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amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Gun violence and War
princesskittyglitter's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Murder, and Colonisation
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail
sandsing7's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Gun violence and Violence
Minor: Alcoholism and Death
knkoch's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
It's been almost twenty years (đź’€) since I've read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and I remembered little of the original story. I don't know if reading it beforehand (or sometime now afterwards) would add to my experience of this novel. It's hard to imagine buying into some aspects of that story now, knowing this one. Even though I wouldn't consider a child guilty in the same way I would a slaveholding adult, it's hard to hold space for Huck's fun and adventure amidst the danger for James of either re-enslavement or execution. Certainly, even within a slaveholding society, there were pockets of joy and celebration, as it's the nature of the human spirit to create those pockets under most conditions. But James' ultimate aim in this story, the pursuit of freedom he grapples for both physically and philosophically, demonstrates the superseding value and centrality of freedom both inherent in all human beings and essential to our souls.
Graphic: Death, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
jeggert10's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Blood, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Body horror, Cursing, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexism, Terminal illness, Excrement, Antisemitism, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, and War
penguins_save_lives's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, and Trafficking
Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Gun violence, Excrement, Vomit, Alcohol, and War
casey_sunshine's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
The project that this book undertakes—retelling Adventure of Huckleberry Finn and reimagining it from the perspective of Jim, the enslaved man—is clever and thought-provoking. As someone who did not love Huck Finn and does not love the Americana of it all, some of this book’s excellence is lost on me.
I appreciated the choices that the author made to differentiate from the source material, and the correctives he makes to the White Savior narrative lurking therein. This book permits Jim and other enslaved people to claim their own liberation, form their own senses of self, and always be in on the joke and the subversion—rather than always the one mocked and humiliated.
The content warnings should not come as a surprise, given the subject matter, but be warned.
Graphic: Racial slurs, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, and Violence
Minor: Death and Death of parent
emerentina's review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Death, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
lmconway_ak's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Confinement, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Murder, and Classism
Moderate: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
leslie_overbookedsocialworker's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail