The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
I've long been a fan of Clemens/Twain. His writing are among the earliest I ever remember reading. I was doubly keen to revisit the work as narrated by "Frodo". The American actor does a fantastic job at delivering the dialect, but I find at this stage of life that deluge of semi-literacy, n-words, ruralisms and fantasy, well, tiring. I think if I read the book now - and maybe then - I would have skipped over much of this and absorbed the story. Maybe I am much more of a fan of Sawyer than Finn, for I feel Clemens was. In the final act, when Tom Sawyer makes his appearance the story and pace really picks up as if Clemens himself is more enthused.
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