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James
by Percival Everett
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Beautifully written and smart. A fully fleshed out James is a necessary and eye-opening counter to Tom Sawyer’s and Huckleberry Finn’s boyish privileged narration of 1840’s South. The retelling from James’ fully-formed, fully-feeling intelligent, desperate, kind and angry character is wildly stunning. Everett’s James is brilliant, authoritative, and speaks genuinely to the life of a slave and white America’s still unremembered insidious role as “master”.
James should be read as a companion to Twain’s fiction—and is indeed the actual American masterpiece between the two.
A reflective, compelling must read.
James should be read as a companion to Twain’s fiction—and is indeed the actual American masterpiece between the two.
A reflective, compelling must read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Hate crime, Racial slurs, Rape, Slavery, Violence, Grief, Gaslighting