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James by Percival Everett

35 reviews

readin_robin19's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

Brilliant.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death, Physical abuse, and Rape

ukponge's review

challenging hopeful 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Death, Slavery, Rape, Physical abuse, and Violence

shay43geek's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Torture, Gaslighting, Violence, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Death

devynreadsnovels's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Pedophilia, Hate crime, Child death, Grief, Kidnapping, Animal death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Trafficking, Violence, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Murder, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Racism, Torture, Slavery, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Alcohol, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Antisemitism, War, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, and Police brutality

mrsmoy's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Hate crime, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Torture, Slavery, Child death, Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Racism, Murder, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

micha_reads's review

adventurous hopeful inspiring tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

Holy shit! Most likely will be my favorite book of the year. My first Percival Everett, but surely not my last. 👏

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Death, Racial slurs, and Rape

regnistegra's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Racial slurs, Racism, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Child abuse, Rape, Violence, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Death of parent, War, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Death, Grief, Kidnapping, and Pedophilia

thecriticalreader's review

dark emotional funny 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

4.75

James by Percival Everett transforms and transcends its source material so brilliantly that in fifty years, Huck Finn will no longer be considered the Great American Novel; it will be known as the book that inspired the Great American Novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Death, Racism, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Murder and Gun violence

asims723's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Child abuse, Slavery, and Gun violence

Moderate: Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Torture

bibliomich's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring reflective tense 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? No

5.0

It is not often that my expectations are *this* high before I even begin reading a book, and it’s even rarer that the actual book far exceeds those expectations, so please listen to me when I say that everyone should (/needs to) read Percival Everett’s James.

This novel is brilliant for so many reasons, but I was mostly impressed by the way it takes a well-known classic (one that I read in middle school and high school and again in college) and not only tells the same story from a different perspective, but shows you how the story was actually never the story we thought it was in the first place. Everett directly challenges assumptions about language, adventure vs. survival, and what it means to be “free” as a Black person in the mid-1800s. While you may recognize many of the characters and scenes from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the book truly shines when Everett deviates from the original novel.

Thank you so much to Libro.fm for including this as an educator ALC this month.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Murder, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Slavery, and Violence