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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

8 reviews

kreglow's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny hopeful lighthearted sad tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Medical content, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Death of parent, Deportation, Kidnapping, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Slavery, Xenophobia, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, Child abuse, Classism, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, and Racism

singalana's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.75

Aluksi irralliselta kokoelmalta sattumuksia vaikuttava romaani nivoutuu lopussa yhteen ehjäksi seikkailukertomukseksi, joka koskettaa monia yhteiskunnallisia teemoja, jotka ovat relevantteja yhä tänäkin päivänä.

Kirjan tapahtumat sijoittuvat noin parikymmentä vuotta ennen Yhdysvaltain sisällissotaa, jolloin orjuus oli voimissaan. Kirjan päähenkilö Huckleberry Finn on lähtöisin kurjista oloista, ja hänen isänsä on väkivaltainen alkoholisti. Kirjan alkupuolella neiti Watson yrittää sivistää Huckia, mutta poika ei sivistyksestä juuri piittaa. Hän karkaa lautalla alas Missisippijokea, seuranaan neiti Watsonin karannut orja Jim. Jim on taikauskoinen, mutta lojaali ystävä. Matkallaan Huck ja Jim kohtaavat huijareita ja epäoikeudenmukaisuutta, mutta myös ystävällisyyttä.

Huckleberry Finnin seikkailut on päältäpäin katsottuna seikkailu- ja veijariromaani, mutta sisimmässään kehitysromaani, joka kuvaa Huckin suhdetta “sivistyneeseen” yhteiskuntaan ja oikein tekemiseen. Yhteiskunnan lakien mukaan Huck tekee väärin auttaessaan Jimiä tämän pakomatkalla, mutta sisimmässään Huck tietää että Jim on hyvä ihminen, eikä halua saattaa tätä takaisin orjuuteen. 

Mark Twainin kirjoitustyyli, etenkin repliikit, ovat usein pitkiä ja polveilevia. Hänen henkilöhahmonsa ovat monitahoisia ja mielenkiintoisia, sekä usein hyvin inhimillisiä kaikkine vikoineen. Kirjan kielenkäyttö ja asetelma tuntuu nykylukijasta rasistiselta, mutta täytyy muistaa että kirja on aikansa tuote, ja teoksen pohjavireenä on kuitenkin kritiikki vallitsevaa yhteiskuntajärjestystä kohtaan. 

Huckleberry Finnin seikkailuja lukiessa voi aluksi erehtyä luulemaan tarinaa suoraviivaiseksi seikkailukertomukseksi, mutta mikäli keskittyy pintapuolisesti vain seikkailuaspektiin, jää paitsi Mark Twainin taitavasta yhteiskunnallisesta kritiikistä. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death of parent, Racial slurs, Slavery, Gun violence, Alcohol, Child abuse, Antisemitism, Racism, Alcoholism, and Death

jaimc's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Racism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Animal death, Confinement, Death of parent, and Blood

paigeinabook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Gaslighting, Cursing, Child abuse, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Racial slurs, Sexism, Slavery, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Trafficking, and Violence

c_lizziebeth's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny slow-paced

1.25

Good riddance. A Few funny lines, reflective moments, and good discussions were not worth the rest of the book being nonsensical, boring, and Ridiculously Racist. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Slavery, and Racism

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Violence, Alcohol, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Physical abuse

commander_morgan's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Racism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

ashley_1206's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective tense slow-paced

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

1.0

this is one of my summer reading books but however i am a reading whore so i will rate this honestly. i HATED it. not even because i have to read it for school but because of how spineless a lot of this book was. why is it considered a classic? god i don’t even know.
anyways what was the point of the king and duke? they had absolutely no purpose in the book. also finding out in the very last chapter that huckleberry’s dad died in like CHAPTER NINE what was that? there were some memorable themes that i can accept and learn from in this book like how people are always going to be horrible to eachother. we can see this theme in how humans treated slaves as less than; how humans were looked at in a different spectrum when it came to family or wealth. that i can accept and can condemn it to one star. 
would i read this book willingly??? no absolutely not. 
would i recommend this to others to read willingly? only to my enemies but to think about it again i don’t want to be known for suggesting this book i rather be caught dead. /

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Cursing, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Abandonment, Kidnapping, and Slavery

annapox's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny hopeful lighthearted reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Confinement, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Drug use, Ableism, Alcoholism, and Child abuse

Minor: Physical abuse, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, and Antisemitism