I honestly think To Kill a Mockingbird is even more relevant today than when it first came out. It's a book that truly stands the test of time.I absolutely love how Scout knows exactly who she is. Everyone around her is constantly trying to tell her how to act, what it means to be a girl. But she just wants to play, get messy, and run around with her brother. She couldn't care less about dresses or sitting perfectly still with her knees glued together in shoes you can barely walk in. That fierce...

I had a much longer review written for Harper Lee's *To Kill a Mockingbird*, but the comments were sadly annoying me, so I’ll just make my opinions clear in two sentences, because these are really the only thoughts about the book that matter to me:I was extremely bored by the majority of this novel and thus I did not enjoy it very much (and no, I will not reread it because I do not care). Most importantly, though, I don’t believe a white savior narrative like this one is a story that should be s...

/// gentle reminder that this is not the time to read this book ///This is my first re-read of 2017, and I don't regret it one bit. When I first read *To Kill a Mockingbird* three years ago, I really liked it. Sadly, I didn't write my thoughts down in an elaborate way back in the day, but I know for sure that I didn't read critically then. Upon my re-read of *To Kill a Mockingbird*, I honestly don't have good things to say. I am aware that some of my criticism is not a critique of the book itsel...

2024: Every time I read what PBS calls the perfect American novel, my heart swells a little more. There are very few books where the opening paragraphs are a home run for me, and *To Kill a Mockingbird* by Harper Lee is one of them. It's been a long month filled with family time and endless cooking, so for the last ten days, I opted for comfort reads, and no family provides comfort quite like the Finches, with the exception of Aunt Alexandra. "Lawyers were children once," quotes Charles Lamb in ...

Over the course of 5 years, I’ve read To Kill a Mockingbird nearly 17 times. That averages out to reading it at least once every 4 months. And I still return to To Kill a Mockingbird like a ship seeking a lighthouse in the dark. When I first finished it, I was so overwhelmed by how much I related to it, I read it almost 8 times before the year ended. By now I’ve memorized almost every scene, and I still can’t shake the feeling that I have so much to learn from Harper Lee's masterpiece. Over the ...

Okay, so the plot of *To Kill a Mockingbird* by Harper Lee is seriously captivating and the writing is top-notch, but I gotta be honest, it totally failed on its core promise: teaching me how to *actually* kill a mockingbird. I picked up this book because I've got this seriously annoying mockingbird that's set up shop in my backyard, constantly chirping and generally being a nuisance. I was hoping for some, you know, practical advice on how to get rid of the feathered fiend in a humane way. Inst...

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6.0 stars. I know I'm risking a serious "FILM AT 11" moment and a smack upside the head from Captain Obvious for saying this, but darn it, I still think it needs to be said… *To Kill a Mockingbird* is one of the BEST and MOST IMPORTANT American novels ever written. Okay, I said it, and I'll wait patiently while you get your DUHs and DERs out of the way and hang your "no shit" signs out for Inspector Holmes. Okay, now given the massive amount of reviews and ratings this book has, I know I'm not ...

Why is it that whenever I pick up *To Kill a Mockingbird*, I'm instantly hit with a sensory memory: I'm walking home, leaves are scattered on the ground, crunching under my feet. I smell woodsmoke from fireplaces and think about hot apple cider, and the wind catches me, stealing my breath. I pull my coat tighter and look up at the sky, no clouds, just a stunning blue that hurts my eyes. Another deep breath and I get this feeling that everything is okay. Why? Why *this* memory? I mean, the book ...

"I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks."If you haven't read this as an adult - pick it up todayI (along with millions of other kids) first read this in grade-school. And I (along with those millions) didn't really get the point.I remember thinking, Well... I already know discrimination is wrong. I don't get why I have to read a book about it... Oh Lordy, if I could go back in time...Rereading led to a (unsurprisingly) wholly different interpretation of this novel. I am in awe of Harper ...