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mastercabs 's review for:
Go Set a Watchman
by Harper Lee
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.