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3.21 AVERAGE
3.21 AVERAGE
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism
I didn't like so much of it that it bothered me I felt that way. It doesn't change my view of Atticus or Scout--in fact I really like the woman Harper made her into. I wonder how much of herself (Harper) the character of Scout is.
I can't begin to rate this book ... mostly because I feel that it's a draft.
Some sequels just don’t need to be written. This book did nothing to enhance the original, nor endear readers to the present. Thank goodness it was short.
challenging
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
This was a very boring book that should have remained in its original form of an unpublished document. It wasn’t intended to be published and it is evident. To each their own to have an opinion of it but I wish I hadn’t wasted my time.
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I'm going to do what everyone else has already done: compare this to To Kill a Mockingbird and find it wanting. Still, I think it does a good job of updating the story. We tend to have historic myopia, and it's important to own up to all of the awful things that our "heroes" have done. The way that this conflicts with the original story - not just in character development, but in its retelling of the plot - makes it feel like a memory, corrected.
Likewise, I don't know how well the story handles its own material. Scout's indignation with her father makes sense, but their later discussion while seeming very real, leaves the reader with a really bad taste in their mouth. While I resist the temptation to see anyone as an unimpeachable hero, we don't need to bring every character to this level of antihero. Atticus' story would have been fine without this. It almost feels like the kind of post hoc honesty that does nothing for anyone except the speaker.
Likewise, I don't know how well the story handles its own material. Scout's indignation with her father makes sense, but their later discussion while seeming very real, leaves the reader with a really bad taste in their mouth. While I resist the temptation to see anyone as an unimpeachable hero, we don't need to bring every character to this level of antihero. Atticus' story would have been fine without this. It almost feels like the kind of post hoc honesty that does nothing for anyone except the speaker.