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Tom Sawyer, Detective
Written by Mark Twain
Narrated by Robin Field
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
3.5/5
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About this audiobook
This 1896 novel follows the Mark Twain series of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), and Tom Sawyer Abroad (1894). Tom finds himself on another exciting adventure as he serves as detective for a mysterious murder in the banks of the Mississippi. Listen to this suspenseful, yet whimsical story of Tom and Huckleberry and be fascinated once again with Mark Twain's imagination.
Author
Mark Twain
Mark Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, was an American humorist and writer, who is best known for his enduring novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which has been called the Great American Novel.
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Reviews for Tom Sawyer, Detective
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133 ratings9 reviews
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cute short book with Tom and Huck in the middle of a diamond heist and a murder.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Interesting. Had never seen this growing up when I was reading about Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn so it caught my eye. Found the main story to be interesting but the other short stories contained in the book were very out there.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This was the end of the Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn series. I felt that it was lessened in effect- although the stakes were still high, and that the story was decent but not in tone to the other novels in the series. Nevertheless, it was interesting reading.3 stars.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I didn't care for this book as much as I did for the other Tom Sawyer books. I just don't think the story was necessary in the chronicles of Tom and Huck's life in the sense that it wasn't much of an adventure as the rest, it was just a crime story. It was good though, just didn't match up to the enjoyment given by the previous two stories.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Not as bad as Tom Sawyer Abroad, but no where near as great as the 1st two. It felt rushed and not thought out well. I did enjoy Tom's discovery of the murderers at the end though.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I would have liked to rate this book a 2.75. I listened to the audio version of this book, edited by Shannon Chappele and read by Bruce Johnson. The recording felt like a low-budget production. Johnson's voice didn't fit the adolescent voice of Finn who narrates the story. The voices of the other characters were also performed inconsistently. I found some elements of the robbery and murder enticing, but overall the recording was unenjoyable. I may have rated this book higher had I actually read it instead of listened to it.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Told from the point of view of Huckleberry Finn, this short story takes the pair back to Uncle Silas' home to save him from shame and ruin. Huck thinks Tom is the smartest person he knows (including all the adults he knows) and accordingly Tom figures everything out and "reveals" all in the most smarty-pants way possible. Entertaining but that's it.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This is a short book. Like Tom Sawyer Abroad, I felt it messed a little with the established canon of the Adventures of Toim Sawyer and Huck Finn. It was clearly a case of Mark Twain poking fun at a genre of detective story using his favourite characters.This story was not as unbelievable as Tom Sawyer abroad, but still not a book I would read again and again like I did with Huckleberry Finn.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5this little wisp of a book is an add-on from MT letting us share a shabby "adventure" of Tom and Huck. Of course, it's told from Huck's viewpoint, probably because Samuel Clemens liked to think he was basically a dumb country boy who liked his vices more than the intelligent wiley tom. put them together, and you probably have the essence of Clemens' personality. Too short. Too slight.