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Treasure Island
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September 1, 2019
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Matthew
Original rating: 3 stars
Updated rating: 3 stars (yup, no change)

I originally read this book when I was 12 or 13. I wrote a book report on it for a middle school English class. I also remember that I read it while on Spring Break in Florida - so it was kind of cool to read this while in a somewhat tropical climate. I remember that I liked it okay, but when you are reading it for school, you sometimes cannot trust a lukewarm memory of a book.

In this case, my memory was spot on!

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MK
Jan 16, 2019 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
The narration by Alfred Molina was a pleasure. I liked his various and sundry pirate voices :D.

This was a re-read for me, I followed along with a kindle book included in a 5-book 'Adventure Collection'.

I just read Treasure Island in hardcover a month ago, followed the next day by a modern sequel by Leonard Wibberly (called Flint's Island), and then the first book in a modern prequel trilogy by John Drake (called Flint and Silver: A Prequel to Treasure Island, all of which I liked very well!, but
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Phil J
Nov 09, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Emily
Dec 07, 2012 rated it liked it
Shelves: classics
Srividya Vijapure
Jan 22, 2014 rated it it was ok
Shelves: owned
MK
Feb 25, 2014 is currently reading it  ·  review of another edition
Elena
Oct 14, 2014 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: uno-2020
Bruna
Feb 27, 2015 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Pianogirl
May 18, 2015 marked it as to-read
Jennifer E
Mar 09, 2016 marked it as to-read
Devan Heronemus
Oct 30, 2016 marked it as abandoned
Carol
Nov 17, 2016 marked it as to-read
Tyler
Feb 15, 2017 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Andrew Hanna
Feb 28, 2017 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Kate
Jul 11, 2017 marked it as to-read
Liane
Jan 13, 2019 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Deborah
Aug 28, 2018 added it
Shelves: scotland
David
Dec 12, 2018 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Marlise
Sep 18, 2019 rated it liked it
Shelves: mustich, boxall
Brooklyn
Sep 13, 2019 marked it as to-read
Kim
Jul 31, 2020 rated it it was amazing
Irene
Apr 30, 2021 added it
Shelves: 2021
Judy Robertson
Oct 20, 2021 marked it as to-read