Frans-Jan reviewed To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
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5 stars
Brilliant !!
Paperback
English language
Published Aug. 13, 2015 by Arrow Books.
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
4 stars
(254 reviews)
'Shoot all the Bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a Mockingbird.'
A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel - a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South of the thirties. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina of one man's struggle for justice. But the weight of history will only tolerate so much. --back cover
albyok reviewed Il buio oltre la siepe by Harper Lee
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4 stars
Questo libro è considerato universalmente un classico e devo ammettere che per i temi trattati, il titolo sia sufficientemente meritato. La storia non è il massimo dell'originalità, però i due giovani protagonisti sono davvero simpatici e, sebbene con un tocco di leggerezza, si parla del razzismo e di ciò che più bieco produce. Da leggere.
Review of 'To Kill a Mockingbird (To Kill a Mockingbird, #1)' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
The book has been described as a southern gothic novel which gave the book a certain appeal to me and was one of the main reasons I decided to read this book. What I found left me a little disappointed. To begin with, I found the book didn’t start to get interesting till chapter 11. I know the back story was needed, it was a different time, but I didn’t much care for the childhood of Jean Louise, Jem or even Boo. To me it felt like it dragged on and could have used some cutting down, but some people like to hear about life in the 1930’s. When I did eventually get to chapter 11, I did start to enjoy the book a lot more and finally at chapter 17 we started to get into the real story of To Kill A Mockingbird; The Court Case.
Atticus was the …
The book has been described as a southern gothic novel which gave the book a certain appeal to me and was one of the main reasons I decided to read this book. What I found left me a little disappointed. To begin with, I found the book didn’t start to get interesting till chapter 11. I know the back story was needed, it was a different time, but I didn’t much care for the childhood of Jean Louise, Jem or even Boo. To me it felt like it dragged on and could have used some cutting down, but some people like to hear about life in the 1930’s. When I did eventually get to chapter 11, I did start to enjoy the book a lot more and finally at chapter 17 we started to get into the real story of To Kill A Mockingbird; The Court Case.
Atticus was the only truly enjoyable character for me. He was a wise and fair man, though he never wanted to take Tom Robinson case he did his upmost to make sure he was treated fairly and got the best representation possible. Atticus was the shining light throughout this book; he was a scholar and gentlemen through thick and thin. Once the court case was over and Atticus no longer had to deal with Tim Robinson the book again went back to its original slow pace and eventually fizzled out.
The book wasn’t all bad, it was well written and tackled some important topics, including racial injustice, class and even sexuality. I can see why this is a classic book and I think Harper Lee did a fantastic job at shedding light on some important social issues, the story just felt to slow for my liking, but I can understand why so many people enjoy this book.
jankmammal reviewed To kill a mockingbird by Harper Lee
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4 stars
Can't believe I never read this before. I like Scout a lot, she reminds me of me.
Curtis reviewed To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
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4 stars
This book is about as good as everyone says. Reckon I got nothin' much to add.
Why four stars? It's a solid story, well written and well told. I don't have any particular reason to begrudge it a fifth, other than p'rhaps sheer orneriness. It was a mite predictable.
Best novel of its century? Can't think of another could knock it off its hill.
Ben_Byrd reviewed To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
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4 stars
4.5. We need half stars.
nicknicknicknick reviewed To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
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3 stars
1) '''Atticus, you must be wrong...'
'How's that?'
'Well, most folks seem to think they're right and you're wrong....'
'They're certainly entitled to think that, and they're entitled to full respect for their opinions,' said Atticus, 'but before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.'''
2) '''She had her own views about things, a lot different from mine, maybe...son, I told you that if you hadn't lost your head I'd have made you go read to her. I wanted you to see something about her#-I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely …
1) '''Atticus, you must be wrong...'
'How's that?'
'Well, most folks seem to think they're right and you're wrong....'
'They're certainly entitled to think that, and they're entitled to full respect for their opinions,' said Atticus, 'but before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.'''
2) '''She had her own views about things, a lot different from mine, maybe...son, I told you that if you hadn't lost your head I'd have made you go read to her. I wanted you to see something about her#-I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do. Mrs. Dubose won, all ninety-eight pounds of her. According to her views, she died beholden to nothing and nobody. She was the bravest person I ever knew.''
willhopkins reviewed To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
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4 stars
Interesting, compelling, and classic.
sdogood reviewed To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
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5 stars
Encore!
