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James

Percival Everett

Start date: October 15, 2024

Finish date: November 15, 2024

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Mar 02, 2025 Loretta rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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It took a while, but yes, the switch that happens - the break in story that moves it from just "Huck Finn from Jim's point of view" to a completely different story, an actual reclaiming of that story (or so it seems to me, a white Canadian) - yeah, that was worth it.

I recommend it but with the caveat: This is (in a way Huck Finn was absolutely not) a book about the profound evils of slavery, and some of those horrors are on the page. ...more

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Apr 12, 2024 Kate rated it it was amazing

This book is absolutely fantastic. No notes. Needs to be required reading for everyone. What perhaps makes me most excited is that with this and the buzz it is getting, I hope more people find Everett’s earlier books.

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Jan 02, 2025 Yashoda Sampath rated it it was amazing

I have no words that can praise this novel to the extent it deserves. Just a wonderful, wonderful book that honors Jim and Huck in all their humanity.

If I had one minor quibble, it’s that all the women seem to exist as objects to fuel Jim’s pain, but in this tightly focused narrative, I’ll let it slide.

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