Wednesday, 11 May 2011

Book Challenge - To Kill a Mockingbird


"Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy.  They don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corncribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us.  That's why it's a sin to kill a mocking bird."

It seems long-winded at first because Lee is so thorough in giving background and setting up the story but it all comes together for a bitter-sweet conclusion. 
There's so much warmth in this novel, which runs right alongside sadness, particularly when drawing the inevitable parallels between then and now in terms of prejudice and race relations, but you end the book thinking progress, even when slow, does come - 
hopefully.


A definite recommend.

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