Before reading this, my only knowledge of the plot came from remembering the bits and pieces of the movie "Muppet Treasure Island". :) I knew there was a black spot, a young boy and some buried treasure.

Almost every time I finish a classic, I say to myself "Wow. That was really good! No wonder it's called a classic!" Yet, I am wary of picking up classics...maybe I have classic-book-anxiety? Maybe it's the small font that are in 99% of these books?

The beginning was a bit slow for me, but after Jim overhears the mutinous plans with Silver, it peaked my interest from there on out. I enjoyed the switching of the characters from Jim to the Dr's point of view and that surprised me...

The ending really got me! I thought a particular character would die and when he just 'escaped' it was kind of a let-down. Maybe Stevenson wanted to do a sequel?

I rated this book 2 stars because I hated every moment of reading it, not because of any deeper literary analysis or an attempt to be fair towards the author. I understand this book was written almost 150 years ago (almost exactly as far in the past as the story is set from when it was written) and that the intended audience was children. To those English majors, I say, "pffffttttt." What little of the language I could understand was so infuriatingly pompous it was just such a turn off. The characters and plot were such caricatures (yes, i know, children's book) it was so annoying.

I was really surprised about how much I enjoyed this book. I thought it would be kind of hokey or something but it was not!! It was extremely well written. It was exciting. I wanted to stay up all night reading it because I really wanted tot know what would happen next.

Una lectura dulce y divertida, adecuada para jóvenes

Lo leí en el colegio, hace 15 años. Lo amé. Típico libro de piratas y tesoros pero que mi yo adolescentes disfrutó muchísimo

I only vaguely remember the full plot from when I first read it when I was a kid. It wasn't quite as good as I remembered it but I still really enjoyed it.

So THIS is we're all the pirate stereotypes come from. Ragged clothes, peg legs, crutches, eye patches, parrots. Treasure maps and searching for treasure. Skeletons, ghosts, curses, and violent threats. Entertaining.

Pretty good book! Of course there are things that didn’t age well, given this book was written in the late 1880s, and much of the plot development came from Jim overhearing conversations… which is not my favorite plot device.

Well. I finished it. To be honest I was lost multiple times in all the ship language and even the pirate language. But I was determined to finish this.