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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

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goodgollyitsmolly's review against another edition

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1.0

I hated it. It might be a classic, but just not my kind of reading.I had to read it, because of school.

clougreen's review

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adventurous challenging emotional inspiring medium-paced

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

5.0

This is still one of those classics that hits me as hard as it did the first time I read it back in high school. I still find it profoundly moving to read the point of view of a child becoming aware and trying to understand the inequalities and imbalances of the world. The lens of childhood innocence in which these large problems are depicted allows for us the reader to also understand these issues freshly. Children now are forced to see imbalances sooner, and I think this book is just a reminder that we have made progress but there is still much more to go.

styxis's review against another edition

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4.0

Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.

Beautiful book with a beautiful message. Or should I say messages? I'm sure there are many things and life lessons that one can interpret when reading this, some of which I might not have discovered yet.
I can definitely see why this is a classic that's taught in schools. Unfortunately, I didn't get the chance to read this during my schooldays. Though I'm pretty sure it would have bored me to read this during class, so I'm kinda glad I read this now at least.

uyp's review against another edition

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5.0

It was amazing! After picking it up so many times and never finishing this novel, I was determined to finish this book.
Though at the beginning it is a bit of a bore, but you can see that Scout and her family are actually quite quirky, yet wise. I admire Scout's ability on an emotional and intellectual level. She is smart, but she is able to morally live her life as she follows in her father's footsteps.
It was a joy for me to see how a trial would end up affecting the Finch family. Thiugh they live in a small town, never-changing place, that only helped create a stable setting to focus on more important matters.
Lee highlights, using moral sense, the difference between what is good and what is bad and she puts it into beautiful writing. The only downpart in my opinion is the slow moving pace in the beginning of the book. However, I think it only contributes to building up to the climax so that the impact of the true message will be planted in the reader's brains.

jonahandthetale's review against another edition

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3.0

I mean... it was good? I wasn't all that enthralled by it.

sianw1992's review against another edition

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4.0

I read this as part of my GCSE studies and I don't think I was really mature enough to fully understand it. Although now looking back on it, it had great characters that you really cared for and is an important novel socially.