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James

Percival Everett

4.52 AVERAGE

neilslyhne's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

autumnrae's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-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: No

saturnbeforesunset's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

ccavie's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring sad tense fast-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

meeshreads's review against another edition

4.5

medium-paced

I'm giving <5 stars just because I don't think I'd read this again, but I'm very glad I finally read it! I've never read the original story of Huck Finn, so don't have anything to compare to but this story is quite an adventure. I think the plot points are probably the same in both books, but it's the narrator's perspective that makes this an important retelling of a "classic." It seems that a lot of stories about slavery or containing slaves are centered or told from the perspective of the slave owners, or others who benefit from slavery. This version of the story is told by James, a person born into slavery, who obviously has a much different view of the world compared to Huck. James is a wonderfully empathetic, kind, and lovable character whom I enjoyed very much throughout this book, and it's hard to imagine how cruelly he might be portrayed in the original story. I am hesitant to, but curious, should I read Huck Finn??