nindie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.25
While reading the book, my main thought was constantly wishing to finish the book. Not only was it because I had a deadline coming up, but also it was because I found the book to be predominantly dull. There were many descriptions, characters, scenarios and even chapters that I felt were pointless in including or making a lengthy part of the book when it was unnecessary. A lot of these things included barely contributed to the plot, characters and overall themes. Because of this, the only sections where I had an interest in because they were significant were the
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court trial involving Tom Robinson and the ending where Arthur Radley saves Scout and Jem from Bob Ewell.There is another thing in which I found a problem, but this was just my personal preferences. I know that society's attitudes towards some communities were very disrespectful and corrupt at the time of this book. Despite this, I still felt tremendously uncomfortable reading this book because of the language used and the characters, even when aware of this information. It isn't the book's fault, in a way. It's because I don't feel as comfortable reading stuff like this, and I had to read this book for school and wasn't aware of how many things like this are in the book.
A last thing to say is I found too many characters included. Assumingly half mentioned wasn't necessary for anything or were mentioned in only 1-3 unimportant sentences. At one point, there were so many that I couldn't keep track of who was who.
All I was pointing out were negative points, but I like the themes it discusses, and I look forward to analysing the text thoroughly to learn more about those themes for my school work.
Graphic: Racism, Death, Confinement, Rape, Violence, and Racial slurs
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Cursing, Animal death, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, and Slavery
Minor: Antisemitism, Bullying, Grief, Gun violence, Alcohol, Child abuse, Incest, War, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Religious bigotry, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Murder, Police brutality, and Suicide
beca_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Racial slurs, Racism, Terminal illness, and Violence
Moderate: Antisemitism
foreverbookwandering's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Racism, Racial slurs, and Medical content
Moderate: Rape
Minor: Alcoholism, Death, and Gun violence