To Kill a Mockingbird
Ratings2,406
Average rating4.2
1860onwards challenge - Book 4 - To Kill a Mocking Bird (1960)
A really easy and enjoyable read. Interesting setting. Inspiring father. Told from a child's perspective. Sugar-coated sadness in that regard. Alabama, eh?
Characters *****
Atmosphere ****
Plot ****
Emotion ****
Style ****
4.2
I read it back in high school, I think in grade 10. The book is definitely a classic. It meets all the criteria for a school book. I found the plot a bit slow, at times predictable. It is not bad for a school-age book. The moral is simple and understandable for students.
Atticus is an Legend for a reason (besides handsome Gregory Peck who portrayed him in the movie) this book is a classic. The pacing and characterization is incredible where you learn about your surroundings and characters as you read. This is where Harper Lee's “Parent” book Go Set a Watchman failed.
The book is written through the perspective of Scout and the writing is so clear it is almost like you are there or experiencing a memory. It is heavily character driven and thought provoking. Strongly recommended reading.
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1/13/21 I hope to someday re-read this.
This is a really good book. I read it this summer and now I'm reading it for English. It's one of those books where every time you read it you just get more out of it. Everyone should read this book
Remember reading it for high school and really liking it. Wanted to see if it held up and it did.
Really loved this book. Much more than I expected to. I finally understand why its such a classic.
Don't know why I waited so long to read this one, LOVED it! Looking forward to watching the movie now. :)
I read this when I was in high school. It's a book that resonated with me and one that I'd like to read again. The characters are compelling, and the story of racial prejudice couldn't be more alive than it is here.
I don't remember much about what happened in this book but it does remind me of a very distinctive time of my life that I perhaps don't want to ever live again
Re-read. Still something of a marvel in its simplicity and beauty and relevance. Minor issues that are more indicative of the time of the writing/publication than a determined effort by Lee be damned. I still love this book.
Managed to force myself into reading over 300 pages of the medium-to-large-sized font of this edition (of this prose, heh), after which I found myself sleeping within mere minutes (or, perhaps, seconds, as the haziness of my memories was surely amplified during those moments, and I'm sure such has occurred in numerous instances). Not much is remembered except that I found most characters boring. Seriously, I couldn't care less about heroes like Atticus or whatever other dust was left with the Black characters in the story. Typically I found myself in monochrome imagination, although I doubt the reader cares much about my laments on my lack of scope; but this was one of my first text-dependent, bona fide novel (not for school, to any non-Filipinos reading this who are wondering about my education); so perhaps a revisit would provide me more significant detail. Or I could watch the movie adaptation.
Extraordinaire ! Personnages attachant, sujets abordés sont complexes mais bien présentés. Un classique qui vaut le coup d'être lu.
"Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them." 🥹😭
What an incredible story. It's a harsh look into the reality of racism in the 1930s, however not so harsh that the book becomes a difficult read in my opinion. It just feels authentic to the time period and important to understand what life was like back then. It takes place in such a wonderful small town setting and has amazing character writing. The book is only 376 pages but I somehow felt like I had spent so much longer with this family, their neighbors and their town. Atticus, Scout and Jem Finch are characters that will stay with me for a lifetime.
Summary: A young girl named Scout lives in the Southern Maycomb County in the 19302, a place where many people still harbor racist feelings. Scout has to grow up faster than she expected one summer when her father, a lawyer, decides to defend a black man who he believes to be innocent of the charge of raping a white woman.
9/10
This was a heartbreaking pageturner that is able to perfectly describe the blatant racism in the southern US at the time while still telling a gripping tale. A must-read for anyone and everyone.
One of the finest pieces of American Literature. It teaches you so much, it shows you so much, it inspires you so much. What a book.
Bellissimo romanzo ambientato nell'america depressa e razzista degli anni 30. Tutto meravigliosamente narrato attraverso le parole della piccola protagonista. Un racconto di crescita. 9
I'm so glad I finally committed myself to finishing this book. I started it earlier in the year but the first 50 or 60 pages are a slog to push through.
I came back with intent and tore through this. I would agree that this is one of the great books of all time.
Fascinating to read a book from this time that's so direct with how the racism and general race relations operated. A couple of times I would read a line and think, “holy fuck.” It packs a much bigger punch than when you read an edgy internet comment.
I wasn't the biggest fan of the girl referring to everyone by their real name. It took me too long to remember who everyone was and in sections even near the end of the book there would be so many names I would lose track all over again.
As time passes the memories of the books I've read fade away. I usually take away a single thought from each of them. Not sure what this one will be.
