Reviews with content warning for Sexism - To Kill a Mockingbird

Every American must read this book before they turn 18 years old. It is a classic and for good reason. I think that everyone should be reading this in 9th grade, every single person. It is such an important part of our history that we cannot let be forgotten. The key to undoing our racism lies in the past.

When reading this book everyone should think deeply about it.
Some things to question:
How does the experience for black men in America today compare to the experience of black men in America in the 1930s especially in regards to the criminal justice system?
How does Mayella use her white privilege to weaponize the oppression that she faces because she is a woman? Would you consider what she did to be a good example of white woman's tears and how harmful it is?

While reading this book is important, I think it is MORE important to read books about black experiences written by black authors as well as books about black people that have themes other than racism. If you read and liked this book and want to learn about and how to help take down racism my advice to you is to diversify your reading list with characters and authors of color (especially black ones).

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shiv123's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
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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charlotte_aurora_'s review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

4.5

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jemappellecat's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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camz's review against another edition

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challenging 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

2- 4

La verdad no sé si me gustó o estoy terriblemente decepcionada.

Este libro es conocido por tratar el racismo pero para mi es ante todo un coming-of -age que usa el racismo para explorar diferencias entre niños y adultos; y cómo procesamos información y vemos el mundo. Esta parte creo que fue escrita de manera adecuada, y si bien es una representación de una niñez prácticamente extinta, tiene un sentimientos universal que podemos reconocer.

El racismo por otro lado, es tratado la mayoría del tiempo con un tono santurrón de “poner la otra mejilla” y de “combatir el racismo con amabilidad y cortesía”, que fue insoportable de leer, sobre todo considerando que las charlas moralistas vienen de blancos.

Lo dejo en 4 estrellas porque para mi es un coming-of-age pero me queda el sentimiento que yo no le vi lo que todos parecen ver en este libro, sobre todo no entiendo el amor que genera el personaje de Atticus.

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gagne's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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chloegshort's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

I really liked this book because I was super into the plot. I didn't want to put the book down and the author did a good job of making me feel the same emotions as the characters. I also liked how it went against the racial norms of that time and fought for racial equality.

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yasmin_raev's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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