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To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee

Start date: April 15, 2016

Finish date: May 15, 2016

Why we're reading this: We read this in February 2015 as a Group Read, but we only had 50 Members at the time! One of the more po…more
[close] We read this in February 2015 as a Group Read, but we only had 50 Members at the time! One of the more popular Classics that we have reconsider for a Re-read!

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Jul 03, 2012 GONZA rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Ci sarà una ragione che spinge un libro tra i capolavori e forse è la somma di una scrittura leggera, che tratta argomenti pesantissimi, a loro volta argomentati con una delicatezza essenziale per la levità del testo.
Il razzismo insito in una provincia americana del sud 80 anni fa in cui la parità di diritti ed opportunità era soltanto un'ipotetica speranza basata su leggi inapplicabili, attraverso gli occhi di una bambina, cattiva come solo i bambini possono esserlo e solo a loro può essere pe ...more

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Aug 08, 2010 Aurelie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: classics, favorites, historical-fiction

A true classic of modern American literature. To Kill a Mockingbird is one of my favorite book ever and my only regret is why I never read it before, when I was actually younger (probably because I'm not american... I heard of it in US tv shows, how shameful of me).
I really loved the storyline, the characters, everything. It's touching (Scout Finch is the figure of innocence, contrasting with the serious issues in the book), then revolting ; there's integrity (from Atticus Finch) and racial inju ...more

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