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meganeorcx's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Slavery
c_lizziebeth's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
slow-paced
1.25
Good riddance. A Few funny lines, reflective moments, and good discussions were not worth the rest of the book being nonsensical, boring, and Ridiculously Racist.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Slavery, and Racism
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Violence, Alcohol, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Physical abuse
commander_morgan's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Slavery, Racism, and Racial slurs
Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Animal death, and Animal cruelty
anushar's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
this was honestly a fun book to read for school. so many random things happened but I had a great time. I couldn’t understand the book without an audio recording, and if he said the n word less I would’ve given it a higher rating. still had fun with it though. 4/5 stars
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse, Death, and Racism
bookishbeccahale's review against another edition
adventurous
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Racism, and Slavery
delle_frenchtxt's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism
graff_fuller's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
reflective
tense
medium-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? Yes
3.5
I read this book when I was 14 or 15, and now reading it when I'm 56 years old...has been interesting.
A lot has changed in society (for the better), and what bothered me a little back then, bothered me a LOT now. The use of the N word was truly hard to read. Yes, I know it was used back then, and this is Classic book, but the use of that word in today's society is NOT acceptable.
I loved the joy and adventure that they had. The love they have for Jim and everyone in their sphere, but THAT word. Wow. Used SO many times. I remember hearing it when I was young, and the talks of my Ma and Da, that they NEVER wanted me to say it...and I haven't.
The writings of Mark Twain have been in my life since I was TEN years old. My Da gave me his complete collection of works for Christmas/Birthday (cannot remember)...especially since one is December 25th and my Birthday is January 19th (fairly close).
Also, since I recently read The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, reading this second adventure built upon the legend of Tom Sawyer, too.
I do think it is good to have children to read this book, but with a lecture/caveat about the archaic use of verbage that is no longer acceptable (and shouldn't have been used in the past, but our society hadn't failed at that time to make things right in that area...at that time).
A lot has changed in society (for the better), and what bothered me a little back then, bothered me a LOT now. The use of the N word was truly hard to read. Yes, I know it was used back then, and this is Classic book, but the use of that word in today's society is NOT acceptable.
I loved the joy and adventure that they had. The love they have for Jim and everyone in their sphere, but THAT word. Wow. Used SO many times. I remember hearing it when I was young, and the talks of my Ma and Da, that they NEVER wanted me to say it...and I haven't.
The writings of Mark Twain have been in my life since I was TEN years old. My Da gave me his complete collection of works for Christmas/Birthday (cannot remember)...especially since one is December 25th and my Birthday is January 19th (fairly close).
Also, since I recently read The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, reading this second adventure built upon the legend of Tom Sawyer, too.
I do think it is good to have children to read this book, but with a lecture/caveat about the archaic use of verbage that is no longer acceptable (and shouldn't have been used in the past, but our society hadn't failed at that time to make things right in that area...at that time).
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Slavery
bwaymadeline's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
it’s kinda just a book (that brushes up against possible meaning)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs
Moderate: Racism
mmcloe's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
funny
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I somehow managed to avoid this in my American high school education but I'm glad that I'm able to encounter this book for the first time with a fairly critical and practiced eye.
I have a lot of respect for Twain's almost-anthropological approach to depicting dialect (though Jim's was way too over the top sometimes) and the odd little ins and outs of a rapidly shifting American society/understanding of childhood. I think this novel is a serious benchmark in ushering in of a new mode of American prose distinct from the high Romanticism of the books which came earlier.
Twain's attempt at being not racist towards Jim provides an incredibly illustrative example (intentional or otherwise) of how Blackness is (mis)represented through the narrative force of white writing. I'd be interested to see a novel written from Jim's perspective.
I have a lot of respect for Twain's almost-anthropological approach to depicting dialect (though Jim's was way too over the top sometimes) and the odd little ins and outs of a rapidly shifting American society/understanding of childhood. I think this novel is a serious benchmark in ushering in of a new mode of American prose distinct from the high Romanticism of the books which came earlier.
Twain's attempt at being not racist towards Jim provides an incredibly illustrative example (intentional or otherwise) of how Blackness is (mis)represented through the narrative force of white writing. I'd be interested to see a novel written from Jim's perspective.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism
Minor: Death and Violence
scheettm's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Father is a tramp
And Huck Finn is a big scamp
The N-word for DAYS.
And Huck Finn is a big scamp
The N-word for DAYS.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism