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thereadingsparrow's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
megexpress's review against another edition
2.75
Tom Sawyer was a 3.5 star, but Huck Finn dragged so much that it ended up being a generous 2 star.
dbg108's review against another edition
4.0
Twain's classic characters put on display the blood and guts of raw reality. And along the way, they stumble upon surprising redemption. I laughed and cried a lot. The dialect challenges are many, and I'd recommend the audio version by Tom Parker.
cattytrona's review against another edition
4.0
tom sawyer is the most wonderfully, exquisitely written boy’s adventure story to ever jape. huckleberry finn is a bloody scrap of a narrative, tossed in a bottle from the shore of an alien world, full of violence and cruelty, and welcome and serendipity, in measures near unfathomable today. not worth giving to actual children.
facelikefizz's review against another edition
5.0
What lovely books. Tom Sawyer was the easier read. Basically a collection of short stories that were on the whole fun and whimsical; tales of an idyllic childhood.
Huckleberry Finn had it's light moments (the dog with the rat at the funeral had me laughing for ages!) but was generally darker. The themes of slavery and fraud gave it more substance than the earlier book. It's also interesting to see how Huck's character develops. In the first book both boys are just out for fun and adventure. In the second Huck struggles with right and wrong (unlike Tom who is still just out for a good time).
Sometimes difficult to read as much of it is in dialect (particularly in Huckleberry Finn) and I had to look up a number of terms in a dictionary or online. But highly recommended nonetheless.
Huckleberry Finn had it's light moments (the dog with the rat at the funeral had me laughing for ages!) but was generally darker. The themes of slavery and fraud gave it more substance than the earlier book. It's also interesting to see how Huck's character develops. In the first book both boys are just out for fun and adventure. In the second Huck struggles with right and wrong (unlike Tom who is still just out for a good time).
Sometimes difficult to read as much of it is in dialect (particularly in Huckleberry Finn) and I had to look up a number of terms in a dictionary or online. But highly recommended nonetheless.
beautifully_bound_bibliophile's review against another edition
3.0
Took me a while to read this book... but I thought it was a great story about trying to find yourself in a world where not everything makes sense. We all have our silent struggles and even our public ones. It was awesome to read about the south and I loved Twain's use of dialect in this book. That was probably my favorite part.
trotzdem's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
val_inthebooks's review against another edition
As a 15-year-old German I have to say that the English in this book that is about 150 years old was difficult to understand for me. It was taxing. I guess I'm going to read that in my mother tongue.
rosekk's review against another edition
3.0
I can see why this book became famous. It's funny in places, and it does capture the sensation of childhood games pretty well. It's a bit hard to read now though; it gives away it's age in uncomfortable ways sometimes, particularly with the odd bits of racism that sneak into the text, unremarked by the characters because they were written in an era where that was standard.