The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Genre: Classics, Historical Fiction
Original publication date: 1875
Book Description: a novel about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River. It is set in the 1840s in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, inspired by Hannibal, Missouri, where Twain lived as a boy. In the novel, Tom Sawyer has several adventures, often with his friend, Huckleberry Finn.
Thoughts:
It is interesting and not at the same time. There is a lot of meandering here, the beginning looks like a simple everyday retelling of a boy and his little worries and schoolboy games. But then it becomes apparent there is a little plot going on the background, but it felt like it had too many things thrown in that were not as necessary. It had a lot of mentions of his "worries".
It is hard to classify. It is interesting but still as many classic pieces of literature it feels a bit long.
But it is still an enjoyable read.
We have childish behavior, the show of friendships, boys acting like boys, they do not know what they're saying, one line that I found hilarious Huck and Tom are talking and they want to be robbers, and they plan on where to keep their money and what to do. In the midst of their talk, they say they'll have orgies in the cave where they statch the money. Huck asks what orgies mean, and they do not know but they heard it so they want it XD
IT is interesting in a way, but felt longer than what it actually was.
This is again this book was picked to accomplish the TBR draw- Read a historical fiction and also my 2019 goal of reading more classic literature.
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