3.5 Stars
A new twist on a classic story, Huck Finn in Manga format. I am a huge fan of this series and of the idea of retelling classic literature in a modern way. The artwork, like all the other adaptations, is quite spectacular. The text portrays the story arc well (with just a few artistic licenses and omissions). The language is more difficult, as it is in the original work, but once you get used to it, it's an easy read. If you like this one, the Tom Sawyer one comes out soon.

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I was unable to read the file, as it was corrupt, but I did get to read a couple of the other manga classics and I'm a HUGE fan. So I'm inferring that I'd have also given this one five stars. I just wish I could have read it!

My thoughts:
This is a recreation of Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in manga format. I think what initially was a bit jarring was the depiction of Huck. I understand that it is part of the manga genre, but drawing a young boy from the south in the androgynous manga style was a bit disconcerting. Perhaps as a reader I am too familiar with the work as well as the movies. However, once I put that aside, the writers of this manga classic do a good job of trying to make decisions to use some of the different dialects found in the original Twain novel. In other words, there is "Jim speak, " there is "Huck speak," and then there is narration which I think is understandable enough for the middle reader.

I am not sure if the text is understandable to ELL (English language learners), but I think the combination of pictures and text, especially if readers are able to "read" the emotions coming from the characters in the stylized manga drawings, does a good job of helping to bridge to the original novel.

At 300+ pages, this is a hefty tome. It is not a one night read. In addition, there is a lot to read. That is not a bad thing. It is just something to think about when giving this to middle readers, and struggling middle readers. It could be used as a pre-read if teachers are actually wanting students to just get the gist of the plot before going into some closer discussion. However, in my opinion, the publishers created this to be a substitute for the original text rather than a hook or bridge into the original text. It is substantial, but as a former English teacher, I don't think it's enough.

One of the major conversations happening right now is about the rise of "hate" speech that is blatantly racist, misogynistic, homophobic. Pap's "govment" speech in Twain's chapter 6, recreated in a classroom, read aloud with all its spittle and compared to the open rantings of Sheriff Clark of Selma, Alabama at the height of the protests for voting rights of African Americans in the 60's south and the current protests and speeches coming out of the south as well as our own "govment" in 2017 is the kind of dialogue that must happen in our classrooms. Twain's literature is the way in. His hook to engage the reader is the humor and irony, but the manga is missing the lessons we need to learn as Americans so that we can recognize not only how to move forward through education, but also be aware of when the histories in our literature as well as in our historical non fictions (like the three part graphic novels March by Senator John Lewis) point to the fact that we are standing still or moving backwards.

This review is going to hurt me more than any review I have ever written. I love these Manga Classics, they brought me closer to stories that I never thought I would like.

But this one on the other hand. I thought I was gonna love this. Adventures. I love adventures. But I was just so damn bored throughout this whole book.

The story was beautifully done. I loved the artwork, I loved the way the story was told. I loved it. It just didn't work for me at all.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, is an illustrated Manga Classic book retelling a well-known story in a complete illustrated format. The stories target readers who enjoy action and adventure. Since this is a Manga book and is read differently than others types of books, a brief but detailed explanation is provided as well.
I found the story engaging and humorous, and the detailed characters came alive. For those unfamiliar with the story, it is a satire of the times a hundred plus years ago. Parts definitely aren’t considered ‘PC’ by today’s standards. Yet with the issue of slavery—very real in the society of his time, we find our main character engaged in a battle of conscience between what he has learned as a child and what his senses tell him. His love for a friend, even though a slave and considered of low value in his day, fights against his upbringing, that is well reflected in this story.
More than this is Mark Twain’s opinions on humanity. People are either suckers or being suckered. Bullies or bullied. What I find interesting is that people don’t change much on a hundred years and there still seem to be plenty of people willing to believe outlandish things. All of this is humorously reflected in the story and brought to life in this Manga book.
This book was a quick and thoroughly enjoyable read, and hard to put down. I heartily recommend it for readers who enjoy history, action and adventure. Highly recommended.

Written by Mark Twain in 1884, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is the controversial story of Huck Finn and Jim as they sail down the Mississippi River to leave their pasts behind.

This version of the story does a commendable job of maintaining the original intent of Mark Twain while adapting it to the graphic novel format. I found some of the eye dialect a little difficult to understand because of the spelling and grammar contained in the story.

This style of writing isn’t unique to the manga but still makes it more challenging to read than other stories in the Manga Classics collection.

Reading The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as a manga is a great way to experience the story. Whether you’ve read it before, or are getting into classics for the first time, the paneled format brings the world to life in a new way for readers to enjoy.

The illustrations in this adaptation are also striking, injecting some humour to the characters as they encounter new threats on the Mississippi. The manga does an excellent job of representing the black characters in the story without resorting to racist traits, an important distinction from other mangas on the market.

This version of the story does censor Huck’s smoking because the creators didn’t want to promote the habit to their readers. This is a strange choice because of how faithful the adaptation is to the other aspects of the story, such as the use of outdated and offensive terminology.

Overall, the Manga Classic adaptation of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a great way to experience the story. While not as easy to read as some of the other stories in the manga series, this version has plenty to offer interested readers.

These manga classics are brilliant! I've always found reading classics a bit difficult, so reading it in manga form is so much easier. The art is also amazing! I've only read The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain and never read this one, so I can't say if it's accurate or not, but that doesn't bother me, though I'm sure it is as all the other adaptations in the Manga Classic series.

I found it really hard to read some parts, as the dialect was difficult to read and understand. Otherwise it was quite interesting and nicely done.

'Manga Classics: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' is an ambitious retelling of the famous book by Mark Twain. The adaptation is by Crystal Chan and the art is by Kuma Chan.

After 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,' Tom and Huck are flush with money. The attempts by the town folks to civilize Huck make him itch to be free. When his drunk father shows up and threatens to take all of Huck's money, he sets out to hide. Going with him is runaway slave Jim. Before long, they are heading down the Mississippi river and running into all sorts of people.

The book starts with an essay stating why they are using the word that usually gets this book banned. It makes a solid argument for why it belongs in this work and why it deserves discussion. I give the writers kudos for that. They lose some points with me by omitting Huck smoking. It should be included also to be discussed, but it's a smaller omission. All in all, it's another solid adaptation from Manga Classics.

I received a review copy of this manga from Udon Entertainment and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this manga.

*thank you to NetGalley and UDON Entertainment for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review*

4 stars.
I admit, I havent ever read the orginal story "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" but I was excited to read this and it was quite good. Both as a story, but also as a Manga Graphic Novel. I felt that it worked and it was nice to read and experience the story this way. Definitely recommend if you like Manga, Graphic Novels or the original story.

This beautifully illustrated graphic novel published by Udon Entertainment is a delight to read. It brings the adventures of Huckleberry Finn to life in a way that an ordinary novel can’t. I am completely hooked on this genre! I love how the books are mainly composed of conversations between the characters with a small amount of narration throughout. The pictures tell the story in a way that adds to my enjoyment, and also quickly shows actions and emotions.

Children love graphic novels, and It’s a wonderful way to introduce them to the joy of reading. The pictures help young readers understand what is happening in the story. As an adult, I love graphic novels because they give me the opportunity to quickly read classic books that I have never read before or go back to ones I’ve read in the past and don’t remember well. In the case of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer, I can remember some of this book from years ago, and it appears to be a good adaptation.

I recommend these books to all ages. Why should children be the only ones to enjoy to wonderfully done books like this. Not only are they great to read, but part of the fun is reading them backwards!

The classic tale of Huckleberry Finn and Jim comes to life in a new way with the Manga Classics version. Anyone who has ever wanted to read the classics, but hasn’t, should check out this version. In a visual graphic novel format, the story is brought to a new audience.

This Manga version follows the Japanese convention of being read right to left and back to front. This is easy to do and you will get the hang of it fast.

The artwork in this series is exceptionally well-done and the characters are visualized with period costumes that have been researched by the illustrators to assure accuracy.

The original text is included in this version, rather than a sanitized abridged version. That means all the racially offensive language used in the original is here. However, it is known that Mark Twain wrote this book as a condemnation of slavery and that the situations presented were his way of criticizing this institution. It was controversial back then and it continues to be controversial even now. (This is a book that is often on lists of banned books.) The Manga version is true to the author’s original intent and keeps these elements. If you use this text in your classroom, the issues and controversies should be a part of the conversation with your students. What was Twain’s story intended to point out to society at the time? What in this story is still relevant today?

Educators could easily use the Manga Classics series as assigned reading in English classes as a way to introduce students to these tales. Mark Twain was an original and there have been few authors who have reached as large an audience as his writings have. I recommend this book to any teacher who wishes to have their students become familiar with classic literature.

I thank NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to review this book in exchange for an advance reader copy.

Great illustrations but this classic is not in high demand at my Libraries.

