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A review by coniferus
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
The protagonist is kind of an insufferable opportunist, and I think that’s rather the point. Didn’t make me like him though. The tone was funny, and the writing occasionally clever, but it took me out of it a bit in the assumption that “oh haha, medieval people are all STUPID” — which was a theme throughout. They were as a whole less literate and educated, but I think would have caught on to much more, more quickly than the story tells.
The most interesting part to me was the perspective of reading this 135 years later. It’s fascinating to hear Twain’s witticisms, commentary and cultural references from that different era. He works in a good deal of that, including the hottest technology of the day (telephone, balloon, trains). It’s a sort of time capsule in that regard.
The most interesting part to me was the perspective of reading this 135 years later. It’s fascinating to hear Twain’s witticisms, commentary and cultural references from that different era. He works in a good deal of that, including the hottest technology of the day (telephone, balloon, trains). It’s a sort of time capsule in that regard.