whilst giving a firm handshake and lying through your teeth is a fucking lifeskill that every child needs to have perfected by adulthood in order to survive.



But whatever. This is a fantasy, so it all works out for our heroes.
They return home with their honor intact, a good bit of wealth, no STDs, and only a little bit of PTSD that kicks in whenever they hear a parrot squawk.



Read it. As far as classics go, you could do a lot worse than this one.

Michael Prichard - Narrator

As Indiana Jones once, rather astutely pointed out, when it comes to treasure "X never, ever marks the spot". Well, it does if you're a pirate, which basically means that as a pirate you have a statistically much higher chance of finding treasure than any archaeologist ever would. I find this a bit unfortunate and if someone had presented me with this hard and fast evidence I would have ticked the pirate box and not the archaeologist box on my careers worksheet at school. Instead, I have to make do with reading Treasure Island and fantasising about my ideal bespoke treasure island (emeralds growing on trees- I know this is an arboreal unlikelihood but it's my fantasy so back off; lagoons filled with sapphires, gold dubloons in huge heapy piles at the foot of azure blue waterfalls and knuckle sized diamonds to be chipped off the walls of underground caverns).

Stevenson's Treasure Island is much less of a Disney-esque fantasy and Jim Hawkins, narrator and salty sea dog in the making, is forced to pit his wits against the wiliest of all pirates, Long John Silver in a race to retrieve the booty. After finding an oil-skin map in a dead mans chest (nice Robert, very nice) Jim sets off to find some trustworthy (or gullible) adults. Jim must be in possession of some serious powers of persuasion because within minutes the good squire and his associates are rustling up a ship (no mean feat when a schooner could set you back £6000 and your chance of surviving the voyage was slim), tightening their buckanneering belts and getting ready to hit the high seas. It turns out the ships cook is more than he seems though and not to be underestimated (I wonder if JF Lawton, the writer of Under Siege was a Treasure Island fan, after all he served up Casey Rybeck, the most underestimated ships cook of all time).

Caribbean capers ensue as Long John Silver serves up a melting pot of mendacity in an attempt to get his hand on Captain Flint's treasure. Jim Hawkins proves he's tougher than a soused herring that's been at the bottom of a barrel for a year and successfully repels the Island siege before hoisting the main sail, jibing -ho and heading for Britain. The other pirates are left marooned as a punishment and their skeletons will be unearthed 250 years from the time of telling during the construction of a Sandals adult holiday resort. Personally I think I'd rather be marooned than go to Sandals.

Jim e seus amigos navegam em busca do lendário tesouro do famoso capitão Flint. Mas eles nem imaginam que o terrível pirata Long John Silver , disfarçado de cozinheiro,e  também outros piratas membros da tripulação estão  atrás da fortuna e dispostos a tudo para consegui-la.

O que é mais interessante em relação a esse livro é que a imagem  que se estabeleceu em relação aos piratas e a caça ao tesouro vem desse livro como: mapa do tesouro, papagaio no ombro , perna-de-pau , bebedeira com rum, as cantigas , o x  no mapa indicando o lugar do tesouro. Tudo começou com esse livro!

Esse era pra ser um livro infantojuvenil ,pois na verdade Stevenson o escreveu para o seu enteado pré-  adolescente, mas cativa a todos, não importa a idade.

Publicado em 1883 o livro é um clássico,um sucesso de adaptações até hoje.

Celebrity Death Match Special:
Mein Kampf versus Treasure Island



Blatantly stolen from ☯Bettie☯

Original rating: 3 stars
Updated rating: 3 stars (yup, no change)

I originally read this book when I was 12 or 13. I wrote a book report on it for a middle school English class. I also remember that I read it while on Spring Break in Florida - so it was kind of cool to read this while in a somewhat tropical climate. I remember that I liked it okay, but when you are reading it for school, you sometimes cannot trust a lukewarm memory of a book.

In this case, my memory was spot on!

I can describe this book two ways:

- An okay seafaring/pirate tale that will probably be loved by hardcore pirate fans and people who like nautical tales
- Tedious

When I mentioned it was tedious to my wife, she asked if it was repetitive. But, repetitive is not quite right. More like each scene/part of the book is drawn out to the point I was relieved when it moved on. Kind of surprising as it is not all that long of a book. If you are anything like me you will spend a lot of your time thinking "Get on with it!"

One interesting "Ah-ha" moment I had: As you may know, this book features Long John Silver. In my mind, and probably most peoples' minds, he is a famous pirate from a famous pirate book and there is a seafood chain named after him. The ah-ha, and maybe this was not intentional, is that his cover in the book is that he is a cook on the boat. So, naming a restaurant after him makes perfect sense!

It's been decades since I last read this treasured classic (see what I did there? :P ) and thought it would be perfect summer reading. I devoured it in 2 sittings. Stevenson pulls you into the journey and for those few hours magically transports you back in time to the swashbuckling decks of the Hispaniola. But thats not all. By telling the adventure through the eyes of young Jim, you also get that wonderful feeling that usually escapes us adults, that life is an adventure and anything is possible.

If you haven't ever read this do yourself a favour and pick it up, and for those like me who had forgotten that wonderful feeling and wish to recapture it, this won't disappoint.

Quick summary:

Jim Hawkins lives at the Admiral Benbow Inn, with his parents, in an English seaside town. A man named Billy Bones comes to the inn to rent a room and begins conversing with young Jim. During their discussion, Billy warns Jim to be wary of a one-legged man. Billy is confronted by buccaneers who threaten his life, and then Jim discovers a treasure map. Others know about the map too and want to locate it, but Jim is able to hide with it for the time being. Young Jim, along with a crew, head out on a seafaring adventure to find Captain Flint’s treasure before anyone else does.

My thoughts:

Treasure island is an exciting adventure novel published in 1883 by Robert Louis Stevenson. The story is about buried treasure, pirates, and mutiny. It’s a coming of age story with iconic characters and an intriguing plot.

This story is driven heavily by the plot, but the characters are all interesting. My personal favorite was Jim Hawkins, the primary narrator of the story. Jim is an honest character—far from perfect, and he doesn’t hide it. He accepts his mistakes and learns from them. It is young Jim’s perspective that makes this a coming-of-age story and leads to many plot twists. There is substantial character development with Jim and how he begins to better understand himself and the world around him.

My son’s favorite character was Long John Silver and for good reason. He is the antagonist in the story. Intelligent, courageous and charming—he’s the villain you find yourself siding with throughout the story. Witnessing the skill of these characters and knowing their capabilities was one of my favorite aspects of this story. This book brought us to the controversial question: who is the hero?

This story was amusing for all my kids because they haven’t read many pirate stories. It was a nice change and never boring. They were excited to read it and enjoyed discovering all the parts in the book that Disney took and adapted into Pirates of the Caribbean.

I remember reading this book as a child in our school library. It was likely the first pirate story I’d ever read. As an adult reader, this book still held my interest today. It’s full of action and adventure, and it’s written well. While I didn’t love it, it was still an enjoyable read. I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a good escape read or one who enjoys immersing themselves in adventures—especially seafaring, pirate stories. This illustrated edition along with the audio by Neil Hunt brought this book to life.