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To Kill a Mockingbird
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bookshelves: read-2018, boring, disappointing, school, pov-female, historical-fiction, adult, unpopular-opinion, 2-star
Jan 19, 2018
bookshelves: read-2018, boring, disappointing, school, pov-female, historical-fiction, adult, unpopular-opinion, 2-star
I had a much longer review written for this book, but the comments were sadly annoying me. so I’ll just make my opinions clear in two sentences, because these are really the only thoughts about the book that matter to me:
I was extremely bored by the majority of this novel and thus I did not enjoy it very much (and no, I will not reread it because I do not care). most importantly, though, I don’t believe a white savior narrative like this one is a story that should be so heavily defended by white people or pushed as an essential book in school curriculum today when there are better books about racism by people who have actually experienced it, and especially when this book cares more about the white characters than the Black ones!
I was extremely bored by the majority of this novel and thus I did not enjoy it very much (and no, I will not reread it because I do not care). most importantly, though, I don’t believe a white savior narrative like this one is a story that should be so heavily defended by white people or pushed as an essential book in school curriculum today when there are better books about racism by people who have actually experienced it, and especially when this book cares more about the white characters than the Black ones!
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Reading Progress
June 24, 2017
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to-read
June 24, 2017
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January 19, 2018
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Started Reading
January 21, 2018
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14.36%
"i praise this author for having the ability to, on the first page, make a connection between broken arms & ancestors, but unfortunately i like books that make sense so i, for one, HATE THIS BOOK"
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February 5, 2018
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read-2018
February 5, 2018
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boring
February 5, 2018
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disappointing
February 5, 2018
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school
February 5, 2018
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pov-female
February 5, 2018
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historical-fiction
February 5, 2018
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Finished Reading
February 13, 2018
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adult
May 20, 2018
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unpopular-opinion
May 12, 2020
– Shelved as:
2-star
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Jan 19, 2018 05:06PM
omg I dislike this book so much, good luck!!!
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i hated having to read this in high school but i didn't give it a chance at all because i was being rebellious. lol
Try and appreciate this book �, remember the time period it was written in and the social issues it is addressing �
charis wrote: "lol try to like it??"i've read about a third of it now and i'm still not liking it! :/
Fefe wrote: "omg I dislike this book so much, good luck!!!"aaahh someone who doesn't like the book!! thank u for the luck, i'll need it 😂
maybelline� wrote: "bye hater"u said so urself that this was boring
I read this book a few years ago and I actually ended up liking it. *lol* I mean it's a typical classic but the story and Atticus character were somehow intriguing.
this is my favorite book !!!!! its so important
this is the best update i’ve ever read
I’m currently reading this in my English class and the first part is super boring and I’m honestly still not liking it that that much.
I had to read this for my final exams at end of high school for english as 2nd foreign language. The book is ... highly pretentious, I don't even know how I managed to talk about it at spoken part of the exam and not sound completely disinterested.
(This is one of my favorite books ever so i'm going to judge you just a bit if you hate it)❤️
I AM SO EXCITED FOR YOUR RANT REVIEW! I mean, I feel like this book has a great message - for the year it was written, anyway. But nowadays, there are just sooo many books addressing racism that it's not like we have to turn to random sometimes nonsensical allegories for them. ;) But I'm a lot less strict with this book than you will be (which is what makes this exciting).
Kristen wrote: "i hated having to read this in high school but i didn't give it a chance at all because i was being rebellious. lol"i was really excited to read this bc of all the good things i heard about it!!! and then i actually started reading it lmao
theo wrote: "I CANT WAIT FOR YOUR ROASTS"I'M SO EXCITED TOO
Michael wrote: "Try and appreciate this book �, remember the time period it was written in and the social issues it is addressing �"yes i definitely get that it was an important message when it was written and is still an important message!!! but just bc i appreciate a book doesn't mean i enjoy it :)
ok so i love scout (the sassTM) and atticus (the wiseTM) but jem is a disappointing sack of nothing that i have no attachment to whatsoever ...but the movie is good !! idk i really enjoyed this book (and the english teacher i read it with), but i get where you're coming from!
Yeah, everything you said about the book is super accurate!
If it makes you feel better, May, I didn't like this book either. I was forced to read it for school which pissed me off because I had to section it out and I hated that. However, I appreciate the message it going for and I would like to try and read it again as an adult. Teenage Lacy was angsty and anti everything. lol.
smeh i had to stop reading it because it was so boring but i'll probably go back and try again because my mom won't stop bugging me to read it ugh
Virginia Ronan wrote: "I read this book a few years ago and I actually ended up liking it. *lol* I mean it's a typical classic but the story and Atticus character were somehow intriguing."ah i'm glad you liked it virginia! i didn't find any of the characters that intriguing (except for atticus of course) but the story definitely was 😊
marie wrote: "this is my favorite book !!!!! its so important"i'm happy u like it so much!! i found it really important... but also really boring 🙈
teach me to write boss ass reviews bby ily and this review
Finally a review I can relate to!
