/lit/ - Literature

bump, I want to know too (I'm illiterate)

>>21622519
>kino
Retard

>>21622519
it's a good book if you're in middle school. There are no women in it because his son requested a book with no women so it's based in that regard

You're probably too old for it. But what the fuck do I know, people still watch cartoons in their 20s and beyond.

>>21622737
Sometimes one knows to appreciate the simpler form of storytelling as a break between deeper works.

>>21622519
It's good. You should read it when you're about 12, but maybe it's not too late. The one flaw (in my opinion) is when he suddenly switches perspective because he just can't conveniently tell the story from Jim's P.O.V.. It feels a bit jarring. But some people don't mind it.

>>21622519
Is everything by RLS for kids? Or did he also write stories/novels for adults?

It takes on a different dimension if you're familiar with the esoteric lore of Jacobins, Freemasonry and how they connect to piracy and Knight's Templar.

>>21622519
Watch the anime instead

>>21623037
do i look like some kinda jap to you

>>21622766
I suppose this is true however it's pretty jarring jumping from book to book when it's a step down literary wise
I still like to read scifi books but it's weird going from something like Shelby Foote to Niven, or Livy to Asimov

>>21623069
i've been wanting to get into asimov, what do you think are his better books?

>>21622717
keep up with the culture senpai, words can take on new meanings. no need to be upset

>>21622519
Good book. I liked Kidnapped better, though.

>>21622519
>kino or cringe?
you need to be beaten

>>21622519
Absolute kino

I'm not sure the illiterate would be able to reply op. Unless they have someone read the thread to them and type out their response for them I guess, but that seems unlikely. Then again it's a big, strange world full of strange people and unlikely scenarios.

>>21622519
Pure kino. I disagree with the others in suggesting its for young boys though. Beyond the obvious veneer of pirates and treasure and high seas adventure there are often complex character developments that happen. Historically treasure island has been wildly unpopular with young boys and actually found its fame amoung men. I reckon the reason for this is Hawkins not being much of a hero. He does courageous things but doubts himself, gets scared and seems to contribute by sheer dumb luck. E.g. falling asleep in the barrel, the boat drifting towards the moor lines. Boys dont like that level of depth and vulnerability.

The antagonist isnt much better, long john silver is not an easy man to hate. Hes charming, convincing and inspiring. If Stevenson didnt add several scenes to reassert his violent ruthlessness it would have been completely forgotten. This is not exactly the simple projection of evil that boys are entertained by.

Im not sayimg its a masterpiece, its not high literature but i dislike the pretentious guffawing of it being written off as a kids book. It has surprising depth and the characters feel strangely real for such a simplistic story

>>21623189
It's been a while, but I recall enjoying his short stories considerably more than his novels.

>>21622519
Full of cliches. On the very first page the pirate is introduced with "yo ho ho and a bottle of rum," I mean come on.

>>21622519
Who the fuck would use either word to describe fucking Treasure Island

I happen to be reading it now, just past the scene in the apple barrel. NO SPOILERS

>>21623037
Bulgarian Treasure Planet is where it's at tho
https://youtu.be/TMte6lgd4Jg

>>21623069
Shelby Foote's style is certainly not a step above that of Robert Louis Stevenson. Foote's style is on par with Zane Grey or Louis L'Amour.

>>21625666
Satan, that is a good book report. Also, fuck you, demon.

I am writing a book with my sons, who are both too young to know how to properly write, about a young cook on a Spanish ship laden with treasure from teh New World that is attacked by pirates.
The boys want him to wear the armor of a knight, so I will find a way to add that in there, but I am thinking that the boy will survive teh pirate raid and end up on a jamaican beach, where he will arrive just in time to witness teh epic earthquake that destroyed port royal in 1692.

Its a great book, don't let the fact that it's meant for boys scare you off. The hobbit was meant to be a children's book as well. It's nice to read a little adventure kino inbetween more serious and challenging works.

>>21622519
It's good. It made Haggard write King Solomon's Mines.

>>21628375
Upon seeing the complete and utter destruction of the pirate city of Port Royal, the young cook, who has washed upon teh beach just in time for a view of the catastrophe, fearing that the island is now cursed by God, picks his way through the detritus and flotsam to find a boat that gets him most of the way to the Florida coast, where a hurricane drags his vessel all the way to the mouth of the Mississippi river. There, he meets an escaped indian slave that is a descendant of the Mississipian Indian Culture killed off by smallpox.

>>21622519
I smoke too much weed... treasure island, moby dick and that Poe book with the cannibals are all mixed together in my memories

>>21622519
Kino AF

Read it as a kid, then read it to my baby son after work, will read it again to him soon.

>>21628375
>>21628474
Thanks Anon, i occasionally effort post when i cant fall asleep. Also i will have your soul within 24hours

Sounds like it could be comfy. If youre looking for a good way to depict a natural disaster i think Robert Harris' Pompei is great. Really brought that eruption to life

Sounds like youre only missing a good antagonist. Maybe give the MC a mcguffin that makes the antagonist chase him from location to location

>>21622731
This.

Overrated