To Kill a Mockingbird

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Summary: Harper Lee says "it's just a simple love story"
Review: If Harper Lee says "it's just a simple love story" why don't the readers interpret To Kill a Mockingbird as a love story. Literary Critics give the wrong vibe out to readers. The Critics make their words seem as if the book is about literature and long words. Don't get me wrong, the book has excellent literature but, it's more to the book than just literature, racism and the 1930s. They all fit into the story but the author wants us to dig a little dipper and really understand why the book To Kill a Mockingbird is a love story. And I wish Harper Lee would make a document stating why is this book a love story.

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Summary: This is one of the best books that I've ever read!
Review: I highly recommend that you read this book. Unlike some books I've read, this book has a realistic story with a believable plotline. The characters are lovable or "hateable", and all with true personalities. Underneath the basic events that take place in this book, there is another story which will change the way you think for the rest of your life.

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Summary: Surprisingly Satisfying for Adults
Review: I had grave misgivings about even starting this book, what with it having a narrator who recounts her innocent childhood. What could I, a 50-year-old white male, an embittered battle-weary liberal, get out of it? Well... plenty actually. For one thing, the kid really is cute and precocious, and her lines are always remarkably apt, like Alice's. And all the other characters are similarly convincingly drawn. The seeming childishness of many of the incidents always have a deeper level of meaning. But mainly, the stunning matter-of-factness of the trial of the Negro and its foregone conclusion, and how life had no choice but to go on (to do anything else would be life-denying) reached deep into my heart and made its certain mark on my soul. Not all books have to exhibit the densities of a Saul Bellow or a John Barth tome. Some books can be quite simple and still succeed magnificently. This book is one of them. Don't avoid it just because it's read in schools. Thank God it is.

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Summary: sheer brilliance
Review: whenever i read this i always cry from about halfway through, calm down and then start afresh at then end when Scout says 'Hey Boo'. everyond should read it, especially when they're a young teenager, around 14/15. i want someone to know like Atticus who has sad eyes. a masterpiece of a book.

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Summary: An amazing book worth reading over and over again
Review: If any book could describe a child's view of racism and life in a more pleasant way, Iwould like to read it. This book teaches the children the harsh relaities of life as they grow older and more aware of their surroundings

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Summary: Lee's account of the way things were is outstanding!
Review: The book, "To Kill A Mockingbird," is a masterpiece. Having to read it for school, I grew afraid of being bored to death. Instead, I was moved. I could never put the book down and I finished before anyone else. A remarkable story that shows prejustice was alive and well in those days and it still is today. It gives one hope of a better tomorrow in a world full of corruption. A exceptional story that will surpass all others.

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Summary: Both a triumph and tragedy
Review: I loved this book. even though i thought the only tragedies in books were pertaining to death i was so wrong. It's haunting, funny, tragic, and deeply moving. READ THIS BOOK! Bottom line: it's a triumph, a tragedy, a true human story

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Summary: This book was one of the absolute best books ever written.
Review: To Kill A Mockingbird was one of the greatest books I have ever read, and one of the best written (in my opinion). I read it recently for my Honors English class (I'm a freshman in high school) and I feel that this book accurately portrayed some of the trials of a young girl's life, including prejudice. I reccomend this to anyone who wants to read an awesome book!

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Summary: I read this book for a book report and was delighted!
Review: I think that To Kill a Mockingbird is one of the great works of an American woman writer.

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Summary: Brillant.
Review: I loved this book because it is so realistic. I liked Scout, she's a good charactor. A book to be read by everybody. So likeable.