joms answers “Am I the only person who found reading...”

Jannine Smith asked this question about Treasure Island:

Am I the only person who found reading this book difficult? I left it unfinished as it was hard for me to follow - and it shouldn't be the case as it is a short book!!

joms No it's not really hard... the accent is actually intuitive, and you probably need some basic knowledge for the nautical terms. It's just approx. 300 …moreNo it's not really hard... the accent is actually intuitive, and you probably need some basic knowledge for the nautical terms. It's just approx. 300 pages long (in my Puffin paperback) and I finished it less than a month (I'm a slow reader and tend to finish a book in half a year.)

And as far in my reading experience, Stevenson had this great skill of describing things, which makes my imagery more vivid than ever. I don't find this book really hard to comprehend.(less)

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