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James: A Novel
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view - From the "literary icon" (Oprah Daily) and Pulitzer Prize Finalist whose novel Erasure is the basis for Cord Jefferson's critically acclaimed film American Fiction
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Great take on Huckleberry Finn. Definitely topical in this age of witch hunts against DEI. Loved the focus on speech.
I was really hoping to like this book but I was disappointed. Unfortunately it's not funny and not particularly well written. I was intrigued by the idea of re-imagining "Huckleberry Finn" to tell the story from Jim's point of view, however, this is a different story and Jim has a completely different character, as do most of the other people in the book. Also, many of the changes to the story are unexplained (for example, how did Jim learn to read and learn to read so well?) which made for a less coherent story. The best thing I can say is that the book made me think a lot, especially about why I didn't like it, and our book group had a great discussion.
Excellent. Don’t need to have read huckleberry Finn or Tom Sawyer. Stand alone story. Jim runs away with Huck, adventure ensues. Searing storytelling about slavery. Hated even reading the N-word.
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