To Kill A Mockingbird

 

To Kill A Mockingbird

Author: Harper Lee

Series: None

Publisher: HarperCollins

Age: 15+

Genre: Historical fiction

Content: 9/10 d*** used at least fifteen times, h*** used at least ten times, OMG used at least five times, J**** used twice, b***h used once, b*****d used once, n***** used at least fifteen times, w**** used five times, g****** used once, and a substitute for f used once. Two elementary aged kids (boy and girl) sleep in the same bed but there is no sexual aspect to this.

Violence: 4/10 Attempted murder of two children, rape mentioned multiple times and eventually a description for a trial. 

Romance: 4/10 mentions of a kiss, mention (for a trial) of a girl trying to seduce a man, and the above mentioned sleeping in the same bed but no sexual aspect.

Rating: 1/10 

Characters: (Scout) Jean Louise Finch, Jem Finch, Dill Harris, Tom Robinson, Maryella Ewell

Blurb: Set in the Depression-era South, Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is a coming-of-age story narrated by young Scout Finch. As her lawyer father, Atticus, defends a Black man falsely accused of rape, Scout and her brother, Jem, confront the harsh realities of racism and injustice in their small Alabama town. 

Final Thoughts: I did not at all enjoy reading this book. It was full of profanity and the plot wasn't interesing to me, as the racial aspect of it did not truly come into play until the last half of the book. If it had been free of profanity, I still would not have enjoyed it, due to the extremely slow pace of the plot, but that only added to it. 

The only positive that I can say about this book is that the racial justice theme was good, and I was very sad for the black man who was falsely accused.