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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

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lizzye33's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Huck Finn... (Deep breaths.) We may have our differences, but I applaud you.

In contrast to meeting him in Tom Sawyer, Huck has his own story and character depth lined up for him in spades in this story. We get to see him in a similar light to Tom's, and similar wild but well-meaning shenanigans with a lot of heart, courage, and rather sensitive issues. It was pretty scandalous at the time it was written as well.

I think Huck is my favorite of the iconic duo. This book is a lot more emboldened than the first, with more obvious comedy in the villains (still not very likable but better than the feared Indin Joe), real and difficult circumstances and choices, and genuine character growth and contrasts in characters with society, virtue, fighting for dreams, and parallels between all.

This is an important conversation of a book. I am grateful slavery is over and done in America, but hearing about it and learning about it and reading the heart so human in both perspectives of Huck and Jim were beautiful and crucial, as they are now and doing what we can not to let whatever differences we may find divide us and get out of hand.

As Huck has grown up a bit since we last saw him after TAOTS, so have the stakes and character building. Very real and potentially upsetting experiences happen in this book, not just for the readers who can only imagine based on the merit of the writing, but the genuine experiences of the characters set in times just like them. Beautifully done; this book needs to be read and appreciated more, especially by the younger generation.
I highly recommend this book and enjoyed experiencing this story for the first time.

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stacym's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

1.0

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lifeisshortlikeme's review against another edition

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adventurous lighthearted slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.5

(sorry in advance to the fans out there!) I know this is a “classic,” which is why I wanted to read it. I don’t recall ever reading it as a child, as many young people do. I had just finished The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (to which this is a sequel/spinoff) and rather enjoyed that one. I found this story disappointing in comparison, and the seeming glorification of gaslighting throughout became annoying. If I weren’t tracking books, I probably wouldn’t have finished this.

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camiandkitread's review against another edition

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adventurous fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" is a tricky book for me to review because while it's another classic adventure story, the constant, casual racism is distressing for a modern reader.

Huck does show a lot of character growth the more time he spends with Jim and eventually works to help liberate him but he feels that he’s doing the wrong this since Jim was enslaved. While it’s easy to dismiss this as just pure racism, I think it really shows how children often have a good concept of what’s right but can struggle with it if all they’ve been taught is what’s wrong.

It’s a classic book and features all kinds of typical scrapes and harebrained schemes that Mark Twain’s characters always have, but be prepared to discuss the overt racism in the book if giving “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” to a child.

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