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melkh's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
svreads's review against another edition
1.0
I don't know if I'm getting restless in my reading life or if I'm just in a season where I'm picking up books I'm not a fan of, but I'm laying this one aside for now. I am 76 pages in and having to force myself to continue. Life is too short to feel pressured to read something you don't want to when it's supposed to be for pleasure. I would like to finish this one in the future since Mockingbird is one of my favorites, but for now I'll move on to something else.
avid_read's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
gemmaarnold89's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
rachelschmaychel's review against another edition
reflective
- Loveable characters? No
2.0
A doctrine with a story tacked on. Pick one!
andreacote3's review against another edition
5.0
I really liked this novel, despite having read many people didn't think it was Lee's finest work. It was a quick read and very enjoyable.
wast's review against another edition
1.0
I felt amusement turning into indignant displeasure by reading this book.
There are a lot of sentences that are not clear to me.
0. A black hound loped down the street in the distance, the monkey puzzles bristled silently on the corners of the square.
1. The course of English Literature would have been decidedly different had Mr. Wordsworth owned a power mower, she thought.
2. upon completing his thirteenth year: Alexandra declared that Aaron Stein was the greediest boy she had ever seen, that he ate fourteen ears of corn at his Menopause.
3. She would keep her coffee down come hell or high water.
4. She followed him into a dark parlor to which clung the musky sweet smell of clean Negro, snuff, and Hearts of Love hairdressing.
5. “Oh her. She got married to a right peculiar boy during the war and now she rolls her ah’s so, you’d never recognize her.”
6. drank an enormous slug of cherry wine in her face
7. Nowadays he’s got more than he ever had in his life, he has everything but breeding, he’s freed himself from every stigma, but he sits nursing his hangover of hatred. . . .”
8. He’s so far out of this century he can’t go to the bathroom, he goes to the water closet.
9. had the sensation of being floored by a feather.
There are a lot of sentences that are not clear to me.
0. A black hound loped down the street in the distance, the monkey puzzles bristled silently on the corners of the square.
1. The course of English Literature would have been decidedly different had Mr. Wordsworth owned a power mower, she thought.
2. upon completing his thirteenth year: Alexandra declared that Aaron Stein was the greediest boy she had ever seen, that he ate fourteen ears of corn at his Menopause.
3. She would keep her coffee down come hell or high water.
4. She followed him into a dark parlor to which clung the musky sweet smell of clean Negro, snuff, and Hearts of Love hairdressing.
5. “Oh her. She got married to a right peculiar boy during the war and now she rolls her ah’s so, you’d never recognize her.”
6. drank an enormous slug of cherry wine in her face
7. Nowadays he’s got more than he ever had in his life, he has everything but breeding, he’s freed himself from every stigma, but he sits nursing his hangover of hatred. . . .”
8. He’s so far out of this century he can’t go to the bathroom, he goes to the water closet.
9. had the sensation of being floored by a feather.
mjthomas43's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism