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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

264 reviews

cherryfreckle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Religious bigotry, Rape, Death, and Domestic abuse

asimpson7's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

Such an interesting read. It really makes you think about how it would be like to live in that time. As I could not imagine thinking people who aren’t white are not equal to me. I know non-whites still face racism today. But to think of how they were treated back then is just awful. But I liked that Jen, Dill and Scout all thought it was wrong what they were doing to Tom Robinson. It shows childhood innocence and that people are taught to be racist they aren’t born that way, and because their father hadn’t raised them to be they weren’t.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Classism, Murder, Sexual assault, Racism, Racial slurs, Fire/Fire injury, and Incest

Moderate: Physical abuse, Antisemitism, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Blood, Gun violence, Death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Genocide, and Bullying

mlander's review

challenging reflective tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Rape, Racial slurs, and Racism

wiktoria_bojda's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, and Hate crime

tieflingmom's review

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death, Racial slurs, and Rape

annapox's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Animal death, Addiction, Terminal illness, Death, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Grief, Gun violence, Sexism, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, and Murder

Minor: Mental illness, Misogyny, Slavery, Death of parent, Colonisation, Cursing, Violence, Bullying, Antisemitism, War, and Medical content

cursedkirst's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

Wow!!!! Just a beautiful story! Every time I read it it breaks my heart and gives me hope for this world in equal measure 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Racism

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Rape

unusuallyy's review

hard to read through (not because of the content, but because of the writing style). i was also depressed at the time so idk how that affected it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs

Minor: Sexual assault and Rape

vibingjaren's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-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

4.0

A beautifully written book. I was assigned to read it for my English class, and I was amazed to how much I ended up liking it. The beginning was a little slow, but after it got really good. I especially love the writing of Boo Radley and Scout.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Violence, Child abuse, Classism, Racism, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal death, Racial slurs, Cursing, Death, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Stalking

thefool124's review

emotional inspiring sad tense 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

5.0

Warning very minor spoilers. But I'll highlight the major spoilers.

To be honest, I only picked up this book as an aspiring law student looking to put something on my university application; also, my friend told me that it was one of the most boring books he has ever read. But I learnt a very important lesson: decide things for yourself. Because 'To Kill a Mockingbird' was a damn good novel.

The PoV character Scout, in particular, was a masterclass in writing a clearly clever child but a child nonetheless. A lot of authors fall down the trap of making the "clever child" act and act like an adult but Scout, despite having a remarkably inquisitive nature and booksmarts, still had blind spots when it came to societal knowledge and, especially at the start of the novel, was prone to immaturity and anger.

The novel also has one of my favourite depictions of parenting. Atticus (more on the man later) never forced ideas upon his children and instead, he acted as a role model and allowed certain habits to form organically in his Jem and Scout. For example, Atticus always reads in the evenings and so the children, impressionable, develop a voracious reading habit. And Atticus never had a fixed ideal of what his children were meant to be. When Jem makes a snowman, Atticus marvels at his talent, saying he could become an artist. But, admittedly, it was a strange parenting dynamic in that the kids called Atticus "Sir" and there was a certain distance between them at the start. But when matters escalated, Atticus never abandoned his children emotionally and always comforted them, allowing the stoic walls to fall. And really, that is what mattered.

There is great underlying message of moral resilience. In this class-steeped, traditional town of Maycomb, those who stand up for equality and what is right, like Atticus, are spat upon and those only maintain this grand racial delusion are only rewarded. For example,

the result of the court case.

So, it is seems a hopeless world, one not worth fighting against. But Atticus fights anyway. Though Atticus doesn't change much in the novel, he is a great example of a "lawful good" character in the vein of Ned Stark done well. He acknowledges and is surrounded by the evils of society and yet he decides to be fair and good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Rape