It was ... not good. Politically, it's horrible, but since it's a 55-year-old book I expect that. The last half of the book is a solid wall of people mansplaining the South to Scout, who grew up there. As such, the first problem is boredom ... nothing's happening but talk. And that talk is the worst mealy-mouthed pap, reminiscent of the most insufferable parts of Heinlein. The first half has parts that are OK, but it has absolutely none of the velocity or charm of To Kill a Mockingbird. I really wanted the snarky titles to the reviews of this book, reviews I refused to read, to be wrong. No such luck.