meganlabine30's review against another edition
4.0
It was a great book! if you read To Kill A Mockingbird you will understand the story line. it was a really interesting journey for a young girl to make to search for her favorite author, Harper Lee.
somewheregirl7's review against another edition
2.0
Cliched is the word that comes to mind first with In Search of Mockingbird. You've got your typical moody, misunderstood teenager. Who wants to be a writer. Has a dead parent she obsesses over. Goes on a trip to discover herself and helps lots of other people in the end. Heck there's even a stripper with a heart of gold. Take half a dozen literary cliches toss in a blender and hit puree. That is In Search of Mockingbird. The pace is painfully slow, the characters feel more like caricatures than real people and prose is largely forgettable.
k_lee_reads_it's review against another edition
3.0
This year's Big Read book is To Kill a Mockingbird. Since I read that for banned book week last September, I decided to read a related novel.
This is a young adult novel about a 16 year old girl whose is searching to know her mother who died when she was only 2. She has her mother's copy of To Kill and Mockingbird and her mother's journal. She runs away on a journey, a literal journey on a bus across the country where she discovers some important truths about life.
This is a young adult novel about a 16 year old girl whose is searching to know her mother who died when she was only 2. She has her mother's copy of To Kill and Mockingbird and her mother's journal. She runs away on a journey, a literal journey on a bus across the country where she discovers some important truths about life.
disasterchick's review against another edition
4.0
December 1, 2009:
This was a book club read for last month. I did not care for To Kill a Mockingbird mainly because it is so overhyped. A book should change you and with as many people saying they love To Kill a Mockingbird we shouldn't have any more discrimination due to race or mental handicaps. Back to In Search of Mockingbird - this book is about a young girl that runs away from home in hopes of meeting Harper Lee in Monroe, AL. This book is about her journey and the people that she meets the way. It's a quick read, but is very enjoyable.
November 28, 2014
I had read this book several years ago and loved it, but upon second reading I only liked it. I will admit that I like it better than To Kill a Mockingbird - mainly because so many say they love this book yet you look at some of the recent events and wonder if people have really taken the story to heart. Having lost a parent at a young age I do understand Erin's obsession to know her mother, yet I'm not sure constantly reading a book she enjoyed is going to get you closer. For me this book was about the journey and the people you meet along the way, and that is what I really enjoyed.
This was a book club read for last month. I did not care for To Kill a Mockingbird mainly because it is so overhyped. A book should change you and with as many people saying they love To Kill a Mockingbird we shouldn't have any more discrimination due to race or mental handicaps. Back to In Search of Mockingbird - this book is about a young girl that runs away from home in hopes of meeting Harper Lee in Monroe, AL. This book is about her journey and the people that she meets the way. It's a quick read, but is very enjoyable.
November 28, 2014
I had read this book several years ago and loved it, but upon second reading I only liked it. I will admit that I like it better than To Kill a Mockingbird - mainly because so many say they love this book yet you look at some of the recent events and wonder if people have really taken the story to heart. Having lost a parent at a young age I do understand Erin's obsession to know her mother, yet I'm not sure constantly reading a book she enjoyed is going to get you closer. For me this book was about the journey and the people you meet along the way, and that is what I really enjoyed.
libkatem's review against another edition
2.0
I read this a few years ago and remember not being very impressed. It follows a girl who is utterly obsessed with the book "To Kill a Mockingbird," and runs away to Alabama to try and track down the recluse author Harper Lee. Throughout she compares her father with Atticus, but in the end realized she loves her dad even though he isn't as perfect as Atticus.
mon_ique's review against another edition
4.0
This was a very easy read, pretty appropriate for all, and I very much enjoyed reading it.
One question: Why have the last two books I've read been about Harper Lee and To Kill a Mockingbird and running away?? (Common theme?? Goes hand in hand??)
Also, I thought it was really cool how this was published before Harper Lee wrote a second book. I feel so part of history, since so many books were inspired about her book and her history of only writing one book, but now she has two:)
I won't complain about the stranger danger int his book (one person she meets is an "exotic dancer"), but the fact that she just befriends a 20-something year old guy on the bus, enough that he travels with her to Alabama is kinda unrealistic. If it was a female, it would be natural for me to think of the motherly response someone might have on the bus, but that would still be unrealistic. But I 'm not complaining because the guy as a character served his purpose:):)
One question: Why have the last two books I've read been about Harper Lee and To Kill a Mockingbird and running away?? (Common theme?? Goes hand in hand??)
Also, I thought it was really cool how this was published before Harper Lee wrote a second book. I feel so part of history, since so many books were inspired about her book and her history of only writing one book, but now she has two:)
I won't complain about the stranger danger int his book (one person she meets is an "exotic dancer"), but the fact that she just befriends a 20-something year old guy on the bus, enough that he travels with her to Alabama is kinda unrealistic. If it was a female, it would be natural for me to think of the motherly response someone might have on the bus, but that would still be unrealistic. But I 'm not complaining because the guy as a character served his purpose:):)
brookepalmer796's review against another edition
1.0
Meh. This is so overrated. It might be believable if you are 10 years old, but even most 10 year olds are too smart for this.
baoluong's review against another edition
3.0
daynajm's review against another edition
4.0
"I thought that my life was awful, or maybe I willed it so, but nothing's as bad as we make it out to be. Like a dull, gray March sky, the sun will, sooner or later, find a way to peek through."
howifeelaboutbooks's review against another edition
2.0
This was a quick read, which was nice because the pacing of the book was fast, too. Erin is a teenager wants to go to Alabama to meet Harper Lee, because her mother wrote to the author when she was a teenager. Erin wants to be an author too, and she thinks Harper Lee has all the advice she needs to succeed, and to somehow connect with her mother. The story was a bit thin on this one - a girl obsessed with To Kill a Mockingbird and Harper Lee doesn’t (didn’t…) know about Lee’s reclusive lifestyle? And you think she would talk to you for some reason, and solve everything? It’s a nice road trip story, but a little too glossed over and easy-going - everyone on the bus trip was rooting for Erin, nothing creepy happened… Pretty unrealistic. Erin also seemed young for her age. But it was a nice, quick, fluff read.