Go Set a Watchman

I don't know what to make of this book. I suspect over time and with a second reading my perspective will change. There's a good book, a very good book, hiding in this one. As it stands, though, the book is a bit odd and unformed in places. My favorite part is the character development of Scout, from the Mockingbird days to the Scout of Watchman. That alone makes this book worth a read. The portrayal of Atticus, which is undoubtedly a bit controversial, works, but more is needed here. Atticus is a bit too flat in his portrayal. Assuming Harper Lee wrote this book, a fact I am dubious of, suspecting that editors took a heavy hand in the draft, I can see why she withheld it from publication. The characters of Mockingbird are iconic America. Whatever feet of clay they had (casting them as real people) were well hidden. Not so in Watchman. One will likely never see the Mockingbird characters in the same light after reading this book.