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3.5 AVERAGE
3.5 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
tense
medium-paced
adventurous
challenging
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery
Minor: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Blood, Death of parent
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
tense
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
adventurous
challenging
lighthearted
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
This was a challenging book to get through. While I understand the use of the n-word, it was jarring to continually hear. Overall, the stories were enlightening to understand rural white America’s stories/perspective from the standpoint of a young boy who has both picked up on the social cues for what it means to be young, white, male/boy, and from the country.
read this for school and quite literally survived reading this because of the audiobook.
mark twain is a good storyteller, just not a good writer imo. but i do get that this was made to be in the 1800s, i just hated the writing
mark twain is a good storyteller, just not a good writer imo. but i do get that this was made to be in the 1800s, i just hated the writing
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
adventurous
dark
funny
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I'm all for reading banned books, but this is the first time I've listened to one. The narrator throws herself into Twain's dialect with gusto, but it is a bit much to listen to. Also, it's just uncomfortable to hear a White woman (evidently) repeatedly drop the N-word, even if she is voicing a 19th-century adolescent who would indeed have used that word. But if you have no other way to check out Twain's contribution to the US canon, it's not a bad option.
Thank you to the publishers and NetGalley for a digital ARC for the purpose of an unbiased review.
Thank you to the publishers and NetGalley for a digital ARC for the purpose of an unbiased review.