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Silver: Return to Treasure Island (edition 2012)

by Andrew Motion

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Late one night, a mysterious girl named Natty arrives on the river with a request for Jim from her father - Long John Silver. Aged and weak, but still possessing a strange power, the pirate proposes Jim and Natty sail to Treasure Island in search of Captain Flint's hidden bounty. But the thrill of the ocean odyssey gives way to terror as the Nightingale reaches its destination, for it seems Treasure Island is not as uninhabited as it once was.… (more)
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Title:Silver: Return to Treasure Island
Authors:Andrew Motion
Info:Jonathan Cape (2012), Edition: First Edition - 1st Impression, Hardcover, 432 pages
Collections:Read but unowned
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Really engaging read, a bit darker than the original, due to some slavery/abusive content. While I would hand the original over to a younger child (8 ) looking for an adventure story, this one I think would be better reserved for someone a bit older for that reason. The language and writing style is complementary to the original, tho this story is a bit more black and white than I remember the first to be, and it’s a bit moralistic, tho not very preachy. The action is non-stop, which covered up many other shortcomings. The ending is quite abrupt, which would be troubling if I didn’t know there was a sequel. ( )
  Annrosenzweig | Oct 15, 2021 |
Lange habe icht nicht mehr ein so überflüssiges, ärgerliches, rundheraus schlechtes Buch gelesen! Im Buchladen sah es verlockend aus, die Idee klang vielversprechend: eine Fortschreibung der Schatzinsel, Sohn und Tochter von Jim Hawkins und Long John Silver kehren noch einmal zurück, um den Rest des Schatzes zu bergen. Warum nicht?

Aber das Ergebnis ist einfach nur grottig. Der Plot: in allen Details hanebüchen, unlogisch und absurd. Die Personen: Pappfiguren, die an den Fäden des Autors hierhin und dorthin gehen, in gestelzten Dialogen dummes Zeug von sich geben und vollkommen unverständliche Entscheidungen treffen. Zeitkolorit und Nautik: schweigen wir lieber davon, der Autor hat schlichtweg keine Ahnung wovon er schreibt. Schreibstil: Abgründe, ich sage nur Abgründe! Das Buch ist in der ersten Person als Rückblick von Jim Hawkins jun. geschrieben, und die Hälfte des Buch ist angefüllt mit schwülstigen Selbstbetrachtungen, bei denen man nur schreiend weglaufen möchte. Beispiel gefällig? "Ich drückte diese Gedanken nicht in Worten aus - natürlich nicht. Sie überkamen mich wie eine Welle der Kraft, der Möglichkeit, die ich seitdem in solchen Begriffen für mich fasse." WÜRG Oder hier noch ein Beispiel für den zupackenden, vorwärtstreibenden Stil des Autors: "Dann blickte ich wieder zum Weißen Felsen. Dann sah ich die Farne, die den Weißen Felsen bedeckten. Dann sah ich zwischen den Farnen einen Schatten. Dann sah ich wie dieser Schatten Form annahm. Dann sah ich, wie sich die Form in eine Person verwandelte. Dann sah ich, dass die Person ein Gesicht hatte. Dann sah ich, dass das Gesicht Augen und eine Nase und einen Mund hatte. Dann sah ich Natty." AHHHHHHHHHHHHH Ich habe wirklich lange lange lange nicht mehr (wenn überhaupt jemals) einen solchen grottenschlechten Scheiß gelesen.

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  MrKillick-Read | Apr 4, 2021 |
Except it wasn't ok. This is pretty tedious. I never like being told what to make of a character's actions. For a hundred and fifty pages Jim Hawkins (junior) tells us things like 'she looked at the ground so I thought she must be sad' and 'I am older now but that was how I saw it'. Probably the original Treasure Island is written in the same way - but my memory is that the original allows the reader to see past the narrator's youthful narrative and see the other characters through that prism. The remainder 250 pages continue much the same but with more predictable action, more stereotypes, and less mystery. I had to skip through to the end so I count it as abandoned. And even so the final page was a letdown. [downgraded to one star after reading some other reviews :)] ( )
  Ma_Washigeri | Jan 23, 2021 |
David Tenant's narration of this is very enjoyable, but even given the existence of the sequel, the ending seems very much like Motion couldn't figure out how to conclude this story. On top of that, I found Natty to be one of the more compelling characters, and we don't get to spend nearly as much time with her as I would expect. It is a great audiobook for when you're working or doing other things, because it's very verbose, so you can follow it even if you miss a few words here or there. ( )
  scarylullabies | May 9, 2019 |
Except it wasn't ok. This is pretty tedious. I never like being told what to make of a character's actions. For a hundred and fifty pages Jim Hawkins (junior) tells us things like 'she looked at the ground so I thought she must be sad' and 'I am older now but that was how I saw it'. Probably the original Treasure Island is written in the same way - but my memory is that the original allows the reader to see past the narrator's youthful narrative and see the other characters through that prism. The remainder 250 pages continue much the same but with more predictable action, more stereotypes, and less mystery. I had to skip through to the end so I count it as abandoned. And even so the final page was a letdown. [downgraded to one star after reading some other reviews :)] ( )
  Ma_Washigeri | May 27, 2018 |
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Late one night, a mysterious girl named Natty arrives on the river with a request for Jim from her father - Long John Silver. Aged and weak, but still possessing a strange power, the pirate proposes Jim and Natty sail to Treasure Island in search of Captain Flint's hidden bounty. But the thrill of the ocean odyssey gives way to terror as the Nightingale reaches its destination, for it seems Treasure Island is not as uninhabited as it once was.

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