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Treasure Island!!! Paperback – December 7, 2011

by Sara Levine (Author)

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A young slacker decides to live her life according to Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic adventure: “A rollicking tale, shameless, funny and intelligent” (The New York Times).

When a college graduate with a history of hapless jobs (ice cream scooper, gift wrapper, laziest ever part-time clerk at The Pet Library) reads Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel Treasure Island, she is dumbstruck by the timid design of her life. When had she ever dreamed a scheme? When had she ever done a foolish, overbold act? When had she ever, like Jim Hawkins, broken from her friends, raced for the beach, stolen a boat, killed a man, and eliminated an obstacle that stood in the way of her getting a hunk of gold?
Convinced that Stevenson’s book is cosmically intended for her, she redesigns her life according to its Core Values: boldness, resolution, independence, and horn-blowing. Accompanied by her mother, her sister, and a hostile Amazon parrot that refuses to follow the script, our heroine embarks on a domestic adventure more frightening than anything she’d originally planned. Treasure Island!!! is the story of a ferocious obsession, told by an original voice―“insane, hilarious, and irreverent” (Alice Sebold).

“Highly original . . . will keep you entertained in spite of (or more accurately, because of) its toxic narrator.”―Library Journal

“A hoot.”―Kirkus Reviews

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172 pages
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Europa Editions
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December 7, 2011
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5.33 x 0.52 x 8.26 inches
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1609450612
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978-1609450618
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This is not how me and my sisters get along...

Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2019

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I bought this book and read it based off a podcast (can't remember the name, but it's the one with Rider Strong), and my expression for most of the story moved between 'wtf?', 'omg!' and 'lol' and I'm not usually into text speak.

The main character has almost no redeemable qualities. She's narcissistic to the extreme, incapable of emotional development for the majority of the story, and totally socially unaware. Given how seemingly toxic she is, you half expect her family and friends to be pushovers or lacking intelligence, but every supporting character succeeds in interacting with the MC without coming across as anything less than capable in their own right.

It struck me as an odd concept for a story, but it's so well executed that almost immediately, despite the strangeness of trying to live your life according to an old adventure novel, you find yourself nodding and going 'okay, okay, I can see why the MC is the way she is now'. I especially like how you don't have to go out and find your own copy of Treasure Island to read in order to understand references. Any references made by the author are tied in to this books plot so well that even if you don't recognize the reference, you understand the point being made.

I usually go for fantasy stories because I love world building, so contemporary isn't the main bulk of my literary purchases, but this book was comedic gold for me and I'm so happy I bought it.

11 people found this helpful

Valerie K. Lerman

The description I read made it seem as though the story was a fun adventure, at times poignant

Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2015

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My objection to this book is not a reflection on the obvious talent of its author but on how it was misrepresented here at Amazon. The description I read made it seem as though the story was a fun adventure, at times poignant, but always exciting. Instead, what it actually is about is the journey of the main character from self-cluelessness to self-awareness - and the people she hurts in the process. To that extent, it's very well written and I give Ms. Levine a lot of credit for pulling off having the narrator be the very person making the journey, and not having the entire story end up parodying itself. So if you're into stories about personal struggles and dysfunctional family dynamics, I highly recommend this book. If, like me, you're looking for escapist entertainment, keep looking; this is not the story for you.

16 people found this helpful

Horn-Blowing!!!

Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2012

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I dug this book. Sure, like most people I wanted a meteor to fall on the main character and a volcano to cover the remains and a supernova to remove all traces of what could possibly be left of her, BUT it's not east to write a character that I can despise so much and still find humorous and wonderfully flawed. Yes, this book will grate on your nerves, but only because you get invested in it. If you didn't care, it wouldn't bother you. It's well written and well put together and all in all I'd have no problems suggesting this book to anyone. It's DYING to be made into a stage play. I'd go to watch that.

ARRRRRRRRRR!!!

