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Manga Classics: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Kuma Chan, Mark Twain, Jeannie Lee, Crystal Chan
hailey_miller's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-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
5.0
puzumaki's review
4.0
I read the novel a long time ago, and I think I understood it better with the manga. It does a great job of summarizing the main points, though I had to puzzle through some of the dialects they kept. Such an interesting read after digging deeper into racism and US history.
novelbloglover's review
1.0
Book Review
Title: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Author: Crystal Chan (Goodreads Author) (Adapted by), Kuma Chan (Art by), Mark Twain, Jeannie Lee (Lettering)
Genre: Manga/Classics
Rating: DNF
Review: In the opening of the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn we are introduced to Huck Finn in the mid 1800’s in Missouri, USA. Huck is living with a widow and her old maid friend who have taken Huck in away from his father. Huck is a very smart boy as he hides his money with a friend after his father comes snooping around. While people protect him, his father kidnaps him and holds him prisoner beating him on a regular basis. After a while Huck has had enough and fakes his death and sets off in a boat down the river, but along the way he bumps into his friend Jim and black man who worked for the widow he lived with.
As we approach the ¼ mark in the novel, Huck and Jim travel together as both have run away for different reasons, but a prank gone wrong sees Jim bitten by a rattlesnake and it takes him 4 days to recover. In order to get more food and information Huck disguises himself as a girl and heads into the town before they set off in their raft again. He learns that Jim has been named as his murderer as he ran away the night that Huck faked his death and he can’t come out and clear his friend’s name as it would give away his whole plan of running away and starting a new life.
Shortly before the halfway mark I had to unfortunately DNF this manga classics. I didn’t want to do it as I was enjoying the art style, but I couldn’t follow the story at all, it was all over the place and it seems liked nothing was happening. This is probably due to the source material, but the style of language used throughout the novel and the use of derogatory terms really put me off. While I recommend all the other manga classics published by Udon Entertainment I really didn’t like this one.
Title: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Author: Crystal Chan (Goodreads Author) (Adapted by), Kuma Chan (Art by), Mark Twain, Jeannie Lee (Lettering)
Genre: Manga/Classics
Rating: DNF
Review: In the opening of the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn we are introduced to Huck Finn in the mid 1800’s in Missouri, USA. Huck is living with a widow and her old maid friend who have taken Huck in away from his father. Huck is a very smart boy as he hides his money with a friend after his father comes snooping around. While people protect him, his father kidnaps him and holds him prisoner beating him on a regular basis. After a while Huck has had enough and fakes his death and sets off in a boat down the river, but along the way he bumps into his friend Jim and black man who worked for the widow he lived with.
As we approach the ¼ mark in the novel, Huck and Jim travel together as both have run away for different reasons, but a prank gone wrong sees Jim bitten by a rattlesnake and it takes him 4 days to recover. In order to get more food and information Huck disguises himself as a girl and heads into the town before they set off in their raft again. He learns that Jim has been named as his murderer as he ran away the night that Huck faked his death and he can’t come out and clear his friend’s name as it would give away his whole plan of running away and starting a new life.
Shortly before the halfway mark I had to unfortunately DNF this manga classics. I didn’t want to do it as I was enjoying the art style, but I couldn’t follow the story at all, it was all over the place and it seems liked nothing was happening. This is probably due to the source material, but the style of language used throughout the novel and the use of derogatory terms really put me off. While I recommend all the other manga classics published by Udon Entertainment I really didn’t like this one.
bottomofthebookshelf's review
3.0
*Thank you to Netgalley and Udon Entertainment for giving me this digital copy in exchange for an honest review*
This was a fun way to read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn! I haven’t read the original story or Tom Sawyer, so I went in to this completely blind. I find that Manga Classics are an easy way to consume classic tales and I’m able to read stories I wouldn’t normally pick up. This particular one was a bit darker than I expected, but I still enjoyed it. Some parts kept my attention more than others though and it took me longer than I expected to get through it. Overall, this was a fun way to read this classic tale and I do recommend it.
This was a fun way to read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn! I haven’t read the original story or Tom Sawyer, so I went in to this completely blind. I find that Manga Classics are an easy way to consume classic tales and I’m able to read stories I wouldn’t normally pick up. This particular one was a bit darker than I expected, but I still enjoyed it. Some parts kept my attention more than others though and it took me longer than I expected to get through it. Overall, this was a fun way to read this classic tale and I do recommend it.
evelyn14's review
3.0
* Received this copy from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.*
This manga is based on the classic The adventures of Huckleberry Finn. I’ve never read the original story, so I was quite excited to start reading this manga.
In the beginning of this book ‘Huck’ lives with a widow, who tries to raise him. After a while his father comes back to town, and isn’t happy with the way he is being raised. So his father kidnaps his son, ‘Huck’ doesn’t like this, so he acts like he is being murdered. This story tells the adventures he gets himself into after this.
I thought it would be a really original way to read the story, and it definitely was. Unfortunately, it wasn’t as good as I expected beforehand. It started great, with the introducing of the main characters. But at a certain point the story became really confusing, I didn’t get where they were or how they got there, and then when I found at what was happening I enjoyed the story, but shortly after a new adventure would begin and I again needed to start find out where they were. Also, some of the characters really looked alike so it was hard to remember who was who.
I did really enjoy the artwork in this manga.
This manga is based on the classic The adventures of Huckleberry Finn. I’ve never read the original story, so I was quite excited to start reading this manga.
In the beginning of this book ‘Huck’ lives with a widow, who tries to raise him. After a while his father comes back to town, and isn’t happy with the way he is being raised. So his father kidnaps his son, ‘Huck’ doesn’t like this, so he acts like he is being murdered. This story tells the adventures he gets himself into after this.
I thought it would be a really original way to read the story, and it definitely was. Unfortunately, it wasn’t as good as I expected beforehand. It started great, with the introducing of the main characters. But at a certain point the story became really confusing, I didn’t get where they were or how they got there, and then when I found at what was happening I enjoyed the story, but shortly after a new adventure would begin and I again needed to start find out where they were. Also, some of the characters really looked alike so it was hard to remember who was who.
I did really enjoy the artwork in this manga.
sinamile's review
3.0
CW/TW: racism, racial slurs, abuse
I cared more about the art then the story truth be told. The rating is mostly based on the art and would've been more becuase I love the art, but the story is meeeh.
I cared more about the art then the story truth be told. The rating is mostly based on the art and would've been more becuase I love the art, but the story is meeeh.
thatonenerdygirl's review
3.0
~Thank you Netgalley for giving me an opportunity to read this~
This started out as a fun book. However, as I kept reading, I grew tired of everything.
I didn't finish it. It wasn't because I thought it was an awful book, I didn't finish it because I didn't want to spend my time reading something that was just 'okay'.
This started out as a fun book. However, as I kept reading, I grew tired of everything.
I didn't finish it. It wasn't because I thought it was an awful book, I didn't finish it because I didn't want to spend my time reading something that was just 'okay'.
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