David McK (3814 KP) rated Treasure Island in Books
Jan 28, 2019
Oh, I was familiar with the story - who isn't? - but as for actually reading the novel? Nope.
Indeed, the closest I had ever come was screen adaptations of it, with The Muppets version in particular springing to mind! As such, I never really had the inclination to go to the source material - after all, I've seen it, so why read it?
However, I finally got round to actually doing so in late 2013 and, you know what? I did actually quite enjoy it!
I'm aware that it started the whole buried treasure/peg-legged Pirates genre of stories, and now I know why :)
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