In the eastern reaches of the Thames lies the Hispaniola, an inn kept by Jim Hawkins and his son. 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.
Silver is a worthy sequel to Treasure Island, a work of extraordinary authenticity and imaginative power from one of England's greatest writers.
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"liked this book....the author did a good job following up to Treasure Island...." — Kassie (4 out of 5 stars)
"liked this book....the author did a good job following up to Treasure Island...."
“The ship of Motion’s prose rides gracefully, his descriptions of nature buoying the senses firmly enough to hold even a young reader’s interest. ...With Silver, Andrew Motion places the poet adventurer up in the sky where he belongs, coasting and gliding in favorable winds, pointing the way to literary treasure.”
“Motion shares that wickedly delightful sense of story and language of his predecessor…a page-turner that thoughtfully questions its own world—and makes you long for a sequel to the sequel.”
“Motion writes beautifully…A darker world than Stevenson’s with real evil and genuine loss in it—and a tentative but credible burgeoning love story. Considered as a sequel, Silver more than holds its own as an adventure story.”
“A splendid adventure story in its own right.”
“Silver is quality work with equal portions of ‘friendship, loyalty, and pirates’ written by a master conjurer of words and phrases.”
“[David] Tennant’s every word is magic. His guttural vowel pronunciations resonate delightfully, and his piratical rasps and mimicry of mynah bird Spot are amazing. Andrew Motion’s pastiche captures the period’s formal prose, which sparkles with vivid description and dynamic exploits.”
“As modern sequels to well-loved classics go, this worthy follow-up by former British poet laureate Motion has everything: a seagoing adventure with endearing heroes, barbarous pirates, venomous snakes, a loquacious parrot, and romance. Can’t miss.”
“Motion matches the raw vitality of Stevenson, though his conclusion is far more grim…his ambition is admirable, as is his stylistic elegance.”
" This was good, however I had high expectations of suspense and it did have slower parts. "
" Pretty good, though the pace and characterization varied. Maybe it would be more of a treat if I had read Treasure Island more recently. "
" The first and second acts of this book were well written and beautifully developed. However, once the characters arrived on the island they split up and I found myself less invested. I did not finish the book. "
" Well written prose, easy to read but the characters were not very enveloping. "
" I am annoyed by ambiguous endings. This book has one. I admired Motion's style, but my conclusion is that "Treasure Island" didn't really need a sequel. "
" I really wanted to like this book but ultimately it did not sweep me up the way I expected it would. "
" A perfect sequel, just as boring as the original "
Andrew Motion is the author of three biographies and a number of books of poetry. In 1999 he was appointed Poet Laureate of Great Britain, and he is currently a professor of creative writing at the University of East Anglia. Motion serves as head of the Literature Panel of the Arts Council and frequently broadcasts on the BBC.
David Tennant, Earphones Award-winning narrator, is a Scottish actor who, over twenty years, has starred on stage, screen, television, and radio. In 2008 he played a widely praised Hamlet for the Royal Shakespeare Company but is probably best known for his role as the tenth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who, along with the title role in the 2005 television serial Casanova and as Barty Crouch Jr. in the 2005 film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. On stage he has played Benedick in Much Ado about Nothing, as well as the title roles in Hamlet and Richard II.
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