To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee Reviews

I just read this book out of curiousity, and because I have always felt that it gave out a strong message. You probably all already know the story, but anyway, it is set in 1935 in a small Alabama town. The story is more or less told from the point of view of Scout Finch the young tomboy daughther of an ageing lawyer named Atticus. The ...  Read the complete review

This is an exquisite novel by Harper Lee, beautifully paced and written and also extremely touching. Harper Lee explores the theme of racism through the eyes of a child. The narrative is effective and perceptive and focusses upon the trial of a black town by a white town. Tom Robinson is on trial for a murder he obviously did not ...  Read the complete review

Having studied this text at GCSE, it has remained one of my favourite novels of all time. Harper Lee describes the prejudices that a small community have built up over time, ranging from class prejudice, to prejudice towards someone with a mental illness to racial prejudice, one of the main focusses of the book. The narrative of the ...  Read the complete review