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I’m really glad that the story has started to diverge from the events of Huck Finn. The ending is by far the worst part of the original book, and I’m enjoying the new direction that Everett has taken the story so far. I will probably finish this tonight when I get home from work. Such a fantastic book.

Just got up to part 2. I completely forgot this was divided into parts. This is an amazing book. Jim is such a great character and I love reading this story from his POV. It also makes me think about the sanitized, white-washed version of slavery that we learned about in school as kids. We should have killed every single one of the confederates.

I love when a book has short chapters. There’s something psychologically that just makes it more inviting to read, and so I end up reading way more often than I would with longer chapters. Anyway, this book is fantastic so far, and I’m very interested in finding out how Everett reinterprets the last few chapters of the story, as I think that that’s by far the worst part of Twain’s original book.

I can’t imagine not being able to write my thoughts down. Jim’s strong desire for a pencil was so relatable. This book is so good.

These chapters are so short that I don’t want to stop reading. God I wish I were unemployed. The amount of books I could read and movies I could watch with that much free time…

It’s still early of course but I think I’m on a streak of reading absolute bangers. I love that Jim is secretly a genius, such a great way to write this character. Him getting bit by a snake and then having a hallucinatory dream about having a conversation with Voltaire was awesome. I gotta tell my dad to read this book (I don’t think he has time to read books).

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was one of my favorite books that I had to read in high school, so I’m very excited to finally start this retelling of Mark Twain’s story from the perspective of Jim the slave. It’s off to a great start so far, and I’m excited to see how it reimagines the original (which I do not remember super well, aside from some key moments).