2.5 stars

This was one of the free Audible originals for August and had I not loved Pirates of the Caribbean (just to drool over Johhny Depp….) I would probably never have considered reading this classic.

I must give credit to the audio production. With a full cast of narrators and sound effects it was definitely impressive.

I also liked the fact that I can see how this book was the genesis for so many other pirate stories.

But for a tale full of pirates, gun fights, treasure, talking parrots, one legged strangers and secret maps, the pace was too slow and the story surprisingly bland.

Classics are either a big hit or miss with me and unfortunately I did not love it as much as I hoped I would.