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The best parts for me were where the past was revisited as I had just read her first book. In this book Scout, Jean Louise is an adult returning to Maycombe which I suspect is based on the town Monroeville where Harper was born. She often reminisces about the past . 50s attitudes explored and many passages reminded me of some of what is happening and being said right now. Can‘t help but wonder what Harper would have thought about today.

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I recently re-read this on audio. I‘m still conflicted, I enjoyed the first part that provides more info on Jem, their mother, Aunt Alexandra and Uncle Jack. But after courthouse scene, it just gets complicated and unclear. Maybe if they had just published the first part as a novella, it would have been a better outcome for lifelong fans of TKAM.

She went around the car, and as she slipped under the steering wheel, this time she was careful not to bump her head.
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Nope

This “novel” is making me so incredibly mad. 😡

As a writer, it is fascinating to see the work that Harper Lee and Tay Hohoff, Lee‘s editor, put in to mold an American classic into existence. But to market this as anything more than an unedited first draft of “To Kill A Mockingbird” is disingenuous at best.

Apart from the academic, there is no literary value to publishing “Watchman”. It was an obvious cash grab, and a stain upon Lee‘s legacy.

…but first…

Instead of my annual rereading of “To Kill A Mockingbird”, I thought I‘d finally read the original unpublished first draft of it.

We shall see if this is an abomination or not, whether it should have ever seen the light of day, or is a valuable companion to the original giving more depth to already beloved characters.

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Mmmm... the first book is uncomparable. Usually the second is just an obligation.

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Since Atlanta, she had looked out the dining-car window with a delight almost physical. Over her breakfast coffee, she watched the last of Georgia‘s hills recede and the red earth appear, and with it tin-roofed houses set in the middle of swept yards, and in the yards the inevitable verbena grew, surrounded by whitewashed tires.
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Really enjoyed this!

Trying to combat this dreary day!

I listened to the audiobook and enjoyed it so much!!! It was narrated by Reese Witherspoon!!! Reese did an amazing job on narrating the book. I felt that Scout has grown up!!!! I had putting this book off for a long time. I seen that my library had the audiobook available so I took the chance and listened to the audiobook. It was worth it.

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When Go Set a Watchman is good, it‘s REALLY good. And when it‘s rough it‘s REALLY rough. It‘s no fault of Lee‘s — she never intended it to see the light of day, and so it was never truly polished. It‘s a tough book, because it takes a revered character and casts him in a more human light. Yet, the lesson here is just as powerful and poignant as the one we take away from To Kill a Mockingbird.

I've heard so many bad things about this book that I've put off reading it for years. I might be in the minority but I enjoyed it.

Knowing this was written before To Kill A Mockingbird helped me appreciate it more. This story is told through the eyes of an adult Scout who has to come to terms with people not being exactly who she thought they were. There's a harshness to this reality of Maycomb that felt very true to the timeframe.

Having just finished To Kill a Mockingbird bird me and Granny are gonna dive into Go Set a Watchman. I know there are a lot of mixed feelings about this book, but it‘s been on my TBR list since the day it came out. So if ever I‘m going to read it, it seems now, with the story of Atticus, Scout, and Jem still fresh in our minds, is the perfect time.

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Really enjoyed listening to this auto book, couldn‘t turn it off. One of my daughters liked it too has she just read to kill a mockingbird in school.

She went around the car, and as she slipped under the steering wheel, this time she was careful not to bump her head.
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What a disappointment. I was in two minds about reading this after reading that Harper Lee never wanted it published and I can understand why. Maybe I missed something but literally nothing happens throughout the book.

Starting this one today, reviews seem so mixed but I‘m keeping an open mind

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Catching up from yesterday‘s #austere prompt. I‘ve have still not read this one yet.

“On any other day she would have stood barefoot on the wet grass listening to the mockingbirds' early service; she would have pondered over the meaninglessness of silent, austere beauty renewing itself with every sunrise and going ungazed at by half the world.”

