A review by imnobody
The Mockingbirds by Daisy Whitney
5.0
A problem I find with English class is that the books we read are often ruined for me. How can one enjoy a book after dissecting it in five different ways? After being told that when the author writes that a curtain is blue, it is a symbol for the main character's depression, not that the curtain was ______ blue? (Insert your own curse word in the blank.) Fortunately, To Kill A Mockingbird miraculously escaped this. How, I can only guess, but it is one of my favorite books and will hopefully remain so.
Hence, why I am in love with The Mockingbirds. An entire book with constant references to one of my favorite classics? Addressing an issue that is kept hidden and was addressed in said classic? Please, let me read it. I applaud the authors for using events from To Kill A Mockingbird in The Mockingbirds as a type of code. With no offense to any of the adult reviewers meant, as a teenager I feel that I better understand the main character's predicament. I can sadly recall many incidents that I would rather be forgotten or to have never happened. In quite a few of these incidents an adult became involved, something that I wish to have not been done. There seem to be few adults who realize that when one is a teenager, sometimes it is best to let us figure our own problems out.
I purchased this book as soon I had the funds (as a high school student, this took a while). This is a book that I am proud to own.
Hence, why I am in love with The Mockingbirds. An entire book with constant references to one of my favorite classics? Addressing an issue that is kept hidden and was addressed in said classic? Please, let me read it. I applaud the authors for using events from To Kill A Mockingbird in The Mockingbirds as a type of code. With no offense to any of the adult reviewers meant, as a teenager I feel that I better understand the main character's predicament. I can sadly recall many incidents that I would rather be forgotten or to have never happened. In quite a few of these incidents an adult became involved, something that I wish to have not been done. There seem to be few adults who realize that when one is a teenager, sometimes it is best to let us figure our own problems out.
I purchased this book as soon I had the funds (as a high school student, this took a while). This is a book that I am proud to own.