Manga Classics is a great way to get through the classics in a manner that is more visually friendly. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has some issues that made me not enjoy it as much as others in the series.
As usual, the art is lovely and the story is mainly condenses in away that is easy to understand and focuses on the main points the author was trying to convey. So it does well making the story accessible to a reader who might not want to sit down with the full novel.
The problems arise with the text itself. I was excited to see that they didn't change that can change the author's intent (Twain's work is a critique of the social norms, not an encouragement). But the text finds itself finding itself back into modern language a times which makes the points made often moot. But what really upset me was that even though they weren't afraid to use outdated terminally because that's how it was written, they did decide to censor Huck's smoking as not to promote a bad habit. So the author and illustrator decided what they wanted to censor and what they didn't. There was no freedom of the works as they claimed. This left a bad taste in my mouth.

This book may be used as supplement to teach this classic tale, but the quality of the book is very poor. The illustrations are black and white and the quality of production looks very cheap.

3.5 stars

I was really excited for this book since I've never read the original classic but I've always wanted. I can't say this is one of my favorite manga classics. But it's a pretty good one nonetheless. It talks about racism, feuding families, abuse, alcoholism, friendship, etc. It's quite a full novel and an interesting one. Some parts are more interesting than others but all of them talk about important matters.

I really liked the story for how fun yet heartbreaking it is. The best part for me was the humor. Now, I don't know how humouristic is the original one, but if it is something like this, I will definitely enjoy it.

I loved all the adventures and how ridiculous some moments were. There are all types of persons in this book, but my favorite was Jim! Some characters really made me mad although they were ridiculous... But Jim is such a precious character! I really liked Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer, especially together! They are just so spirited and strong boys always trying to do the right thing. But what is the right thing?

That's what a lot of the book is about. It has a lot of racism and Huckleberry Finn didn't know what he should do. Should he help Jim or not? Black people were supposed to be slaves and not friends. So the right thing would be to enslave them, or in case of a runaway, take them to their owner. And so, he decided to do the wrong thing and free him. It was really interesting seeing him trying to see what is the right thing to do and what he actually did.

The adventures were quite funny and interesting and the art only made everything better. Things happen quite quickly so I definitely want to read the original classic. But it was overall a very expressive, fun and important novel about racism - in a lovely format if you enjoy manga!

It was a cute way to tell the story of Huck Finn and i have to say it was fun to read, but not really into the art work.

This manga is based on the classic The adventures of Huckleberry Finn. I’ve never read the original story, so I was quite excited to start reading this manga.
In the beginning of this book ‘Huck’ lives with a widow, who tries to raise him. After a while his father comes back to town, and isn’t happy with the way he is being raised. So his father kidnaps his son, ‘Huck’ doesn’t like this, so he acts like he is being murdered. This story tells the adventures he gets himself into after this.
I thought it would be a really original way to read the story, and it definitely was. Unfortunately, it wasn’t as good as I expected beforehand. It started great, with the introducing of the main characters. But at a certain point the story became really confusing, I didn’t get where they were or how they got there, and then when I found at what was happening I enjoyed the story, but shortly after a new adventure would begin and I again needed to start find out where they were. Also, some of the characters really looked alike so it was hard to remember who was who.
I did really enjoy the artwork in this manga.

I received a copy of Manga Classics: The Scarlet Letter from NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is another flawless adaptation into Manga done by the wonderful Chrystal Chan and Chan (the artist). I’ve now read a handful of the Manga Classics, and I’ve got to say, I am still in love with the concept. Converting classics into Manga form creates beautiful and approachable works of art. Chrystal is skilled at adapting the plots into the shorter length required by the style and Chan is fantastic at drawing all the details that would otherwise be lost when cutting descriptions. Together they’re a fantastic team capable of creating fascinating works.
I really enjoyed the adaptation for the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. While there are many parts of the story itself I do not love, I have no intention on blaming the manga version for that. I have to admit I was absolutely tickled seeing Huck in Manga form. Perhaps it is just me, but he totally reminded me of Edward Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist. Needless to say the similarity made me even fonder of Huck than I had been previously (though I had not thought to consider Huck a “pretty” boy before this). I feel like the pacing was better done in the adaptation as well, and can easily see many people having an easier time getting through this version (not to disparage the classic of course).
There were certainly multiple points in the novel that were enhanced by the imagery style used. Huck dressing as a girl is an obvious one of course. Another scene that I felt was more impactful was the section containing the feuding families (the Grangerfords and the Shephersons). I felt the loss more keenly than I ever had while reading the original. There were many other scenes as well, but that one in particular really struck me.

Perfect for nonreaders , who need to read the classics, and in a format that they can relate to and love. My teens enjoyed it.