Curious that John Green finds “Tom Sawyer” “uninteresting”, considering his own novel “Turtles All the Way Down” borrows liberally from it—the best friend, the romantic interest from a prominent family, the absence of fathers, the tangential other adults, the river they explore on their own, even a cave hiding a dark secret! Methinks he protesteth too much!
Curious that John Green finds “Tom Sawyer” “uninteresting”, considering his own novel “Turtles All the Way Down” borrows liberally from it—the best friend, the romantic interest from a prominent family, the absence of fathers, the tangential other adults, the river they explore on their own, even a cave hiding a dark secret! Methinks he protesteth too much!