Duffy Pratt's Reviews > Tom Sawyer Abroad

It says this was written by Huck Finn, but I have my doubts. For the most part, it sounded more like huckster than huckleberry. Huck, Tom and Jim take a balloon ride across the Atlantic, through the Sahara, and to Egypt, and basically nothing happens. Oh, there's some carnage along the way, but it's all thrown out with such insouciance and good humor that it's hard to care much or even get involved. At best, it's amusing and mildly diverting. But the whole exercise just feels like Twain cashing in on his past success. I can't blame him for it, but it doesn't make for great reading. Thankfully, it was short, and even a bad impersonation of Huck Finn's voice is still entertaining. But it makes me wonder why I read this, instead of re-reading the real thing. Dare I go on to "Tom Sawyer, Detective"?