I would have never been able to word it better myself.
Carly wrote: "I’m currently reading this in my English class and the first part is super boring and I’m honestly still not liking it that that much."yeah the first part was so so boring and when you're halfway through the book and don't care about the characters, then it's hard to care about them after the trial
Kaja (red panda) *:･ﾟ� wrote: "I had to read this for my final exams at end of high school for english as 2nd foreign language. The book is ... highly pretentious, I don't even know how I managed to talk about it at spoken part ..."BIG MOOD. honestly the only part i'm interested in is the racism discussion, and i'm pretty sure more than 75% of the message i got from it was interpreted bc of my own experiences and not... the actual book
Susan wrote: "i remember i had a hard time with the first half, but i really liked the second. (but honestly the movie is so great and so faithful that you could watch it and get close to the same effect.)"the second half was so much better than the first! it wasn't enough to redeem it for me, but more enjoyable to read, i agree
Kaylin wrote: "(This is one of my favorite books ever so i'm going to judge you just a bit if you hate it)❤️"
:))))))))))
I agree, the beginning was definitely slow and it could've been shorter. I really liked the final part though, but it took me so long to read because I was bored to death at some parts and, as you say, the characters weren't even that interesting. I think I liked it despite all that, but I don't really remember it well
Look at may replying to comments 4 MONTHS LATER
I read this in high school and didn't like it much either :( but I do want to reread it one day to see if I view it any differently.
lacy [a ravenclaw library] wrote: "If it makes you feel better, May, I didn't like this book either. I was forced to read it for school which pissed me off because I had to section it out and I hated that. However, I appreciate the ..."i hate sectioning books as well, i had to do that + annotate it 🙄🙄 i hope you like it better if you read it now, lacy!!
aris � wrote: "smeh i had to stop reading it because it was so boring but i'll probably go back and try again because my mom won't stop bugging me to read it ugh"the second half is a lot less boring but it wasn't enough to make the book good 🤷🏻
Sana wrote: "teach me to write boss ass reviews bby ily and this review"💓💓💓
Your opinion, so important to you yourself, pales in light of the millions who have loved this story. I'm sorry you choose t
Sigh...
oh, sorry, larry, i don't usually need other opinions to match mine in order for me to feel validated but you do whatever makes you feel better about yourself
SICK BURN. Larry didn't stand a chance... ❤️
First I would say I dont think Harper Lee wrote this book to educate anyone on racism. Secondly, why are people always treating fiction books like they should be non-fiction. Its very annoying. With that said, I also found this book to be very boring and dry. Many of times I found myself falling asleep while reading it.
You were bored with the first part of the book because every one forgets that part. They run right to the trial and talk nonstop about racism. Then I ask well what is the other part you found so boring about? Scout, Jem, and Dill trying to lure Boo out of the house. The way the school teacher talked to Scout. The way the woman in the black church spoke to Calpurnia about the white children in the church. About that women speaking to Jem and how Jem reacts. You see. The entire book is about how people act. And how we react to the way those people act. In the very last chapter of the book, Jem tells Scout. Maybe Boo doesn't want to come out of the house.
@Alan lmao I don’t even remember half of the events you described
I was also bored when I read this book and outside of it's message thought it was highly overated. The writing could have been much better.
May, I enjoyed your review. You hit the nail on the head, one of the ‘great� novels was just boring.
Perfect review...it was boring...but dunno why many gave 5 stars...
As a black person, one of the things you mentioned in your review just doesn’t make any sense.“Harper Lee could never have accurately depicted racism�
Like, seriously? The trial takes place and ends with a black man who was clearly innocent being convicted anyways because he was black. How’s that not depicting racism accuarately?
I feel like you didn’t even take that into consideration because you’re blinded by this idea that white people can’t write about racism accuarately.
May, I completely agree with all of this. Much of the first part I found pretty dull and did not add much to the story. Second part I found much better. The depiction of woman as the seductress also made me very uncomfortable, as did the frequent sexist remarks about women in general throughout. Scout can see the problems with prejudice for many different people but can’t see her own prejudice against her gender. I gave it an extra star though because I enjoyed lots of the imagery and writing style. Overall, I liked this book, I just didn’t love it. I appreciate it.
Um all your fuss about the whole point of Mayella's false accusation being problematic is kinda wrongThere were clear and very purposefully written parallels between this book and things that occurred in real life (look at the case of the Scottsboro boys)
