by Mark Twain
Described by many as the great American novel and still taught widely in their schools I came to this novel as a result of wanting to read James by Percival Everett.
The story of adventures down the river is fun and full of farce at times but the portrayal of slaves and the continuous use of the N-word came as a shock and made reading the book difficult. The entry into the story of Tom Sawyer at the end of the book was disappointing and undermined the tension that had been building before. For me I can think of many better American novels-it seems very much of its time. 6/10
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