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As someone who only recently discovered To Kill a Mockingbird and loved it, I was very excited to read this one. I am honest in saying, I don't care about the controversy surrounding this book, and all I wanted was another glimpse into the life of Scout, Jem and Dill.
Jean Louise (Scout) Finch returns home from
New York to visit her father, Atticus. Set against the backdrop of the civil
rights tensions and political turmoil that were transforming the South, Jean
Louise's homecoming turns bittersweet when she learns disturbing truths about
her close-knit family, the town and the people dearest to her. Memories from
her childhood flood back, and her values and assumptions are thrown into
doubt.
I didn't read the first chapter when it came out a week before the
release, as I didn't want to finish it and then have to wait once again. So was
shocked when I learned one of the main characters was killed off so callously,
and disappointed that Dill didn't make a return except for flashbacks. The
flashbacks to their childhood brought back happy memories of reading To kill a
mockingbird.
The controversy surrounding Atticus being a racist; in my opinion
you need to take into account that this was 1955 in the South, people were
scared of change and as I read it, Atticus did it to infiltrate the group to
see who was part of it and to limit damage when they wanted to do things. Jean
Louise's outburst towards her father had me in tears, as I could feel how she
realised that Atticus wasn't this person she had on a pedestal, that he was
just a human.
The writing was moving and gripping, I read the book in 2 days.
Overall I liked the book but still prefer the first one.
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