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Summary: Childhood
Review: To Kill a Mockingbird was an excellent book, the dialect and the plot got my attention from the first chapter. The theme and the characters can be relative to life. All together, this book was one of my favorites.
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Summary: You must not miss this!
Review: Harper Lee's novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" is about kids growing up with their father, a lawyer, in a village in Alabama. It describes the adventures and every day's life in their neighborhood. Atticus Finch educates his children, Scout (Jean Louise) and Jem, in a spirit of freedom and justice, but has also an eye on individual opinions of other people, although they might differ from his own ones. The tension between these two points, justice and the prejudices of most of the people around the Finch family, reaches its climax when Atticus takes responsibility for an probably innocent man in a murder trial. The man's only fault is that his skin has the wrong color. The court scenes are written brilliantly, but "To Kill a Mockingbird" is far more than one of the typical court thrillers. The detailed description of the life of Atticus, his kids, and their neighbors makes the best deal of the book. In spite of the precise narration, the book never gets boring but is written somewhat in the view of childish curiosity. The well-known movie based on the novel is in good agreement with the book and also rather close to the text. But as in every movie, some details have to be taken out to fit the story into two hours. Do not miss this book.
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Summary: To Kill a Mockingbird...
Review: I really liked this book except for the fact that it was a pretty slow reader for me. It has a good plot, characters, story, and a pretty good ending. There were many boring points in my opinion during this book. Scout and Jem are brother and sister(Scout's the girl). This story tells of their growing up together with a friend of theirs named Dill, who comes to Maycomb every summer. He and Scout want to get married some day. ^_^ One of the goals of the children is to get a peek at the mysterious neighbor of theirs, Boo Radley. They have heard lots of stories about Boo like when he was cutting up newspapers and stabbed his mother in the leg...(eek!) Boo Radley had never left his house. One of the children at Jem and Scout's school even goes a mile out of her way walking home just to avoid having to walk by the Radley Place. The kids decide to make a game called "Boo Radley". It starts to turn into a play and they end up playing it for a very long time. It tells of the story of Boo and his life(I'm guessing that Scout, Jem, and Dill made up some of it on their own). Will they ever see Boo? And if they do, what does he look like? How will they meet? What would they say? Maybe they won't even see him...you'll have to find out for yourself. ^_^
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Summary: an oldie but a goodie
Review: I read this about 20 years ago for the 1st time and liked it. Recently I read it and thought it was great. I try to read a classic every 5 books or so. The lives of Scout and Jem are very well put. The trial of Tom Robinson(a travesty) and the antics of Dill add to it. Atticus is also a strong character. But the ever elusive Boo Radley steals the show as much of this great book will show. If you haven't read it in 20 plus years give it a try.
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Summary: One of the best books ever written
Review: This is one of my favorite books. From the first sentence, I am pulled into a different world. The language is like poetry and the story is compelling. I love the movie, too.
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Summary: Likeable Book
Review: This is an interesting adventure book which highlights racial predjudice in 1930's America. It cites the adventures of Jem and Jean-Louise (Scout) Finch and their relationship with their Lawyer father Atticus. It's a book of characters, each with their own unique personalities. You get a sense of intrigue and suspense when you read about the infamous Boo Radley. On the whole this is a pleasant book which has stood the test of time.
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Summary: A true gem of coming of Age in the South
Review: This story is about a child that grows up to see the noblity of her father in the turblunce of Southern prejudice. Atticus Finch is a white lawyer who takes on a case of a black man accused of rape. Already in the public eye a man considered guilty before trial because of race. Atticus is a character who defies prejudice of race and class in a world that is deeply imbedded in it. Atticus is faced with attacks lead by the father of the girl who denounces the man on trial. This story is seen through Scout's young eyes at the same time the mistery of Bo Raddly the strange next door nieghbor's son. Through the experince of an innocent mind we see conflict of discovering the value and weakness of other human beings. This is one of the great stories. "Remember it is a sin to kill a mocking bird" Atticus Finch The Movie with Gregory Peck is great to not as good as the book.
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Summary: Not as good as the movie
Review: To Kill a Mockingbird is a pretty good book, but not nearly as good as the movie. The first half of the book jumped around too much and was simply a waste of about 130 pages. However, I truly enjoyed the second half. Atticus Finch is really an interesting character, and Bob Ewell is truly dispicable. TKAM is certainly worth reading, but don't expect too much. It is definitely not what what I would call Pulitzer Prize-caliber.
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Summary: Should be read again and again by all and sundry
Review: Harper Lee's novel "To Kill A Mockingbird" throughly deserves its huge critical acclaim. Telling many stories in its content, it deals with the growing up and learning process of Scout, (Jean Louise) a little girl who lives with her father Atticus and brother jem in the deep south of America. In between the years of five and eight, Scout comes across Dill, whose sad unloved story touches even the hardest reader, an ill-tempered, prejudiced old woman, whom Scout's father describes as "the bravest woman he ever met", and most importantly, the "nigger" Tom, whose obvious innocence of the crime of rape is ignored, to be punished by death. These hard-hitting storylines would give the book a somber tone, but Lee cleverly moves away from this by giving the narration to a child, making the book witty, light-hearted, yet serious, dealing with issues still very much alive today.
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Summary: Absolutely amazing.
Review: This book was on my reading list last year, and I wanted to read it. The only problem was, when I went to check it out of a library, there were no copies of it left! And now, I finally found out know why. This book is absolutely amazing. This is the story of a small Alabama town in 1935. It is told through the eyes of a girl nicknamed Scout, who is heartbreakingly frank about her feelings for her enviornment. The book reads quickly; you find yourself drawn into Scout's preceptions of the world around her, and you learn with her the injustices and surprises of life. I am sorry to say that life in Alabama hasn't changed much in the past 65 years. I couldn't believe how much I could relate to the book, being a native Alabamian myself (my city even get a mention :) ). With this book, I've found a way to explain to others what it's really like to live in the South.
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