molly_dettmann's reviews
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So I’ve never read Huckleberry Finn, but I was familiar with the overall story and main characters (and yes, mostly that was from the movie Easy A). I started this read because it won the National Book Award and I was intrigued by a reimagining of Huckleberry Finn, but from Jim’s perspective (and it was shorter than the original book and I love a short read). Quickly I got so into this story that I’m going to have to go back and read Huckleberry Finn to see the parallels. This is a story about Jim who is enslaved and gets caught up with Huckleberry after Huck escapes his own abusive father, but it becomes so much more than Huck’s coming of age story and really is excellent, sometimes satirical commentary on slavery and the value of humanity. The last part completely blew me away in terms of how it really became its own story set apart from its source material. 

The artwork is absolutely gorgeous and deserves its own book of just beautiful portrait after portrait. Overall this was an interesting read. I wish there could’ve been maybe an excerpt or two of each artists work in between the essays since unless I was already familiar with their work I still didn’t really get a taste for them as an artist since there was so much personal reflection mixed into each section. 

Overall a cute story

Overall a cute story

Adorable biography picture book about Jimmy Choo that made me love his shoes even more. 

Beautiful story if culture and family. 

Gorgeous artwork and a poignant story. Loved this one!

I loved the artwork and the authors note that gives a bit more context to FSL. 

This was an okay story. I liked the overall themes and artwork, but it’s not my favorite that tell this kind of story. 

This was a yummy and sweet story about food and family.