A review by dyno8426
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

4.0

Embark upon a journey on a makeshift raft down the mighty Mississippi, going through the South American landscape, with our free-spirited and witty Huckleberry Finn and a runaway former-slave Jim towards freedom, all told with an authentic and engaging Southern dialect (that I particularly enjoyed). Huck and Jim are running away not just from an abusive father and slave ownership respectively, but their escape carries that pursuit of freedom from the corruptible influence of greed and desires that lurk in human society. In addition to being a direct comment on the inhumanity that the Southern states persevered through slavery, all the intermediary characters which become part of the adventures of Huck and Jim (especially the memorable villains "king" and "duke") serve as author's comments on the way how peace and satisfaction sometimes is attainable only on an island-like place, far from our fickle and selfish "sivilized" fellows. Huck's sense of morality and conscientious perspective lends maturity to this tale. It also features the legendary Tom Sawyer, the daydreaming adventure-seeking friend of Huck. All children have been Tom Sawyers growing up, at least to some degree of being caught up in their imaginations and constantly looking for escape to worlds from the stories that they have heard. It is a laugh out loud story, filled with unanticipated surprises and unique characters. This big, twisted escape becomes a sum of escapades through funny and frightening situations where our protagonist keeps on getting trapped in. Thoroughly enjoyable, this classic truly is "the Great American novel" to be read. Reading it made me excited to read The Adventures of Tom Sawyer as well.