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Trisha
Sep 04, 2025 rated it really liked it
“Belief has nothing to do with truth.”

This was a tough read, made even more difficult possibly by it being an audiobook. I liked the adventure and Jim's story but I found many parts really hard to stomach. I don't know the original story well so I didn't have a love or affection for Huck like I might have. The twist was something I didn't know ahead of time (not sure if it was in the original book) but I did find it good.
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Nichole Thornton
May 24, 2024 rated it it was amazing
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Niki McDowell
Aug 13, 2024 rated it liked it
This was an interesting book for me to review. This book overall has gotten such high praise, and while I think it is warranted in a number of ways, I simply did not connect deeply with the book overall. I liked it, I just wasn't as moved as others.

I had read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn many years ago, so the premise of being a retelling from Jim's point of view was intriguing. The dialects used in the original novel are a bit hard to follow (I think there are 7 of them!) but are authenti
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