Here‘s a picture from my new booktube video. It‘s a doozy. If you‘ve got time, come on over to my YouTube channel (TH3 F4LC0N) to watch my latest video “Unpopular Literary Opinion: Why Go Set a Watchman is Better than To Kill a Mockingbird”. In which I explain why the beloved American classic was actually surpassed by the rough draft which was published half a century later. Bring your hate; I know this book is sacred. I give no 💩.

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I've read "To Kill a Mockingbird" but somehow this one is not a top priority pick for me just now. Another one languishing atop #MountTBR ?

Do you have a favorite quote from either TKAM or GSAW? If so, please share!

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I enjoyed this one contrary to vast opinions. I appreciated seeing Scout's personal growth. I was sadden to see the loss of her naiveness, the world no longer being black and white, a crumbling of personal icons. It's an unfortunate necessity.

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I'm enjoying this sequel to Harper Lee's first novel To Kill A Mockingbird.
It tells of the Finch family around 17 years after where the first book left off. Atticus is aging but still working as a lawyer & Jean Louise is 26 & living & working in New York, coming back to her hometown of Maycomb for a visit. Equality issues are still high as time has passed. The white folk of Maycomb still have racist attitudes which Jean Louise finds confronting.

I really don‘t quite know how to review this book. The first half dragged and I found Jean Louis (Scout) not very likable. Then, when the meat of the story finally begins the pace picked up a bit. There are lessons here, especially at the end of the book. It turns out, that it‘s sort of a timely read. I wish I hadn‘t spent any money on it, knowing now that Lee didn‘t want it published. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (2.5)/5

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Finishing this one today so I can wipe it from my TBR. I stuck with it because I don‘t give up easily on books, but that first half was a struggle. Finally into the meat if it and the story has picked up somewhat.

Beginning this one next. It‘s been on my TBR for a long time, but I‘ve been putting it off because of the mixed reviews. It‘s my #bookspin book this month, so I‘m diving in!

Since Atlanta, she had looked out the dining-car window with a delight almost physical.
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Had this been written as a sequel to TKAMB, I would be forever saddened that Atticus was not all his 6-yr old daughter knew him to be. However, as an unedited, rejected manuscript written by a Southern woman in the 50s for what would later become TKAMB, it is fascinating. I‘m glad her finished work was Scout‘s story at 6 rather than at 26. This is a testamentr as to why each of us must be an Anti Racist.

This was the original version of the Mockingbird and in my opinion Harper Lee did good to revise the book. It sure is an interesting read to see where she started out and how hard she worked on her books. She also set the focus anew, which I think is the main reason Mockingbird got that famous and important.

I appreciate the writing but I preferred the point of view from To Kill A Mockingbird - I sometimes regret seeing the world from a grown-up Scout‘s perspective.

This was a reread as an audiobook, and I loved it as an audiobook and the story it's self. For me this story is the complex emotions one person goes through when they realize that the people they love and look up to, have racist ideas and ideals. It a story of what happens when you realize you were raised with these ideas and attitudes. It's what happens when you remove the white supremacist lens and take a good look at your community.

If only we all thought this way. The world would be a better place.

She went around the car, and as she slipped under the steering wheel, this time she was careful not to bump her head.
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I didn‘t like it. It wasn‘t that Atticus is a racist or that Scout is naive, although those things certainly taint the characters that we met in TKMB. The writing was so far apart from the writing in TKMB. It felt off. I don‘t like this book. That may be an unpopular opinion. It should have stayed locked away and I wish Ms. Lee could have been sound minded enough to keep it that way.

Still very torn over reading this. But I did buy it so ...
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Oof. This was a hard read. As an Alabamian, I am both embarrassed and saddened. It‘s made worse by Lee not shying away from the exact thing that was going on in small southern backwoods at the time. Humanity has come so far, but still has so far to go.