A review by life_full_ofbooks
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

5.0

This is the 4th or 5th time I’ve read this book, but the first time I’ve listened to it and I love it even more every time I read it. I know it’s controversial because of the language used, but that’s just the surface. When you dig deeper you see the true story is that of a family in Macomb, Alabama who are some of the few non racist citizens, and how 2 children see the unfairness of the situations at hand. To Kill a Mockingbird was written in 1960 but takes place in the 1930’s, so the language that has put this book on the banned book list wasn’t used out of hate, but rather keeping it within the time period. Instead of banning it, this should be used as a teaching method. This book isn’t simply about race issues, but rather about looking past someone’s appearance, or rumors of someone, to see them for who they truly are. That’s a lesson that should still be taught today.