Go Set A Watchman, Harper Lee

From Harper Lee comes a landmark new novel set two decades after her beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece, To Kill a Mockingbird. Maycomb, Alabama. Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch--"Scout"--returns home from New York City to visit her aging father, Atticus. Set against the backdrop of the civil rights tensions and political turmoil that were transforming the South, Jean Louise's homecoming turns bittersweet when she learns disturbing truths about her close-knit family, the town and the people dearest to her. Memories from her childhood flood back, and her values and assumptions are thrown into doubt. Featuring many of the iconic characters from To Kill a Mockingbird, Go Set a Watchman perfectly captures a young woman, and a world, in a painful yet necessary transition out of the illusions of the past--a journey that can be guided only by one's conscience. Written in the mid-1950s, Go Set a Watchman imparts a fuller, richer understanding and appreciation of Harper Lee. Here is an unforgettable novel of wisdom, humanity, passion, humor and effortless precision--a profoundly affecting work of art that is both wonderfully evocative of another era and relevant to our own times. It not only confirms the enduring brilliance of To Kill a Mockingbird, but also serves as its essential companion, adding depth, context and new meaning to an American classic

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For the ones that may not know Harper Lee (possibly someone else too) wrote To Kill A Mocking Bird one of the best classical known books all around. So lets begin.

Go Set A watchman (Harper Lee) was written before To Kill A MockingBird, however the book was rejected by publishers the first time. The publishers were right, the book should have never been released now if it was not released the first time. Go Set A Watchman was a horrible book; the book was never supposed to be published so its hard to review it with an open mind.

Go Set a Watchman is picking up with our beloved character 26 year old Jean Louis also known as "Scout" Finch. But she is not the same person as we all knew and loved her from To Kill a Mockingbird. Harper Lee took her character and turned her into an incredible selfish, obnoxious, and charmless person.

We have no plot ladies and gentlemen, we have no humor either. Atticus is seen by many and this includes me is viewed as a 'racial' person; which caused many reviewer's to question...."who really wrote the firs book.....?"

We also have a lot of back and forth between a 3rd person, 2nd person, and 1st person view along with a lot of past and present mentions. OH! and if you are all wondering like I was "WHERE IS THE BROTHER????" yeah Harper Lee killed him before the book even started I believe he is mentioned one time in the whole book I am not sure because after I read that he was dead I stopped reading the book as well.

Harper Lee's over all message for this book is " Negroes as inferior to whites in every way, but that doesn't they should be treated poorly." however she does seem to have a lot of views on them in this book and she does make a few racial suggestions that was probably why the book was rejected in the first place.

Over all this book is not good at all and many people will tell you that. I am glad I have it for my collection but I have it in the rejected book pile in my closet not with my prized five star read again books. I would also say rent the book or get the ebook don't waste the money on it because you wont be able to get past the first chapter without wondering did she write the first book? if so why was there such a fuss back then of who published it and why was she determined to get publishing rights to a book that was better written and viewed than this book? is the a sex thing because she is a woman and they are not viewed as real writers or did something else happen????

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