I thought Treasure is Island was a good because it had a great deal of adventure and action. I liked how the author expressed the characters feelings. The author also worded the language.

posted Apr 9, 2004

this author had the right idea.... I mean it was a great story but the author needed an editor reeeeaaaly badly. Kind of like the harry Pottor books

posted Oct 8, 2007 at 5:31PM

This is a great old classic novel that I was forced to read for school, but ended up enjoying every last bit.

posted Feb 26, 2009 at 8:03PM

Robert Louis Stevenson had a way with names—Jim Hawkins, Squire Trelawney, Ben Gunn, Israel Hands, and best of all, Captain Long John Silver. Throw in the good ship Hispaniola, the seaside Admiral Benbow Inn, and of course, the good old Treasure Island, and you’ve got the top pirate tale of all time. Stevenson capitalized on all the pirate legends—peg legs, the jolly roger, the parrot squawking “Pieces of eight!”—to create the story of adventurous young Jim Hawkins, a clever, kind, courageous young lad who finds a treasure map in a dead man’s sea chest at his mother’s inn. But standing in the way of Jim and his buried treasure is the deceptively charming Long John Silver, a pirate captain disguised as the ship’s merry cook. And more than treasure and treachery await the crew of the Hispaniola on the mysterious island—there’s action, adventure, twists, and turns that still delight readers over one hundred years later. Not only is Treasure Island the go-to, end-all source for all things pirate, it’s also one of the most readable classics of the Victorian age and an old-fashioned ripping good yarn.

posted Feb 26, 2010 at 3:00PM

if you are in to pirates like me this is a MUST read!!!

posted Jul 31, 2012 at 6:51PM

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