A review by vkce23
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

adventurous lighthearted reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

So difficult to rate this book with modern standards. An engaging adventure story with horrendously outdated racist language and a society that is hard to read through. The bones of it are fun and the adventures improbable, but you get past that. The treatment of slaves and the language used is pretty tough. I read this in preparation for James by Percival Everett and I can’t wait to move to Jim’s perspective. I can imagine in Everett’s hands it will be refreshing and insightful. But for a book written in the 1880s, Huckleberry Finn is surprisingly easy reading. 
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