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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

11 reviews

nayeliv's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Cursing, Death of parent, Racial slurs, Drug abuse, Rape, Alcohol, Animal death, Bullying, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Death, Police brutality, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Domestic abuse

felicityvaughn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Minor: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

emileesbooks's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs

Moderate: Sexual assault and Murder

Minor: Drug abuse and Stalking

tinkithesquirelll's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Colonisation, Gun violence, Child abuse, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Hate crime, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Incest, Bullying, Stalking, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Police brutality, Racism, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Rape, and Slavery

owlreads_'s review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Hate crime, Incest, Racism, Domestic abuse, Death, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Blood, Sexism, and Cursing

Minor: Animal death, Drug abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

vickeyreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

So much to say about this book!!!
I loved loved reading this book, and this book was my favorite to read in English the year I read it. It was easy for me to follow despite a lot happening in the chapters. At times I did not find Scout to be all that likable but I really liked her character development. And seeing Jem’s character development was tragic but made sense due to his empathetic nature. 
I really enjoyed the antiracist themes of it as it not only relates to the books own setting, and the time the book was written but even our own time today as police brutality and other racist systems still exist in America today. 
I think my favorite characters in this book either have to be Atticus, Boo Radley, or Miss Maudie. 
With Atticus I find him to be a great role model for the kids showing how a caring human being should act as he teaches scout the idea of “walking in another person’s shoes”. And is a great role model by staying true to his own values to not only infront of his kids but to an entire court. And he breaks many societal norms by being a single dad raising his kids.
 I loved Miss Maudie as she is a generally caring individual for Scout and the other kids. And seeing the entire community come together when her house was on fire is a testament to how kind of a person she is. Also Scout looks up to her and Maudie herself breaks many codes regarding gender as she tends to wear “men’s clothes” as it’s more convenient for when she upkeeps her flower garden. And Scout sees this and wears similar clothing and views Miss Maudie as a comforting character.
 Boo Radley is such an interesting character, he is a mysterious character because he is shut-in himself.

Spoiler

I really liked his heroism especially when he saves the children at the end of the story from Bob Ewell

I found him to be a generally wholesome character!
 Overall a great book would recommend to anyone interested in social issues to read it!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Kidnapping, Racism, Racial slurs, and Hate crime

Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Cursing, Drug abuse, Addiction, Drug use, and Rape

Minor: Death of parent

emeh's review against another edition

emotional inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Hate crime, Murder, and Sexual assault

Minor: Drug abuse, Violence, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

caribbeangirlreading's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Racism, Sexism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Rape

Minor: Alcohol, Death, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder

jessg_24's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Violence, Physical abuse, and Death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Drug abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

azaleas_bouquet's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Quite boring unless you’re able to become fully invested in the characters (I, unfortunately, was not). On the topic of racism, it’s an interesting read in the context of seeing how civil rights have progressed since the writing of this book, but that’s about it. The characters are still racist and Atticus is still painfully white. Him and the book give a lot of “passes” on other character’s racism and frame racism is about the individual rather than the system, something I found rather annoying. Again, not a /bad/ read per say, but it wasn’t very engaging and if you’re looking for a commentary on racism, this isn’t it. However, the writing style and structure with how Harper Lee presented characters were very nicely done and it was satisfying to compare them and look back and realize connections she was setting up (which made sense, since this is a small town).

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Hate crime

Minor: Drug abuse and Ableism