To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

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Title: To Kill A Mockingbird
Author: Harper Lee
Number of Pages: 376
Genre: Fiction? Classic?
Book Number/Goal: 1/20 in one year
My rating: 4/5

Review: It took a lot of effort to get through this book. I picked it up, read a few chapters, then put it down. Three goes later, I finally finished it. And I’m so glad I did.

This book is a first-class read. What I love most about this book? Its very relatable assessment of human nature. It is so rich with characters, all of whom the reader gets to know quite well, all from different backgrounds with different life perspectives.

One thing that confused me – the back cover stated that “Harper Lee always considered her book to be a simple love story”. I found this statement a bit misleading – the main characters in this book are children, so her comment is not about romantic adult love as I assumed. I spent the first half of the book waiting for them to grow up. Even at the end, I’m still unsure where the love story is; unless (as pointed out to me by a fellow book club member) it refers to the love of a father for his children.

This book has a permanent place on my bookshelf