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Summary: I thought it was a great book
Review: To Kill A Mocking Bird is a great book. It showed howAfro-Americans were treated unfairly in that time. Tom was accused ofbeating and raping a girl but all the evidence was pointing away from him. The book was good because it kept you on your toes, you never knew what would be next.
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Summary: Good writing, good idea, good subject, bad book
Review: I am in 9th grade, and unlike the majority of people my age who have read this book, I read it because I chose to. I had heard so many times how wonderful it was, so I got a copy and began reading. The beginning I liked because I recognized the excellant writing and anticipated a great story later on. 200 pages later I was still waiting for anything interesting to happen and keep happening. Individual segments were good, but just when I was beginning to get interested the plot shifted to something entirely different. The writing and description were great, but even the best writing has to have a decent plot to describe. At the end of the book I found that I really didn't care about any of the characters, exept possibly Atticus. All in all I can see the appeal of this book for people who value description above plot. It did paint an admirable picture of life in the South in the early part of this century, but this alone cannot make a 281 page book worth reading. Perhaps with a better plot this would become a truly exellent book, but until that time it will remain in my mind an uninteresting, well written piece of literature.
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Summary: A Timeless Classic
Review: Having lived in the South several times now, I can relate to nearly every character in this book. I laugh out loud every time I read the part about Atticus and Miss Maudie having "an arm waving conversation" and I laugh even harder when I read about Miss Stephanie, the gossip who always "by the time she had told it twice had been there and seen it all".The Book has a very interesting plot and it leads up to a powerful climax and then dwindles back down to normalcy, like real life.
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Summary: BORING????
Review: This book has been required reading in High Schools for years. My experience is that school actually demotivates people from wanting to read. How many of us can relate with the feelings of never wanting to read another book after high school. When grades are the motivation to read, people search for the cliff notes and or look for reviews in Encyclopedias. In my High School English class, grades were given on the basis of how many books one read. If you read 8-10 you received an A. The problem was that after knowing one was going to get an A, all reading stopped. Reading is supposed to be done for the joy of it. I hear the word boring used a great deal when reviewing a book. I know so many kids who end up hating reading because they received a poor grade. The classics including To Kill a Mockingbird are challenging books. I would never use boring as an adjective to describe a book however.
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Summary: A book that captures the essence of human understanding...
Review: Through the narration of young Scout, this is an easy read to uncovering hidden truths within the realms of the human condition. Lee's descriptions and style of writing touches the heart of the reader and allows him to come to terms with all his senses: you feel as though you too are on the search for Boo, you hear the silence in the court room, you can almost taste the flakes of snow melting in your mouth, you can hear the awful sound of the struggle between an evil man and a good boy... you realize what it means to hold the hand of someone you feared as a child but realize has loved you always. You realize what it means to be human. Exquisite!
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Summary: One of the last great American Masterpieces
Review: I am an avid reader and would recommend this book to anyone. I could not put it down until the very end. This book is touching and inspiring. The attitude of never giving up even when everything seems hopeless.
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Summary: Caught me because of the revelation of human kind...
Review: To Kill a Mockingbird was one of the few school books that I really enjoyed. It was a little hard to understand when I first started it, mainly because of the southern accent, and the widespread characters, but the book transmitted such a clear and precise meaning and definition of human society and our depiction of certain individuals, that it hooked me by the second chapter. This book was different than the others that I have read in the past because of it's clear preception of ourselves.
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Summary: One of the greatest books I've ever read !!
Review: I had heard so many great things about this book I decided to read it.I was absolutely stunned!I couldn't put it down.The characters were incredibly real.Scout was especially realistic,and was very easy to relate to. This book has a little of everything in it.It is funny,interesting,enticing,and emotional.It also displays discrimination in the South in an excellent way.I think anyone who likes reading would enjoy this awesome book,so I recommend you to give it a shot!!!!
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Summary: The Best Book Ever!!!
Review: To Kill A Mocking Bird is one of the best books I've ever read.In many ways,I could relate to Scout,beacause my father is a lawyer.Her inocence is compelling.Harper Lee could not have picked a better character to tell the story of her life,Tom Robinson's end,the end of a man who didn't really diserve to live,and the missunderstanding of Boo Radley.I would reccomend this book to anyone who wants to read a truly wondrful book.
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Summary: All-time Favorite Book
Review: In my opinion, the greatest novel ever written
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