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Treasure Island

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This is a review of the audio CD narrated by Alfred Molina.

Mr. Molina has a pleasant voice for narration but I had expected more in the way of vocal characterizations from an actor of his stature than I heard in this narration. He did a good job with the pirate voices (and the pirate parrot) but it was not always easy to distinguish among them when several pirates were talking. And because sections of the book are told by different characters, I'd have liked more distinction between the voices of Jim Hawkins, the doctor, the squire and the captain.

Although it was not as inspiring a narration as I had hoped it would be, it was an enjoyable listening experience and I didn't regret the time spent on it.

I've gone through a lot of audiobooks during my work commute, I find it's the most useful way to spend my time, and to me Treasure Island is right up there with the very best that I've listened to. Of course it's a great great story, but the audiobook really does it justice. The audio quality is top-notch, and the reader (Molina) does a superb job. He does a great job separating out all the various characters, and even more impressive, he really does well with that old-English/pirate language. Believe me, this is one of the very best audiobooks you can buy.

With audio books the narritor is the key and this is a great story - two adults in their 50's enjoyed it and Alfred Molina did a great job

I read this book after receiving it as a Christmas gift when I was, maybe, ten years old from a friend in Girl Scouts. This was the book that made me a "reader"

It opened my eyes to fiction and triggered my imagination like nothing had before. Not even close. I've been a "reader" ever since. I don't actually remember what about the story captured me, but something of the feeling remains fifty years later.

Recently I bought this audio CD book as a gift for someone who has difficulty reading, hoping that he will have something like the life-changing experience with this story that I had.

"Treasure Island" (Audiobook)
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Read by Alfred Molina
(Listening Library, 2007)
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This is an excellent, exciting audiobook version of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic pirate saga... Actor Alfred Molina is great as the book's narrator. Highly recommended! (Joe Sixpack, ReadThatAgain book reviews)