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martha
May 28, 2015 rated it really liked it
Reread because I hadn't read this since I was a kid and the details were all fuzzy. (To wit: I'd somehow conflated Boo Radley and Benjy from The Sound and the Fury.) And I want to be prepped if and when Harper Lee's other book does come out, despite all the sketchiness surrounding its release. Props to Sissy Spacek for a well-done reading of the audiobook.

And it's good, of course it's good. (The trial is the gripping standout.) But I was also struck by what a Feelgood Book about Race for White P
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Maree
Jul 22, 2011 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
What a beautiful experience it is to come late to a "classic" work of art and find that it lives up to its reputation. I don't know how I missed being assigned this book in jr. high like most Americans, but somehow I did. In college and graduate school I mostly studed British and World Literatures. And so this past week, on a snowy day when the library at which I work was closed due to the weather, I stayed in bed all day and finally read Harper Lee's enduring coming of age novel.

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Lizzie
Aug 08, 2015 rated it really liked it
Shelves: race, classics
This is a classic that I shamefully and inexplicably managed to never read. Though I really thought I did for the longest time! Very glad a book club forced me to own up to this sad fact. Since everything I could say has already been a Ph.D thesis, I will say that I was surprised at how much I enjoyed it once I finally fell into this world. As someone who grew up in a very tight knit community I really related to the world of Maycomb and Scout and Jem's exploration of it. ...more
Joe
May 24, 2010 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
There's not much to say. This book really is just amazing. ...more
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Lauren
Sep 08, 2009 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Beth
Apr 16, 2010 rated it it was amazing
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Justin Grimes
Dec 22, 2010 rated it really liked it
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Linnea
Mar 09, 2011 rated it really liked it
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May 26, 2011 rated it liked it
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Aug 26, 2011 rated it liked it
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Dena Huff
Sep 19, 2011 rated it it was amazing
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Oct 17, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Rasika
May 14, 2013 rated it it was amazing
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Lauren
Jan 03, 2014 rated it it was amazing
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Jeffrey
Nov 26, 2014 rated it it was amazing
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Jenny
May 03, 2017 rated it really liked it
Gavin
Oct 16, 2018 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Justin
May 06, 2019 marked it as to-read
Megan Reichelt
Dec 05, 2019 marked it as to-read