Title: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Author: Mark Twain
Rating: 2/3
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Plotline: Of all the contenders for the title of The Great American Novel, none has a better claim than The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Intended at first as a simple story of a boy's adventures in the Mississippi Valley-a sequel to Tom Sawyer-the book grew and matured under Twain's hand into a work of immeasurable richness and complexity. More than a century after its publication, the critical debate over the symbolic significance of Huck's and Jim's voyage is still fresh, and it remains a major work that can be enjoyed at many levels: as an incomparable adventure story and as a classic of American humor.
My take:
The way Jim talks makes me want to hit something.
The book is actually quite good in all other aspects. But when one of the main character's dialogue requires you to re-read at least twice before you figure out what they're trying to say, the value of the book in the end greatly diminishes. The plot was good, the characters were good, but Jim's vocabulary -- aaargh!!! I mean, I understand that you're trying to show that he's uneducated, but do you really have to so severely misspell every single word that they're barely recognizable anymore? You've got to draw the line somewhere!
SpoilerAlert!
What. The. F***. What is with the ending. It totally blew my mind, and definitely not in the good way.
Really. Did Mr. Mark Twain really just troll us like that. We spend weeks trying to understand what Jim is trying to freaking say and another week analysing all their freaking stupid-ass decisions, and this is what you give us. It was all for nothing. Just a joke. Don't mind us, he was free all along! Really. You would really just do that to us.
Sorry for the excessive almost swearing in this review ^^ I rarely get so worked up, but when I do... the spittle flies. *wipes mouth self-consciously*
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