Treasure Island in Readers Sharing Reviews

Jul 11, 2013 Debbie Zapata rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: gutenberg, 21print, zapatareadingclub

Aug 16, 2024 ~~ Doing some housekeeping on the Zapata Reading Club list. The first year or so of this project I did not add new read dates to some titles and I did not update the original reviews. I still won't be doing that, but I wanted to have the dates properly recorded.
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I re-read this book every couple of years or so. It has been a favorite of mine since the days when my dad read it aloud to my sick brother: I was not allowed near his room and I was no Aug 16, 2024 ~~ Doing some housekeeping on the Zapata Reading Club list. The first year or so of this project I did not add new read dates to some titles and I did not update the original reviews. I still won't be doing that, but I wanted to have the dates properly recorded.
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I re-read this book every couple of years or so. It has been a favorite of mine since the days when my dad read it aloud to my sick brother: I was not allowed near his room and I was not supposed to listen to the story either (it was a boy's book!) but listen I did. I thought then that Jim's adventures were very exciting and I drove my mother crazy for awhile pretending to be a lady pirate. Anytime I read this I can still hear my dad acting out the different voices....he was very good as Long John Silver, and to this day I still like the character, even if he is such a rogue.

Some years ago I saw for the first time a movie version of Treasure Island with a young Christian Bale as Jim and Charlton Heston as Long John. With a background of music by The Chieftains, this movie quickly became a favorite and I have watched it many many times. Charlton Heston was even better at being Silver than my Dad had been. I loved the way he spoke the phrase 'to be sure': drawling the last word out into half a dozen syllables and dropping his growly voice on the last of them, it sounded deliciously wicked every time.

And the point of all this reminiscing? It is that Treasure Island is now a very noisy book for me to read. I hear my Dad first, then I start seeing the movie running as I read, and I hear Heston. And whenever there is a lull in the action or when that action gets hectic, there is the stunning music by The Chieftains. The book has become busier, more exciting and more entertaining than ever before!

With one more addition during this particular reading, to be sure. I discovered I had not brought my print copy of the book with me to Mexico so when the Buddy Read was first suggested, I found Treasure Island at Project Gutenberg...http://www.gutenberg.org/files/120/12... ....and it turned out to be an illustrated edition, with some of the drawings in color. Of course I was enchanted....a bonus treasure!

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May 21, 2025 gemsbooknook Geramie Kate Barker rated it really liked it · review of another edition

‘When young Jim Hawkins finds a treasure map among a captain’s belongings, the scene is set for an adventure to discover Treasure Island.
When an old sea Captain named Billy Bones arrives at the Admiral Benbow Inn with a mysterious sea chest and fearful talk of a man with one leg, the scene is set for one of the most popular adventure stories of all time. When Billy Bones leaves behind a mysterious chest at Jim Hawkins’ parent’s inn, Jim discovers a map of the legendary Treasure Island captain’s ...more

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