Current read: Go Set a Watchmen
By April
@thislittlepennyearns (68246)
Defuniak Springs, Florida
July 1, 2018 12:12pm CST
I have been meaning to read this book since it came out, but just never got around to it. I have heard a lot of mixed reviews
on this second novel by Harper Lee. A lot of people didn't think it was very good.
I am only on chapter five right now, and it isn't horrible. I was surprised that one of the main characters from the first one
is dead in this book. But you know, life (or death in this case) happens.
This book takes place twenty years after To Kill A Mockingbird, and follows Scout as she returns home to visit with her father,
suitor and the rest of the town that she grew up with and in. Atticus is in his early seventies in this book, and of course that
is weird for me to picture being as I have seen the movie starring Gregory Peck dozens of times.
I'm not sure how I feel about this yet, and I will post a recap and review when I am done with it. I will admit that I will
be plenty dissapointed if it is a let down. To Kill a Mockingbird was my favoirite book for a long time, and is in the top three if
not still my favortie. It would for sure be a blow if this didn't live up to it's predecesor.
What are you reading currently? Anything good? Anything bad?
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
1 Jul 18
I've heard that she may have been coerced into publishing the book. I don't know.
@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
1 Jul 18
@thislittlepennyearns She may have left it in that drawer for a reason.
@thislittlepennyearns (68246)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
1 Jul 18
@spiderdust I would of if I were her. Im very dissapointed. I love to kill a mockingbird
@thislittlepennyearns (68246)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
1 Jul 18
I have forty pages left now and its not getting any better. The whole book reads like political propaganda.
@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
1 Jul 18
I await your final assessment. I love To Kill a Mockingbird and greatly disliked this.
@thislittlepennyearns (68246)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
1 Jul 18
This one does not seem as well written so far.Im ten chapters in.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
1 Jul 18
@thislittlepennyearns I realize it was supposedly her first effort that sat in at trunk forever but there have been suspicions the book is a scam, a recently written politically correct book making a fortune thanks to using Lee's name thus saving a financially shaky publishing company.
@thislittlepennyearns (68246)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
1 Jul 18
@JohnRoberts it is still enough her style for me to believe that she wrote it. It just seems rushed. And since the only thing she has written besides this is TKAM, its hard to compare.
I have to take breams frequently when reading it. Because of how its jumbled and cobbled together
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@amadeo (111937)
• United States
1 Jul 18
This book was a bomb.Gave it to the library.It was terrible
@amadeo (111937)
• United States
1 Jul 18
@thislittlepennyearns yep.I think that lot of people were very disappointed with this.
@thislittlepennyearns (68246)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
1 Jul 18
Its not terrible. But its not what I thought it would be.
@thislittlepennyearns (68246)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
1 Jul 18
She is. Even though she wasn't very prolific
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@thislittlepennyearns (68246)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
1 Jul 18
@JohnRoberts this one seems poorly executed
@Marilynda1225 (91116)
• United States
1 Jul 18
I've had this book on my "to read" list for ages but never got around to getting it.
Currently I'm reading The Rooster Bar by John Grisham and it's pretty good
@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
1 Jul 18
@thislittlepennyearns I didn't like The Rooster Bar.
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@thislittlepennyearns (68246)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
1 Jul 18
Im not a big fan of his. But a lot ofpeople are. Ive made it to the ninth chapter now. Its a little messy but its pretty good
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