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5.21k reviews for:
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: A Case Study in Critical Controversy
Mark Twain, James D. Phelan, Gerald Graff
3.51 AVERAGE
5.21k reviews for:
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: A Case Study in Critical Controversy
Mark Twain, James D. Phelan, Gerald Graff
3.51 AVERAGE
I can't say I loved this book, but I certainly can say I appreciate Mark Twain's writing and the insight he showed through the character of Huck. Twain points out a lot of profound things through Huck's relatively innocent eyes and ears and that a lot about 19th century America. Adventures truly are the stuff of Huck Finn; surprisingly I found myself eager to continue reading to find out what would happen next. The happy ending -well ok. . . .
adventurous
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Love what Huckleberry Finn does as an odyssey of a time and a place, life along the Mississippi River in the 1840s, a simulacrum of the way things were in Twain’s childhood and life; in bursts of the absurd, the scary, the everyday minutiae, adventure, the wonders of nature, local mythologies, class discrepancy, preachers, loafers, disguises, runaway slaves. He has a wit and fullness of life that I love, and a keen awareness of the underbelly of darkness of the times.
“I laid there, and had a good rest and a smoke out of my pipe, looking away into the sky; not a cloud in it. The sky looks ever so deep when you lay down on your back in the moonshine; I never knowed it before. And how far a body can hear on the water such nights! I heard people talking at the ferry landing. I heard what they said, too—every word of it…”
“But the next day I went exploring around down through the island. I was boss of it; it all belonged to me, so to say, and I wanted to know all about it; but mainly I wanted to put in the time.”
Twain’s sense of physicality and place is beautiful and something that brings me a lot of joy. Such a funny book, it rolls along in strange rambling fashion but it’s so enjoyable to read.
“But the next day I went exploring around down through the island. I was boss of it; it all belonged to me, so to say, and I wanted to know all about it; but mainly I wanted to put in the time.”
Twain’s sense of physicality and place is beautiful and something that brings me a lot of joy. Such a funny book, it rolls along in strange rambling fashion but it’s so enjoyable to read.
adventurous
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs
Yikes. I was bored reading Tom Sawyer & ten pages into this it had said the n-word so many times. Didn’t wanna waste my time.
I’ll just read the summary of the book and probably won’t be missing out on much.
I’ll just read the summary of the book and probably won’t be missing out on much.
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No