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3.5 AVERAGE
3.5 AVERAGE
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Wow! Great cast of characters, I love the pacing and how the story unfolds. I read it in a day, I couldn't put it down.
Don't really understand why it's called Pudd'nhead Wilson when it seems to be more about Tom. Although Mr. Wilson did become more prominent near the end
It would take no great mind to figure out the ending of the book after the first twenty pages even if it wasn’t spoiled on the back of this edition. The journey there is not very enjoyable, either. The parts written in dialect, while most likely historically accurate, were also abhorrent to read in the modern day-as was the constant use of the n-word.
I did enjoy the fact that this was the first time fingerprinting was used as evidence in a court of law in a novel and the way that Twain went about this. However, my enjoyment of that aspect was greatly tempered by him using someone being sold into slavery as a seemingly just punishment, as if those who were enslaved deserved their treatment.
@ Mark Twain you cannot attempt to humanize enslaved people by having your audience feel for an enslaved mother who only wants the best for her son at the beginning and then pander to the ideals of your white, racist audience the rest of the time.
I did enjoy the fact that this was the first time fingerprinting was used as evidence in a court of law in a novel and the way that Twain went about this. However, my enjoyment of that aspect was greatly tempered by him using someone being sold into slavery as a seemingly just punishment, as if those who were enslaved deserved their treatment.
@ Mark Twain you cannot attempt to humanize enslaved people by having your audience feel for an enslaved mother who only wants the best for her son at the beginning and then pander to the ideals of your white, racist audience the rest of the time.
Obviously rushed, but still contains the humanity we all love from Mark Twain
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
