Go Set a Watchman
By Harper Lee
- Release Date: 2015-07-14
- Genre: Literary Fiction
Description
Go Set a Watchman is Harper Lee’s earliest known novel. Assumed to have been lost, the manuscript was discovered in late 2014,and is now published for the first time. Written in the mid-1950s, Go Set a Watchman is set during an era of rapid change and significant progress in Civil Rights legislation, and it engages with questions of racial equality and justice that are still at the forefront of our national conversation.
Reviews
Go Set a Watchman
1By Scullumber2This was very disappointing and boring. I can understand why Harper Lee never published it!Half a good book
3By orneryjoeThe first half was very good.Very Good Read
5By BalesWifey19I had read To Kill A Mockingbird in HS and never got to read the second sequel. I was very pleased with this book and would definitely read this again. Scout and Atticus have always been my favorites but to read about her uncle and aunts side is really interesting. Overall a great book and I look forward to reading it again.I didn’t enjoy this at all
2By Rachell690Not on par with the other.Atticus not a racist
5By llama-lindaThe pre-publication reviews of this book played up the notion that Atticus Finch was a racist vs the humanitarian character portrayed in ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’. This was clearly marketing hype that should be discounted. Harper Lee uses this novel to reconcile ‘Scout’s’ personal prejudices about the South gained from living in New York with the realistic views of her father & uncle still living in her home town. Scout comes to the realization that her family’s views reflect her own.Bruh I am cryin
4By natalie hartiganso good. So so good. Just wow . One star deducted because . My heart is broken and I wish Jean Louise was happy.Awesome
5By tap money bennyTrashThis is the South
4By JD FitI feel a lot like the adult Jean Louise. WIth her, I watched as the God of Atticus became human. I think it must be hard for a lot of people to realize that their idols are fallible. Harper Lee could not have known when she wrote it that To Kill a Mockingbird's characters would become such literary icons and that we, as a culture, would find in Atticus the perfect parent/mentor/pastor/friend. He was not only her moral compass, but our society's. And it turns out, he was just a man who was a product of his culture and upbringing. I was nervous to read the book. I expected, from everyone's ranting, to find him burning crosses on the front lawn. Instead, we found something much harder: someone we love and admire who hasn't lived up to our ideals. I understand the rant, but I really appreciated the book. The best parents raise their children to think for themselves. To go into the world with a clear sense of what is right and the knowledge that they will always be loved and will always have a home -- even if it's not a home to which the child can ever really return. My family gave this to me. My father was my Atticus, and, I've learned through generations of family and friends, he was theirs as well. And I left home. And I learned how different we are. And I learned, even more, how alike we are. And I learned the he probably wasn't as perfect as I thought. And I learned that the REASON we should love people is for their humanity, because -- as I was raised to believe -- in that humanity is their godliness. I know that as certainly as I know that love. I think it's a good book.Horrible
2By GghghgjgjgjghyhggfhggI loved To Kill A Mockingbird, but Go Set A Watchman ruined it for me because of its contradicting way that it talked about Atticus and how he was a very racists man.Go Set a Watchman
1By Peg TannerI think this book should never have seen the light of day. Whoever talked her into releasing this did not have her best interests in mind. This seems to me to be a first draft of something she "might" have published. The style of writing does not come close to To Kill a Mockingbird. The language used is simple rather than complex. Characters were not developed. She comes off as a naïve bumpkin who is against segregation. She does not share the flare or wisdom of Scout. She seems like an empty shell. This should never have been published.Dissapointing
1By Drg347I read To Kill A Mockingbird while I was in grade school and loved it. I had high hope for this book and it just failed miserably. This is a terrible sequel, 100% do not recommend reading.Disappointed
4By Rosa RomeroThis book had some good moments but it seemed to be the total opposite of To Kill A Mockingbird! I do recommend reading it at least once. Especially since the difference between racism and free speech is more blurred than ever now...A Scam at Best and Nothing More Than A Money Grab
1By JEKellySome day the real story will get revealed. This book is not a sequel but a rough draft, a very rough draft, that became To Kill A Mockingbird after a lot of editing and rewrites.Excruciating
1By Anne_AnimalTKAM is one of my favorite books. This? This is in my bottom five. It moves at such a snail's pace for the first two-thirds and then, finally!, picks up a bit of steam. Jean Louise can't be so slow to understand what is going on with her father and uncle, can she? How many pages are really necessary to clue the reader in to her angst? Not nearly as many as Lee uses. I only read the whole thing because it was a Christmas gift and I wanted to say I'd read it all. Ugh! Torture!A stand alone, thought provoking piece of work
4By EmeraldspringNot a sequel, but it doesn't need to be. Watchman is good because it poses an interesting concept that is still relevant today. We can shout that people are ignorant and evil, but why do they think the way they think? Everyone has a reason and a mindset, however wrong we may think they are-this doesn't mean they are bad people. Once we get so rigid within ourselves that we will not listen to those who disagree, we are no better than they. This is something that everyone has to face at some point. Growing up in the south myself, I relate to this novel here in the 21st century, as I'm sure many others can as well.Go set a Watchman
5By SteveBrosThe book is excellent especially if you're listening to the audio narrated by Reese Witherspoon long with reading the novel.I hope it's made a movie I hope Reese Witherspoon will play the title role of Jean Luis a.k.a. scoutKinda slow
3By Robertsfr88The book is a very slow for my taste. It is a little disappointing.Go Set a Watchman
5By H. NickEverything which needed to be said has been done in such a tender manner. Thank you HarperWaste of time
1By TjtgirlThis book isn't even in the same ballpark as To Kill A Mockingbird. I had such high hopes.
