Mutiny on the Bounty (1932)

Mutiny on the Bounty is one of those books that somehow managed to seep into my consciousness without ever actually having read it. I'm sure I saw one of the movie versions at some point, which gave me the basic outline of the plot. But that bare-bones version of the story that I thought I knew doesn't hold a candle to the actual novel, which is rich, riveting, and extremely well told. When I picked it up I didn't think it would be one of those books I had a difficult time putting down, but I very nearly read it all in one sitting. ( )

Captain Bligh and his ship the Bounty are being sent to Tahiti by the English navy. Young Roger Byam jumps at a chance to go with Bligh in order to learn the language and create a Tahitian dictionary. While life on the island is pleasant for everyone, life on the ship is not. The crew's mutiny against Bligh is just the beginning of their adventures and troubles.

My dad just finished reading the whole Bounty trilogy, and he wasn't thrilled with this one, although he did like the other two better. I usually agree with him when it comes to books, so I wasn't expecting much out of this, but I was pleasantly surprised. It's a good adventure novel made more interesting because it was based on a true story, and the authors really tried to make the novel as close to fact as possible. I do wish the authors had explained some of the seafaring terminology better. ( )

I was totally taken by this novelistic account of the Mutiny. One could not help but feel some empathy for the mutineers, but if the women of Tahiti had not been so complicity, would the mutiny ever have happened? ( )

In 1787,December.
Many men going to Tahiti from England by ship.
But the ship's captain Bligh is very angry person.
So other men don't like him...

This is not interesting story.
I was bored during read this. ( )

This is famous story.
Several years ago, one ship have sailed from Tahiti.The captain was Bligh.
Because of Bligh was easy to get angry, one day, Bligh wes mutinied...

It is surprising that Bligh and some other crew could live in small lifeboat.
When it has been decided that they don't come near to a small island, I couldn't guess how to survive. It is surprisind way. This is interesting book. ( )