THE END. YOURS TRULY, HUCK FINN.

I don't know about the rest of you, but I had to slog through this book. (Today while working at the library, Diana and I even discussed the differences between plodding, slogging, and muddling. I think this would have to be a slogging case.) The first 15 or so chapters of the book took what felt like forever to get through. Since the speech was new to me, I has to read the same lines over and over again just to understand what someone was saying. That was definitely and obstacle in reading this book.

But...after getting through those tough chapters, I began to become interested in the book. At one point during my reading, I thought to myself how ordinary this book was. The events of it were things that would actually happen; there weren't any outrageous or ridiculous happenings that just weren't realistic. The situations that Huck got into and the thoughts that he had were what any normal person of that time period would have. Usually an adventure book would have something that would never happen to a regular, ordinary citizen. I guess that's what made me enjoy this book as much as I did. It had components of suspense (getting through Huck's extensive speeches and trains of thought), humor (Tom and Huck discussing Jim's rescue), and even some danger (Huck's time at the Grangerford's during the feud; Tom getting shot in the leg). The character personalities were my favorite aspects. The numerous amusing exchanges kept me interested when I just wanted to close the book forever.

All in all, I enjoyed the book, even though I was glad to read its final words.