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3.5 AVERAGE
3.5 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
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
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
It was 4.5/potentially above until the last third. Wtf is tom sawyer’s problem? That was seriously so dark.
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
I am a known Mark Twain enjoyer but this one is really not good. Even without all the racism (and there is a lot of racism) it would not have been good.
There’s definitely a reason that this is cited as one of the first Great American Novels…. Huck Finn is a boy at conflict between his intrinsic morals (slavery is bad) and the ingratiated values of his time. The story makes you think about big themes like freedom, independence, and racism, without sacrificing any of the adventure. As an anthropology of country people living on the Mississippi in the antebellum south the book is fascinating—the dialogue and accents are also written incredibly. I was so sick of the Duke and the king by the end though and was so happy when they exited the narrative lol
adventurous
challenging
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
lighthearted
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Read it with the Juniors in English III this year. I loved the book!
Although it is thematically richer than Tom Sawyer, it is nowhere near as amusing. I wouldn’t describe it as a slog exactly but I wouldn’t consider it a page turner, either.
There’s a lot of controversy surrounding Huck Finn for its use of the N word but, obviously, a pre-civil war set in the American south prominently featuring a runaway slave would be unrealistic and inauthentic without it. I find I haven’t got a whole lot to say about it. It is interesting to watch Huck struggle with the morality of aiding Jim’s escape as he considers, at least intellectually, Jim to be more akin to stolen property than a person deserving of the same rights as himself. The power dynamics of race dictate that Huck, a “white trash” child with little in the way of formal education, is the “shot-caller” in the party of two; when two white, male, adult scam artists join the voyage Huck is forced to empathise with Jim more deeply as he is demoted to a pawn in their chess game of scamming a family out of their inheritance.
There’s a lot of controversy surrounding Huck Finn for its use of the N word but, obviously, a pre-civil war set in the American south prominently featuring a runaway slave would be unrealistic and inauthentic without it. I find I haven’t got a whole lot to say about it. It is interesting to watch Huck struggle with the morality of aiding Jim’s escape as he considers, at least intellectually, Jim to be more akin to stolen property than a person deserving of the same rights as himself. The power dynamics of race dictate that Huck, a “white trash” child with little in the way of formal education, is the “shot-caller” in the party of two; when two white, male, adult scam artists join the voyage Huck is forced to empathise with Jim more deeply as he is demoted to a pawn in their chess game of scamming a family out of their inheritance.
adventurous
reflective
medium-paced