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James by Percival Everett
3.5
adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

An easy read & a hard read all at once. The writing was easy to read, but the story was heavy. Jim's perspective as he navigated without Huck was inspiring and terrifying all at once. The code switching was brilliant. I wanted more at the end though. It ended unexpectedly. He had been running for his life the entire book and it was one more runaway with his family, but without a conclusion this time. Is this the authors way of telling the reader that the running never ends? Possibly.