To Kill a Mockingbird

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Summary: To Kill A Mockingbird is so far from boring!!!!!!!
Review: I can't believe some people think that the descrption, character development and the characters are boring in this novel! This is so incredibly well written-and to those of you that say it's not "well researched" Harper Lee based it on her father, who was a lawyer. He must've provided her so much "research"! What disturbs me is the students' reaction to this book. Here's a tip: You might not like this book because it's too "slow" but wait a couple of years, reread it, then you might be ashamed that you could ever found this book "boring"

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Summary: What I Remember
Review: I remember the first time that I had read this novel for a class of mine in high school. I thought that it was going to be boring, yet what I found was completely the opposite. The time period that Lee sets her story is what makes this novel different. It is the early part of the 20th Century, a time where prejudice could influenced the fate of an individual in the U.S. courts. The ignorance of people concerning issues of race and class are clearly acknowledged. The simplicity of its diction as well as s narration from Scout's perspective create an atmosphere of childhood nostalgia. Overall, it's a book that dares to address societal taboos.

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Summary: An all-time enjoyable book
Review: I have read and re-read To Kill a Mockingbird about 5 times. Each time I find something new to enjoy. I was stationed in the Air Force in the south in 1951, and can relate to small-town southern living. Jem, Scout, and Boo Radley were wonderful characters. The racial conflict and the reluctance to give up prejudice in the face of facts was excellently portrayed. The younger readers should re-read it as they get older, and they will discover more to be interested in. I know I did.

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Summary: A good lesson, but I've read better
Review: I recently finished To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. The book is set in a time when racial discrimination was a huge problem and is based in finding justice despite the barriers racism presented. I found the plot a little slow for my liking, and parts of it did not make much sense. However the characters were easy to relate to and likeable which made it a bit faster to read. The book starts out in summer with the main characters, Jem and Scout, who are siblings. For quite a while I was not sure where the plot was going, if it was going anywhere. I kept expecting something big and dramatic to happen. Unfortunately, the excitement took a while to kick in so the first third of the book was really slow. The book plods along through fights at school, petty family disagreements, class discrimination, and a neighborhood tall tale. Even now that I am finished reading it, these events have little to no relevance to the rest of the story and do not make much sense. Finally, emotions start to stir when Tom Robinson, a black man from the black side of town, goes through a grueling trial for rape. Thankfully there is a saving grace, for many reasons, the characters spark my interest. Harper Lee explains their little quirks to a tee which I like. I find them easier to relate to this was. Jem, Scout, and their father, Atticus, are the only one's in the novel that are not racist. Due to the abundance of other discriminant characters, the Finch family is even more enjoyable in the book than they would be in the 1990's. To Kill a Mockingbird is worth reading because it teaches a very important lesson about racism and humanity. It could be condensed though, which would make it an easier read. All in all, it was long, but had a good theme and interesting characters. I recommend this book to people who like to spend good quality time reading.

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Summary: This book was a very complex yet humorous book
Review: I really loved reading this book. It teaches you alot of things about humanity and how children grow.

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Summary: So Glad I Read It
Review: My mother forced me to read this book, and I'm so glad she did. This book was great. The meaning of the book goes way beyond the rape trial, so I suggest that if you didn't like it, read it again! It will make more sense. I recommend this book to everyone.

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Summary: An american Classic?!?! Are you sure?
Review: I started reading this book because I heard so much about it. It sounded interesting - the south, racism, a murder trial. It seemed to have potential. The beginning was o.k... After 50 pages I started wondering where was the ground breaking story? why should I care about any of the characters? This book is so boring! Nothing is going on. Until you get to the trial piece, you have to go through pages and pages about Atticus's childrens' lives which have no relevance to the supposedly main idea - racism in the south. All those descriptions that are supposed to be annecdotes don't support or shed any light on the main plot and are frankly boring. Even the characters that had potential like Boo Radley or Atticus were poorly written. Does anyone have any idea why this book even won a Pulitzer?!?! If you want to read a really good book about life in the south why not "the color purple" or even "A time to kill?" this is not a masterpiece. I don't know how this bad book on such an important subject ever got published in the first place.

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Summary: In a nutshell, my favorite all time novel.
Review: I am 40 years old and the first time I read this book was in high school. The last time I read the book was 6 months ago. I think the total number of times I have read Harper Lee's classic has now reached 15! People who adore reading think I am crazy for re-reading a novel so many times. I, too, enjoy reading and when I want to revisit a classic story with classic characters I always go back to Harper Lee's novel. While writing this I am already envisioning my 16th trip through the book!

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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.