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A review by justinsdrown
Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain
3.0
Life on the Mississippi is great fun. It’s non-fiction that reads like fiction. And you get a sense that Twain took the “never let the truth get in the way of a good story” approach. Not in that the major beats were fabricated. But some of the facts were stretched a little. It wasn’t until I finished the book that I realized that he was 21 when he left home. In the book Twain described it as “running away” from home. It didn’t occur to me that he never elaborated on his age. Still, this is worth reading.
Sadly, I don’t have as much to say about Life on the Mississippi as I do other books. It’s not that it’s lacking in quality. I have a hard time critiquing well written non-fiction. I was pulled in and enticed by the prospect of learning about Twain’s early life by the man himself. It delivered.
Twain walked the walk in life. And it’s fun learning about his exploits. I love when an author actually lived an adventurous life. It lends so much good faith in my mind. Knowing that an author is writing from lived experience. I understand that he wrote a few travel books in his life. I can imagine that those are a good time.
Sadly, I don’t have as much to say about Life on the Mississippi as I do other books. It’s not that it’s lacking in quality. I have a hard time critiquing well written non-fiction. I was pulled in and enticed by the prospect of learning about Twain’s early life by the man himself. It delivered.
Twain walked the walk in life. And it’s fun learning about his exploits. I love when an author actually lived an adventurous life. It lends so much good faith in my mind. Knowing that an author is writing from lived experience. I understand that he wrote a few travel books in his life. I can imagine that those are a good time.