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James by Percival Everett
4.5

God that was so hard to read. It doesn't matter how many times I hear it; I have a visceral reaction to hearing the N word and obviously it's used in abundance here.

It's so difficult to believe that a person could look at another person and think of them as not human. I will never fucking understand how anyone can think that way. 

It was a good story; James was an amazing character and I just wanted him to succeed at whatever he attempted to do. I don't really remember much about Huckleberry Finn so I'm not sure if it's similar to that original story or not. It feels wrong to say I 'enjoyed' listening to this, because of the content, but it was a good (even if difficult) read.