Designed to forever kindle a dream of high romance and distant horizons, Treasure Island is, in the words of G. K. Chesterton, ‘the realization of an ideal, that which is promised in its provocative and beckoning map; a vision not only of white skeletons but also green palm trees and sapphire seas.’ G. S. Fraser terms it ‘an utterly original book’ and goes on to write: ‘There will always be a place for stories like Treasure Island that can keep boys and old men happy.’

Ive heard a lot of good about this book, and because of it I had a lot of expectations for this book which this book didn’t live up to.

I personally found the plot to be very boring and uninteresting. For the most part it felt out of place, but at the same time it was most meant for the younger readers, so maybe thats the reason why I didn’t like the plot and found it boring.

I need to give this book some credit because, this book was the thing which made pirate themed movies, shows and books so popular, and don’t get me wrong I love the “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies.

The characters here, were very flat, predictable, boring and uninteresting. They almost like the author just needed some character who no one would care about to care along the larger picture of the plot.

This book overall, is a very almost too generic treasure hunt book, and at this point it is too generic because the are thousands and thousands of treasure hunt movies, shows and books which are exactly as this one but with different character and by different author. 

The writing style was very old timey and very heavy with old English, but I’m gonna give this book a pass on this one because it was written in 1882, so of course the language and the writing in this book will be very outdated from what we expect today.

I Give This Book 1 / 5