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wagmore's review
3.0
I liked the book. It was a good story, pretty well told. The thing I don't quite get is what it had to do with Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer. I didn't get the sense while I was reading that, other than the names, these two characters had much if anything to do with their namesakes. But then maybe I'm revealing my ignorance about Mark Twain and his work.
abookishaffair's review
4.0
3.5 stars. "Redemption" is the story of two of Mark Twain's most famous characters, Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer. In this book, Tom and Huck have grown up but adventure still seems to keep finding them in many different forms. If you have ever wondered what happened to those two boys after their adventures on the Mississippi River, this book is a worthy look at where their stories may have gone after Twain's stories ended.
I loved both Tom and Huck in this book. Because they are familiar characters, you are already invested in their story off the bat. Although they are grown up in this book, there is still that sense of adventure that you had in Twain's books. As America is growing, Tom and Huck's new adventures take them much further than before. They fight in the Civil War. They go to Colorado. Tom even goes to Hawaii. Huck does time as a sheriff in a Wild West town. There is a lot of adventure packed into this book.
For the most part, the book is told from the perspective of Huck, which I really liked because it really allows you to see how he's really feeling about what is going on. There are a couple places where the narration changes from first to third person that gets a little bit confusing but overall, I really enjoyed this story and it is a good fit into the story that Twain has already told.
I loved both Tom and Huck in this book. Because they are familiar characters, you are already invested in their story off the bat. Although they are grown up in this book, there is still that sense of adventure that you had in Twain's books. As America is growing, Tom and Huck's new adventures take them much further than before. They fight in the Civil War. They go to Colorado. Tom even goes to Hawaii. Huck does time as a sheriff in a Wild West town. There is a lot of adventure packed into this book.
For the most part, the book is told from the perspective of Huck, which I really liked because it really allows you to see how he's really feeling about what is going on. There are a couple places where the narration changes from first to third person that gets a little bit confusing but overall, I really enjoyed this story and it is a good fit into the story that Twain has already told.
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