I loved this book, just as much, if not a little more than Treasure Island. It follows David Balfour as he is kidnapped, shipwrecked, and falls in with an outlaw.

One thing that I liked about this book, is that despite Alan and David's differences of politics, and other things, they got along extremely well. It was a good example of not making a fuss over things that are not really important under the circumstances.

Also, I really liked Alan Breck.

Well, that was a wholesome sort of tale, if you can accept that 18 year old David Balfour’s response to treachery, kidnapping, murder, sword fighting, and running from the law is to persist in gentlemanly behavior. There was quite a bit of well considered moralizing by an 18 year old to stump the 30ish year old friend. Nonetheless, good fun, and I wish I’d read it to my sons when they were little.

I wasn’t a huge fan of the audiobook narrator, Frederick Davidson, initially, but by the end I had warmed up to his style.

A slog. Chiefly because of the setting (Scotland) and the language. I don't know a bonnie bonnet from a wee bairn. Heather and heath and loch and fith....

Blerg.

Oh well, it was short.

Bleh, what a disappointment this book was for me. I read, “Kidnapped,” because, “Treasure Island,” is one of my favorite books ever, but “Kidnapped,” was an absolute drag.

Too much Scotch! The accents were too thick for me to enjoy. Then it’s an historical novel so it’s going on and on about actual historical events I know nothing about. It made me feel some type of way.

Ah didnae lik' it. T’was a bore 'n' nearly murdurred me. Gaed oan 'n' oan forever.

Far awfy much hiding in th' heather 'n' wandering aroond. Ah will ne'er read this book again unless a'm forced tae against mah wull.

4 stars, Metaphorosis Reviews

Summary
David Balfour, just come to his majority, leaves the Scottish town where his father had been a preacher of little means, and heads to the Shaws manor, uncertain what awaits him. Strangely received by his uncle, things go quickly astray, and it is long before he returns to the manor.

Review
I haven’t read Kidnapped since I was a child, and evidently I mixed it up with other Stevenson books – perhaps Treasure Island – expecting pirates. While there’s a good piece on board a ship, the bulk of the story is set in the Scottish highlands and the long-standing aggravations of the clans there.

While substantially surprised by the story’s turn, I also found – as one would expect from a children’s classic – the prose to be fluid and accessible, the characters engaging. There’s a good bit that doesn’t bear close examination, and our hero is remarkably self-possessed and well-spoken for a young man, but the story moves on smoothly and rapidly. Only at the end does it fall into something of a muddle – evidently Stevenson enjoyed the journey more than the destination.The book ends with the clear indication of a sequel, though until now I’d never heard of the book that follows – Catriona – which promises to be more mercantile and political than this first, better known book. Overall, a quick, pleasant return to the adventures of childhood.

Loved it but what a

Pretty fun, young adult adventure novel. I listened to this one, as well, and I enjoyed how young David Balfour encounters calamity after calamity.
Worth listening to because of all the accents.