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Didn’t Like It “I enjoyed the first half of this, where it was a charming survival/adventure story, but the wildly colonialist second half was much less fun. Still, the chapter about the penguins was one of the most delightful things that I've recently read.” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“I enjoyed the first half of this, where it was a charming survival/adventure story, but the wildly colonialist second half was much less fun. Still, the chapter about the penguins was one of the most delightful things that I've recently read.”
Allison wrote this review Wednesday, March 28, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“A little confusing”
Tricia Nieuwoudt wrote this review Sunday, September 4, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“The book was very rambling and long. I disliked the way the author made Chritianity out as a saviour and that native islanders were so savage. This I thought did not relate very well with the real world and easily could mislead readers.
Lime wrote this review Wednesday, August 31, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
”“A great adventure.”
Odd_Duck wrote this review Saturday, May 7, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“It was an adventerous book.It was talking about the three boys,called Ralph,Peterkin and Jak.They were 15,14 and 18 years old.They were making their interesting adventures at the unknow island.They saw a lot of interesting things that they had not saw it before.They were learning how to survive on this island.In this book,I learn some useful knowledge from it.”
wenyan h wrote this review Sunday, January 9, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“it is all about three boys called Ralph aged 15, Peterkin aged 14 and Jak aged 18. these boys we re shipwrecked on an unknown island making adventures and learning how to survive on this island.”
dominic j wrote this review Wednesday, September 15, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“a gud read.”
Suryalaxmi R. wrote this review Thursday, September 2, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Everything you need to know about surviving on a desert island, aged 13”
Richard V wrote this review Tuesday, January 5, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Through this book I learned a lot about the Pacific islands and the culture of the people who inhabited them. I enjoyed the story and Peterkin kept it interesting (he's hilarious) but I found it to be rather slow as Ballantyne takes a great deal of time describing various plants and such and, while the lads are always doing something, for the first have of the book the story seemed to be going nowhere. The other thing that disturbed me was all the horrors Ralph, the narrator, witnesses in the various murders the natives commit. However, the book was otherwise very clean and I enjoyed that aspect and that God was given the glory for everything.
Gone and will hopefully not return wrote this review Tuesday, May 25, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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