A review by meganpbennett
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

emotional reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

I read To Kill A Mockingbird in school, probably when I was not much older that Scout. I was way too young to really know what was going on in the story, though I understood the important parts and knew who the mockingbird in the story is. 

Scout opens the story by mentioning that Jem, her brother, had his arm broken one year. Then the story resets to when the story really started, several years earlier, the summer they met Dill. Dill, who resembles Truman Capote, drives the story along that summer, with his interest in the Radley House and Boo Radley. This theme continues throughout the story, with them trying to get a glimpse of Boo. 

The book is evenly divided between Scout's life, both at school and at home, and the trial that takes center stage: Atticus Finch is defending a black man unjustly accused of raping a white woman. In Alabama. In the 1930s. The trial and the verdict play heavily into the last 50-75 pages of the book, with the action (and Jem's broken arm) happening very near the end. 
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