Review: Mockingbird

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My first impressions of To Sing Like a Mockingbird
This book is an interesting one and I have to say it was more than I was expecting from what I’ve read so far. The book begins with a deep prologue before the story proper begins, separated into six Acts with each chapter being called a scene. There are some important words to think about at the start of each chapter, called a Chorus, and then that chapter begins following different characters. The first character we see is Justin, a teacher at a school in South Texas which has closed due to something brutal happening with one of its students. Justin struggles with having lost his job due what has happened. He contemplates the life of the young student and we find out more about her and what happened a brutally honest way. The book then switches to the next chapter following another character, a former friend of Justin’s. While I read the blurb for this book and anticipated something more of a literary read anyway, and it does take some time to get into it from the beginning (it’s not a fast paced or easy book), however it feels like a visceral read as well as one that is deep and leaves you contemplating, and although I’ve only read a small portion of this book I am keen to see where it goes.
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Published on April 22, 2025 14:16
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