I will concede that I was a bit on the rude side by comparing his writing style to a ten-year-old's. Some statements, while true, are also mean. Okay. You got me there, despite the fact that the comparison was first invited by someone else. I shouldn't have started things by saying the review I borrowed from may have been written by a ten-year-old.

However, no one ever called the book a "kids book". The original reviewer himself in his review of Treasure Island wrote:

Interestingly the story was originally published as a children's story.

I then said that most people had read the book by age 10 for rhetorical purposes (repeating the age that was the offending point). However, I didn't say that it was only for children; in fact, I called it a "timeless classic". I believe this is what is annoying Camilla and I understand her annoyance.