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jodie_campbell12's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
2.75
I will be avoiding mysterious men on mysterious islands from now on
graciosareis's review against another edition
Esta narrativa que se divide em duas partes tem tanto de cómico como de trágico. A acção inicia em Papeete, na ilha de Taiti, continua em viagem pelo mar (primeira parte) e vai terminar na “Ilha nova” (segunda parte), uma ilha perlífera.
A história incide no fracasso, no desencanto da vida, na redenção. Os protagonistas são três homens com características comportamentais bem diferentes e que por razões também diversas se encontram em Papeete, a viver miseravelmente na rua. Com identidades falsas, os três embarcam, literalmente, numa aventura que não terá um final feliz para todos.
É um livro de leitura agradável que nos faz reflectir sobre o carácter das pessoas e as opções de vida.
A história incide no fracasso, no desencanto da vida, na redenção. Os protagonistas são três homens com características comportamentais bem diferentes e que por razões também diversas se encontram em Papeete, a viver miseravelmente na rua. Com identidades falsas, os três embarcam, literalmente, numa aventura que não terá um final feliz para todos.
É um livro de leitura agradável que nos faz reflectir sobre o carácter das pessoas e as opções de vida.
blueyorkie's review against another edition
3.0
There is a very "British" distancing in the narration, which takes away from this narrative the original flavour of contact.
pussreboots's review against another edition
5.0
I read the Ebb-Tide for the Classics Challenge. Stevenson and his stepson, Lloyd Osbourne tell a modern (contemporary for when it was written) tale of pirates in the South Pacific. These are not the "pieces of eight" pirates of their most famous collaboration, Treasure Island. Instead these are more akin with modern smugglers.
The book follows three men down on their luck, stuck on Tahiti for a variety of reasons. They are all recovering from influenza which had been brought to the island on one of the recent ships. Each man is going by an assumed name having failed a number of times at various enterprises and found it best to start afresh where creditors or the authorities can't find them as easily.
An abandoned schooner where the crew had died of small pox picked while in port at San Francisco gives this trio a chance at redemption. Rather than do the sensible thing, they decide to take the ship and it's cargo and play at being pirates (of the sort from Treasure Island) for its maiden voyage. Unfortunately for them, they are quickly ensnared by modern day pirates.
While the story itself is both short and simplistic compared to some of Stevenson's other works, it is a wonderful exploration of character. Each of the three men are well fleshed characters with their own back stories and reasons for their failures.
The book follows three men down on their luck, stuck on Tahiti for a variety of reasons. They are all recovering from influenza which had been brought to the island on one of the recent ships. Each man is going by an assumed name having failed a number of times at various enterprises and found it best to start afresh where creditors or the authorities can't find them as easily.
An abandoned schooner where the crew had died of small pox picked while in port at San Francisco gives this trio a chance at redemption. Rather than do the sensible thing, they decide to take the ship and it's cargo and play at being pirates (of the sort from Treasure Island) for its maiden voyage. Unfortunately for them, they are quickly ensnared by modern day pirates.
While the story itself is both short and simplistic compared to some of Stevenson's other works, it is a wonderful exploration of character. Each of the three men are well fleshed characters with their own back stories and reasons for their failures.
glazebrookgirl's review against another edition
Reading this for background on Penny Dreadful.
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