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Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2020

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The concept was great, but it was just another story about a dysfunctional young woman. The story just wanders around aimlessly then ends. There is a lot of this type of literature out there and none of it is very interesting.

Unreliable Narrator Extraordinaire!!!

Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2012

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This is a hilarious, witty, sophisticated, and also deeply sad novel. The narrative voice is brilliant and Levine gives readers just enough clues to piece together what's really going on, despite the unreliable (and at least slightly unbalanced) tour guide she gives us. The discrepancy between the narrator's narcissistic vision of her world and what the reader can infer is really going on creates a really compelling tension that pulls the reader through the narrative at a lightning-fast pace. And somehow, despite the narrator's delusion, narcissism, and pathological manipulation, Levine managed to cast her in a charming and empathetic light. Bravo, Sara Levine!

PS: Any violence toward humans and animals that takes place in this novel is relegated to an imaginary world and was not tested on actual humans and animals. ;)

10 people found this helpful

How to muddle through life.

Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2014

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This is a tongue-in-cheek story about a young woman who HAS grown up but still does not know what she wants to do WHEN she grows up...or even how she wants to interact with her family, friends and employers. Her goal is to emulate a character from the real, original Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson; the result is continual disaster. Some of the dips and turns are pretty funny.

Recommended if you have a weird sense of humor.

2 people found this helpful

Hilarious Despicable Narrator

Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2019

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Last time I had this much fun with a mean narrator was The Giant's House by Elizabeth McCracken. Only our girl here is even more despicable. LOVED IT. Laughed out loud. Some may be shocked, but I think the novel is brilliant. Bought a few copies for friends. Thanks!

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Self indulgence taken to extreme

Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2021

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I didn't like the protagonist from the start and it kept getting worse. Once she killed the bird I actively hated her. My happy ending would entail her sister filing assault charges, her parents kicking her out and facing charges for killing Richard and a psych evaluation. Horn blow your way out of that. Boo boo. She is insecure. No, she is toxic.

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Tony Rudd

Frustrating

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 22, 2016

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This is partly a great book (such a funny premise, some great set pieces) but it's just ruined for me by the characterisation of the main character - it's not so much that she's dislikeable and irritating (which is fine and funny), but her irritatingness is telegraphed in such a way that really undermines the first-person narration. Rather than just write an unreliable narrator who revealed their unlikeability over the course of the story, Sara Levine's protagonist says stuff like (I'm paraphrasing but you get the drift) "because I'm shallow and not very interested in other people, I..." which completely undermines the premise. If she was self-aware enough to say that she would be an entirely different (and less annoying) person! And then where would the story be? Ugh. It's a technical rather than a creative fault but it spoiled a great book for me. I've given it a 3 but there are elements of this that are a 5 and elements of it that are a 1/2. So frustrating!

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@MagnumPIG

Disappointing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 6, 2014

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I wanted to like this book, I really did - the premise is very silly but had great potential (Treasure Island being one of my all time favourites), but overall this book takes itself far too seriously, and suffers as a result. The author is clearly going for by A Confederacy of Dunces type vibe, but this is an altogether inferior book. An extra star for repeated use of the term 'horn-blowing'

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Bridie

Really enjoyed

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 26, 2019

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I really liked it although it wasn't what I was expecting. The main character is pretty horrible but I found her really funny and relatable.

Mac

Proof copy - not as described

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 6, 2014

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Disappointed that copy is an uncorrected proof, not an actual paperback version - the description didn't state this and I wouldn't not have purchased if I knew.

Michael Collin

Treasure Island

Reviewed in Germany on October 3, 2012

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Witzig geschrieben, schnell lesbar. Aber ich befürchte, ich werde mich schon bald kaum noch an dieses Buch erinnern. Die Ich-Erzählerin ist wunderbar verrückt, aber ich würde sie nicht gerne in meiner Nähe haben. Es stört sie nicht, die Menschen um sich herum zu verletzen oder nicht zu verstehen, da sie ausschließlich mit ihren eigenen Befindlichkeiten beschäftigt ist

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