Not to be confused with its relatively lightweight sometimes-accomplice, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Twain still has a good deal of fun with this one, but while also touching on some heavy ethical issues, mostly around the theme of racism.
A great yarn, read by one of the best narrators I've listened to on Audible (Patrick Fraley) Huck Finn is a great narrator of this eventful road trip - a consistent liar who's honest about his observations, funny, engaging, struggling with some moral issues.
I never got used to hearing the "n" word, but Twain probably provided an illuminating look at slavery for his time - delivered in a very human & funny story.
Read this book a couple times when I was younger and think I enjoyed it more now as an adult. Still makes me want to build a raft and float down the Mississippi!
This book is about someone who is escaping with his friend Jim. In this book, the protagonist Huck Finn is forced to decide between following societal norms and following his will to save Jim. Ultimately, this book is entertaining because of the playful talking between Jim and Huck
This book was very confusing at first because of how he made it seem like they didnt no how to speak english that well and some of the words I didnt know what it was originally supposed to say but after I got used to it and all the different characters. I started to like the book a bit more it was not my favorite book ever but it also wasnt bad. The book ended up being humorous and adventuress overall this book was a 3/10 for me
To summarize the book a bit, it was about a 19th-century boy from a Mississippi River town recounting his adventures as he travels down the river with a runaway slave, encounters a family involved in a feud, two scoundrels pretending to be royalty, and Tom. Sawyer's aunt mistakes him for Tom. The authors said: “Several dialects are used in this book, namely: the black Missouri dialect; the most extreme form of the Southwestern Backwoods dialect; the ordinary dialect of "pike country"; and four modified varieties of the latter. The shadings have not been done randomly, or by guesswork; but thoroughly, and with the reliable guidance and support of personal familiarity with these various forms of expression. I made this explanation because without it, many readers would assume that all of these characters were trying to speak the same thing and failing."
Many say Tom Sawyer Adventures is better, but Huck Finn is better. He's smarter, he's funnier, and Huck's adventures stay with you much longer than Tom's, because Huck's experiences were richer and more interesting.
After reading The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, I realized that I like to read books related to this plot. Let's be honest. In the most socially conscious, there are two stars in this book: (1) the word 'nigger' and (2) the Sherwood Schwartz-Esque ending in which Tom Sawyer reappears and makes even the most casual reader wonder if he isn't he will be retarded. Huckleberry Finn is actually a pretty smart kid, with horrible parents, a really fat mom, and a dad who sweats tobacco.