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James by Percival Everett

100 reviews

penguins_save_lives's review

adventurous challenging emotional tense 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, and Trafficking

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gun violence, Excrement, Vomit, Alcohol, and War

lesedir's review against another edition

5.0

The best book I've read this year 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Rape and Religious bigotry

Minor: Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and War

torianne9413's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Violence, and Murder

brittybcl's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Slavery

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Rape and Murder

laura1300fer's review

adventurous challenging hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Slavery, Murder, and War

roketmomm's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

Great book with poignant realistic portraits of enslaved people. Still the story was hopeful, even through the midst of hell. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, and Murder

emerentina's review

adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring reflective tense

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

3littlewordz's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

FIVE STARS!!! This retelling of Huckleberry Finn from Jim's perspective was a masterpiece! Instant classic. Everett gave agency to the enslaved James (his chosen name) where the world pushed to strip it from him wherever possible. The story demonstrated the still very much current requirement to code-switch that so many Black people in America feel compelled to do. I never felt a need to re-read Huckleberry Finn but I know I'll revisit James again and again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Rape, Slavery, Violence, and Trafficking

Moderate: Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

nicmedia123's review

dark emotional funny informative reflective sad tense 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? No

5.0

An excellent retelling of the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn told from the POV of James aka Jim in the original written by Mark Twain. This perfectly written story engaged me more as a reader. James is a brilliant social commentary on slavery and survival - I could not put this down. Excellent dialogue, characterization, character development, and I’d like to see this taught along with the original novel- it would be such an enriching experience for readers. I am eager to read more books by Percival Everett.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, and Murder

lmconway_ak's review

adventurous dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

While this was a good read, I suggest you not read Adventures of Huckleberry Finn first, or even as a comparison. There are significant plot differences and even character behavior differences that aren't exactly necessary to this story. I did feel the code switching and intelligence shown by James an excellent addition to the character and overall, character development was sound and well done.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail